Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Microbrewery
in
Denver,
Colorado,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Crooked Stave Taproom at The Source
Established in 2010
Contact
Crooked Stave Taproom RINO, 3350 Brighton Blvd, Denver, CO, 80216, United States
Description
Crooked Stave Brewing Company is an artisan microbrewery in Denver, Colorado. It was founded by beer lover and beer brewer Chad Yakobson. The establishment of Crooked Stave was the result of Chad’s years of travel and studies about beer brewing abroad. His study of Master of Science in Brewing and Distilling at a university in Scotland gave him the expertise to set up his own brewery. Crooked Stave brewery is known for their brewing specialty in Brettanomyces fermentations and barrel-aged sour and wild ales. Crooked Stave Brewing Company is home to some of the finest sour beers. Some of its remarkable beers are the Crooked Stave Surette, Crooked Stave Vieille and Crooked Stave St. Bretta.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of peach bread, oak, whiskey, orange zest and orange cremsicle. Medium body. Smooth. Well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 17:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from 23 may 2013. Pours a fudgy near black hue with a large tan head that last. Aromas are of dark fruits, prunes and dates, balsamic, acetobacter, wet wood and funk. Rum raisins. Flavors are boozy and extremely vinous. Sour, dark fruits, alcohol, currants, wet barrel. Tart and off dry. Tannic and woody finish. Lively, dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2013
at 00:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
375ml bottle picked up at Wilburs in Fort Collins
Slightly cloudy golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma of brett and ripe fruit. Flavors of ripe fruit, brett, citrus with a dry finish
Nice and tasty
Slightly cloudy golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma of brett and ripe fruit. Flavors of ripe fruit, brett, citrus with a dry finish
Nice and tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2013
at 13:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
May 20/2013 Bottle. Pours with a very deep brown hued body with a tan head that lasts. Aromas are of damp leaves, rich funk, brown sugar, walnut, vinous, rich barrel, toasted malt, medium brett. Flavors are highly acidic and clean, low acetic, toasty, light barrel. Very high acid, moderate funk. Clean, tart and bone dry. More acidic and less malt than the original.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2013
at 03:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours with a murky golden yellow hued body with a large white head. Great lace. Aromas are of oak, floral, medium stone fruit, wood tannins, brett, juicy, black pepper and apricot. Flavors are of tart fruit, stone fruit, grainy, phenolic black, pepper, candied ginger, sweet and tart candies. Caramelized wood character, vanillin, mild brett, medium acidity. High tannin, lively carbonation, woody. Lively carbonation, dry, tasty, as are the others.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2013
at 01:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle (batch 7/may/2013). Pours with a blood red hue and a pink head that fades. Aromas are of popcorn, medium wood, funky, light citrus, cinnamon, strong alcohol, barrel tannins, stone fruit, hay, quite complex. White wine, vinous, tart. Flavors are of cotton candy sweetness, dry, vinous white wine finish, vanillin, tart tannins. Abrupt finish, a touch of stone fruit. Oak, sour, good, very tart. Slightly confused. Lightly acetic, medium bodied, dry, medium high carbonation. Overall, tart, tannic and bone dry with not much left, I kind of crave a bit off a brett ester, or something else to round out the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2013
at 00:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375mL capped bottle poured into St. Bernardus tasting glass. A pale golden color atop a small head. Aroma is nicely breath - kind of horse blanket with a bit of soft sweet sweat. Floral and faint phenolics. A good aroma is follows up by a striped out flavor. Seems like the brett has stripped the flavor away. Some light paint thinner brett. I think I get some of that tangelo at the end of flavor. It’s like a perfume dry citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2013
at 21:42
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cellar Reserve ’13 Exclusive. Enjoyed at 50F in a wine glass
A - Pours a burgundy dark red to brown appearance. minimal head. not much to speak of on cloudiness, head, lacing, etc.
S - This has that classic Rodenbach nose. Sour cherries, huge oak presence. I don’t get any of the Whiskey barrel on the nose.
T - Pretty acetic, the start is just like regular Origins but at the middle, something amazing happens, something really really special. PEACHES!!!! It’s just this almost fake peach syrup taste but honestly, it’s pretty damn unique. It’s like sucking on a peach sour candy. There’s a lot of vanilla, a hint of toasted coconut and some biscuity taste as well. The finish, is slightly boozy and reminds me a lot of butterscotch candies. very unique and totally worth drinking the 12oz by yourself.
M - slick, medium body, boozy finish
O - Incredibly unique. Really great and I love the butterscotch taste. Makes me want more and more and more.
A - Pours a burgundy dark red to brown appearance. minimal head. not much to speak of on cloudiness, head, lacing, etc.
S - This has that classic Rodenbach nose. Sour cherries, huge oak presence. I don’t get any of the Whiskey barrel on the nose.
T - Pretty acetic, the start is just like regular Origins but at the middle, something amazing happens, something really really special. PEACHES!!!! It’s just this almost fake peach syrup taste but honestly, it’s pretty damn unique. It’s like sucking on a peach sour candy. There’s a lot of vanilla, a hint of toasted coconut and some biscuity taste as well. The finish, is slightly boozy and reminds me a lot of butterscotch candies. very unique and totally worth drinking the 12oz by yourself.
M - slick, medium body, boozy finish
O - Incredibly unique. Really great and I love the butterscotch taste. Makes me want more and more and more.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2013
at 16:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Almost clear golden liquid with medium white head. Aroma of lemons, white pepper, barnyard, citrus peel, bread and bubblegum. Taste is dry, light bitter and light sour with notes of lemons, barnyard, white pepper and bread. Medium bodied with medium to high carbonation. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2013
at 13:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
37.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is citric, fruity and light wineous. Smooth fruity, tart and wineous. Citric and dry fruity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2013
at 12:33