WHAT'S AN UPSLOPE? Meteorologically speaking, it’s a front range-covering, water-table-filling, snow-dumping weather pattern that anyone with bindings and a roof rack would die for. Beerologically speaking, it’s carbonated gold. In 2008, Matt Cutter, Henry Wood and Dany Page, kissed their homes in Cleveland, Atlanta and Argentina goodbye to bring their beer-brewing love affair to Boulder, Colorado. With that, Upslope Brewing Company was born. And after ten years of supplying Colorado with trailhead tallboys, and pow-day libations made from the freshest snowmelt, the finest hops and the purest passion for living life outdoors, one thing has become undeniable. These guys didn’t just float another microbrew into the sea of Colorado microbrews. They created a lineup of quality craft beer that tastes as good poured from a tap as they do pulled out of a fishing vest. In other words, for those who call the Continental Divide home, the perfect storm.
12oz can picked up at the state store. Pours clear light yellow with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Grapefruit, tropical fruit, dank hops, honey, spicy. Very nice
Best before August 28th 2020 yet it's the first time that I see it.
Pours a lightly hazy straw gold with a short lasting head of foam.
Smells dank with some grapefruit citrus, grass, tropical fruit, melon.
Taste follows the nose, doesn't taste disappointing for an IPA this close to the best before date. It doesn't have any of that creepy crawly off malt taste that usually accompanies an IPA that is near or is past the best before date. I would have loved to try it fresh as Upslope is one of my favourite breweries.
Pours a cloudy golden color with a medium white head that dissipates gradually to an outer ring. Stringy lace. Herbal hops, fruit and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of resiny hops, tropical lychee fruit and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a fruity hop aftertaste. Above average overall.
19.2 ounce can - cloudy amber - I really appreciate what they were going for here - first, the Leopold Bro Maryland Rye is a fantastic whiskey that lends its character well in this beer - very British in character - a lot of treacle and dark fruit - nicely balanced rye and oak - a light tartness to cut the sweetness - not as boozy as you’d expect from something so strong - nicely done.
Well designed artwork. First taste out of the can is malty dark beer with an almost astringent aftertaste. In the glass its dark brown with a tan head. It has a malted nose about it. Decent co2, its just that blasted odd astringent bite I get at the end of every slug, quite unexpected. Well they wanted it to be more bitter and it is, too fricken bitter but not in a hop way. Perhaps the bitterness comes from being overcooked when the it, what?, was roasted? Yes, that's what I'm getting, burnt toast. Even so, it hides the alky well and I'm grateful. In the end, I thing\k the Amercanizing of this style made it less attractive.
12oz can pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is sweet cereal malts and some grassy hops. Taste is more of the nice sweet cereal malts and a spice note.