Upslope Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Wilding Brands
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2008

Contact
1898 S Flatiron Ct, Boulder, CO, 80301, United States
Description
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.

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8/10
Best before February 16th. So fruity and spicy. A real damn treat. Makes me want to belt out a few verses of White Christmas.
Tried on 20 Nov 2015 at 17:55

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
Nice fresh floral nose. The beer starts sweetish-soft with a nice fresh floral hoppy aroma. Quite weak in body with watery hints. The hops are present, round and floral. But this is the only great thing here. The body is sweetish and weak, no bitterness there. The floral hops in the aftertaste can’t cover the rest of this beer. Sad - especially for this AVB - but sessionable!
Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2015 at 09:34

6.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
GABF 2015. Lightly tart, not a lot going on. A light, sour bite. Refreshing, light on the palate. It does finish dry. There is not a lot going on here, and that is ok for a Berliner.
Tried on 31 Oct 2015 at 17:04

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, stable dense, long lasting bubly creamy head, slightly hazy pale orange color, aroma of bready malt flowers and herbs, strong shrubby herbal bitterness, light malty backbone. pleasant quaffable APA.
Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2015 at 02:42

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draft. Light gold/orange body with a short off-white head, rapidly diminishing. Aroma of pepper, citrus, lemon, clove, toasted grain. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Hard to detect any blood orange in either the aroma or flavor other than the light citrus. It’s mostly pepper and clove. Some alcoholic notes boost the peppery finish. Not much of a saison.
Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2015 at 09:23

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
12oz can. Filtered amber-copper body. Respectable off-white head. Not enticing oily pine aroma. Really has an antiquated feel to it. Caramel/specialty malts...piny earthy odd hop tones. Drinkable, but not that impressive for the style. Rich and malty.
Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2015 at 21:59

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12oz can. Deep burgundy-brown unfiltered body. Thick beige head. The aroma is a pinch dry and astringent. Pretty enjoyable offering. Smooth caramel/brown malt notes. Balanced with some non-descript bitterness. Kind of mundane, not so much malt depth, but OK.
Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2015 at 21:28

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Oddball example of the style. 12oz can. Nice fluffy white head on top of a tan-orange body. The aroma is full of extract-like lemongrass, too bold and in your face. Well made, on the lighter side of full bodied. I don’t really like any of the adjuncts...the basil fleshes out the oddness. An OK beer to try once, but I definitely wouldn’t want a sixpack.
Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2015 at 01:39

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
A 1" head of foam sitting on a slightly cloudy light golden coloured brew with a short life and minimal lacing.

Lots of coriander with some pepper and fruity citrus notes. I do get the oranges in the smell as well.

The taste is spicy with the coriander and pepper. Fruity with the oranges. Yeasty. Not sweet, not bitter, but comes across as dry to the palate. Slight hint of tartness from the fruit...I am drinking it near room temp and I am really enjoying it.

Great smooth mouthfeel.

Excellent offering from Upslope.
Tried on 05 Sep 2015 at 15:59

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Pours a red colour with an ample head of foam that is fairly long lasting.

The smell is very light. Some semi sweet notes of caramel malt and that’s it.

The taste is smooth but kind of lacking in flavour. Mild malt sweetness and grain, almost no hop presence.

Decent body, this is a dullish brew.
Tried on 29 Aug 2015 at 09:18