SKA Brewing

Microbrewery in Durango, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 1995

Contact
225 Girard St, Durango, CO, 81303, United States
Description
Somewhere out in Colorado, in the year nineteen hundred and ninety-five, two guys named Dave and Bill learned that while they loved gulping down good beer, they weren’t yet old enough to buy it. They figured an answer to their quandary would appear if they drank enough and listened to enough thinking music, also known as Ska. On the second Skaturday of Skatember it hit them. If they brewed their own beer they’d have all the beer they could ever want. And while they were at it, why not brew the most magnificent suds ever quaffed in their neck of the woods…or any other neck for that matter.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
ar:sweet and fruity, clear brown, small white head. flavor is plenty hoppy, balance is great, also very smooth.
Tried on 27 Oct 2008 at 04:25

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
can - This beer pours copper with a one finger white head. It has a mild aroma of caramel malt with a touch of hops. The sweet malt in the flavor is backed by some light hop bitterness though it could use a little more. It’s alright though.
Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2008 at 19:58

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
draft - Pours amber with a lingering one finger white head and a caramel malt aroma. It has the expected caramel malt flavor and a mild hops bite. Smooth and very sessionable, this light bodied brew finishes slightly dry.
Tried from Draft on 26 Oct 2008 at 19:54

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pour is a tea colored brown with a small tan head. Aroma is a nice with a mix of caramel malts and brown sugar. Flavor is a big let down almost to the point of being nothing. Some malts do show up after the swallow but this is really thin. Your could prob shotgun this right out of the can no problem.
Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2008 at 21:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Liquor Max in Loveland, CO. Reddish copper color with a decent beige head. Mixed floral and resin aromas over roasted caramel. Medium body with mild carbonation. The flavor is really fruity, and lushly hoppy, rather than bitter. The flavor is exceptional. There is no hop burn. It borders upon astringency. There’s always a little sweet, but it’s really nicely balanced. Absolutely no heat. A really good beer, but perhaps not for the hopheads who wants their tastebuds burned out. Again, it’s not harsh bitter, but it’s easy to believe it’s 95 IBU.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2008 at 21:03

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
12 oz. can and likin’ that! Nice light malt beer smell that nonetheless I can easily detect when opened. Pours golden and slightly hazy. In my small tumbler it kicks up a big spongy head. Malt with some sweetness and a slightly metallic hop signature. Somehow reminds me of regular beer back when Dad drank it. Wayyy too fizzy, in fact, bubbles bring in some harsh malt liquor type flavors. And way too fizzy for any style with English beer roots.
Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2008 at 22:50

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Dark color, thick off-white head. Aroma of grinded coffee, some chocolat, hint of blackcurrant. Malty taste, coffee, quite bitter, slight alcohol burn. Ok stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2008 at 21:04

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Pours a deep, rich brown that is near black. Tiny thin head. Smells rich with roasty malt and light chocolate tones. Tastes roasty and sweet. Chocolate and malt with a little bitters in the trailer. A little light in the flavor intensity. Decent. Thanks to sparky27 for sending this one.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2008 at 10:22

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Courtesy of Gunhaver. Pours deep darkness with a thin tan head. The aroma is roasty with mild burnt malts, faint nuttiness and some alcohol heat. The taste is porter-like with notes of chocolate, fruit cake, vanilla and some tasty burnt malt notes. Very nice roasty to toffee to burnt malts into the finish. Yum.
Tried on 05 Aug 2008 at 20:49

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy amber with medium off white head. Sweet and mild hoppy aroma with caramel notes. Hoppy flavor with grapefruit, caramel and piney notes. Ends bitter.
Tried on 31 Jul 2008 at 17:02