Cerebral Brewing

Microbrewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2015

Contact
1477 Monroe St, Denver, CO, CO 80206, United States
Description
Cerebral Brewing is a neighborhood brewery in the Bluebird District of Denver, Colorado. We focus on crafting beers that span the spectrum from traditional to creative while utilizing the scientific method to ensure quality and consistency.

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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

10 ounce at the Congress Park location - hazy gold with very light soapy lace - lightly carbonated - a nice mellow lacto tartness throughout, with underlying buggy funk, white grape, deep oak, pineapple - light, subtle, and balanced - a good sour ale for summer.

Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing on 27 Jun 2025 at 19:05


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

10 ounce at the Aurora Arts location - clear light gold - clean, bright, and light - lightly sweet malt base that knows to get out of the way for the hops - even so, hops are not as assertive and bitter as they need to be in this style - they’re there, mildly dank, lightly citric and peppery - but they have no “pop,” and that light malt character still comes in to swallow them up in the finish - I think I’ve had enough of these to definitely say this brewery is not good at making West Coast IPA.

Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:28


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

10 ounce at the Aurora Arts location - hazy dark gold - nose of sweetened lime juice, light buggy funk, Chardonnay, oak - flavor is lightly sweet up front (with that abv, not a surprise), but gets tangy and then moderately sour/acidic late - mostly lactic tartness - notes of lime, peach, white wine, moderate oak - tart finish with lingering oak - it’s good, but not their best effort in this department.

Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts on 26 Jun 2025 at 20:10


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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16 oz can. Aroma is sour blueberry with maple on top. Flavor has a small amount of bready malt with an essence of pancake. Tart blueberry with a good amount of maple. It’s almost too sweet.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 11 Jun 2025 at 02:50


8

Bottle @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙‍♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]

Tried on 24 May 2025 at 20:58


8

Bottle @ MBCC '25 [ Green 🟩 Session 🧙‍♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]

Tried on 24 May 2025 at 20:58


8

A black beer with a tan head. Aroma of coffee, roasted dark malt, vanilla. Taste of bourbon, sweet dark malt, coffee, boozy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 May 2025 at 19:19


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

10 ounce at Aurora Arts - hazy medium gold - nose is lovely oak, light funk, mild lacto and acetobacter - flavor is drying acidity, but not overly sour or acidic - nice balance - bright lacto leads to light acetic acid in the finish - white grape, oak, white peach - light buggy funk - lingering oak and acid in the finish - quite nice.

Tried from Draft at Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts on 20 May 2025 at 20:46


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pint can picked up from the brewery today - I think I need to come to terms with the fact that this brewery doesn’t make good ipas that aren’t hazy - this is both too sweet and not bitter enough for the style - that hop character and bitterness really try to break through in the finish, but it is not enough.

Tried from Can at Cerebral Brewing - Aurora Arts on 17 May 2025 at 02:04


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

(can 1 pint from CraftBeer Solniční (Brno))
* Unusual hop character. Good. *
Cloudy yellow. Medium white head. Hoppy, citrusy, onion, garlic, light sweet, light bitter, juicy. Medium body. Light warm, light bitter finish.

Tried from Can at Craftbeer bar & bottle shop Solniční on 12 May 2025 at 19:49


Brewery Stats
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