La Cumbre Brewing Company
Brewpub
in
Albuquerque,
New Mexico,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
Contact
3313 Girard Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87107, United States
Description
Since 2010, the goal of La Cumbre Brewing Co. has been to produce beers that represent the absolute apex of the art of brewing. Ready for liftoff? “Get Elevated” with our Great American Beer Festival® gold medal hop masterpiece, Elevated IPA.
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22oz bomber. Filtered ruby-red/brown body. Thin, glass lacing beige head. Full bodied, rich pumpkin beer. Pretty much nails it for the style, big without being Imperial or overwhelming. Really tasty malt notes. The spice is there, but nothing overboard, more of a balancing agent. I don’t get a ton of pumpkin, but I’d guess that is what smooths out the body. Solid offering.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2015
at 20:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Pours crystal clear reddish amber, medium creamy off-white head, nice lacing. Aroma is strong rye, caramel, pine, rye bread. Flavor is light plus sweet, light bitter, rye bread, grains, pine. Medium body. Interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2015
at 18:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can courtesy of HenrikO. Thanks for the NE tick man! Pours hazy brownish red with a small reddish offwhite head that leaves some sparse trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is malty, tiny fruity, herbal and spicy with rye bread, caramel, toffee, grapefruit juice, mango, moist grass, pine needles, resin, black pepper corns and lemon zest. Taste is slightly sweet, bitter, fruity, herbal and spicy. Mouthfeel is round, astringent, slightly sticky and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with sweet rye bread, caramel, burnt cookies, grapefruit juice, unripe tropical fruit, moist grass, pine needles, lemon balm, resin, apple skins, black pepper corns and lemon zest. Solid offering of a style I don’t normally like. Enjoyable and shows skill!
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2015
at 14:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF ’15, day 3, 13/08/15. Lightly hazed golden amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is dank hop strokes, earthy, pine resin, grapefruit, orange pith, grapefruit, mango shreds. Taste comprises pine needle, tangerine, grapefruit, orange pith, bitter citric peel, lightly toasted bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with hop bitterness. Decent IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2015
at 15:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
LSAT Freedom Trip #208. Tallboy can shared at a tasting. Dark brown, thin fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee. The taste is roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, mild nuts. Medium bodied, lingering roast.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2015
at 00:56
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
GABF 2015. Pretty clear amber orange appearance with a light brown head. Hoppy as fuck. Tons of pine and dank bud. A little caramel and nuttiness. Super spicy. Not overly bitter. One of the best amber ales I’ve ever had. This was a fucking treat and one of my favorites of the festival.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2015
at 23:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
GABF 2015. A few pours. Somewhat murky golden yellow orange appearance with a cream colored head. Tons of fruit - apricot, peach, orange creamsickle- some vanilla, lightly funky. Refreshing and very easy to drink. Unique and fun.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2015
at 22:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A hazed golden ipa with a thick frothy lacing big bubbled off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with treacle, grassy resinous piney floral hops, light funky herbaceous character, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, smooth and quaffable. Can from Arizona store, 1 year old.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2015
at 17:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
750mL bottle, pours a hazy dark golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is thin, with muted apricots and some acidity. Flavour is full of apricots and Belgian yeast - much better than the nose. Fairly yeasty but fruity palate. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2015
at 12:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma certainly lives up to its name, with loads of dank hops - wow, that's intense. Flavour is insanely dank with shitloads of dank hops. Not sure I've tasted a more intense hoppy beer, especially one without astringency on the finish. Excellent stuff, though a tad one-dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2015
at 12:26