Deep roasted nuttiness pierces burnt coffee dryness, dewy earthiness, and milk chocolate reminder to oily finish of ruby-glowed porter.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
BOULDER SWEATY BETTY BLONDE
Lackluster straw-clouded dry-bodied wheat ale brings peppered citric hop spicing to faint banana-clove meadow. Mild white bread-like yeast provokes mildewed lemongrass souring countering wafted creamed corn sweetness. Fine for plowing by the poolside.
BOULDER SUNDANCE AMBER ALE
Slim malt capacity, wispy honeyed biscuit trifle, and sedate barley roast gather soft wheat bed, but phenol cocoa bean-soured coffee tangent and plain grain finish wilt.
BOULDER PORTER
Coffee grain sourness inundates oily dry-bodied porter, fading to frugal hop-fizzed tedium lowering potential of indifferent roasted barley finish.
BOULDER PLANET PORTER
Velvety garnet haze imbues dry mocha porter given warm candied maple waft to counter roasted coffee souring. But dulled citric murk and meager black chocolate sendoff summon deficient astringency.
BOULDER PASS TIME PALE ALE
Translucent coppery amber ale celebrates 25 years brewing circa 2004, boasting full-on barley roast and caramelized wheat sweetness girding soured lemon-orange-apricot pinch. But paltry hop bitterness nuzzling sullen grain finish lowers potential.
BOULDER PALE ALE
Dirty-grained stone fruit aroma and malt-stricken berry mouthfeel sweeten floral honey-spiced butterscotch proclivity. Mild hop bitterness simmers to nebulous finish, losing substantial luster.
(BOULDER) OBOVOID EMPIRICAL STOUT
Promising oak-aged oatmeal stout assimilates creamy milkshake up-front. Oaken vanilla bean bittering tucked beneath smoky oat-charred chocolate malting. Tertiary black cherry, anise, and hazelnut illusions enrich bottomed hop-roasted charcoal-burnt ashen peat earthiness.
BOULDER NEVER SUMMER ALE
Aggressively hop-embittered ruby-browned winter celebrator trickles brown sugared mocha-vanilla malting atop cocoa-powdered cinnamon-ginger spicing, honey nut glaze, and tertiary fig-prune-plum nuances. Tea-like midst surges to sherry-like finish, absorbing some lingered phenol acidity.
(BOULDER) KILLER PENGUIN BARLEYWINE ALE
Mild auburn-cleared barleywine (with unassuming 10% alcohol volume) places tongue-snagging cherry, tangerine and grape sweetness above dry earthen hop bittering, settling to candied red apple luster. Creamy chocolate-cocoa malting centers stimulating fruited assemblage as sugarplum, vanilla and maple illusions vie for tertiary position.
(BOULDER) GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL 25TH YEAR ALE
Inspired by nearby Denver’s autumnal beer celebration, buoyant limited edition single-batch high-gravity ale counters piney Saaz hop bittering with lingered butterscotch sweetness and tropical grapefruit-mango-kiwi-pineapple tang. Imminent orange ripeness brightens biscuit-y cracked wheat spine.
BOULDER FALL FEST AUTUMN ALE
Quaffed at Boulder Octoberfest ’03, off-dry autumnal ‘marzen’ retains nutty hop zip. Sweet spruced citrus serenity and gourd-like souring inflate creamy Graham crackered caramel malting. Dewy wet-leafed slumber suits fall season.