365 Beer-A-Day

Searching For The Great Pumpkin: Space Boy

Space Boy Renegade Brewing, Denver, Colorado Style: Pumpkin Spice New England IPA ABV: 6%      IBU: 46     Rating: 3/5     Pumpkin Scale: 2/5 While pumpkin ales have been around for a number of years, its really been the past three or four years where the style has seen a massive upswing in popularity. Something that excites me as more and more pumpkin ales start appearing in taprooms, is seeing…

Search For The Great Pumpkin: PumpAction

PumpAction 4 Noses Brewing, Broomfield, Colorado Style: Imperial Pumpkin Ale ABV 7.7%      IBU: unknown      Overall Rating: 3/5      Pumpkin Scale: 3.5/5 My first stop on the quest to find the Great Pumpkin Ale takes me to Broomfield Colorado and 4 Noses Brewing.  Last year, during my year of beer, I had the opportunity and pleasure of trying PumpAction at a taproom called First Draft in Denver…

Searching for The Great Pumpkin… Ale

The dog days of summer… It might still be hot and sunny during the day but once the sun slips down behind the mountains– which is happening earlier every day– there’s a zing to the air. A slight chill that tells you the seasons are about to change so enjoy the warmth and sunshine while you can. You try to appreciate the last vestiges of summer, but in your heart you can’t help but be excited.…

!!365 Beers Later… What Happened!?!

Last year for the entirety of 2016, I spent every day trying out a new beer I’d never tried before and documented my experiences here on 365BeeraDay. Here we are in September 2017, and sadly there hasn’t been anything since mid November.  I’m sure that people are wondering… What happened to that chick who was drinking all that beer? Did I meet with some type of horrific accident? Did I drown…

Day 421: Gnomegeddon Blonde Ale

Omme Gang Brewery, Cooperstown, New York Style: Blonde Ale ABV: 9.5% This was an unusual ale for me. I generally like Omme Gang, and this one was done using Brette yeast which I am not normally a big fan of. However, in this instance I think the Brette yeast really works, it adds a depth of flavor to what I might normally catagorize as a bland or light tasting ale. There’s a funky citrusy note to…

Gravity Brewing, Louisville, Colorado Style: Belgian Strong Pale Ale ABV: 8.5% I liked this one, Gravity is a great brewery who makes some awesome ales. There’s an uplifting, sweet floral flavor to this ale that’s enhanced by the spiciness of the peppercorns.  Sláinte!

Day 319: Arrogant Bastard Ale

Arrogant Brewing, Escondido, California Style: American Strong Ale ABV: 7.2% Went out for lunch with some of the family today, and it was a little challenging to find a beer on the menu to try. I did find this, Arrogant Bastard Ale by Arrogant Brewing which appears to be a subsidiary of Stone Brewing.  The Arrogant Bastard is classified as an American Strong Ale, but the strong hoppy flavor and…

Day 318: Barrel Aged Night Run

Periodic Brewing, Leadville, Colorado  Style: Russian Imperial Stout barrel aged two months in Bourbon Barrels ABV: 9.5%   IBU: 50 Nitro Fest was a blast! Over forty different breweries were represented, each and everyone featuring one or two beers on nitro. Plus, circus acts, food, and music. It was a lot of fun. I will say that it was a touch over crowded and the beers were tapping out pretty…

Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, Colorado Style: American Pale Ale ABV: 4% Jeremy’s company launched a new satellite and to celebrate the launch, Oskar Blues came up with a commemorative beer WorldBrew-4. I really only picked this one because of its affiliation with the launch and Jeremy’s company. To be honest, the flavor is bland and unimpressive and it’s maybe a step or two above a Budweiser or…

Day 316: Blueberry Wheat

High Hops Brewery, Windsor, Colorado Style: Wheat Beer with blueberries ABV: 4.8% High Hops is a brewery we discovered a month or two ago when we went to see some friends play a gig at the tap room. We were really impressed with what we tried. I’m not typically a huge fan of most wheat beers, they tend to be a little one dimensional for my personal taste. This one starts off with a big burst of…

Day 315: Tropical Paradise

Wild Woods Brewery, Boulder, Colorado Style: Imperial IPA ABV: 10% Oh my goodness, this beer was so yummy! It was highly hopped but surprisingly not overpoweringly bitter. There’s a lightly sweet, tropical, citrus fruit flavor that elevates the whole brew that makes it really great to drink. Even after all the breweries I’ve tried this year, there are still a few I’ve yeast to go to and Wild…

Day 314: Pure Imagination

Verboten Brewing Company, Loveland, Colorado Style: Oatmeal Stout ABV: 6%   IBU: 35 Everytime I see this I can’t help but think of Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the song Pure Imagination. Being that tonight is election night, we need quite a bit of Pure Imagination to help see us through the next four years. I really, really liked this beer and no it’s not because it…

Day 313: Pancake Maple Porter

Renegade Brewing Company, Denver, Colorado Style: Porter ABV: 6% I when I picked out this beer, I knew that the potential for things to go horribly wrong was fairly high. A maple porter could either be very good or terrible. I was pleased to discover that Pancakes in a beer could be pretty good. The combination of malts plus roasty grainy goodness and the addition of maple extract made this beer…

Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver, Colorado Style: American Blonde/Golden Ale ABV: 5.5% All though billed as a Rice Ale, Samurai is really more of a golden or blonde ale. The addition of rice to the mix gives this beer a smooth creamy taste that isn’t traditionally characteristic of the style. While technically I don’t find too many faults with Samurai, I do find it to be too bland for my…

Day 311: Boohai Red Ale

Crazy Mountain Brewing Company, Edwards, Colorado Style: American Amber/Red Ale ABV: 6% With Jeremy in school most weekday evenings, I’ve been buying more singles for my daily beer rather than picking up six packs or bombers. In saying that, I’ve been struggling a little to find beers I haven’t yet tried from the selection of mix and match, create your own six pack. So, I picked this one because…

Day 310: Guinness Nitro IPA

Guinness Brewing, Dublin, Ireland Style: English IPA ABV: 5.8% I cannot begin to describe my happiness at finding a beer made by Guinness that I hadn’t tried to add to my beer project! Over the past few years, Guinness has been branching out beyond their standard and most famous stout, and while their stout is still my all time favorite beer, I’ve enjoyed some of their other creations. As a fan…

Day 309: Blood Orange Saison

Upslope Brewing Company, Boulder, Colorado Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale ABV: 6% NaNo Day 3, and as I work I’m enjoying a brew from Upslope Brewing, their Blood Orange Saison. We visited Upslope’s tap room a few weeks back, and initially I wasn’t so excited about it but after trying a couple of their brews I completely changed my opinion. The Blood Orange Saison was lightly sweet, and a little…