so here's the current draft menu; sorry we've neglected to update but we're posting daily on facebook...don't know how to attach pdf so this is text only...
Wheats/Wits/Hefes
1. Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat (4.6%) $4.75
2. Avery White Rascal Witbier (5.6%) $4.75
3. Bristol Edge City Witbier (5.1%) $5.00
4. Boulevard Two Jokers Double Wit (8.0%) $6.50 (12 oz)
Pale and Amber Lagers
5. Avery Joe’s Premium American Pilsener (4.7%) $4.75
6. Coors Light (4.2%) $3.50
7. Bristol Yellow Kite Pilsener (5.0%) $4.75
8. Victory Prima Pils (5.3%) $5.00
9. Odell Double Pilsner (8.1%) $5.50 (12 oz)
Pale Ales
10. Left Hand Stranger Pale Ale (5.0%) $4.75
11. Deschutes Twilight Ale (5.0%) $4.75
12. Odell St. Lupulin (6.5%) $5.00
Reds/Ambers/Browns/Scottish (Malty Ales)
13. Asher Tree-Hugger Organic Amber (6.0%) $5.50
14. Stone Levitation Ale (4.4%) $5.00
Porters & Stouts
15. Stone Vanilla Bean Smoked Porter (unk) $6.00 (12 oz)
16. Left Hand Milk Stout (5.3%) $5.00 (nitro)
17. O’Hara’s Irish Stout (4.3%) $6.00 (nitro)
India Pale Ale
18. Avery India Pale Ale (6.5%) $4.75
19. Ska Modus Hoperandi (6.8%) $5.00
20. Lagunitas IPA (6.2%) $5.00
21. Stone IPA (6.9%) $5.00
Imperial or “Double” IPAs (IIPAs)
22. Oskar Blues Gordon Ale (Imperial Amber/IIPA) (8.7%) $4.75 (12 oz)
23. Dry Dock Double IPA (9.0%) ($5.50) (12 oz)
24. Great Divide 17th Anniversary Wood-Aged Double IPA (10%) $4.75 (12 oz)
25. Odell Myrcenary Double IPA (9.3%) $5.50 (12 oz)
American-Belgian Style Ales
26. Avery Salvation Strong Golden Ale (9.0%) $4.75 (12 oz)
27. Avery Anniversary Ale—Eighteen (Dry Hop Rye Saison) $5.50 (8.12%) (12 oz)
28. Crazy Mountain Est Rousse Belgian-Style Amber (6.0%) $5.00
29. Green Flash Le Freak Belgian IPA (9.2%) $6.25 (12 oz)
30. Ska True Blonde Dubbel (8.0%) $4.75 (12 oz)
31. Strange Brewing Farmhouse (8.3%) $5.00 (12 oz)
Cider
32. Colorado Glider Cider $5.00 (12 oz)
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Crabtree Brewing's Orton Imperial Stout
Crabtree Brewing's Orton Imperial Stout has a great story, particularly if you're a homebrewer itching to get his or her beer produced commercially. (I bought a bar so I could do that, but that's another story, told at mind-numbing length earlier, on this here blog...)
See, every year there's a pro-am competition at the Great American Beer Festival, where a professional brewer from a licensed brewery or brewpub partners with a homebrewer to make a one-off batch of whatever strikes their fancy. As we understand it, Crabtree ran a contest to find their partner, and a Russian Imperial Stout created by a couple of brewing brothers named Orton carried the day. And therefore, Crabtree's GABF pro-am entry is called Orton Imperial Stout, and they made enough that the public gets some too.
Because The Uptown Brothers have a fondness for anything brother related, and because it is a damn fine beer, we ordered a keg about a month and a half ago. But the brewery had some trouble getting the carbonation right, so we were given another Crabtree offering, the Meat Locker smoked porter. Which we liked, and which sold out pretty quick, but it wasn't what we ordered. So being the cool folks that they are, when the Orton Imperial Stout became available, Crabtree knocked 10% off the price, for the inconvenience. Being the cool folks that we try to be, we are passing that savings on to you. So this 11% ABV malt monster is a mere $6.50 for a 12 oz pour.
So come in and try it. A chewy, full-bodied Russian Imperial Stout, this bear features strong flavors of roasted coffee, toffee, molasses, and dark bitter chocolate. Just the thing for a cold winter night, or in this weird Denver "winter", a 65 degree December 13 like we had today.
See, every year there's a pro-am competition at the Great American Beer Festival, where a professional brewer from a licensed brewery or brewpub partners with a homebrewer to make a one-off batch of whatever strikes their fancy. As we understand it, Crabtree ran a contest to find their partner, and a Russian Imperial Stout created by a couple of brewing brothers named Orton carried the day. And therefore, Crabtree's GABF pro-am entry is called Orton Imperial Stout, and they made enough that the public gets some too.
Because The Uptown Brothers have a fondness for anything brother related, and because it is a damn fine beer, we ordered a keg about a month and a half ago. But the brewery had some trouble getting the carbonation right, so we were given another Crabtree offering, the Meat Locker smoked porter. Which we liked, and which sold out pretty quick, but it wasn't what we ordered. So being the cool folks that they are, when the Orton Imperial Stout became available, Crabtree knocked 10% off the price, for the inconvenience. Being the cool folks that we try to be, we are passing that savings on to you. So this 11% ABV malt monster is a mere $6.50 for a 12 oz pour.
So come in and try it. A chewy, full-bodied Russian Imperial Stout, this bear features strong flavors of roasted coffee, toffee, molasses, and dark bitter chocolate. Just the thing for a cold winter night, or in this weird Denver "winter", a 65 degree December 13 like we had today.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Lukcy Basartd has ARRIVED!
Stone's wonderful strong ale, Lukcy Basartd, is now pouring at Uptown Brothers. At 9.2% ABV, this beer is a blend of the original Arrogant Bastard, Oaked Bastard, and Double Bastard. We're serving this one-off in a 12 oz glass for $7, which works out to about $9 a pint, which is a bargain...so hurry down and get a couple, before it's gone.
Next up will be Left Hand's annual "Fade To Black"; but this year it's a smoked Baltic Porter. Unlike most (all? all major?)brewers, Left Hand has smoked this malt in-house, and they're pretty proud of that fact. Should be on in the next day or so, by Friday for sure...
Speaking of Friday, our "house band"...well, "house duo" anyway, Robbie Wicks & Taylor Biskup, will be playing Friday night; you don't want to miss them. Around 9 to around 1.
Next up will be Left Hand's annual "Fade To Black"; but this year it's a smoked Baltic Porter. Unlike most (all? all major?)brewers, Left Hand has smoked this malt in-house, and they're pretty proud of that fact. Should be on in the next day or so, by Friday for sure...
Speaking of Friday, our "house band"...well, "house duo" anyway, Robbie Wicks & Taylor Biskup, will be playing Friday night; you don't want to miss them. Around 9 to around 1.
Monday, November 29, 2010
some cool new beers & watch for new menu
We have some pretty cool new stuff in. First, three classic Colorado seasonals: Bristol Winter Warlock, Avery Old Jubilation, and Odell Isolation. Next, we just tapped a half barrel of Avery The Czar, a HUGE Russian Imperial Stout at 11.03%. Lost in the Thanksgiving shuffle was our first keg of New Belgium's wonderful Flanders Red Ale, "La Folie", which we are serving in the breweries specially designed .47 liter (a US Pint) snifter.
We also got our hands on two sixth barrel kegs of Sierra Nevada's "Grand Cru", a combination of Bigfoot, Celebration, and their flagship Pale Ale. There's still some Port Old Viscosity and Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout,but we're on our last keg of these two plus Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti, so hurry in.
Also almost gone is our last 1/6 barrel of Lost Abbey Devotion.
We'll have Anchor's Our Special Ale (commonly referred to as "the Anchor Christmas Beer") tomorrow; a malfunctioning coupler kept it off line tonight. And we're well into our second keg of Sierra Nevada's wonderful seasonal, Celebration, a classic California IPA.
Our friends at The Bull & Bush Tavern sent us over a keg of their award winning IPA, "Man Beer", and it's pouring as I write. So, Cap Hill-ites don't have to go all the way down to Glendale to satisfy their Man Beer jones, at least for a week or two while we've got it on.
We'll be dropping a new menu with daily under $6 lunch specials, right around the first of the month. We're also dropping the burger size from 1/2 pound to 6 ounces (bigger than the 1/3 lb of some of our local burger competition, 1/3 lb being 5.33 oz...) so we can give you a great priced but still very big burger, for lunch or smaller dinner appetites. We'll still have a half pounder available for the big appetites and high metabolism types... and we're also reducing prices on lots of things that AREN'T getting smaller, and adding some fun new stuff. Check it out.
We also got our hands on two sixth barrel kegs of Sierra Nevada's "Grand Cru", a combination of Bigfoot, Celebration, and their flagship Pale Ale. There's still some Port Old Viscosity and Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout,but we're on our last keg of these two plus Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti, so hurry in.
Also almost gone is our last 1/6 barrel of Lost Abbey Devotion.
We'll have Anchor's Our Special Ale (commonly referred to as "the Anchor Christmas Beer") tomorrow; a malfunctioning coupler kept it off line tonight. And we're well into our second keg of Sierra Nevada's wonderful seasonal, Celebration, a classic California IPA.
Our friends at The Bull & Bush Tavern sent us over a keg of their award winning IPA, "Man Beer", and it's pouring as I write. So, Cap Hill-ites don't have to go all the way down to Glendale to satisfy their Man Beer jones, at least for a week or two while we've got it on.
We'll be dropping a new menu with daily under $6 lunch specials, right around the first of the month. We're also dropping the burger size from 1/2 pound to 6 ounces (bigger than the 1/3 lb of some of our local burger competition, 1/3 lb being 5.33 oz...) so we can give you a great priced but still very big burger, for lunch or smaller dinner appetites. We'll still have a half pounder available for the big appetites and high metabolism types... and we're also reducing prices on lots of things that AREN'T getting smaller, and adding some fun new stuff. Check it out.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Ol' Double Bagger Redux
Lovers of big beers lamenting the quick departure of Avery Rumpkin and Port Old Viscosity, rejoice: We have a return engagement from the ODB himself, Oskar Blues Ol' Double Bagger.
Weighing in at 13.2% ABVC and over 100 IBUs of 100% Columbus hops, the Bagger has smoothed out even more since his first too-quick appearance at Uptown Brothers during GABF; this is a beer that after only two months of barrel-aging, ie when totally immature, took an honorable mention at the Toronado Barleywine Festival in San Fransisco.
That was February, this is now, and this beer is all grown up and ready to warm your evening, and just in time as snow is coming to the 6000 ft level. (We're about a block away and a few steps down from the 5280 ft marker on the west side of the Capitol, so it may miss us tonight, but it's coming soon.)
Oh and there's still plenty of Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout...
Weighing in at 13.2% ABVC and over 100 IBUs of 100% Columbus hops, the Bagger has smoothed out even more since his first too-quick appearance at Uptown Brothers during GABF; this is a beer that after only two months of barrel-aging, ie when totally immature, took an honorable mention at the Toronado Barleywine Festival in San Fransisco.
That was February, this is now, and this beer is all grown up and ready to warm your evening, and just in time as snow is coming to the 6000 ft level. (We're about a block away and a few steps down from the 5280 ft marker on the west side of the Capitol, so it may miss us tonight, but it's coming soon.)
Oh and there's still plenty of Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
New on tap: Brother Thelonius & La Noche del Diablo
just added on Halloween Sunday: La Noche del Diablofrom the Black Fox division of Bristol Brewing:
This beer is a spiced winter ale, a black saison, but from the name (The Night of The Devil) is obviously brewed for Halloween. The main things we pick up are the heat from the chiles and the cinnamon and cherries (Our brewery liaison Boon says it is aged on cherries for 2 weeks), all of which give it a little bit of that flavor we remember from the Red Hots we used to get in our grocery sacks trick-or-treating back in the day.
We're one of three retail sites in Denver with this one...
Then, moments ago, North Coast Brewing's Brother Thelonius:
North Coast’s Brother Thelonius is a Belgian Strong Dark Ale, coming in at 9.4% ABV, brewed at North Coast’s Fort Bragg CA brewery, on the Mendocino coast. It pours a deep mahogany, but shows red highlights when held to the light. Aroma is raisins and cherries, perhaps a little smoke and molasses or brown sugar. Flavor is more of the same, figs, raisins, cherries, plums, and a dark caramelly maltiness. Some clove and cinnamon, some notable alcohol warmth, and funky Belgian yeastiness. Hops are there, at 32 IBU, but in a supporting role.
A great California take on a classic Belgian style, with the added benefit that a portion of all sales proceeds are donated by the brewery to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz “whose mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by America's jazz masters and to present public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the world. All of these programs are offered free of charge to the students and schools.” (quote from North Coast Brewing Co website).
Only bar in Denver you can try this one...
This beer is a spiced winter ale, a black saison, but from the name (The Night of The Devil) is obviously brewed for Halloween. The main things we pick up are the heat from the chiles and the cinnamon and cherries (Our brewery liaison Boon says it is aged on cherries for 2 weeks), all of which give it a little bit of that flavor we remember from the Red Hots we used to get in our grocery sacks trick-or-treating back in the day.
We're one of three retail sites in Denver with this one...
Then, moments ago, North Coast Brewing's Brother Thelonius:
North Coast’s Brother Thelonius is a Belgian Strong Dark Ale, coming in at 9.4% ABV, brewed at North Coast’s Fort Bragg CA brewery, on the Mendocino coast. It pours a deep mahogany, but shows red highlights when held to the light. Aroma is raisins and cherries, perhaps a little smoke and molasses or brown sugar. Flavor is more of the same, figs, raisins, cherries, plums, and a dark caramelly maltiness. Some clove and cinnamon, some notable alcohol warmth, and funky Belgian yeastiness. Hops are there, at 32 IBU, but in a supporting role.
A great California take on a classic Belgian style, with the added benefit that a portion of all sales proceeds are donated by the brewery to the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz “whose mission is to offer the world's most promising young musicians college level training by America's jazz masters and to present public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the world. All of these programs are offered free of charge to the students and schools.” (quote from North Coast Brewing Co website).
Only bar in Denver you can try this one...
Monday, October 25, 2010
New on Draft--Cool stuff for fall
We have a few new things we think you'll like--we're crazy about them. First,(from our in-house server notes) Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10:
Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10 is part of an annual series of cool beers Stone began on New Year’s Day 2001, with 01.01.01, and will continue through 12.12.12 two years from now. Our keg has a brew date of 10/7/10. This year’s version is a Belgian “Strong Golden Ale” and carries an ABV of 9.5%. Brewed with the Wyeast “Ardennes” strain of yeast, it has a restrained Belgian farmhouse earthiness, bready/biscuit maltiness, a slight touch of cantaloupe and honey, and you can taste the white wine grapes (Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gewurztraminer) added in secondary fermentation, as well as the chamomile flowers the beer was steeped in during aging.
Then, Port Old Viscosity:
Port Old Viscosity
is an American Double or Imperial Stout, dominated by flavors of coffee, chocolate, roasty malt, smoky oak, and maybe a little vanilla. There is some heat from the alcohol, but not as much as you might expect from this 10% ABV stout. This is a full-bodied beer, for sure, but not a heavy one, again pleasantly surprising given the high gravity. The brewery’s own notes call it “sludgy” but we disagree. Interestingly, this beer is a combination of 80% “new” beer, fermented in stainless steel, and 20% “old” beer, also fermented in stainless, but then aged at least 6 months in bourbon barrels.
Next, Port High Tide:
Port Brewing High Tide—a “fresh hop” IPA
This beer was brewed with fresh-picked, undried, unprocessed Yakima Valley hops, with Centennial fresh hops used in the whirlpool (at the end of the boil, generating flavor and aroma) and Chinook fresh hops for “dry hopping” (in the fermenter, with impact primarily on aroma, but some effect to flavor as well). It is an American IPA, coming in at about 6.5 % ABV (“alcohol by volume”). Centennial are famous for a citrus flavor, somewhere between orange and grapefruit, while Chinook tend to be perceived as a big, bitter, pine-y hop. Fresh from the harvest, these flavors are intensified.
Stay tuned; coming this week are Odell's Bourbon Barrel Stout, Bristol's Black Fox La Noche Del Diablo (a black saison, just in time for Halloween) and the classic Halloween beer, Rogue's Dead Guy maibock. And everybody's favorite late fall seasonal: Sierra Nevada Celebration.
Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10 is part of an annual series of cool beers Stone began on New Year’s Day 2001, with 01.01.01, and will continue through 12.12.12 two years from now. Our keg has a brew date of 10/7/10. This year’s version is a Belgian “Strong Golden Ale” and carries an ABV of 9.5%. Brewed with the Wyeast “Ardennes” strain of yeast, it has a restrained Belgian farmhouse earthiness, bready/biscuit maltiness, a slight touch of cantaloupe and honey, and you can taste the white wine grapes (Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc, and Gewurztraminer) added in secondary fermentation, as well as the chamomile flowers the beer was steeped in during aging.
Then, Port Old Viscosity:
Port Old Viscosity
is an American Double or Imperial Stout, dominated by flavors of coffee, chocolate, roasty malt, smoky oak, and maybe a little vanilla. There is some heat from the alcohol, but not as much as you might expect from this 10% ABV stout. This is a full-bodied beer, for sure, but not a heavy one, again pleasantly surprising given the high gravity. The brewery’s own notes call it “sludgy” but we disagree. Interestingly, this beer is a combination of 80% “new” beer, fermented in stainless steel, and 20% “old” beer, also fermented in stainless, but then aged at least 6 months in bourbon barrels.
Next, Port High Tide:
Port Brewing High Tide—a “fresh hop” IPA
This beer was brewed with fresh-picked, undried, unprocessed Yakima Valley hops, with Centennial fresh hops used in the whirlpool (at the end of the boil, generating flavor and aroma) and Chinook fresh hops for “dry hopping” (in the fermenter, with impact primarily on aroma, but some effect to flavor as well). It is an American IPA, coming in at about 6.5 % ABV (“alcohol by volume”). Centennial are famous for a citrus flavor, somewhere between orange and grapefruit, while Chinook tend to be perceived as a big, bitter, pine-y hop. Fresh from the harvest, these flavors are intensified.
Stay tuned; coming this week are Odell's Bourbon Barrel Stout, Bristol's Black Fox La Noche Del Diablo (a black saison, just in time for Halloween) and the classic Halloween beer, Rogue's Dead Guy maibock. And everybody's favorite late fall seasonal: Sierra Nevada Celebration.
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