Denver Beer Company Caleb's awesomer than J's take

So we venture forth into the Denver beer market. I have been living in Denver since late August, and while I do really like it, it does not have the personality of Fort Collins. In Fort Collins, pretty much everyone gathers in one area to drink, so it is easy to get a feel for what the town likes and for different shifts in the beer drinking populous. In Denver, there are more drinkers (though by no means more per capita) but they are spread out like the herpes sores on J's gentleman sausage. I had been to the Denver Beer Company before with my good friends Shannon and Brett Dilley (putting Shannon's name first is just for her). It was a marvelous time and I remembered enjoying several of their beers, particularly a chili stout which we all found amazing. I am not sure if it was the company that made it so good or the fact that they had the stout which they did not have when I went with J. Either way, I liked the brewery much more the first time I was there. On the plus side, J was not delayed by a traffic accident, so it must just be me that the beer gods hate. One big bonus for them was that they were the first company to offer us stickers to decorate our journals.

The Beers and company

Colorado Common 5.8% ABV
A very apt name in that it is a fairly common tasting beer. It had a bit of sourness to it and was a little hoppy. Not a lot going on. It's like the brewer was just looking for something that tasted beer-y to get the place going.

Rating 4/10

Big Bang Belgian Pale Ale 5.7% ABV
This beer started off right with me because I loves me some quality alliteration. It would have been better if they named it something like Big Bang Belgian Beer Baby Brontosaurus Buy By the Bushel, but they get points for trying. The smell of this beer was as fruity as a gay Edible Arraignments delivery driver. But a bit toasty smelling... I guess like the gay Edible Arraignments driver just ate some toast. It was refreshing and easy to drink and the smell carried through the flavor nicely. Good aftertaste as well. My favorite of the brewery.

Rating
8/10

Random Quote actually uttered by some lady on a cell phone near us. "Call me sometime when you're breast feeding!"

Graham Cracker Porter 5.9% ABV
Little side note, did you know that Graham Crackers were invented as a bland food to keep horny kids from jerking off? It's true! To spite them, I jerked off in J's beer when he was not looking.
As J ever so eloquently put it, this beer was roughly 9 times sweeter than sugar. It had some chocolate flavor to it as well, but it was pretty acidic. In that it ate through the table like Alien blood when it was spilled. That may not actually have happened. On a side note, I originally thought this was the Seat Teat Milk Stout and was even more disappointed because I really enjoy milk stouts. Once I realized the order was messed up, I was relieved and looked forward to the Milk Stout. Then I drank it.


Rating (for the Graham Cracker) 5/10


Sweat Teat milk Stout4.8% ABV
Very disappointed in this beer even though they used the word "Teat" which makes me think of boobs. Those that have had a really good milk stout from a place like Left Hand Brewing, know that they are a wonderful and smooth stout that are very easy to drink. This milk stout was none of those. It had a wierd almost cola like flavor to it and was much more brightly carbonated than a stout should be.
Boooo-urns

Rating 3/10

Smoked Lager 5.4% ABV The new leader in the clubhouse for bacon flavored beer. Step aside Z Lager
This beer with even a whiff, gave me the meat sweats. I am not sure what unholy union of smoked pigs belly and carbonated malt beverage created this, but I somewhat applaud them. The taste was surprisingly smooth and the bacon flavor remained at the back of my throat for a while. Never a bad thing. That being said, it was gimmicky and I could not drink a ton of it.

Rating 6/10

Barrel Age Stormy Winter Stout A whopping 9.6% ABV
The start of this beer had a strange almost green chili flavor to it. That faded quickly though and you were left with more of a wine taste after. Unlike that idiot J, I really like beer that is aged in barrels formally occupied by other booze. I think it makes for many interesting flavors and when put together like New Belgium does with La Folie, it can be breathtakingly good. This beer was somewhat good, but no where near as good as others in this ilk.

Rating 7/10

So that does it for our first day of Denver Breweries. My apologies for posting late, I had a busy weekend and then a shitty day yesterday so I could not summon my usual charming wit. We will be hitting some breweries in Longmont this weekend (I think). My usual beer this time of year is green going down and then green mixed with Irish food and too many Car Bombs when it comes back up. Happy act like a Mc day. I will raise a glass to you, loyal reader.