Summit Hefe

Description - Hefeweizen

Maker - Summit Brewing Company

Notes - This hefe is just full of flavor. Just the right level of tang and fruits for a mellow, delicious finish.

8/10

Summit Sacandia Ale

Description - Belgian Style White Ale

Maker - Summit Brewing Company

Notes - This very uniquely spiced ale is a real treat. A friend likened the flavor to that of soap, but it really is in the best way possible. Sweet and flowery is how I would describe it.

8/10

Summit Maibock

Description - Maibock

Maker - Summit Brewing Company

Notes - A distinctive hop flavor, but rather than overpowering, it's well supported by the malt undercurrent.

8/10

Cuvee Van De Keizer

Description - Belgian Ale

Maker - Brewery Het Anker

Notes - This one packs quite a punch on attack - pun intended. The fruit elements are more than present to the point that it's almost unlike beer. Good, but a little sweet.

7/10

Singletrack

Description - Copper Ale

Maker - Boulder Beer Company

Notes - This ale is great with food. It has a nice sharp, metallic highlight with a really mellow malty finish.

7/10

Long Strange Tripel

Description - Tripel Boch

Maker - Boulevard Brewing Company

Notes - Excellent sweet Belgian-style brew. Many pleasing textures float through this one-of-a-kind beer.

8/10

Schneider Weisse

Description - German Hefe-Weizen Ale

Maker - Brauerei Georg Schneider & Sohn

Notes - Full bodied, yet not heavy. A little bite, yet no sting. Creamy, but light. This weiz does everything right.

9/10

Element 115 Lager

Description - San Francisco Lager

Maker - Flat Earth Brewing Co.

Notes - With the unique flavor highlights of a much higher alcohol beer, this lager comes in at only 5.5. Guess it must be that special element.

7/10

Dead Horse

Description - Amber Ale

Maker - Moab Brewery

Notes - "a traditional English style mild ale with a well balanced malt to hop ration." Very smooth.

7/10

Desert Moon 2005 Cab

Description - Cabernet Sauvignon

Maker - Desert Moon Vineyards

Notes - A super full-bodied cab with a strong butter presence and hints of blackberry, cassis, and black cherry. A little heavy, but highly unique.

9/10

Haiku

Description - Sake

Maker - Gekkeikan

Notes - Haiku has a fairly astringent attack, and finishes sweet. It mellows out as you drink more of it.

6/10

Moonstone Raspberry Sake

Description - Raspberry Sake

Maker - Sakeone

Notes - This was a very sweet sake for sure, but the raspberry essence didn't offer enough of a flavor. It was more dominated by the harsher tones of the sake.

5/10

Rooftop Rodeo Bronco Brew

Description - Golden Ale

Maker - Estes Park Brewery

Notes - A buttery golden ale, which is quite reminiscent of biscuits. Drinkable all around.

7/10

The Stanley Hotel Redrum Ale

Description - Ale

Maker - Estes Park Brewery

Description - This ale has a strong hop presence as well as the buttery overtones that are common in several of their other brews.

6/10

Samuel Smith - Oatmeal Stout

Description - Oatmeal Stout

Maker - Samuel Smith Old Brewery

Notes - Full of dark coffee highlights, and a biting brown ale attack, this is a heavy one.

7/10

Sapporo Reserve

Description - Malt Beer

Maker - Sapporo Brewing Company

Notes - The Reserve has significantly more bite than the original, making it a little closer to a pilsner. It was still pleasant though.

7/10