Our newest beers at the moment are our Wildland Sour #9, a sour barrel-aged amber ale that features a well balanced and very drinkable tartness, the Mocha Stout, a decadent blend of coffee, roasted cocoa nibs, and milk sugar, and the Oak Aged Cranberry Red, with a pleasant blend of woody and fruity flavors with a malt backbone. Look for our Battalion Brown ale brewed with Molasses sometime in the next week.
Cheers!
At last, we have a fresh batch of Hooligan Double IPA on tap at the Pumphouse Brewery. If you haven’t already tried this big beer, you should…especially if you enjoy Flashpoint IPA. While not exactly twice as big, the Hooligan has more intense bitterness and slightly more malty sweetness with a higher ABV of 8.3%. This beer is double dry-hopped with Columbus and Summit, leaving it with a robust aroma of tangerine and pine. While remaining palatable, it offers a smooth body and lingering bitter finish.
Now, onto the Blend of Three Stouts. This beer, the Cherry Chipotle Stout combines the Spottted Dog Stout, the 2011 Imperial Stout and the 6-Year Blend Imperial Stout with chipotle peppers, Bing cherries, cocoa nibs and vanilla. Wow, what a combination and with only three kegs available, it will go quick! The Cherry Chipotle dominates with velvety chocolate, both in aroma and flavor. At the back, you’ll notice the cherry sweetness and smoky, peppery heat. Full of body and ultra-smooth, this 5.8% black-brown ale with ruby highlights makes an incredible dessert beer!
To quench our summer thirst, we’ve introduced the Island Wheat, a wheat ale much like a margarita. This light alcohol, low bitter beer features lime and tequila, with light notes of sweet tangerine, pineapple and cantaloupe.
Be on the lookout for our English-style ESB, coming within the week, and a Molasses Brown Ale in about two weeks. Also on the horizon are the Oak-aged Bourbon-Cranberry and Wildland Sour #9. I’ll release full details as I learn them!
Hello Beer Lovers!
I’m Linsey, a new server at the Pumphouse who will be updating you on all the beer we have flowing in our restaurant. My history with beer in Colorado is extensive; I have blogged about local brew as I explored and tasted from breweries in all areas of this amazing state, and I also co-operated a women’s beer group in Boulder County last year. I am thrilled to share our new releases with you and hope you come in to let me know what you think of your taster!
If you have been enjoying our 6-year Stout and “Red Wine” Red Alert, they will be coming to an end this week. These terrific ales will be replaced by a Chipolte Cherry Stout blend and a Bourbon-Oak-Aged Cranberry Red Alert…wonderfully big beers with terrific flavor, watch for their arrival.
In other news, we have recently released some easy-drinking, lighter ales for the warmer days. Currently on tap is a choice of the following:
a) The MultiGrain Blonde, an English-Style Ale, with an alcohol content of 4.3%, that combines a straw-like, hazy appearance with rich, smooth texture and bready aroma.
b) The Pulaski Imperial Pilsner, an extra-strength German Pale Lager, that wows you at first sip. This big pilsner is both crisp and refreshing, offering a a smooth and well-balanced drink with no noticable harshness or astringency at 7.2% ABV.
And with great excitement, we would like to remind you that our Hooligan Double IPA, a tremendously hoppy beer, will be coming to Pumphouse next week! Following that release, you should expect a tradional ESB and an English Brown Ale.
There is a lot of great beer right now at the Pumphouse brewery, so bring your friends in to enjoy these new brews!
Thanks,
Linsey
Congratulations to us! Our Sour Watermelon Wheat won first place at the “Global Warming Open”! This competition is sponsored by the brewing news, and is unique in that it uses a head-to-head bracket format. More info at http://www.brewingnews.com/gwo/.
We started serving our Brush Fire Belgian Pale Ale this morning, and I forsee it being very popular. It is a nice balance between the Belgian yeast and the American malt and hops.
We quietly rolled-out our Wildland Sour #6, a barrel-aged, cherry-infused, sour red ale. We only have a couple kegs of this specialty, so better hurry or you’ll miss it.
One of my new favorite things is watching the facial expressions on people as they try our Horchata Porter for the first thing. Surprise melts into bliss! Most people don’t seem prepared for the explosion of flavor they get in their mouth, or how much they enjoy this silky treat.
We also have the Blonde Bomber on now, an American version of our Hindenburg Light Kolsch Ale.
We’ve brewed the Firestone Double Witbier, and an Agave Blonde that will be out in a couple weeks, I’ll keep you posted when they get closer. Our Oak Aged Scottish Ale is almost ready, just needs a tad more time on the wood.
Look for us at the remaining Longmont Concert Series, Kyle Fest on July 23rd at Boulder Beer, and The Gnarly Barley Brew Fest in Loveland, August 6th. Hope to see you at one of these events, or just around the bar!
Yours Aye,
Esteban de la Cerveceria
Hello Everybody!
We’re just about out of our Hop-Pocalypse Black IPA and our Pyro Porter w/ cocoa nibs. We do have some Horchata Porter ready when the regular porter runs out. Who likes tiger nuts?!
Our Summertime Saison is out, featuring dynamic aromas and flavors like pepper, lavender, and citrus. An intriguing and refreshing summer beer.
Our Blackberry Wheat is selling really well right now, currently the house favorite…I’m not sure how much longer we’ll have it around the way you folks (and I) have been drinking it.
In the pipeline we have the return of our GABF Silver Medal Winning Brush Fire Belgian Pale Ale! Brewer Dave is one of the original pioneers of the style, and has crafted a fantastic fusion that is so tasty I’ve already started drinking it and it isn’t even finished fermenting. Look for that one towards the end of next week, or maybe the week after.
Next week we’ll also be brewing an old favorite, the Firestone Double White, another of David’s Belgian-inspired creations. We haven’t brewed this one for awhile, and I’m so glad we’ll be able to brew up a batch so Sam can quit harassing me about it!
Just maybe this week we may be rolling out one of our sour barrel-aged creations, we’ll see how y’all behave this weekend.
Have a happy 4th of July, be safe!
Esteban de la Cerveceria
Hello all, just a quick update to let you know what’s going on. We’ve brought out our Black IPA, the Hop-Pocalypse! We’re getting lots of rave reviews from people that don’t normally like hoppy, or dark beers. The mix of the two seems to create some flavor synergy that is truly fantastic. For those of you looking for something a little lighter, our Citra American Pale Ale will be out later this week/early next week. This beer is interesting because it has a very strong hop aroma, but very little hop flavor or bitterness. Our Summer Saison is fermenting away, so expect that one in about two weeks.
I had lots of fun this past weekend, we had the Avery Sour Ale Fest, and the Estes Park Rocky Mountain Brewfest on the same Saturday, so we got to interact with different crowds. Dave and Craig went down to Boulder and got their Sour on, I headed up to Estes and tried to get some fishing in before the fest, but WOW! is the water high and fast!
Did you know the Longmont Summer Concert Series has changed this year to hold all the events on Fridays? Look for us there pouring two different beers for you to enjoy while listening to some great live music. Hope to see you there!
Esteban de la Cervecaria
We’ve wrapped up our anniversary celebrations, thanks to everyone for coming out and partying with us. We’ve had a great time over the last few days, and we sold a lot of our classic beers at classic prices! Now we have a lot of work to do to catch up!
We’re just about out of our Strawberry Blonde, and Strike Team Stout, but we’ve got back-ups ready. We have a tart cherry wheat and a chocolate porter ready for tomorrow. We also put on our Hindenburg Light earlier this week, one of my personal favorites! A light, dry, Kolsch-style ale, with a lot of character for such a delicate beer. I’m drinking two right now!
Wednesday we brewed our practice batch of our Pro-Am entry for GABF this year, a Black IPA. Look for this beer in about 3 weeks.
Thanks again for everyone that came out to support us this week, and over the last 15 years. It’s been great sharing beers with all of you!
yours aye,
Esteban de la Cerveceria
Greetings
Ok we are back on it for the 15th Anniversary Party and specials May 24-26th.
During those 3 days we will offer our original 3 beers Wildfire Wheat, Red Alert and Igniter Pale Ale for $2.50 all day and all night.
On Tuesday, we will give away a free pint with purchase of a meal and suprise gift for our most righteous customers.
Wednesday, from 4-8PM, we will have Family Night with family friendly entertainment, ballons and face painting. Kids under 12 will recieve a free meal with adult purchase.
Thursday, from 4-9PM, the Brewers Patio Party will feature $1.50 pints of the orginal 3 PHB brews. The brewers themselves will be on hand from 4-6:30PM with two new releases: Sour Barrel Red Alert and Bourbon Barrel Aged Batch #1000. These beers will be available for free samples as well as discount glasses. Brewery Tours upon request. At 7pm we welcome Lyons songwriter Romano Paoletti and his band to the patio, for a hard working Americana set of music. He has been rising in the local music scene and has recorded a new CD that is getting noticed in the Planet Bluegrass circles.
We hope to see all our valued patrons and hopefully thier friends(hint Hint) at one or all of these nights.
On behalf of the Brewery Staff, I would like say “Thank You” for your continued support. We
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5-15-11
We have moved our 15th Anniversary Week Celebration to the following week and thus the Bourbon Barleywine release on the 18th will be move into the later week. The 15th Anniversary version of Igniter Pale Ale is on today and it is delicious. May 22nd through May28th we will offer discounted pints, special releases and maybe even more. We will release the details on Monday 16th at Noon. Sorry if this confused anybody, giving this another week will allow us fill out a full schedule of fun.
In the Brewery, Esteban has brewed another batch of the easy-to-drink Hindenburg Light. It is light German-style Ale that is originally from the city Cologne (Koln) and historically older than the pilsners of Europa. Our version is brewed with German malted barley, Kolsch German ale yeast and the spicy US Grown Sterling hop. The result is a crisp and refreshing beer that can be enjoyed “Bud and Coors” types and the beer enthusiast. Pyro Porter will make a comeback once we wring through the Strike Team Stout. For this batch of Pyro Porter we used unsweetened, raw cacao nibs from Madcascar in place of Belgian Dark Chocolate. The result? Well we will see…The base porter is spot on but in order call it Pyro, it had have some chocolate it.
In the sour barrel is Springtime Saison 2011 and it will age for the next 6 months. The Bourbon Barrel now has Strike Team Stout where it will be in maybe 3-4 months. This means that we have new sour beer soon to come out…maybe in the next two weeks? Sour Barrel Aged Red Alert is going to dazzle and amaze all who try it. With both Reds, side by side, you will find that the lambic-style bacteria that resides in the barrel is a very good thing…if you like sour beer that is. We spiked one keg of this with tamarind puree and we will age that another 2-3 months. We will be looking to add more barrels to age more beer in the future.
Upcoming brews will be a Black IPA as mentioned in previous blogs with possibilities of an American Amber, Citra Pale Ale or Wit to be brewed in late May. Summertime Saison will likely be brewed in the first part of June and will most likely be a straight Saison as usual. If you, our valued customer, have any requests for brews or beer styles post it on Facebook we will kick the ideas around. We will need a new fruit beer in two weeks….ideas?
Cheers,
Dave the Brewer guy
Good news everybody! The Denver International Beer Competition was held this past weekend, and our Oak Aged 1000th batch Barleywine placed 3rd! This competition had over 160 beers from around the world. In June there will be an event pairing winning beers with food, check out http://www.denverbeercomp.com/taste.html for more info.
In addition to the Retro Igniter Pale Ale due out next week, we also have a Pyro Chocolate Porter in the works, and you might see one of Dave’s special sour ales make a limited appearance. We tasted a sample thiefed right out of the barrel, and it is an amazing tasting experience.
We’re also looking forward to the practice batch of our Pro-Am entry for the Great American Beer Festival. This year’s selection is a Black IPA from award winning local homebrewer Mike.
Stay tuned for more info on our Anniversary Celebrations. 15 years! Wooohooo!
Esteban