Boulder Beer Cold Hop

Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: English Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Bottle, $1.85 at Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Pours golden with a small head. Smells of citrus hops, pepper, and clover. Orange peel and clover in the mouth.

A strong hop taste to this one, which might not be cool if you aren’t in the mood for strong tasting beer.

Dark gold color, nearly clear. Explosive (and eventually rocky) head that leaves thick lace on the glass side. Pleanty of hop nose; attractive and inviting, if you like hops. Good malt start, but the hop is the star. Lots of spicy pine in the aftertaste. Quite dry. Moderate body with low carbonation. This is a tasty beer but is the run-of-the-mill hoppy near IPA.

Nice pour. Dark gold color with no foam. Aroma has hops, dried fruits, and pine. Earthy taste, but not too dry. Pretty good IPA taste. Refreshing.

Pours a hazy gold/orange color with a thin white head. Aroma is grass, some lager notes a small citrus hop nose. Flavor is similar. Clean with a little bit of malt sweetness. Kind of funky but not bad.

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a light amber color, the classic hue of an English pale ale. The nose brings a refreshing character of west coast citrusy hops, with an especially prevalent note of Casecade. The palate starts bitter up front, lending a note of grapefruit and a slight touch of resin. However, the beer appears to have been left to dry hop for too long, as there is a grassy character that begins near the mid-palate, and that detracts considerably from the rest of the flavors that are otherwise quite good. Notes of crystal malt come through subtley in the mid-palate to finish, as does an earthy set of esters from the English yeast strain. Overall, nicely subtle and promising, both in terms of its English and American characteristics, however, in need of some refinement.

Had this on nitro and it was very weak, but that’s the nitro for you. Nice hop profile of pine, grass and citrus. Could tell that it was a british style pale although it being on nitro was harder to. Decent ale, I’ll have to try it in bottle.

Had on tap at BeerRun in Charlottesville, VA. Aroma is of floral hops. Taste is balanced with a medium body, flowery hops and grass. Finish is nice and balanced too. Overall, a good, well put together beer.