Boulder Beer Igloo Ale

Formerly brewed at Boulder Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boulder, Colorado USA

This beer still rocks.

Color is a lovely chestnutty brown, with an enormous, crackly off-white head. Aroma is deep, rich, nutty, with additional notes of toffee and butterscotch. Medium body, just-right hops, perfect malt, terrifically tasty. Palate is luscious and fulfilling. Smooth, with just the right flavor to keep me happy until the end of the mug. Hops keep coming, and the warmth is welcome, especially on a Minnesota February night. A great one from Boulder, and I especially like the cute ice-skating cartoon penguins on the label. Reminds me of that adorable Hamm’s beer bear, "from the land of sky-blue wa-a-ters/comes the beer refreshing". Why aren’t there more beer cartoon character mascots anymore? Like good ol’ Budman? What’s that? Who Camel?

Medium brown with thin head and small bead. Spiced nose. Spiced malt palate. Complex and well balanced

Good hops, enjoyed it very much.

Some roasted caramel sweetness in the aroma. Somewhat dark red color. Filtered. Lively carbonation and head. Dark, fruity malty flavors meld with the light spiciness rather nicely. Unexpectedly nice, creamy mouthfeel. Rockies Brewing beers that I have had by and large have a pronounced hop bite at the end; this one does not, and it is a pleasant surprise. Very smooth palate and finish, which is a bit long and has some nice fruity hops and more spices for the aftertaste. This is much better than I was expecting overall. I really do like a good winter beer, though, especially in wintertime. Note: let this warm to about 50 degrees or so for maximum potential.

Auburn/dark copper color, tan head. Great aroma of leafy and woody hops. The body is woody with a resiny hoppiness. A good malt backbone is tested with a subtle hint of ginger, not enough to ruin it though. Nice enough ale, good hoppiness.

2002 Re-taste – Reddish brown color, medium head. Aroma is malty and slightly spicy. A medium bodied red-ale. Malts are mild and sweet. Spices are nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and ? Hops are bright and spicy. Very drinkable winter ale, a little thin when compared to others, but still very drinkable. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is mild and smooth. Aftertaste is spicy and malty sweet. ------- brown color, small head. Nicely roasted malts, lightly hopped. Nice toffee flavor. Finish is mild. Aftertaste is slightly bitter, very malty.

This brew poured a medium sized head of fine to large sized long lasting light brown colored bubbles that left behind a softly carbonated hazy brown colored body and a poor lacing. The aroma is nice, but so mild and weak it is hard to rate it well. THere were notes of faint malt and something else that I could not put my finger on. Its mouthfeel was smooth and slightly hopped while its flavor was malty with a not well hidden alcohol note to it.