Estes Park Staggering Elk

draft at the brewpub - Pours hazy gold with a lasting white head. It smells of bready malt and some mild hops. This light to medium bodied brew has a pleasant enough balance between the pale malt and the hops. It’s light to medium bodied and a decent quaff.

12 oz bottle. Poured a hazy, dull yellowish gold with a foamy white head. Aromas of lemon, floral and sweet pale lager malts with corn. Tastes of corn and sweet malts, some citrus, a light grassy hop, and a corny, malty finish. Good carbonation and a crisp, smooth medium light bodied mouthfeel.

12oz bottle. Thick dirty orange-tan color. Big fluffy white head. Tart lemon-citrus aroma with some toasty malt in the background. Tart and tangy stuff. This is a pretty underrated beer. Nice creamy medium-bodied mouthfeel. Pretty balanced, with some up front bitterness that leads into the fruity malt finish. Tangy stuff, lots of character.

Draft at the brewery. Filtered clear amber yellow colored body. Sweaty apple/dried hops/crisp cracker nose. Clean nose and clean flavor/body. Somewhat syrupy. Fresh, without any glaring defects. Crisp red apples and semi-sweet corn. Refreshing.

This is the first one I had from Estes that I actually really didn’t like. This just screams of a plain regular lager. Very strainy and not good.

Unfiltered golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel, corn and light hops. Semi-sweet taste of light caramel and corn with an astringent finish. Somewhat grainy in texture and just about the best pale lager I’ve ever had.

Light copper color......nice white head. Fresh, slightly sweet aroma. Very sweet taste in the front......smooth, yet dry mouthfeel. Finishes clean, with a slight malt sweetness.

Another from Skyview. Muddy gold color with a quickly fading head. Aroma like apple skins and pears. Lots of pear, apple and apricot in the taste. Very strange lager.