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Brews
5 Years of Award-Winning Beers! 11-11-11
Light Colored Beers (18) | Amber Colored Beers (12) | Dark Colored Beers (18) | Flagship Beers (8)| Seasonal Brews (40)
Soda Pop | Mug Club | Beer Tips | Fine Wines & Top-Shelf Spirits
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Pagosa Brewing™ is Your Hometown Mountain Brewery®. Our philosophy and passion is to produce the best, freshest, and exceptionally smooth-drinking microbrews and homemade soda pops. All of our brews are hand-crafted in small batches to assure the highest quality. We use only choice ingredients: Water from our pristine mountain rivers, finest malted barley and malted wheat, fresh hops, and cultured yeast garnered from famous breweries throughout the world. Whether you like a crisp and light summer beer, a hoppy and balanced IPA, a full-bodied roasty stout, or something a bit historical, Pagosa Brewing™ has the beer for you.
Flagship Brews
(Listed from light to dark)
Wolf Creek Wheat® & Peach Wheat
Champion Light Beer - San Juan Brewfest '11
Gold Medal Fruit Beer - Colorado State Fair '10
Our unfiltered, wheat beer is crisp & refreshing… especially on a sunny day in our beautiful, tree-covered Beer Garden! Wolf Creek Wheat® is also available as a fruit beer. Brewer’s recommendation: “Peach Wheat,” “Orange Wheat” or “Raspberry Wheat”… a real treat!
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Kayaker Cream Ale®
Inspired by the legendary German light Helles lagers of Bavaria, where our Brewmaster Tony went to brewing school, our Kayaker Cream is our lightest and most popular beer. It's golden in color, with a great balance of subtle malt and hops. Kayaker Cream is flavorful, but not too filling. Perfect after paddling and kayaking around town. Heck, it's great after any outdoor activity. A sparkling fresh brew that goes down easy all year long.
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Pagosa Pale Ale ™ - Brewed with Local Barley Malt!
Our American Style Pale Ale is light in color and big in flavor. It has a medium light body and a dry, refreshing finish from a touch of malted rye. We dry-hop it twice with fresh Cascade hop flowers for a heady hop aroma. It's a tasty and very quaffable pale ale that goes with all kinds of foods - especially our gourmet pizzas!
Now using locally grown & malted barely from the Alamosa, Colorado in the beautiful San Luis Valley. Check out Colorado Malting Company for more info.
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Powder Day IPA®
Bronze Medal Pale Ale – Colorado State Fair ‘07
Gold Medal Pale Ale – Colorado State Fair ‘06
Our IPA is crisp and fresh like a fine local Powder Day. The anticipation alone can bring a knowing smile. Powder Day IPA™ has a balanced hoppy character with the distinctive aromas and flavors of true American hops, which gives it a lovely fresh hop finish. It’s unfiltered so that the hoppiness can be fully appreciated sip after sip. After a Powder Day, you’re in hop heaven!
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Eagle ESB ™
Silver Medal English Ale - World Beer Championships '11
Our Eagle ESB™ is brewed in a classic English Pub Ale tradition and strikes a perfect balance between a complex malty flavor and wonderful English quaffability. It has a beautiful copper color and goes great with all kinds of cuisines, especially spicy, cheesy, and creamy dishes.
For a real treat, pair Eagle ESB™ with our Salmon Fish & Chips, served with house made tartar sauce! |
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Rodeo Rider Red ™
Silver Medal Amber Ale - Colorado State Fair '09
Brewed in the style of German Red Ale, which is the old-school method.
Rodeo Rider Red™ has complex aromas of rich German malt and noble hops.
The flavor presents a full malt character with a biscuity and light caramelly highlights.
Yet, it has a medium dry, nutty finish. An easy-drinking pint. |
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Poor Richard’s Ale ™
THE commemorative brew for Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday!
Champion Brown - Colorado Sate Fair '11
Silver Medal Brown Ale – North American Beer Awards ‘10
This Colonial-style beer is a modern interpretation of a beer that Benjamin Franklin could have savored in his lifetime. Our award-winning, ORIGINAL recipe was brewed by over 100 professional breweries throughout the nation (including including Anheuser-Busch!) It's a great tasting amber/brown ale thanks to American ingenuity of using an indigenous New World ingredient, corn. During the brew, we also add a touch of molasses (the everyday sweetener of the Colonists) to give it a slight spiciness and to offset the documented hop shortage of the time. One of our most popular flagship beers!
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Soaker's Stout ™
Bronze Medal Stout - Colorado State Fair '10
Silver Medal Oatmeal Stout – North American Beer Awards ‘10
Silver Medal Oatmeal Stout – North American Beer Awards ‘07
Our Soaker's Stout™ is exceptionally smooth and drinkable dark beer.
Based on the classic Oatmeal Stouts from England, it's rich and silky tastes are perfectly balanced by a roasted dry finish without being too bitter. Even if you've never been a fan of dark beers, give Soaker's Stout™ a try. You won't be disappointed!
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Listen to Tony Simmons describe how he researched his award-winning Poor Richard's Ale™ on Basic Brewing Radio!
Soda Pop
 Mutton Buster Root Beer®
Our root beer is flying out the door! Some customers tell us it’s the best they’ve ever had. We make Mutton Buster Root Beer™ in small batches and use NO corn sugar. It’s a blend of pure cane sugar, brown sugar, and honey.
Stop by for a sample!
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Beer Tips
BEER TIP #1
 Keep your beer cool... And, not too cold!
Beer benefits from storage in a consistently cool environment away from direct sunlight. The ideal storage temperature is usually around 50-55 degrees F. Higher temperatures risk shortening the lifespan of your beer and degrading its flavor.
When serving high-quality craft beer, don't serve it too cold. The colder the temperature, the less flavor it will have. An ice-cold beer may sound great on a hot day, but it will have almost no taste!
The right temperature is essential for ultimate beer enjoyment. Here are some general serving guidelines:
• Fruit Beers at 40-50 F.
• Wheat Beers and Pale Lagers at 45-50 F.
• Pale Ales and Amber or Dark Lagers at 50-55 F.
• Big Beers, Barleywines and Belgian Ales at 50 -55 F.
• Brown Ales, Porters and Stouts at 55-60 F.
BEER TIP #2
A cold beer tastes great on a hot day...
And for best flavor, keep it out of the sun!
When subjected to UV or florescent light, beer gets a skunky aroma and flavor due to the hop oils reacting with light. Yes, really! That's why most beer is sold in brown bottles... to filter out the harmful light.
Test it out for yourself... First, get yourself a tasty beer. Pagosa Beer would be a good choice... But, for this experiment, most any beer in a brown bottle will work.
As you enjoy the first few sips, notice both the aroma and flavor. Then, let it sit in direct sunlight for 5-15 minutes. No need to let it get warm. Now, re-test the aroma and taste of your new "lightstruck" beer. It will have a noticeable flavor of skunk!
So, for the best flavor, keep your beer out of the direct sunlight. And remember, one of THE best places to enjoy a skunk-free beer will be under the shade of our lovely Pagosa Brewing™ Beer Garden!
BEER TIP #3
Beer and Food parings:
Yes, our handcrafted beers pair wonderfully will all kinds of foods!
There are over 100 recognized styles beer. Because of this diversity, beer has a HUGE range of flavors to marvelously compliment all kinds of foods. Also, the carbonation of BEER cleanses your palette after every sip. This is why beer is often better than wine in food pairings (yes, really!), especially when it come to cheese. Since they were historically made on the same farms, beer is a PERFECT match with cheese. Even desserts pair amazingly well with beer.
Try some of these well-tested Pagosa Brewing™ ideas -
* Wolf Creek Wheat:
Asian Foods, Fish, Salads - Feta & Goat cheeses.
* Kayaker Cream Ale:
Teriyaki, Spicy Foods, Pizza - Muenster, Havarti & Monterey Jack.
* Poor Richard's Amber Ale:
Burgers, Bean Dishes, BBQ, Nuts - Colby & Cheddar cheeses.
* Powder Day IPA:
Mexican Foods, Guacamole, Pizza, Gumbos - Sharp Cheddars.
* Soaker's Stout:
Beef stew, Blue Cheeses, Chocolate Mousse - yes, Stout Floats!
Note: Selection and prices subject to change.
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