Brews
Brews | Seasonal Brews | Soda Pop | Mug Club | Beer Tips | Fine Wines & Top-Shelf Spirits

Wolf Creek Wheat®                  

Kayaker Cream Ale® Inspired by the legendary German light Helles lagers of Bavaria.  Our Kayaker Cream is golden in color, light in body, with subtle malty aromas.   It’s flavorful, but not too filling.  Perfect for paddling and kayaking through town.  Heck... it’s great after any outdoor activity.  A sparkling fresh brew that goes down easy... Almost too easy!

Eagle ESB™ Our ESB is brewed in a classic English Ale tradition with imported British ingredients.  Eagle ESB strikes a perfect balance between a complex malty flavor and solid hop background.  It has a light copper, medium body, and a rocky, off-white head. The nose is slightly malty, with a wonderful English hoppiness.  It's the kind of beer you look forward to quaffing when you head to the local pub.  Eagle ESB goes great with all kinds of cuisines, especially spicy, cheesy, and creamy dishes.  It’s one of the local favorites!

Pagosa Pale Ale™ Our American Style Pale Ale is light in color and big in flavor.  It has a medium body and a dry refreshing finish.  We dry-hop twice with fresh Cascade hop flowers for a heady hop aroma.  A tasty pale ale that goes with just about anything!

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!

Rodeo Rider Red™ An easy drinking reddish amber ale.  Based on the Irish Ales of County Cork with authentic imported ingredients.  It is a malt focused beer with an initial sweetness and a roasted dry finish.  Hops are not accentuated in this classic Irish version, but provide a tasty balance.  A real pleasure to quaff.  Sláinte! (Cheers!)

Timber Wolf Amber Wheat™ Silver Medal Dunkelweizen – North American Beer Awards ‘07 Our Dunkel Weiss bier is a spicy, fruity, malty, and refreshing wheat-based ale.  Based on a classic German recipe over 950 years old, the flavors are deep, supple and mellow.  And, for an American twist, it try it with a wedge of orange or lemon.  A great combination and a local favorite!

Poor Richard’s Ale™   THE commemorative brew for Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday! This Colonial style beer is a well-rounded, amber ale.  It has a complex aroma with a pleasant malty, corny, and slightly nutty character, enhanced by a slight molasses-spiced undertone that adds an almost fine tobacco-like quality. The flaked corn lightens the body and provides a nice counterbalance to the malt flavors.  Hop bitterness and flavor are designed to be medium-low.  The molasses adds an additional level of spiciness that makes it really unique.  Some claim they have NEVER ever had a beer like it before... as they ask for another pint! National Award Winner!

Soaker's Stout™ Silver Medal Oatmeal Stout – North American Beer Awards ‘07 Our Soaker’s Stout™ is exceptionally smooth and drinkable.  Based on the classic Oatmeal Stouts from England, its rich and silky tastes are perfectly balanced by a roasted dry finish without being too bitter.  It’s the kind of beer you want to savor over and over... perhaps while enjoying a relaxing soak.  Even if you've never been a fan of dark beers, give Soaker’s Stout™ a try.  You won’t be disappointed!

Summer Hop Ale ™ To Hell with the Hop Shortage! Here's a special treat for hop heads. Summer Hop Ale™ is brewed with a new variety of American hops. It's a cross between Pale Ale and IPA with a fresh hop aroma, malty flavor, and solid bitterness. This summer, ask for a 4-taster flight of our Pagosa Pale Ale™, Summer Hop Ale™, Powder Day IPA® and Pow Pow Imperial IPA™ for a fabulous comparison of aromas and flavors across the entire hop spectrum. Summer Hop Ale™ is easy to drink and goes great with our grilled pizzas! We only made one batch this season, so stop by before it's gone!

Coconut Porter™ Gold Medal Specialty Beer - North American Beer Awards '08 To our very quaffable Pack-It-In Porter™, we've added 50 lbs. of hand-toasted flaked coconut - kudos to our dear friends at Pagosa Baking Company for the use of their ovens!  Our Coconut Porter™ is black in color with red ruby highlights and a creamy off-white head.  It has amazing aromas and flavors of toasted coconut, along with malty silkiness and subtle dark chocolate.  Yet, it finishes smooth and dry like a porter.  It just screams for a Luau – Aloha!

Honeymoon Ale™ Silver Medal Honey Beer – Colorado State Fair ‘07 It's the return of a VERY special offering to celebrate the anniversary of our Brewmaster (Tony) and our Lead Brewer (Julie).  Made with Orange Blossom Honey from our dear friends at Redstone Meadery, it's defined as a Braggot - an ancient beverage that is part ale and part mead (honeywine).  Our Honeymoon Ale™ is similar to a wine, but still very much a beer.  Notice that the delicate flavors of honey and ale balance nicely with the subtle hop finish.  And, you would never guess that it hides a surprising 8.3% alcohol content.  As such, it's only served in our elegant Draws.  A must-try at the brewery. Congrats again Julie & Tony!

Alpine Abbey 8™ The second in our series of authentic abbey ales - Alpine Abbey 8 - Brewed in the style of a Belgian “Dubbel”, which originated at monasteries in the Middle Ages, and was revived in the mid-1800s after the Napoleonic era.   Amber in color, this Dubbel has an heavenly balance of rich, complex malt with hints of chocolate, caramel, and dried fruit.  Even with all that flavor, it has a dry finish that makes you pray for another glass.  À votre santé! (To Your Health!)

Alpine Abbey 6™ Our new Alpine Abbey 6 is the first in our series of genuine Monastic Abbey biers...  These world-class bier styles are brewed by Trappist Monks in Belgium to support their Abbeys and Monasteries.  For authenticity, we procured our yeast from one of these Abbeys, copied their water profile, and imported specialty malts and hops from Belgium.  The first born is our Alpine Abbey 6 - a Strong Blonde Ale.  It has a wonderfully complex aroma of light fruit and subtle spice, yet it finishes exceptionally dry and smooth.  À votre santé! (To Your Health!)!

Nipple Mountain Nip™ “NIP” is our richest and most full-bodied beer to date.  Brewed in the style of an American Barleywine, it's a special holiday treat that's been aging in our cellars for months.  The luscious, velvety texture is balanced with a huge amount of classic American hops... this includes multiple dry hoppings for a heady hop aroma.  At 10.5% in alcohol, it's meant to be a slow sipping beer... something to be enjoyed around a fire.  Shame that it's so dangerously drinkable and smooth, you'll want to quaff it faster.  Served only in draws.  Limit two glasses per customer.  Special "Brewer's Vintage" bottled versions will also available.  Cellarable for up to three years. Nipple Mountain Nip was awarded three of four stars by the Ale Street News. Ruby red color, poured with a big head. Aromas of apples, blueberry muffins, sour cherries, alcohol. “Good balance. Slight woody character, nice smooth finish. Hops and malt play well together. Mellow malt sweetness mixed with some tartness. Interesting — almost like a barleywine/Flemish red combination.”

Mill Town Mild™ The perfect beer if you're having more than one.   Introducing Mill Town Mild™...  Brewed in the style of Dark Mild Ale from the Midlands of England.  It's big on flavor with imported amber and brown malts, but yet, light in alcohol.  This makes it VERY drinkable.  At 3.2% ABV, it's a true, "Session Beer" and the kind of beer workers would quaff in quantity after a hard day at the mine or the mill.  To add to the wide range of beers styles we already offer... from light to dark... and from mellow to hoppy... we can now offer beers from low alcohol to the high octane.  And, it’s only available at Pagosa Brewing!

Wassail Ale™ A real holiday treat!  To our Chocolate Porter, we’ve added subtle holiday spices, real Madagascar vanilla, and touch of hazelnut.  The kind of beer that's worth packing-in to the backcountry.  Customers describe it as: “Delicious!” “I’ve never had a dark beer like that before!” “I’ll have another!” And, it goes GREAT with Holiday Cake... specially made for us by Pagosa Baking Company. Stop by for a sample before it’s gone!

FallFest Bier™ Brewed as a traditional German Oktoberfest-style bier with imported Vienna and Munich malts, noble German hops, and a special Pagosa Brewing touch. FallFest Bier™ has an rich toasted malt complexity, with a firm enough hop bitterness to provide a balanced finish.  It’s been lagered for weeks and weeks, which has made it drinkably smooth.  Perfect for those cooler fall evenings.  It goes great with German sausage, crisp sauerkraut, and classic potato salad under our festival tent!  But, like the fall colors, our FallFest Bier™ is only available for a limited time this season.  Prosit! (Cheers!)

Farmhouse Ale™ Our Farmhouse Ale™ is a light-colored and unfiltered Saison, which doesn't have quite the storied past of beer styles like bock or porter. Its humble birth occurred in the farmhouses of Wallonia, Belgium. Originally, this was a seasonal beer brewed to last through summer and into autumn. Farmhouse Ale™ is dry and refreshing with spicy, citrusy, earthy, and peppery notes. It has more hops than other Belgian styles, but is less hoppy than our Pagosa Pale Ale. Some have called Saison a cross between a Belgian Pale and a Belgian Wheat with a definite handcrafted touch. A beer with terroir!  As such, our Farmhouse Ale™ pairs wonderfully with all kinds of foods. The fruity and spicy notes can lift a simple barbecue to angelic heights. The peppery notes will really enhance the flavors of any hot or spicy dish. It can transform sausage in ways you just wouldn't believe.  Take a Pitcher-To-Go home and try it out yourself!

Pow Pow Imperial IPA™ Our BIG beer is back... And, yes, it's way bigger than our Powder Day IPA®. Think of it like this... More than just a powder day in the mountains, it's like one of those BIG, legendary snow dumps we often get here in Pagosa. However, in this case, Pow Pow Imperial IPA™ is all about BIG hops... with well over 200 IBUs! That means tons of hops for bitterness, gobs of hops for flavor, and pounds and pounds of hops for aroma. It's also got a wonderfully BIG long-lasting, lingering hop bitterness in the taste. And yet, Pow Pow is surprisingly smooth, especially given it's 8.5% strength. And, this year, we've opted to serve it in full-sized pints and mugs, which should guarantee you a very Hoppy Day!

Pack-It-In Porter ™ Our Porter is a dark and bold American-Style Robust Porter. It differs from a stout in that there are no roasted grains, making it smooth and very drinkable. The kind of beer that's worth packing-in to the backcountry. It’s also a very versatile beer that we often customize... For this Spring, we obtained some special smoked barley malt and crafted Smoked Pack-It-In Porter™! It’s a real seasonal treat and one of Tony’s favorite beer styles to judge. Stop by for a sample. It’s SMOKIN’!

Big Bad Wolf™ Our strong wheat beer is a special offering...  One that’s hard to find in this country.  Big Bad Wolf™ is based on the world-class weizenbock bier, Aventinus, from Schneider & Sohn in Germany.  Our Brewmaser, Tony, was lucky to sample it nearly every night during German Brewing School.  Our Big Bad Wolf™ has a complex malt aromas with dark, rich fruit flavors of plums, prunes, and raisins.  At over 7.5% alcohol by volume, it’s also served only in Draws (11 oz. pilsner glassware)!  Sorry, no growlers.

And, more to come...


Listen to Tony Simmons describe how he researched his award-winning Poor Richard's Ale™ on Basic Brewing Radio!

Top of page


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!

Keep your beer cool... And, not too cold!