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Ancestral Ale ™
* Durango Herald - US Senator Michael Bennet participates in inaugural tapping
* Esquire Magazine - "And it was one of my top tastes of the weekend"
* Modern Brewery Age (page 8) - “America’s Stonehenge"
* POLITICO - "Got a friend at the White House?"
By Anna Palmer and Dave Levinthal With Tarini Parti
Got a friend at the White House? This might be the time to use your connections to get a limited edition 'Ancestral Ale' made by Pagosa Brewing Company in honor of Obama's designation of Colorado's Chimney Rock as a national monument last week. The brewer sent some special edition 22 oz. 'bomber' bottles to the White House. No Dem connections? It is also slated to be featured at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver in October 2012.
In honor of Chimney Rock's National Monument Designation and the countless hours of dedication by the National Forest Service and The Chimney Rock Interpretive Program, Pagosa Brewing & Grill has created a special beer, Ancestral Ale. Delicately crafted with many of the natural foods that these Ancestral Puebloans had available to them, it includes local yellow squash, Anasazi beans, sweet corn and a whisper of prickly pear cactus fruit. Ancestral Ale is a refreshing beer that captures the spirit of this one-of-a-kind archaeological site. |
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Classic Pils ™ & Classic Lite
Brewed in the style of a Classic American Pils... the way Pilsners used to taste BEFORE prohibition. This style was originally brewed in the USA by immigrant German brewers who brought the process and yeast with them when they settled in America. A very crisp and refreshing beer, with underlying malt and hops that stand out when compared to modern, mass-produced American light lagers.
Brewery food pairing... Classic American Chili Burgers and Chili Dogs. |
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Hop 'N Fresh ™
Our wet-hopped beer is brewed with fresh, hand-picked hops from our friends at San Juan Hop Farms in Montrose. We camped out Saturday night in the hop fields and picked hops all day Sunday. Then, we drove back, milled-in, and brewed with them first thing on Monday morning... less than 24 hours after picking! We're very happy with the results. You can taste the greenness of the wet hops making it both tasty and very quaffable. And, it's as fresh as you can get! |
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Pagosa Pale Ale ™ - Brewed with Local Barley Malt!
Bronze Medal Pale Ale - World Beer Championships '12
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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Peachy Peach ™
Bronze Medal Fruit Beer - Colorado State Fair '12
Champion Light Beer - San Juan Brewfest '11
Gold Medal Fruit Beer - Colorado State Fair '10
Our Peach Wheat is a real treat. Brewed as an American Wheat, it's got amazing aromas of real peaches and a wonderful balance of light beer and peaches in the flavor. Peachy PeachTM is exceedingly quaffable and one of our top sellers in the warmer months. Stop by for taste (or pint) this Spring.
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Pedal 4 Pale ™
To celebrate the back-to-back bike tours coming through Pagosa (Ride
the Rockies & Bike Tour of Colorado), we brewed a beer to honor their
many miles of pedaling. Pedal 4 Pale is a strong pale ale that uses
only one hop variety. It's one of our favorites... Amarillo hops.
It's got a great citrus flavor and aroma as well as dry, crisp finish.
A great beer to quaff after a long day in the saddle!
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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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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 100 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 10.1% strength. Have a Hoppy Day! ;-)
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Summer Hop Ale ™
A special treat for hop heads. Summer Ale™ is a cross between Pale Ale and IPA with a fresh hop aroma, malty flavor, and solid bitterness. It's brewed each year using ONLY a single variety of American hops, including: Centennial, Cascade, Amarillo, or... This summer, we'll be brewing with the Limited Edition Falcon's Flight Hop from our friends at Hop Union. Summer Hop Ale™ is easy to quaff and goes great with our custom pizzas! We only made one batch a year, so stop by before it's gone! |
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Wolf Creek Wheat® & Peach Wheat
Bronze Medal Wheat Beer - World Beer Championships '12
Our unfiltered, wheat beer is light, 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: "Peachy Peach," "Awesome Orange" or "Raging Raspberry"… and sometimes more. Ask your server. |
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Belgian & German Biers (7)
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Alpine Abbey 6 ™
Bronze Medal Strong Belgian - Colorado State Fair '08
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!)!
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Alpine Abbey Blonde ™
Silver Medal Strong Belgian - Colorado State Fair '12
Reminiscent of European Pilsners but with more complexity, our new Alpine Abbey Blonde is inspired by the Abbey biers of Belgium. Brewed with Belgian barley, hops, and yeast, it's got a smooth, light pilsner malt sweetness and finishes dry with a touch of spice at the end. A very refreshing bier for warm, spring days in our Beer Garden. Served in 16oz snifters. À votre santé!
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Alpine Abbey Pale ™
Brewed in the classic style of an Antwerp Pale, with imported Belgian malts, hops, and yeast. It's got a toasty, biscuity, and nutty malt flavor combined with complex Belgian aromatics and a dry, spice-like finish. A very quaffable beer at 4.8% ABV. |
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Alpine Abbey Tripel ™
Originated by the Trappist Monks and Abbeys in Belgium, our Tripel's light color and body deceptively hides a 9.3% ABV. It's got a wonderful rounded malt flavor with touch of spiciness to balance the citrus-like aromas and flavors. Finishes dry and crisp like a fine champagne. |
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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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Ranch House Ale ™
Our Ranch House Ale™ is a light-colored and unfiltered Belgian-style Saison. Originally, this was a seasonal beer brewed by farmers and ranchers to last through summer and into autumn. Ranch House Ale™ is dry and refreshing with spicy, citrusy, earthy, and peppery notes.
Some have called Saison a cross between a Belgian Pale and a Belgian Wheat with a definite handcrafted touch... A beer with real terroir!
As such, our Ranch House Ale™ pairs wonderfully with all kinds of foods. It can lift a simple barbecue foods to angelic heights and can transform sausage in ways you just wouldn't believe. Try it out yourself!
NOTE: A percentage of our Ranch House Ale™ sales will be donated to the Southwest Land Alliance's Helping local people preserve local lands. Look for their 3rd Annual, "Save the Ranch" event September 12-13, 2008. Cheers! |
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Spring Hop Ale ™
Champion Belgian Ale - Colorado State Fair '11
Join us for the tapping of our new Spring Hop Ale! Brewed this year with Belgian & American hops. It's a special extra dry Pale Ale/Saison with a full hop flavor upfront, followed by a easy drinking middle, and finishes with spicy bitterness. Ask for a 3-Hop flight of tasters of our Pagosa Pale Ale™, Summer Ale™ and Powder Day IPA® for a fabulous comparison of aromas and flavors across the entire hop spectrum.
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Specialty Beers (4)
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Chili Verde Cerveza ™
Gold Medal Herb/Spice Beer - Colorado State Fair '12
Silver Medal Chili Beer – North American Beer Awards ‘11
Silver Medal Herb/Spice Beer - Colorado State Fair '11
Originally brewed to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we use special Hatch green chilies from New Mexico to add some heat to this crisp, pale beer. Chili Verde Cerveza ™ has a great chili aroma & flavor, which balances nicely with the refreshing quality of the Cerveza. We've got a HOT and MILD variety. Available in limited quantities only. Sorry, no growlers.
Brewery Food Pairings... Tri-Colored Chips & Chili Queso Dip, NEW Brewpub Tacos, Salsa Burgers & Spicy Pizzas!
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Dispensary Ale ™
100% Organic Hemp Beer! We brewed it with organic barley malt, hops,
& denatured hemp seeds. The hemp seeds add a amazing danky herbal
complexity to the aroma and flavor. They also give the beer a
crispness that's totally different from the use of hops. It's a super
tasty Pale Ale! Goes on-tap at 4:20p on 4/20!
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Honeymoon Ale ™
Champion Honey Beer - Colorado State Fair '11
Silver Medal Honey Beer - North American Beer Awards '09
Gold Medal Honey Beer - Colorado State Fair '10
Gold Medal Honey Beer - Colorado State Fair '09
Gold Medal Honey Beer - Colorado State Fair '08
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 former Lead Brewer (Julie). Made with locally-sourced honey, it's judged 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, at 8.3% ABV, it's only served in our elegant Draws. A must-try at the brewery. Congrats again Julie & Tony! |
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Smokey The Beer ™
Brewed in the style of a Helles Rauchbier, which translates from German as "Smoked Light Lager." A VERY special creation with imported beechwood-smoked barley malt from Bamberg, Germany. It pairs wonderfully with smoked meats and cheeses. For our Annual Mardi Gras Party, we'll have Smoked Andouille Sausages, Red Bean & Rice, and Oysters on the Half Shell. Stop by for this special beer & food pairing!
Proceeds from Smokey the Beer will support the Volunteer Firefighters of Archuleta County. |
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