Elk Mountain Brewery, visited again on 2/12/12 (http://www.elkmountainbrewing.com/)
Following my personal visit to Elk Mountain in January, Holly and I decided after a hike last Sunday at Castlewood Canyon that we'd return. I wanted to take her on one of my favorite local drives too...83 to Greenland Road across miles of plains dirt road.
Here are the updated beers we tried that I hadn't tried before:
Pump IPA - 6.5abv; 60ibus; nice color tones, amber color but slightly darker; bubbly head; little lacing; good hop flavor, light though; light citrus on the nose; good IPA taste, not overwhelmingly hoppy; good sessionable IPA.
Ghost Town Brown - 5.3abv; unusual light brown in color; very small head; minimal lacing; light cocoa nose; very easy brown ale in flavor; touch of cocoa powder in flavor as well; apparent silver medal winner at the Colorado State Fair; comparable to the recently-tasted Avery's Ellie's Brown without all the flavor; good accessible beer.
Rock Slider Amber, on nitro - 5.5abv; like most ntiros, seriously creamy head; good light amber color; real creamy take on an easy to drink amber ale; love having nitro as an option; creamy flavor all the way through; Holly says, "bright flavor!"
We once again pulled a growler of Vanilla Caramel Porter and I've decided this beer is one of the better sweet porters I've ever tried. We can't go back for a while though...I've got to get out an explore some of the un-visited breweries!
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