The tasting room reminds me of a college dorm. Beer quality is consistently poor. Prices are reasonable, happy hour discounts are frequent. I don’t go here often.

4/14/06: Apparently this place took over the old Oasis bottling plant. The hostess was nice enough, but the beers weren’t really that good. There were a couple good ones, but I’d put this towards the bottom of the Boulder beer priority list.

The place surprised me, its really small but there were several pluses: a few off-the-wall beers, I missed an attempt at a sour, but they had three chile beers on tap, one which had great flavour (silly billy). They also had on a decent barleywine. The other beers were almost all average. Loved the tap handles that were part of a 1860’s saloon theme. Service was handled by a confident lady who was alert to everything and any beer you wanted. The sampler tray was all layed out for up to 15 beers (I tried 10) with 4 ounce pours in solid glasses. People were friendly at the bar. A good time.

The tap room is just off Hwy 36 in Boulder and easy enough to find. Bob, the owner and brewer, was pouring the brews on Saturday and provided excellent company to sit and talk about his brews. He even sold me a Northstar Imperial Porter from his personal refrigerator since I was from Alabama and he had run out months ago! He lets his golden retreiver have free reign of the place, although he was mostly napping while we were there; he did great us at the door. A must see in Boulder.

What a tasteful little tasting room. A huge amount of beer was available, at the very least 10, and the two I had were great. Billy’s Chiles may be the best pepper beer I’ve ever tasted. It was pretty quiet on my visit, so I perused the magazine rack of beer publications. I’d go back just to get more pepper beer. They carry some sandwiches now, but it doesn’t appear that they actually have a kitchen or anything like that. You can buy bottles to go from the cooler.

Beware of the opening times - the tasting room doesn’t open until 3 PM on weekdays. A very dark room makes it out for the tasting room - somewhat dull, but you can see the brewery thru a window. Not many patrons on a Friday afternoon between 3 and 5. 10 beers on draft, so for that matter a scoop. Very attentative and knowledgable service.

Lots and lots of beers to try here- when I visited there was 15 or so of their own beers. Of course, their beers aren’t all that great. The atmosphere kinda sucks. Worth a trip if you’re going on a Boulder beer tour.

Nice little tasting room with that comfortable feeling to it (couple of friendly dogs walking aroun). Friendly bar tender and a nice selection of beers on tap. You can also buy growlers, bombers and 12oz’ers.

Nice place with a pretty decent atmosphere. Service was great and the sampler options are sure to please just about anyone. Too bad the beer isn’t all that good.

Tiny place and on the Saturday eve I was there a band was taking up valuable real estate. Luckily there were tables outside, but that also meant sitting w/ smokers. Free peanuts for a hungry guy was nice touch in otherwise unremarkable place. Selection seemed limited, but I was also half asleep, so may be wrong on that call.