Aspen Brewing Company (Legacy Breweries) Reviews

ChrisOfstad	3.7 Aspen Excess in Moderation From backlog. Taster On tap, at the source. Hazy yellow/ orange with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, grapefruit, mango, Fruity, some bitterness. Friday, November 3, 2023
ChrisOfstad	4.1 Aspen Barrel Aged 10th Mountain Imperial Stout From backlog. Taster On tap at The source. Black with big beige head. Toasted malts, Chocolate, bourbon, oak, rye, sweetness. Saturday, October 28, 2023
ChrisOfstad	3.6 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison 0,3 litre Can, Straight from The source, at home. Cloudy Golden with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, herbal, spices, some dry, herbal bitterness in The finnish. Friday, April 14, 2023
siennadean917	4.1 Aspen Excess in Moderation Solid apres ski beer.Melon diff twist on hazy.Moderate hops Tuesday, April 4, 2023
ChrisOfstad	3.5 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA 0,3 litre Can, Straight from the brewery. Golden with offwhite head. Malts, hops, yeast, Fruity, Malty, herbal, bitterness, sweetness. Friday, November 18, 2022
ChrisOfstad	3.2 Aspen Ajax Pilsner 0,3 litre Can, Straight from The source. Cloudy Golden with little white head. Malts, hops, yeast, floral, herbal, some bitterness. Friday, November 4, 2022
GTAEgeek	3 Aspen This Season's Blonde 12 oz. can. Pours a clear, straw color, with a medium head. The nose is caramel, light pine, orange pith, and wet grass. Sweet and malty, with a sticky, mild bitterness. Light, clingy, and a bit syrupy. Not bad. Thursday, April 28, 2022
GTAEgeek	3.6 Aspen Excess in Moderation Taste at Beasts & Brews. Pours a hazy, white head, with a big, frothy, white head. The nose is peach, cinnamon, mango, and leather. Sweet and nicely tropical, with a strong, abrasive bitterness. Medium body, with a sharp, grainy feel. Nice. Friday, March 4, 2022
explosivedog	3.4 Aspen Pyramid Peak Porter On tap at the taproom. Pours slightly translucent dark brown. Chocolate, tobacco, biscuit, prune. Medium body. Fine. Thursday, December 9, 2021
explosivedog	3.5 Aspen Conundrum Red Ale On tap at the taproom. Pours copper. Biscuit, grapefruit, cherry, toffee. Medium body. Good. Thursday, December 9, 2021
explosivedog	3.3 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison On tap at the taproom. Pours slightly hazy gold. Estery, bubblegum, lemon, floral, dill. Medium body. Good. Thursday, December 9, 2021
BeerandBlues2	3.7 Aspen Excess in Moderation Can at home. Pours hazy golden orange with a medium, frothy white head, long retention. Medium-high juicy oranges, medium mango hops, medium-high hop bitterness, medium cracker malt and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation. Thursday, November 25, 2021
geeklimit	3.6 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Pours a clear straw, highly carbonated with a smaller foam head. Sweet year, grain and slight pepper aroma.Lightweight taste with a bouquet of understated spices. Clean mouthfeel and minimal atfertaste. Friday, September 17, 2021
Micah_M	2.9 Aspen Double Conundrum Early rating from Beer Buddy app Sunday, April 4, 2021
Micah_M	2.7 Aspen This Season's Blonde Camping w/ Mary and Graham, Sylvan Lake 6/21/2014 Sunday, April 4, 2021
Ratman197	3.7 Aspen Ajax Pilsner Can poured a clear gold with a small lasting white head. Aromas of bread, graininess and earthy hops. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of bread, earthiness and a hint of yeast with a crisp dry moderately bitter finish. Monday, March 29, 2021
fidelis83	3.7 Aspen Ajax Pilsner Slightly hazy pale gold pour with a two finger fluffy white head. Aroma is floral, slightly perfumey, sweet cereal malt, hints of lemon, honey and mineral. Flavor is nice, toasty sweetness up front, big floral hops, light spicy hops, rich cereal, hints of zesty citrus, some mineral and herbal bitterness. Light body, fairly neutral entry, crisp after that, medium carbonation. Solid pils for sure. Wednesday, February 3, 2021
GTAEgeek	3.4 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA 12 oz. can from Safeway. Pours an unclear, orange color, with a small, off-white head. The nose is juniper, lavender, rye, hay, and caramel. Not exactly dry, but with a harsh, astringent bitterness. This is an aggressive and simple IPA. Fair. Tuesday, November 17, 2020
GTAEgeek	3.2 Aspen Barrel Aged 10th Mountain Imperial Stout Taste at Trail's End. Pours black, with a thin, fleeting, bubbly, tan head. The aroma is dark roast coffee, green banana, black pepper, and rubber. Dry and biting, with a syrupy, acetyl finish. Heavy body, with a syrupy, sticky palate. This is unfortunate. I assume it's off. Tuesday, September 15, 2020
thegreenrooster	3.6 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Pour is a slight hazy gold with a large white head. Aroma is a big time yeast ester with some white pepper and soft biscuit malt. Flavor is bubble gum yester with some peppery spice. A little thin on the mouthfeel but otherwise this is a good example of a old world saison. Saturday, March 21, 2020
jrodooo5	3.5 Aspen Temerity Series: Cougar Pours rustic orange with a thin white head & little lacing. The aroma has a peachy pungentness about it. The flavor comes off flat & weird. Something isn’t mixing well here. Touch of a traditional blonde with the slightest hint of peach & sourness. Pretty much a mess! Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Kleg	3 Aspen This Season's Blonde 12 oz. can purchased at Total Wine & Liquor in Colorado Springs, CO. Pours a hazy light gold color with a very large white head and excellent retention. Lots of spotty lacing. Kind of sour aroma. Lots of streaming bubbles. Light yeast lager flavor with a light citrus finish. Not much else. Okay but forgettable. Soft mouthfeel. Friday, February 14, 2020
imdownthepub	2.9 Aspen Silver City Canned, 355ml from The Smiling Grape Company, St. Neots, Cambs. Pale gold with white head. There is a sourish lemon character to this along with a soured peach flavour. Thinnish malt notes, quite grainy, cereal. Washing liquid hints. It's okay. Wednesday, September 11, 2019
climberbob	3.8 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Can into pint glass. Hazy golden with thin head. Nice grassy earthy aroma that smells like it should. Taste is also typical saison- a little Barney and well balanced. Solid saison Friday, August 30, 2019
Ratman197	3.9 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Can poured a clear gold with a lasting white head. Aromas of straw, yeast and pepper. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of straw, pepper and yeast with a crisp dry lingering peppery finish. Sunday, August 18, 2019
SilkTork	0.9 Aspen This Season's Blonde July 2019 Can from Cloud Wine, Southampton for less than £1. Ooh, this is more interesting than I expected. Kinda roasty woody notes to start, firm oily body, some petrol fumes, kinda Belgian, odd. Hmmm. There's a lot of flavour here - not quite sure it's all the sort of flavour I want. This may be one of those beers that really is best drunk cold. Very cold. The flavours are building up in my mouth kinda like petrol fumes. Spicy, phenolic, smoke, bandaid, TCP, plastic, peanut skin, raw potato. Gawd! I think I've had enough now. The interesting is starting to turn into unpleasant and difficult to drink much more. Yes. Enough. Stop. This is the sort of beer that drunk cold in small samples would remain interesting and intriguing, but drunk as a proper drinking beer - a full can at room temperature, it becomes a chore to the point of torture. Wednesday, July 24, 2019
onceblind	4.1 Aspen Excess in Moderation Cloudy light golden with a thin foamy white head. Rich interesting aroma that’s peppery and limey with some passionfruit and melon and papaya. Smooth pale flavor that’s soft and semidry with notes of wheat and pale grains with some tropical notes of melon and white peppercorn and mango and pine. Interesting and cool. Saturday, June 15, 2019
greedycheater	4 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA Friday, June 14, 2019
siennadean917	4.1 Aspen This Season's Blonde Pretty well done blonde ale. Crisp and refreshing. Smooth casual drink. Thursday, May 30, 2019
drjay44	3.5 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA 12oz. Can. Pours a medium, well retained head, over a er a cleat amber(SRM 8) body........nose is heavy hops with pine, resin, fruit, mild malts......taste is pint, fruits, spice, grass, all from the hops, slight malt tones, moderate finishing bitterness...mouth feel, medium body, alcohol, moderate carbonation. A typical IPA, and easily drinkable. Friday, May 24, 2019
Ernest	2.4 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy, white, mostly/fully diminishing. Body is light yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), lightly hoppy (herbs), lightly to moderately yeasty (basement), with light notes of concrete, apple, fusel alcohol. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter, slightly unclean. Light to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Clunky and phenolic, with some light bug-spray-ish alcohol odor. Drain pour, although not quite repulsive. Monday, May 20, 2019
siennadean917	4.1 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA Solid beer for casual drink. More like a pale ale than IPA, but nice hops. Thursday, April 18, 2019
lavaaaron	3.1 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA Can pour, light amber color. Light caramel and copper aroma. Flavors of vanilla and brandy with a malt base, not very bitter, close to a pale ale than an ipa. Thursday, April 18, 2019
lavaaaron	3.4 Aspen Molly's Sip of Colorado Can pour, amber color with aromas of brown bread and toast. Toasted nut notes with hints of whole grain bread. Nice lager for the price point. Monday, April 15, 2019
siennadean917	3.9 Aspen Molly's Sip of Colorado Average lager. Strong malt flavor. Fairly generic overall. Monday, April 15, 2019
ajnepple	3.5 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison 12 oz. Clear golden appearance with a fluffy, lingering white head. Aroma of toasted grain, Belgian esters, mild clove, light lemon zest and a touch of banana. Similar flavor, adding mild bitterness and a light malty sweetness. Medium body with ample carbonation and a pleasantly dry finish. Good. Wednesday, March 20, 2019
drjay44	3 Aspen Ajax Pilsner Draft. Pours a medium, well retained, white head, with slight lacing over a clear dark yellow (SRM 4) body......nose mild malts, slight hop notes and a mild off tones.....taste is moderate malts, slight hops with mild spice tones with minimal fruit and pine, mild bitter finish......medium light body, no alcohol moderate carbonation. This is a dull simple beer that comes near but not precisely to the style. BJCP 8/3/9/4/6 Sunday, February 3, 2019
drjay44	3.4 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Draft. Pours a medium, well retained, white head over a hazy dark yellow (SRM 4) body.......nose is spice, fruit and malt tones.......taste is spices, malts, fruit tones mild bitter finish......mouth feel, medium light body, no alcohol, moderate carbonation. This meets the Saison style nicely. BJCP 8/3/15/4/7 Monday, January 21, 2019
williamstome	2.8 Aspen This Season's Blonde Golden brown pour. Toasted and bready malts, light floral and spicy notes. Okay. Tuesday, December 11, 2018
3fourths	2.3 Aspen Ajax Pilsner From can at 2018 Aspen Food & Wine, it tastes like sweettarts and aspirin, chalky and sugary and watery with more of a rice-cracker neutral and empty malt character than anything, and with non-existent hop expression which doesn't qualify this as Pilsner. Thursday, November 22, 2018
George999	3.8 Aspen Ajax Pilsner Aroma: Can - yeast, low hop aroma that is grassy, as the aromas settle the hops become more prevalent. The aroma is clearly a pilsner, very clean impression. Low malt sweetness, light cracker. Appearance: Crystal clear body with a golden pale straw color. The head lingures at a half a figure thick, is brilliant white with mostly small bubbles and a few mediums tossed in. Flavor: Malty flavor, with a strong toasted malt impression, like a good fresh bread, not rye but strong not placing it. The hops brighten the malts providing a grassy/low citrus lift to the beer, and also providing a nice bittering balance to the finish. The balance is more malty but the finish while moist is pleasantly bitter, encouraging another drink. Mouthfeel: Medium to thin body, with medium high carbonation. No alcohol warmth detected, not creamy due to the carbonation, and low astringency associated with the bittering hops. Overall: a solid pilsner, not quite German but as an American pilsner it is not overpowering hops, it is a refreshing beer that is easy drinking. Tuesday, November 20, 2018
CObiased	3.1 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA 12oz can - pours a clear copper color with a medium off white head. Aroma is light pine, light citrus and a hint of earthiness. I taste heavy bitter hop notes and a disappointing booziness. Lingering pleasant tongue coating bitterness. Monday, November 12, 2018
Ratman197	4.1 Aspen The Jackal IPA On tap at Colorado Plus poured a clear orange amber with a lasting creamy off white head. Aromas of oak, straw, citrus, pine, light bourbon and light grassiness. Palate was light bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of oak, bourbon, bread, pine and light citrus with a smooth dry lingering oaky bourbon finish. Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Ernest	1.6 Aspen Ajax Pilsner Can. Head is initially average sized, frothy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is light to medium yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (grain), lightly hoppy (herbs), with a note of gas station restroom (both urine and gasoline, not kidding!) Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately bitter, unclean. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Shockingly bad aroma...the gasoline stench is nearly the most prominent odor coming out of the glass (and it ain't the glass's fault, I'm sorry to say)...add old urine stink to that, and there's not much point in going any further with the aromatic analysis. A flawed sample for certain, but it's hard to guess where the blame lies. Utterly terrible. Friday, October 26, 2018
bu11zeye	3.3 Aspen Temerity Series: Cougar (22oz bottle) Pours a hazy yellow body with a small white head. Aroma of oak, horse blanket, white grapes, sweat, herbs, peach, and earth. Flavor of peaches, lacto, pedio, tobacco, vinous, oak, vanilla, and florals. Tuesday, October 2, 2018
glennmastrange	3.9 Aspen 10th Mountain Imperial Stout Tap, moderate to heavy dark bread, toasted and coffee for the malt, light herbs for the hops, light to moderate leather for the yeast, with hints of tobacco and wood in the background. Head is average size, creamy, light tan, with thick but slippery lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is very dark brown. Flavor starts slightly sweet, then finishes lightly sweet and slightly bitter. Palate is medium to full, creamy, with a soft carbonation. Not a blow away Imperial Stout, but still a really nice drinking beer. Sunday, August 5, 2018
glennmastrange	3.7 Aspen Cloud 9 Saison Tap. Moderate light bread, cookie and grain, light lemon and herbs for the hops, moderate dough and musty for the yeast, with hints of clove and banana in the background. Head is large, frothy, white, with spotty lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is hazy pale yellow. Flavor starts slightly sweet and lightly to moderately acidic, then finishes lightly acidic and slightly bitter. Palate is on the lighter side of medium, dry, with a lively to fizzy carbonation and a dry finish. A nice crisp Saisn with a lot of Belgian aspects to it. Sunday, August 5, 2018
Ratman197	3.9 Aspen Molly's Sip of Colorado Can poured a clear orange amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of caramel, toasted malt, earthiness and fruitiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a smooth dry finish. Flavors of caramel, toasted malt, light fruitiness and light earthiness with a smooth dry lingering toasted malt finish. Monday, July 30, 2018
kasi567	3 Aspen Independence Pass Ale IPA Sunday, July 29, 2018
Sammy	3.5 Aspen Sour Brett Golden Ale 2014 edition. Bugs and wine barrelling have integrated together and its an interesting blend to drink. Better than average drinkability if no head left. Lots of white wine character. Sunday, July 1, 2018