Stampede
Avery Brewing Company
- From:
- Avery Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
Ranked #352 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #35,339 - Avg:
- 3.4 | pDev: 13.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 10, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 07, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Every day is game day with this clean, crisp, and crushable Colorado Gold Lager. Team Avery developed this refreshing beer shoulder to shoulder with the University of Colorado at Boulder. Pure Rocky Mountain water sourced from our Colorado home makes Stampede light, clean, and perfect for game days in every season. For those looking for a quality lager to be proud of, Stampede charges to the front.
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Reviewed by JZH1000 from Colorado
3.73/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12oz canned on 11/27/24
On the pour 2 fingers of bone white head formed on top of a very slightly hazy pale golden body. Head retention is decent and it keeps looking good for a while, no weird big bubbles making for a foamy head.
Aroma is lightly hoppy and sweet with a slight crackery 2-row malt behind the floral hops. Quite simple.
Out of the glass there is still that slight hop flavor going on with a light sweet malty presence. No off flavors, but it is generally quite light. Not light beer light, but no big malty notes here. There is a vague bitterness, but nothing that jumps out at me. Generally this is super clean, and I'm not really getting the hate I've seen in previous reviews. Cleaner than any macro lager, although the flavor is less than a classic Michelob lager, I will say that.
Feel is fuller than expected, and isn't drying at all. A slight mouth-coating feel develops as you drink more. Again nothing crazy or really out of the ordinary, but I'd like it to be a bit more dry. Still very drinkable.
Overall this is an average, albeit high quality session lager. Not a whole lot happening, but it is very clean, and I will say to do that consistently at this price point is quite impressive. Just give me a bit more malt!
May 09, 2025On the pour 2 fingers of bone white head formed on top of a very slightly hazy pale golden body. Head retention is decent and it keeps looking good for a while, no weird big bubbles making for a foamy head.
Aroma is lightly hoppy and sweet with a slight crackery 2-row malt behind the floral hops. Quite simple.
Out of the glass there is still that slight hop flavor going on with a light sweet malty presence. No off flavors, but it is generally quite light. Not light beer light, but no big malty notes here. There is a vague bitterness, but nothing that jumps out at me. Generally this is super clean, and I'm not really getting the hate I've seen in previous reviews. Cleaner than any macro lager, although the flavor is less than a classic Michelob lager, I will say that.
Feel is fuller than expected, and isn't drying at all. A slight mouth-coating feel develops as you drink more. Again nothing crazy or really out of the ordinary, but I'd like it to be a bit more dry. Still very drinkable.
Overall this is an average, albeit high quality session lager. Not a whole lot happening, but it is very clean, and I will say to do that consistently at this price point is quite impressive. Just give me a bit more malt!
Reviewed by ZAP from Minnesota
3.59/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nice easy drinking American lager without a lot of complexity...a light touch of cereal malts on the aroma and taste....body is light..drinks clean....nothing complex here...solid American Lager..
Mar 30, 2025
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
3.88/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Honestly I thought this definitely tasted good but the more I try it I'm like why have this and Avery Lager, I slightly still prefer Avery Lager but they're very similar
Oct 04, 2021
Reviewed by Beaver13 from Colorado
1.98/5 rDev -41.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
1.98/5 rDev -41.8%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
12 oz can, canned on 8/21/20. Pours clear pale yellow with a medium fizzy white head that retains fairly well and leaves little lacing.
The aroma is vegetal corny malt with some metallic hops.
The flavor is sweet vegetal malts with a crisp light bitter finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with sparkly carbonation.
Overall, slightly better than a macro lager.
Nov 14, 2020The aroma is vegetal corny malt with some metallic hops.
The flavor is sweet vegetal malts with a crisp light bitter finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with sparkly carbonation.
Overall, slightly better than a macro lager.
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.52/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz can. Poured out a clear, golden yellow color with a good-sized, white head of bubbly foam. It left minimal lacing. Sweet caramel, bread crust and subtle floral notes. Sweet caramel and toffee taste and a very mild bitterness. Crisp, sharp and easy-drinking.
Oct 10, 2020
Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado
3.59/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.59/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Your basic light lager here, obviously made to sell on campus at sporting events, so you could put down a few of them and not get yourself into trouble. It's nothing fancy at all, but it's their version of a session beer. Very light in color and feel, and would also go well on a camping trip.
Aug 19, 2020
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.92/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Brief initial impression of a 12 fl oz pull-tab can:
4.5% ABV. "Colorado gold lager."
APPEARANCE: Clear yellow-gold body. Off-white head ~10cm in height.
AROMA: 2-row malted barley...that's it.
TASTE: Crisp 2-row. Mineral water.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, refreshing, well-carbonated, crisp.
OVERALL: A simplistic lager available at a fair price. It drinks easy and it'll get you drunk, but I'd sooner buy a macrobrew lager (e.g. Michelob Lager) if in the mood for a beer like this. Neutral and shallow but enjoyable for what it is. A table beer to pair with spicy food, but not a great effort from Avery. Feels like the beer they brewed for the Bud and Coors drinkers visiting their taproom - which would be fine if this were actually a step up from something like Michelob Lager or Schlitz Gusto.
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06/16/20 impression from another can:
C / AVERAGE
Jun 04, 20204.5% ABV. "Colorado gold lager."
APPEARANCE: Clear yellow-gold body. Off-white head ~10cm in height.
AROMA: 2-row malted barley...that's it.
TASTE: Crisp 2-row. Mineral water.
TEXTURE: Smooth, wet, refreshing, well-carbonated, crisp.
OVERALL: A simplistic lager available at a fair price. It drinks easy and it'll get you drunk, but I'd sooner buy a macrobrew lager (e.g. Michelob Lager) if in the mood for a beer like this. Neutral and shallow but enjoyable for what it is. A table beer to pair with spicy food, but not a great effort from Avery. Feels like the beer they brewed for the Bud and Coors drinkers visiting their taproom - which would be fine if this were actually a step up from something like Michelob Lager or Schlitz Gusto.
C / AVERAGE
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06/16/20 impression from another can:
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