Favorite Colorado IPAs?

You'll have to go to the source for Superpower; Comrade doesn't can/package outside of a few Crowler drops to Grapevine (may have been a COVID thing?).

 

FWIW, we almost always get Cowiche Canyon in Colorado, but even the biggest, best stores might only get a case or two. It's also an industry favorite from what I'm told, so a lot of store employees buy it up.

 

Stop by Cherry Cricket during happy hour and you can grab a Superpower for $4. Great deal.

 

Comrade and Cannonball Creek are probably our best two IPA brewers in CO and neither distro a package product beyond the occasional hand-filled crowler. Comrade has quite a few draft accounts, but Cannonball doesn't seem to have that much of a distro footprint.
If a packaged product is what you're seeking, Westbound and Weldwerks are probably CO's finest. At least that are readily available.

 

I would put New Image and Outer Range on that best-of and readily-available list as well. We don't see much W&D here in Colorado Springs sadly.

 

Cowiche Canyon landed! Just picked up what may have been the final sixer from Mile High but it will probably make its way to other stores with this week's CSA drops.

 

Count me in even though I still have a metric shit ton of other beer to drink.

 

Comrade, Cannonball Creek, and OMF brought home gabf medals for hoppy beers this year -- Glad they're recognizing quality! Cheers!

 

Comrade is hard to beat

 

Can anyone confirm if the Blue Moon Hazy beer is indeed gold medal worthy? I actually like Blue Moon a fair bit, but is their hazy IPA this good? Seems like a strange selection to me.

 

Just saw that myself and have never seen a blue moon IPA available. Not sure where to grab one.

 

I think you have to go to the brewpub in RiNo. It says it's on the menu right now, updated as of 8PM, 10/17/2020.

 

Revisiting the DDH Imperial IPA from Odell after not having it for quite some time... seems to me that it may have been reformulated or maybe the pack I had before was off... but it tastes like an entirely different beer in all the best ways possible.

My memory of this was that it was kinda, unpleasantly thick/syrupy and that the aroma was muted. The can I poured into tulip is absolutely popping with aroma... the feel is much better.. and the flavor is just overall better... kinda like a 2XMountain Standard.

 

New image double double is money. Did I see some bearded iris cans dropped this week too?

 

Definitely seen some BI around up north... haven’t got any yet, but had a few of their offerings when I visited my dad in Western NC and everything was quite tasty.

 

NI and Peculiar Ales collabo Restoration and Regrowth is the first of anything I’ve had from PA, but I love what I had. Evidently the brewer is from weldwerks and you can tell... really well made hazeboi that is balanced well with a nice bitterness. Really glad I snagged a couple!

 

One beer that definitely deserves a mention here is Dry Dock's Fixation IPA. It's a nod to to Backcountry DIPA, aka. "Fix Your Heel." They used to be a really good brewery up in Frisco. It's just as good, too. I believe it's just a one off for now, but I'm hopeful it'll be part of their normal line-up some day. If you aren't familiar with it, it's a little like Zombie Dust and Superpower having a child.

 

I don’t buy my beer from the supermarket, but walked the beer aisle today at King Soopers because someone posted last month of buying barreled treasure as part of the build your own singles (I was not as lucky). I noticed Codename Superfan and Noob were both 16oz/4pks. I’ve not seen them in 16’s before, does anyone know if that’s a permanent switch or maybe exclusive for the supermarket channel?

Hoping 6er’s will still be available.

 

I’ve seen the 4 packs in my local... no idea the actual reason, but figured it had something to do with the can shortage.

 

Not sure whether it's permanent, but it seemed on their social media that they were excited to roll out the new size alongside a revamped look. I was disappointed to see it, too. They responded to a couple of comments on Instagram saying that it is (at least in part) a response to the can shortage.