colorado session beers

TRVE, Prost, and Hogshead immediately came to mind for the Denver area.

 

Bierstadt is my new homie for the summer, especially with crowlers at $5.

 

Actually, I keep getting Prost and Bierstadt mixed up. No idea why .
That's what I meant, too. Although, Prost has gotten back to being really good again.

 

My go-to is Howdy Beer, the pilsner from The Post in Lafayette. I'm also a big fan of Elevation 8 Second Kolsch, Bootstrap Sticks Pale Ale, and if 4Noses brings back the galaxy dry hopped Proboscis.

My favorite easy-drinking beer in Colorado is probably Solid Gold Belgian Golden Ale from Cannonball Creek, but sitting at 7.4% I'm not sure if its quite a session beer

 

I tend to think of session beers as having "two flavors:
-Summertime poolside/camping beers that I want to crush all day in the sun: Grimm Brothers (Fearless Youth, Farmers Daughter, Little Red Cap), Prost (both weizens, Pils), Sticks PA, Odell 5 Barrel, Avery Liliko'i Kepolo

-Hanging out in a pub for several hours with friends: Comrade Koffee Kream Stout (unbelievable amount of flavor at <5% ABV), Odell Cutthroat, Finkel and Garf Oatmeal Milk Stout

 

I'm a big fan of Cannonball Creek Trump Hands. Amazing amount of flavor from a session IPA with only ~4.5% abv. I just wish I could get it in cans so that I could take it on hiking trips.

 

Zwei is my jam. Their pils and helles are wonderful session beers.

Sticks is another great suggestion.

 

I'm also a big fan of Howdy. It's not technically from Colorado, but 'Beer' from La Cumbre is pretty damn tasty and easy drinking.

 

Trying to keep myself to 4.5% and under:

Post Howdy Beer
Crooked Stave Vieille
Crooked Stave Huguenot (but that's a one off, I think)
Caution The Earl
Oskar Blues Beerito

 

Is that one seasonal or being retired? A buddy and I looked everywhere and can't seem to find it.

 

I think it might be a victim of the grocery store law because it hovers right around 4% ABV. You can get it at Oskar Blues, but I haven't seen it in a liquor store.

 

I saw it at King Soopers yesterday, which made me immediately not want to buy it.

 

I saw it at one liquor store once, but not after.

 

TRVE and Bierstadt.

I know I am in the minority but I have always been a fan of Odell's Loose Leaf.

 

I hope Beerito doesn't disappear - it's awesome. Never had the canned one (only seen it at the grocery store) but Old Chicago had it for a few months last year.

 

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'll drink Banquet Beer if I need something light and uncomplicated.

That being said, my favorite Colorado session beer is probably Casey The Low End.

More Bieres de Table, please.

I love gueuze and other wild ales but I struggle with the sour-ish beers as session beers. Not sure what it is...but I much prefer beers like Bierstadt's Slow Pour (which may be my second favorite) or Post Howdy to something like Liliko'i.

And yeah, I have yet to meet a session IPA that I want to drink a lot of.

 

I actually have never looked at Loose Leaf as being a session ipa/apa. I guess it does fall in there but I fell for their marketing of it simply as an American session ale.