Latest reviews from Boulder
| 76 /100 5460 CONESTOGA CT “Uhls is in a commercial area. Plenty of lot parking. Small space inside, decent outdoor courtyard. Range of styles, good service, free wireless. Not busy, although a biker group showed up at one point. Flights available. Beer quality ok, although the ba stout was a home run.“ |
| 74 /100 2510 47TH ST. UNIT A2 “Hole in the wall in an industrial area, next door to another brewery. Tiny little taproom, but good service. About 10 beers running including some unusual styles (Lichtenhainer and Scottish Ale, for example). Beer quality was average to above average. Decent prices.“ |
| 66 /100 3550 FRONTIER AVE, UNIT A “Second stop. Large space in a warehouse setting. Parking in lot available. Big interior including a long communal table. Outdoor mostly covered patio, plus a picnic area with tables and a gas fire pit. Next to the train tracks. Permanent onsite Taco shack. Friendly service. Doing decent business at 4PM on a Wednesday. 16 taps, including an N/A. Flights of four available, individually priced; mine came to like $11. All good so far, yes? Unfortunately that is the end of it. Beer quality is substantially below average. The flagship IPA is downright bad. The hazy was the best of the four and it was barely hitting average for style. Unfortunate since the rest of the operation is quite interesting.“ |
| 88 /100 Backcountry Pizza and Tap House (Restaurant) 2319 ARAPAHOE AVENUE “This place is legit. Great pizza, friendly staff, a great taplist and an even better bottle list. Bottles are apparently usually for on-site drinking, but during COVID-times they offer them to go, so I brought a bunch of good European stuff home (good Euro stuff is hard to find here during COVID).“ |
| 66 /100 1125 PEARL ST “Beers are cromulent if a little lacking. Place is a brewpub on Boulder's little pedmall street. If you're down there, would go to Oskar Blues before this place. Better food and beer.“ |
| 86 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “I visited here back in 2016, I thought I’d rated it then. Supremely friendly staff, walkway looking down on the brewery self-guided “your”.
Awesome and mega popular patio space. I went into the taproom on the 2F and sat at the bar had a flight and food. Got stuffed and as it was my last visit of the day I wanna as unable to fully take advantage of the full range of what was on offer.“ |
| 88 /100 Hazel’s Beverage World (Beer Store) 1955 28TH ST “As others have noted, huge place with a cooler in the back. Would call this one of the better beer stores I've been to in Colorado. Mr. B's is a bit better curated but there's some great stuff here if you have time to look for it. Worth going out of your way for - lots of good stuff from both Colorado and outside of Colorado.
Place itself is basically a beer, wine and liquor warehouse. But such a great selection (and don't forget the mead!).“ |
| 98 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Definitely one of the top 5 breweries I've visited in terms of their on-site setup. Only one I can think of off the top of my head that I'd put above it is Hair of the Dog in Portland, which is my favorite maker of anything I put in my body ever. So, in summary, go here. Details follow.
It's a bit out of the way in an office park (which seems to have sprung up around Avery - there are a ton of breweries around it too). It's COVID-times so sat outdoors. They have a ton of their barrel aged stuff on tap with more upstairs to go - had five beers here and I'd go out of my way for the worst of them. The coconut bon bon cerise I would do things I'm not proud of for. Tons of glassware and beers to take away, including some stuff I've never seen outside the taproom. The beer is as spectacular as you'd expect. The food - those were giant, fatty chunks of brisket and paired perfectly with just about anything desirable.
In short, I want to go back. Only complaint is that I was hoping for 5oz pours of a couple of barrel aged beers and they only brought 2.5oz pours. Given that I had to drive, not the worst thing.“ |
| 88 /100 921 PEARL ST. “So ... it's an Oskar Blues taproom. That means tons of good beer, some stuff you don't see elsewhere, and for some reason a ton of Cigar City club bottles. And there's some pretty solid Carolina BBQ food besides. If Ratebeer were still a big thing in the USA, this place would be in the 90s.“ |
| 82 /100 4699 NAUTILUS CT S “I haven't had an Asher beer in years and this was my first time visiting the taproom. The quality has certainly improved. The coffee blonde ale was particularly tasty. This is located in a weird pocket of Boulder where a few businesses are starting to pop up in warehouse complexes off the highway. Avery is easy walking distance from here and Finkle & Garf is maybe two miles north. Asher's taproom has a small bar and a couple side rooms with bar games. The non-functional Sega Dreamcast and PS3 were quite the tease. There's a little patio out front. I'm shocked this place stays open til midnight but there seemed to be some locals hanging around late. Pretty cool little spot.“ |
| 88 /100 Backcountry Pizza and Tap House (Restaurant) 2319 ARAPAHOE AVENUE “Visited just after opening on Saturday, I believe I was the only guest. Came in from the back parking lot, looks bit weird from there. Seemed like a big place with separate rooms, I've stayed at the bar. Friendly service. Extensive tap list, everyone should be able to find something for themselves. Had Logsdon and Weldwerks IPA which were quite good. Well worth visiting.“ |
| 86 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Awesome spot outside of town. Maybe 30-40 of their own taps, good range of choices. Service was solid. I think there are three different drinking areas to choose from, and you can grab a beer and wander around the upper loft area of the brewery. Pretty cool!“ |
| 88 /100 Backcountry Pizza and Tap House (Restaurant) 2319 ARAPAHOE AVENUE “Top notch spot in Boulder! Tons of taps with all the range and seemingly no filler. Service was great, lively bar area. Pizza was really good as well.“ |
| 78 /100 607 S BROADWAY “Second and final stop with Mr and Mrs. @@ron. This is a suburbian mall outpost of Mountain Sun; definitely a bit of a chain brewpub feel to it, but not terrible. Busy on Saturday afternoon. Sample sized pours of everything available, order as you go which is cool. We did not order food, but somehow ended up with a basked of fries that were solid (and free). I liked all four beers I tried, which is a good sign indeed.“ |
| 92 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Checked this place out with @@aron and his wife on a Saturday - day after his PhD defense! Way to go @@ron! This is solid place, busy as heck, but plenty of seating, both inside and out. Order at the bar unless you are at a table; then you get waitress service. Half pours available. Bar food seemed about average. What is awesome is the number of BA and otherwise special beers on tap at any given time here. This is a real treat for the ticker. Only problem is that Avery LOVES high ABV -- you need to be careful when you visit this place.“ |
| 86 /100 Backcountry Pizza and Tap House (Restaurant) 2319 ARAPAHOE AVENUE “Two stops here during my visit. Both times we enjoyed good food and good service. This is a pretty large place with several rooms and plenty of parking. Tap list was quite impressive. I stayed away from some of the delicate imports, so I can't comment on 3fourths earlier note. Really extensive bottle list; nothing super crazy on it, but the prices were impressive, frequently only a couple bucks over retail for on-site consumption. Half pours available; did not ask about flights.“ |
| 92 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Visited July 2016. Awesome taproom, quite a big space. Around 30 keg lines pouring, a great variety of their beers on offer. The food was great too.“ |
| 80 /100 1898 S FLATIRON COURT “Stopped in recently on a Tuesday afternoon. Pleasant ambiance inside with good tunes playing, ample bar seating and scattered tables, inside and out. Great service and a large selection of draft beer, 24 total, encompassing a large range of styles. The beer here is pretty solid, with a few occasional standouts. Fair prices taboot. Worth checking out, especially if you find yourself in this industrial area of east Boulder.“ |
| 70 /100 2500 47TH STREET, UNIT 12 “Tiny taproom with one table and three stools, located within a bicycle shop. 6 beers on tap, including 4 IPAs, a rauchbier and a stout. Pretty solid stuff all around. Friendly service and good tunes inside. Worth a visit, especially if you're heading to VisionQuest, which is right around the corner.“ |
| 82 /100 2510 47TH ST. UNIT A2 “Small taproom connected to a homebrew store. Pleasant ambiance, good tunes and friendly pups running around. Good service with a selection of 9-10 beers, including 4 IPAs, 2-3 sours, 2 dark beers and an amber lager. All the beers I tried were solid, with a few standouts. Pretty cool little spot, with Kettle and Spoke just around the corner.“ |
| 8 /100 2880 WILDERNESS PL “Worst beers in Boulder and the food here is questionable at best. Better off checking out Avery, Upslope, Mountain Sun or Twisted Pine any day.“ |
| 84 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Nice, huge place with a ton of Avery beers on tap, including most of their highest rated. Most things here are available in sample sized 4 oz drafts, and there is lots of stuff I don't see much on the east coast. Some of their better stuff is quite expensive - even more than I get it on tap in Washington D.C. in some cases. For the Denver area, this place was the most expensive. ($9 for a 4oz pour of one of their barrel-aged sours!). Outdoor patio is beautiful in summer.“ |
| 56 /100 4699 NAUTILUS CT S “This place is close to Avery and has friendly enough bartenders, but that's about all that it has going for it. The beers are not good, and the place itself is a little dark and uninviting. Flight of 10 costs about $17.“ |
| 78 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “New bigger location since my last visit. I keep wanting them to be one of my favorite breweries, and while good, they keep falling just short. They did have a BIG selection of quality beers. We sat outside and had good service. Slightly expensive but tasty grub. Lots of high gravity stuff, so beware.“ |
| 78 /100 3201 WALNUT ST, STE A “sat outside on the large patio and had a surprisingly good flight of beers and good food. Prices and service solid.“ |
| 70 /100 1125 PEARL ST “Fun place. Didn't try the food but the beers were solid and the staff was friendly.“ |
| 72 /100 1535 PEARL ST “Small place. Stopped in for lunch. Interior is humble, waitstaff was laid back and friendly. Food was good, beer were surprisingly good.“ |
| 80 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Sat on the patio and never went inside so not really sure of the vibe. BBQ sandwhich was solid. Good selection of beer on tap.“ |
| 88 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Dog friendly patio. Outstanding beer selection. Friendly servers. Great service. Good food. Possibly the best French fries I’ve ever had.“ |
| 86 /100 7088 WINCHESTER CIRCLE “Nice large well lit tasting room in an industrial park on the north side of Boulder. Service is fast friendly and knowledgeable. They have about 12 beers on tap in a variety of styles. Prices are fair and reasonable. Worth checking out and Vindication brewing is right down the road.“ |
| 66 /100 1898 S FLATIRON COURT “Industrial taproom in an industrial part of Boulder. Not the greatest vibe, nor the greatest vibe by staff. Solid lineup of beers but nothing that made me want to do more than samples of. Couple of food trucks outside and not much else. Beers lacked for what else is available in the area.“ |
| 82 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Huge new facility right outside Boulder. Family friendly for sure. Inside and out, there was plenty of space. 30 taps upstairs and downstairs with beers you will recognize and a lot of taproom only/one offs. Food was all above average. Very nice selection of schwag as well. Not much character here, like their old location had, but that is hard to keep when you quadruple in size. I will return, just maybe not on a hot Saturday night when everyone in the world is there.“ |
| 86 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Very good looking...large brewery and taproom with outside patio and kitchen. Always crowded from what I hear...and true to form the evening I visited. The food here is very good...and definitely worth having...even the snacks. As for the beer...no less than 30 taps! Many styles represented...didn’t seem to be geared more towards hoppy or malty...if anything...maybe a few more sours, gose, saisons than I expected (but I am a hop head after all...lol!). Two of us did 4 flights plus a couple of extras and managed to sample about 20 beers. I have to say...when purchasing beer back east...Avery is not one of my usual choices...nothing wrong with the beer...but at least regarding their distributed offerings...nothing special either. With 30 beers at the taproom though...it’s hard not to find some choices you like. There were actually 12 of 30 beers clocking in at 9.4% or higher (10 over 10%!). The two of us shared several of the bigger ones...including beers registering at 18.6 & 18.8%! Avery is definitely a great place to experience a variety new and different styles and recipes. They should be on any Denver craftbeer tour.“ |
| 58 /100 4699 NAUTILUS CT S “Small well lit taproom a couple blocks from Avery, generally full of Boulder snowflakes. Service is okay but can be a bit slow when the beertenders are shooting the shit with their friends. Selection is average with around 8 "organic" beers (whatever that means, if it ain’t organic you couldn’t digest it). Prices are decent and they do give an AHA discount. Might be worth poking your head in if you’re at Avery, but I wouldn’t make a special trip.“ |
| 90 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Large 2 story brewery with a restaurant upstairs with 30 taps all Avery as well as a taproom downstairs with the same 30 taps. They occasionally open a back bar 8n the mezzanine with 6 to 8 rarieties. They food is tasty and well made, but a tad on the pricey side but hey it’s in the PRB so you have to expect that. Service is fast and friendly and everyone is knowledgeable about beer. Worth the time to visit!“ |
| 76 /100 2500 47TH STREET, UNIT 12 “Small little taproom in a bicycle shop. The srevice was great and the beertender was friendly. Only 5 beers on tap so the selection is a bit weak. Prices were reasonable. Just a couple blocks from Vision Quest so it’s cool to hit both of them!“ |
| 88 /100 2510 47TH ST. UNIT A2 “Nice taproom with around 12 beers on always different. Service is great. Prices are good, well worth looking for.“ |
| 60 /100 The Barrel (Bar) 1710 29TH ST “Bizarre. Totally ghetto, basically a cargo container outside in the middle of 29th street mall, up the stairs from the theater. No indoor seating, just some heat lamps that weren’t doing much of anything on my visit (unpleasant sitting still with temps in the low/mid-40s, can’t imagine coming here when it’s any colder). Presumably they will close in the winter (???), because it would be miserable here in 20s or even 30s, and good luck smelling or tasting anything at those temps anyway. Decent enough selection of taps, though, including some things I’ve not seen around here before (like Hoppin’ Frog TORIS), so it’d be worth a visit for some ticks, but only on warm days.“ |
| 94 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “One of the best brewery visits for me, maybe the best. Visited on GABF weekend and they had 13 special aged beers available + the normal 30 beers on tap. Flight size servings available. Amazing beers, great service and nice atmosphere. Absolutely amazing. Definitely worth a visit.“ |
| 62 /100 BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse - Boulder (Restaurant) 1690 28TH STREET “Huge restaurant. 8 samplers. Friendly servants who did not know their beers. Excellent food at fair prices although I ordered sirloin and got ribbeye.“ |
| 74 /100 1125 PEARL ST “Long bar with metal tables. High chairs that can be turned. Friendly knowledged staff. 14 taps. 16 bottles. Brewing tanks can be seeen. Some of them are in 3rd floor. Service also in 2nd floor. Outdoor service. We did not eat.“ |
| 52 /100 1535 PEARL ST “Bar with bar chairs. Outdoor service. Food served. Did not have any. Many small tables. Young waitresses. 21 taps. Noisy. Slow service. Fair prices.“ |
| 84 /100 1898 S FLATIRON COURT “Maybe it was the beautiful day or the fact it was packed yet the service was fine and I enjoyed my beer. I admit it was a "one and done" affair and maybe I ordered the one beer I would enjoy, But I enjoyed it.
If ever I get to go back, perhaps I might change my tune.“ |
| 90 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “Cannot understand how I missed rating this/them when I first visited probably a decade or more ago. Any that visited the former brewery and this one know how huge the change is. What a BEAUTIFUL place.
I met Adam and his dad back when. This time I ran into a guy that was my roommate on a superb European trip by coincidence (He is a west coast beer rep) and as we were talking Adam Avery walked in and one of his crew was chatting him up, but it was a crazed GABF moment and he had to run.
I am not always enamored of every beer, but quite impressed with what they have done. If in Boulder, worth a visit.“ |
| 70 /100 Rayback Collective (Bar) 2775 VALMONT RD “Food trucks, corn hole, picnic tables, and 30 taps from the inside bar that cover a narrow range of US craft styles. About half of their list is adulterated beer (fruit juice, chocolate, sage, watermelon, spices, juniper, etc.), no lagers, and only one honest Belgian-style (River North Farmhouse). I like that it’s close to home, I like the Mexican family taco truck, and I like the outdoor space, but the beer menu could use more variety. There’s table service on the patio, but be careful that what you’re served is actually what you ordered. Twice now I’ve been given the wrong beer, and a co-worker clearly asking for two samples was brought two full pints. Hopefully with time we will see the service kinks worked out and more thought put into the beer selection.“ |
| 56 /100 6880 WINCHESTER CT, UNIT F “How about a free taster flight of everything? Fuck yeah. Beers were okay at best. Chill vibe. 7 beers on today. Pretty cool.“ |
| 96 /100 4910 NAUTILUS CT “This place is sick. 30 taps, individually priced small pours. Taproom only beers, sours, cool stuff. Great vibe, awesome facility. Amazing place! This is one of my favorite beer places on the planet, and I’ve been to a bunch.“ |
| 76 /100 1535 PEARL ST “Visited later evening on a Tuesday. Located just off the Pearl Street mall, sort of a small pocket building. Big open narrow space, with a busy, crowded bar at the back. The back bar is where you get your beer, then there are tables throughout the room, and a narrow sidewalk patio out front. 15 house beers on offer, fun variety of styles. Friendly efficient service, and a fun happy crowd. I enjoyed my stop. 76 = ★★★ (Worth the visit, must for locals, and visitors with time) I only use the total score, not the component parts.“ |
| 76 /100 1125 PEARL ST “Visited later evening on a Tuesday. Located in the busy part of Pearl Street mall. Tables outside, along with a few restaurant seats up front. Bigger bar area in back, squeezed in around the brewery. Selection is 11 house beers along with 2 guests and a small variety of bottles. Beers are available as half or full pints for most of the house beers. Solid, knowledgeable service. Cool loft area up top in the middle. Good crowd, would be a great patio to hang out on and watch Pearl Street stroll by. 76 = ★★★ (Worth the visit, must for locals, and visitors with time) I only use the total score, not the component parts.“ |
