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Yeast

Today’s brewers are using nontraditional yeasts, blending types of yeast and using traditional yeast in nontraditional ways.

Special ingredients range in intensity, but there is usually an expectation that the brewer will aim to strike a balance.

FOOD: chocolate, coffee, breakfast cereal

FRUIT: raspberry, peach, cherry, orange

SPICES: cinnamon, ginger, cumin, cardamom

COLOR A fair number of beers are named after their color, and you can often make a good guess of a beer’s malt flavor just by knowing its name and seeing it in a glass.

LIGHT/PALE

FLAVORS: grainy, bread-like

STYLES: blonde ale, helles, Belgian-style

Amber

FLAVORS: toasty, bread crust

STYLES: amber ale, amber lager

Brown

FLAVORS: toast, roasted nuts, chocolate

STYLES: brown ale, Marzen, dopplebock

Black

FLAVORS: burnt toast, dark chocolate, coffee, espresso

STYLES: dry stout, robust porter, American black ale

ALES ferment at warmer temperatures and often present more yeast-derived flavors (fruity, sometimes spicy) in their flavor profile.

LAGERS ferment at cooler temperatures and create a much “cleaner” beer, which some say allows you to taste the malt and hops more explicitly.

The "Not

To

be Missed" List is designated on the map by the pint glass markers.

1. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. 2351 Busch Dr.

2. Black Bottle Brewery 1611 S. College Ave. #1609

3. CooperSmith’s 5 Old Town Square

4. Crooked Stave Taproom 216 N. College Ave. Suite 130

5. Envy Brewing 3027 E. Harmony Rd. Suite #2

6. Horse & Dragon Brewing Co. 124 Racquette Dr.

7. Maxline Brewing 2724 McClelland Dr. #190

8. New Belgium Brewing Co. 500 Linden St.

9. Odell Brewing Co. 800 E. Lincoln Ave.

10. Purpose Brewing & Cellars 4025 Mason St. #C

11. Zwei Brewing Co. 4612 S. Mason St. #120

Regional Style

HPlot your own taproom tour. Grab a friend and sample your way through Colorado’s Craft Beer Capital.

12. DC Oakes Brewhouse and Eatery 3581 E. Harmony Rd. #110

13. Equinox 133 Remington St.

14. Funkwerks 1900 E. Lincoln Ave.

15. Gilded Goat 3500 S. College Ave. #194

16. Hello Brew Company 405 Linden St.

17. Intersect Brewing 2160 W. Drake Rd. #A-1

18. The Jessup Farm Barrel House 1921 Jessup Dr.

19. Mythmaker Brewing Company 1035 S. Taft Hill Rd.

20. Obstacle Brewing and Grill 4613 S. Mason St.

21. Prost Brewing Co. 1510 S College Ave

22. Rally King Brewing 1624 S. Lemay Ave. #4

23. Ramskeller Pub & Grub 1101 Center Ave.

24. Salt Brewing Co 321 Old Firehouse Alley

25. Snowbank Brewing 225 N. Lemay Ave. #1

26. Stodgy Brewing 1802 Laporte Ave.

27. SweetWater Brewing Co. 1020 E. Lincolon Ave.

There are exceptions, but these geographic terms offer clues about a beer’s taste profile.

GERMAN | lager with complex malt character and floral hops

BELGIAN | fruity, spicy ales or sour beers

ENGLISH | pale ales, porters and stouts with earthy hops

AMERICAN | hop-forward beers with pine, citrus and resin flavors

BELGO-AMERICAN | fruity/spicy Belgian yeast with American hops

ONE-STOP HOPPING

If you want to taste a variety of brews without traveling about, belly up at one of Fort Collins’ tap rooms. Each one has its own personality, but all serve up a sampling that is sure to please.

Beer Events In 2023

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Some Like It Sour

Pucker up and try a sour beer, known as sours. It might just become your favorite new taste. It takes a long, complex brewing process to create these intentionally tart, acidic, and, well, sour and lively beverages. Many brewers include fruit in the process seeking that perfect balance of sweet and sour flavors. For sour lovers, it’s a quest to find that new flavor to savor.