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Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery

(Brewpub)

Last updated: November 15, 2000

1535 Pearl Street
Boulder CO 80302

Phone: +1 303-546-0886

Opened September 29, 1993.
Brewer: Robert Lojko, Chris Kapanlais.
1,800 bbl annual capacity.

They serve seven of their own beers - which aren't bad - along with fifteen guest beers. Basic pub menu...burgers, pizza, etc for $4-$6. Small place...seats 60-70. No bar! Table service only.

Directions: From Denver, take Highway 36 into Boulder, turn left on Pearl Street. Mountain Sun is on the right side of the street, just before you get to the end.

My Opinion Of The Beers That I've Tried:
16.0 points overall

• Altmans Alt
  Style 18 - German-style Ale
  • 13.5 points - Beer #36-3574, Great American Beer Festival XIX, Denver CO, October 5, 2000
    Red-brown, thick head. Clean aroma. Medium body, malty, almost sweet.

• Chazz Cat Rye
  Style 23 - Specialty Beer
  • 16 points - Beer #36-3651, Great American Beer Festival XIX, Denver CO, October 6, 2000
    Golden-amber, good head. Faint rye aroma. Medium body, nice rye flavor, nice hop bitterness.

• Colorado Kind Ale
  Style 6 - American-style Pale Ale
  • 15 points - Beer #7-449, at the brewery, October 20, 1994
    Pale amber, some carbonation. Pacific Northwest hop aroma. Bitter...a hop bomb wannabe. Body OK, maybe a touch flat.

• Java Porter
  Style 9 - Porter
  • 19 points - Beer #7-452, at the brewery, October 20, 1994
    Dark red opaque, good brown head. Coffee aroma, with black malts. COFFEE flavor. Black patent in middle through finish. Some astringency OK.

• Quinn's Golden Ale
  Style 6 - American-style Pale Ale
  • 16 points - Beer #7-448, at the brewery, October 20, 1994
    Pale and hazy, flat. Slightly spicy nose. Tastes much like the XXX Pale, but hops are a touch more assertive.

• Springfest
  Style 4 - Mild / Brown Ale
  • 16 points - Beer #7-451, at the brewery, October 20, 1994
    A shade darker than the Kind Ale. Flat. Clean aroma. Very smooth. Good malty character, well-balanced. Quick clean finish. Touch of roasted barley.

• Thunderhead Stout
  Style 11 - Stout
  • 15 points - Beer #7-450, at the brewery, October 20, 1994
    Dark brown opaque, thick brown head. Hop aroma, like the Kind. Tastes just like The Kind, only with some black malts. Very strange for a Stout. Out of style, but I like it.

• XXX Pale
  Style 6 - American-style Pale Ale
  • 15.5 points - Beer #7-447, at the brewery, October 20, 1996
    Pale straw color. Thick white head, flat. Fresh fruity hop aroma, clean. Creamy. Nice balance and body. Malt shows up well. Finish could be more bitter.

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