In 1979, two Colorado University professors applied and received the 43rd brewing license issued in the U.S., creating Boulder Beer Company, Colorado’s first microbrewery. The original site of the brewery was a small farm northeast of Boulder, the brew house sharing space with a few goats. Early on, the brewery won industry and consumer accolades for its line of Boulder beers: Boulder Porter, Stout, and Extra Pale Ale. Five years later the brewery moved to its current location in Boulder, and has since expanded from a smaller one barrel brewing system, to a now much bigger 50 gallon system with top of the line packaging equipment. The brewery has a capacity to brew a total of 43,000 barrels of award-winning beer annually.

Come check out a few of these crazy and mildly exotic beers today and your local Westside Liquor Store. The Boulder beers that we currently carry at WSL are:

Never Summer Ale: Never Summer Ale is Boulder’s “aggressive” winter seasonal. Deep ruby red in color, assertively hopped and brewed with a dark caramel malt.

Mojo IPA: Pale in color, but packed in flavor. Mojo reflects the perfect balance of hop bitterness, and malt character. The unique Amarillo hop creates a big citrus flavor with an ultra crisp dry finish.

Hazed and Infused: Dry hopped with Crystal and Centennial hops for a big bold unique taste. Originally a one keg brew for the Boulder Beer pub, its popularity has now soared and is available in over 20 states!!

Singletrack: This copper ale is as refreshing as it is full flavored. A medium bodied copper ale; not too light, not too dark. Just perfect.

Planet Porter: A remarkably smooth dark ale. The generous use of black malt gives this amazing beer a slight hint of coffee. A big beer for everyone.

Sundance: This tasty beer has the nice nutty flavor of roasted barley and a mild hop finish with the color of a Colorado sunset.

Fallfest: This autumn ale is a complex amber that combines dark malt with generous amounts of Santiam hops to produce a slightly roasted flavor with a finish as crisp and clear as autumn mountain air.

Buffalo Gold: Buffalo gold has been a Colorado favorite since 1989. A true golden ale that is an easy drinking, carbonated stampede of flavor.