Bru – Handcraft Nanobrewery in Boulder
Bru Boulder
Our beer isn’t just a beer. It’s great beer, and a great beer isn’t just about barley, water, yeast, and hops. A great beer is about the people that make it; it is an expression of who we are. Our craft, our passion, and our love captured in a bottle (or a glass) for you to enjoy. First, it starts with writing the recipes and the thoughtful selection of the ingredients that go in them. Ingredients only a chef would know, because our brewer, or beer chef, as we like to call him, spends his nine to five life (or ten to ten in the restaurant world) in a kitchen, as the Executive Chef of a seriously delicious restaurant called Centro Latin Kitchen. Beer Chef Ian Clark uses ingredients that aren’t unique for unique sake, but ingredients that bring out the best flavors in our beer. As any great chef knows, great recipes take patience. Our beer has the flavor only time can bring to it because we don’t believe a great beer can be made without allowing carbonation to occur naturally. That’s why we bottle and keg condition all of our beer. We also don’t filter or pasteurize it because after we’ve put in all of that good stuff, why would we take anything out? Last, our beer is great because not only does it go beyond the typical beer experience by using the skillful ingredients and the fine-tuned techniques that only a chef would know, our beer also has our values in it; like using wind power and eco-friendly chemicals, as well as composting, recycling, and donating 1% to the planet.
So while we may list all of the ingredients on our label, we’ve left out a few; passion, joy, honesty, creativity, technique, sleepless nights, and a whole lot of love. We hope when you’re in one of the restaurants or liquor stores that carry our beer you’ll buy one, and that this time your tilt, tip, and sip is followed by the bubbling flavor of handbuilt BRU.
We hope when you’re in one of the restaurants or liquor stores that carry our beer you’ll buy one, and that this time your tilt, tip, and sip is followed by the bubbling flavor of handbuilt BRU. For availability please click here.
OBITUS American Brown Ale handbuilt with dates and caramelized sugar
beer style: american brown ale
abv: 7.6%
see: dark brown
taste: warm, dried fruit flavors, balanced hops
ingredients: pale ale, 2 row, biscuit, dextrine, & chocolate malt, fuggle, east kent goldings, & northern brewer hops, dates & caramelized sugar, american ale yeast
pairings: indian, mexican, grilled steaks, strong cheeses
CITRUM IPA handbuilt with fresh lemon zest and juniper
beer style: american india pale ale
abv: 7.2%
see: deep golden yellow
smell: citrus, fresh cut herbs, & pine
taste: slightly tart, crisp, refreshing, lemon, pine, balanced
ingredients: pale ale, 2 row, dextrine, & crystal malt, chinook & cascade hops, fresh lemon zest, juinper berries, american ale yeast
pairings: rich cheeses, cured meats, roasted lamb, and burgers
BEEZEL Belgian Style Golden Ale handbuilt with honey, black pepper, & bitter orange peel
beer style: belgian style golden ale
abv: 9.3%
see: golden
smell: sweet, citrus, floral
taste: lively, refreshing, citrus, & honey
ingredients: 2 row, dextrine, & biscuit malt, styrian golding and hallertau hops, candi sugar, honey, bitter orange peel, black pepper, belgian yeast
pairings: spicy food, acidic cheese, mexican food
