Enos Pils • German-style Pilsner • 5.2% • 16oz $7 / 8oz $5.5 / 4oz $3.5
Enos Mills was a naturalist, writer, and homesteader largely known for his contributions to the founding of Rocky Mountain National Park. This German-style Pilsner, the foundation of many breweries, is dry & crisp, showcasing a raw, grainy malt presence with just a hint of honey. Assertive noble hops display subtle black pepper over green tea, making this lager perfect for a sunny summer day. • Featured ingredients: Pilsner malt, Hallertau Mittelfrueh & Saphir hops • Recommended adventure: soaking your legs in the North Fork of the Big Thompson River after running Crosier Mountain
Altruism • German-style Amber Lager • 5.7% • 16oz $7 / 8oz $5.5 / 4oz $3.5
2024 GABF Medal
Drink craft beer, spread a little love. Altruism, our German-style amber, is part of our Rock Cut Gives Back program: $1 of every pint purchase is donated to our selected non-profit for the quarter. For Q4 of 2025, we’ve chosen Salud Family Health, providing affordable health care services in the Estes Valley. Enjoy this lagered amber with toasted malts, floral German hops, and a crisp finish. • Featured ingredients: Pilsner & Munich malts and Hersbrucker & Hallertau Mittelfruh hops • Recommended adventure: riding the Aerial Tram, hiking Meadow Mountain, hugging trees
Dark Mountain Dunkel • German-style Brown Lager • 5.3% • 16oz $7 / 8oz $5.5 / 4oz $3.5
In the Northern portion of Rocky Mountain National Park, lies Dark Mountain, a forested peak, rarely hiked, looking out over Cow Creek. When ordering lagers, most rarely look for dark beers, but the toasted and roasted malts dominate with rich bready and chocolate notes. The lager fermentation showcases the malt with a clean base offering just a hint of sweetness. • Featured ingredients: Munich & Carafa malts • Recommended adventure: Hiking to Bridal Veil Falls, breakfast at Meadow Mountain Cafe, heel-clicking across the Colorado Trail
Subnivean Vanilla Porter • Vanilla Porter • 5.0% • 16oz $7 / 8oz $5.5 / 4oz $3.5
The subnivean ecosystem is the environment for life under the snowpack. Adding vanilla beans mid-fermentation brings a smooth texture to this rich porter base with notes of coffee and chocolate under a blanket of light vanilla sweetness. • Maris Otter & Chocolate malts and vanilla beans • Cross-country skiing to the Loch, biking Trail Ridge Road, building a snow cave
Interference IPA • American IPA • 6.5% • 16oz $7 / 8oz $5.5 / 4oz $3.5
Climbing the Interference Boulder in Rocky Mountain National Park requires strength and power. This Colorado IPA showcases the power of hops with an intense blend forging citrus aromas with a pine forward finish. • Featured ingredients: Cascade, El Dorado, Mosaic, Chinook, & Simcoe hops • Recommended adventure: hiking Black Lake, climbing the Twin Owls, skiing upper Hidden Valley
Stonecrop Wheat • American Wheat • 4.7% • 16oz $7 / 8oz $5.5 / 4oz $3.5
Originally brewed as the base beer for our sour program, we recently tried a batch before putting it into sour barrels and thought it was delicious on its own! This light, delicately flavored and medium bodied beer has flavors and aromas of orange, lemon, melon, and pear, florals, and is balanced by baguette and honey. This is a tasty and easy drinking beer we imagine will become a fast favorite. • Featured ingredients: Torrified and White wheat. • Recommended adventure: Appreciating foliage found above treeline, Bouldering in Wild Basin
Chaos Canyon • Russian Imperial Stout • 8.8% • 12oz $9 / 8oz $7 / 4oz $4
After bold moves in the mountains, sip on a bold brew like this Russian Imperial Stout. The roasted malt dominates this beer, opening with dark coffee, charcoal, and licorice followed with a background of toffee, and dark fruit. We recommend sipping this beer slowly, letting it warm up as you go. • Featured ingredients: Oats, Roasted Barley and Black and Chocolate malts • Recommended adventure: bouldering in Chaos Canyon, snowshoeing to Cub Lake, roasting marshmallows
Galactic Portal • Hazy IPA • 6.6% • 12oz $7 / 8oz $6 / 4oz $3.5
As turbulent water rushes from Grand Lake to the East Portal on its way to sustain Estes and the Front Range, we draw inspiration for this powerful, hazy IPA. With a healthy dose of Australian Galaxy hops, known for notes of citrus, passion fruit, and pineapple, this beer has a bounty of fruit flavor and a silky mouthfeel. • Featured ingredients: Oats & Wheat and Galaxy, Motueka, El Dorado, Citra, & Mosaic hops • Recommended adventure: kayaking Lake Estes, hiking Sky Pond and Lake of Glass, stargazing in Hermit Park
Goblin Forest • Black IPA • 6.5% • 12oz $7 / 8oz $6 / 4oz $3.5
Take the dark, gnarly path into the Goblin Forest, our black IPA and one of our favorite spots on the Longs Peak trail. A fusion of an IPA and a stout, this beer is roasty with notes of dark coffee and pine. • Featured ingredients: Biscuit & Debittered Chocolate malts and Simcoe, Chinook, & Northern Brewer hops • Recommended adventure: hiking Chasm Lake, sunset viewing in Moraine Park, building a snow cave
Winter Lodge ‘25 • Barrel-aged Winter Ale • 12oz $12 / 8oz $9 / 4oz $5
After stumbling on this blend somewhat by mistake in 2023, we liked it so much that it had to return. A blend of a spiced brown ale, a massive stout, a triple bock, and our barleywine combine to offer caramel, toffee, figs, almonds, and chocolate. The oak barrels and whisky aging meld with the winter spices for a slow warming, perfect for recuperating from a cold day of playing in the park. • Recommend adventure: Snowshoeing to Lawn Lake, telling stories of your best other cold weather adventure
Wooden Mayhem ‘25 • Barrel-aged Imperial Stout • 2022 GABF Medal • 8oz $12 / 4oz $6
Combine our Russian Imperial Stout recipe with a six hour boil and sixteen months in whisky barrels, and what follows is pure Wooden Mayhem. The aroma opens with rich fudge, molasses, black coffee and toffee, and finishes with raisins and dried dark cherries, balancing the roast and leading into the oak of the Spirit Hound single malt barrel adding vanilla and whisky. This is a strong, flavorful stout – crafted and blended to perfection. • Featured ingredients: Molasses, roasted malts • Recommended adventure: Contemplating your life philosophy by a fire
River Sluice ‘25 • Dry-hopped Citrus Sour • 12oz $14 / 8oz $10 / 4oz9 $6
By capturing our own wild culture from the nighttime Estes air, we created this unique and truly local pale sour. The sour process produces its own lemon notes, inspiring us to add a healthy dose of grapefruit, orange, and lemon. This citrus brings more sourness while also providing a pithy bitter backbone to the beer. And then, just to pop the fruit all the more, we dry-hopped with Cashmere, African Queen, and Rakau. • Recommended adventure: Just drink it – this beer will take you on your own adventure!
Bottle List
16.9 oz bottles served on site or to-go
Winter Lodge • 2024 • Single Malt Barrel-aged Winter Ale • $22
Notes: Semi-sweet, Toffee, Figs, Almonds, Chocolate, Cinnamon, & Oak
Wooden Mayhem • 2022 • Bourbon Barrel-aged Imperial Stout • GABF Winner • $26
Notes: Sweet, Chocolate, Caramel, Dried Cherries, Figs, Oak, & Whisky
Wooden Mayhem • 2024 • Barrel-aged Imperial Stout • $24
Notes: Semi-sweet, Chocolate, Toffee, Molasses, Raisins, Plums, Oak, & Whisky
Wooden Mayhem Grand Cru • 10th Anniversary • Barrel-aged Imperial Stout • $26
Notes: Semi-sweet, Baker’s Chocolate, Molasses, Dried Cherries, Walnuts, Cinnamon, Oak, & Whisky