Opened: 1999

Annual Production: 850 bbl

Contributors: Jim Stinson, Siegfried Binge

Updated: June 8, 2020

• 2020-05-23: Hard Times Call for Hard Decisions for Rockyard Brewing (Brewbound)
• 2019-01-21: Rockyard Brewing Promotes Derick Rivera to Head Brewer (Brewbound)
• 2011-07-19: Buddha Nuvo is the collaborative effort of fourteen Colorado breweries (Westword Denver)

• Buddha Nuvo
  Specialty Beer
  12.00% abv.

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• Castlewood ESB
  English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter
  5.20% abv.

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• Double Eagle Ale
  Light American Wheat Beer with Yeast
  5.00% abv.
  Awards:

  • Bronze Medal, 2009 Great American Beer Festival
  • Gold Medal, 2003 Great American Beer Festival

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• Excavator Doppelbock
  German-Style Strong Doppelbock
  8.50% abv.

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• Hopyard IPA
  American-Style India Pale Ale
  5.30% abv.
  Awards:

  • Bronze Medal, 2001 World Beer Championships
  • Date: October 5, 2000 (#3562)
    Package: draught
    Place: Falling Rock Tap House, Denver CO
    Score: 19 points
    Overall Impression (3½)
    Amber, faint haxe, low carbonation, thick head. Fresh herbal-spicy hop aroma. Medium-light body, ENORMOUS fresh spicy hop flavor, nice big - but not excessive - bitterness. Excellent beer.