Bonfire Brewing

The Karate Hop begins with a traditional brown recipe, and triples the hops. Not quite an “India” brown, this beer ended up with a great balance between traditional brown roastiness and a nice kick from the extra IBUs. Willamette hops impart the extra hop character. ABV 6.2%

100% of the water in all Bonfire beer comes from Eagle’s Brush Creek, fed by springs and snow-melt high in the Sawatch Mountains. With nugget hops, along with munich and white wheat malts, the Brush Creek is our lightest, smoothest offering. ABV 4.8%

Bonfire​ Brewing has teamed up with the rowdy folks of Demshitz to spread the beer gospel. Mostly because of all the goodness that they represent, but also because we really like words that end with the letter “z.” in honor of this match made in heaven, our first brown ale has been dubbed “Demshitz Brown.” In the immortal words of Demshitz, “Demshitz can do anything.” It’s a smooth, drinkable brown that comes in at around 5.5% ABV. Brown ale enthusiasts will especially appreciate the slight hint of smokiness in this one the result of roasted malts in the mash tun. ABV 5.8%

Our flagship IPA, The Firestarter is a traditional India Pale Ale recipe, bitterness-enhanced with Falconer’s flight hops and aroma-strengthened with an extra dose of Cascade hops. At 6.6% ABV, this one gets the fire going quickly. ABV 6.6%

ABV 5.6%

After years of requests, we finally made our own root beer in the summer of 2013. Sparing no expense, it has an amalgamation of juniper berries, sarsaparilla root, wintergreen leaves, white birch root, vanilla beans, anise stars, cinnamon, and of course, sugar. Lighter in color than your traditional root beer, and uniquely delicious. ABV 0%

The Kindler is brewed in the spring to coincide with the valley-wide re-kindling of a desire to get back out on the trails and into the water. A traditional American Pale, it is deliberately designed to impart a more refreshing than bitter hop character, undergoing eight hop additions to bring it right to the top of the pale ale scale at 48 IBUs, while maintaining a distinctly citrus hop finish. ABV 5.5%

This Extra Special Ale is the result of a collaboration with the Eagle Chamber of Commerce. The result is a deep amber beer that’s not too bitter and not too sweet, with a nice balance of 38 IBUs worth of hop-tastiness. As an additional bonus, $1 of every Screaming Eagle 6-pack sold, and 10% of every keg sold, benefits our Chamber’s scholarship fund, meaning your consumption of this fine brew is helping a deserving Eagle County student ascend the ranks of higher education! ABV 4.8%

Breckenridge Distillery Barrel Aged Beers: We’ve experimented with a variety of our beers in oak barrels from Breckenridge Distillery, including a Whiskey Coffee Chocolate Stout, a Rum India Black Ale, a Whiskey Porter, and a Whiskey Brown. These come about in 45 gallon doses and don’t tend to last long so make sure you try one if you see it on the menu! ABV 6.5+%

The “Yellow Chair” is a hallowed piece of furniture at the peak of one of the most challenging mountain bike climbs in Eagle it represents a sigh of relief, and this beer was designed to reward the receiver similarly. The recipe is based on a blonde ale, with peach puree added at the tail end of fermentation. The resulting beer has a subtle peachy flavor and aroma. ABV 4.0%