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Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project

Loveland, CO · $$

Inebrious Beverage Program Score: 88 out of 100

Inebrious

Beverage Program Score

Editorial review: 2026-09-14

Editor: Micah Rousey

How we score

The editorial take

The name comes from ingredients forbidden under the Reinheitsgebot, and the brewery says it embraces fruit, spice, barrel aging, and distinctive ingredients. A brew menu documents Stealth Haze Hazy IPA, Killer Boots Caramel Porter, Czech-Style Pilsner, Czech Dark Lager, Thinking of Something Orange Wheat Beer, and Thawed Out American IPA, all with ABV details. Tap menus for the and Fort Collins locations are presented via Pourwall, and the Fort Collins location has a kitchen menu.

What should I order?
Start with the Czech Dark Lager, poured Lukr style, or the Czech-Style Pilsner made with Root Shoot Malting pilsner, flaked oats, and Czech Saaz. For darker pours, the Killer Boots Caramel Porter is infused with house-made caramel at end of fermentation, and the Stealth Haze Hazy IPA is hopped with El Dorado, Mosaic, and Citra.
Who will enjoy this place?
Anyone comparing lagers, IPAs, and barrel-aged stouts in one stop, and groups looking for recurring events like BINGO 4 BEER on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays or Monday Night Poker.
When should I go?
On the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays for BINGO 4 BEER, on Mondays for Monday Night Poker, or whenever a flight across pils, IPAs, ambers, and stouts fits the plan.
What makes the beverage program distinctive?
The brewery states it embraces fruit, spice, barrel aging, and distinctive ingredients, the Czech Dark Lager is poured Lukr style, and the name itself derives from ingredients forbidden under the Reinheitsgebot.

Beverage categories

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Beer

Inebrious Beer score: 88 out of 100

A brew menu documents multiple house beer styles with ABV details, including hazy IPA, caramel porter, Czech-style pilsner, Czech dark lager, orange wheat, and American IPA. The Czech Dark Lager is poured Lukr style, tap menus for and Fort Collins are presented via Pourwall, and the brewery states it embraces fruit, spice, barrel aging, and distinctive ingredients.

Menu strengths

  • The brew menu documents at least six house beers across hazy IPA, caramel porter, Czech-style pilsner, Czech dark lager, orange wheat, and American IPA, all with ABV details.
  • The Czech Dark Lager is poured Lukr style, and the brewery states it embraces fruit, spice, barrel aging, and distinctive ingredients.
  • Reviewers consistently praise the beer selection and quality, with particular emphasis on barrel-aged options and stouts.

Standout selections

  • Czech Dark Lager — Czech-style lager with local Root Shoot Pilsner and dark malts, poured Lukr style; 4.9% ABV.
  • Killer Boots – Caramel Porter — English-style porter with roastiness and chocolate notes, infused with house-made caramel at end of fermentation; 6% ABV.
  • Stealth Haze – Hazy IPA — hazy/juicy IPA made with oats, wheat malt, and hopped with El Dorado, Mosaic, and Citra; 6.4% ABV.
  • Darkness, Darkness Cellar Reserve, and a chocolate imperial stout are named barrel-aged and stout selections that reviewers specifically call out.

How it sits with the food

The Fort Collins location has a kitchen menu, and the kitchen menu image lists a pretzels-and-2-beers deal at $24.

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