Once upon a Frisco snowfall and a Belgian memory, two Army veterans — Lee and Emily Cleghorn — decided they’d rather dry-hop dreams than deploy again. Outer Range Brewing was born not from boardroom bravado but a homebrew party, somewhere between a jug of haze and a flirtation with destiny. Lee, a 5th Special Forces commander with a Brussels-forged palate, missed the nuanced whispers of Trappist yeast and the hoppy sermons of New World IPAs. So they packed ambition, post-deployment clarity, and a daughter into a mash tun and enrolled in the American Brewers Guild — because if you’re going to brew beer on purpose, darling, at least do it with a Vermont education and a mountain view.
Fast forward: Frisco, Colorado, becomes ground zero for their alpine alchemy. Hazy IPAs? Ethereal. Belgians? Blissed out. And now? They’ve gone full Chamonix — opening Outer Range France in the shadow of Mont Blanc like some Franco-American fever dream of saison and ski wax. It’s beer as elevation therapy, brewed for those who summit both mountains and malaise. Today, Peaks & Pints taps into that altitude attitude with a five-beer expedition we’re calling Peaks & Pints Sunday Beer Flight: Outer Range. Catchy? Maybe. Delicious? Unquestionably. Let’s ascend.
Peaks & Pints Sunday Beer Flight: Outer Range
Outer Range Flowy Berms IPA
6.5% ABV
Built for post-ride bliss and trailhead toasts, Flowy Berms is a hazy IPA that leans into the curve without losing its line. Dry-hopped with Citra Cryo, Citra Incognito, Mosaic Cryo, and Mosaic Incognito, it delivers a citrus-slick expression of haze — more glide than grind. Expect grapefruit pith, papaya pulp, and orange zest swirling in a soft-focus mouthfeel that’s juicy but never cloying, smooth without slumber. It’s the IPA equivalent of your favorite flow trail: just technical enough to thrill, mellow enough to keep you grinning the whole descent.
Outer Range Ride the Vibe
6.6% ABV
This West Coast–style IPA doesn’t just cruise — it carves. With Citra, Simcoe, and Nelson Sauvin launching hop flare after hop flare, it balances pine resin sharp enough to etch granite with a berry-sweet haze and a lingering floral bitterness that knows exactly when to smirk. It pours like alpine clarity touched by rogue fruit. Ride the Vibe doesn’t whisper — it grins, climbs, and leaves you breathless with airborne joy.
Outer Range Crux
6.7% ABV
Not your bro’s backyard banger or your grandpa’s bitter slog, Crux is a West Coast IPA reimagined as alpine precision: lean, luminous, and laced with intention. Brewed with the hotshot hop duo Strata and Krush, it flashes grapefruit zest, green mango flirtation, and a backbone of pine that makes your palate whisper thanks. There’s no haze here — just high-def malt scaffolding and hi-fi hop intent that echoes like a Fugazi chord off a canyon wall. It’s the IPA you sip after summiting, before the playlist pivots from ambient to anthemic. A minimalist’s hop bomb. A crisp trailhead sermon.
Outer Range Nature Therapy
7.1% ABV
This isn’t passive healing — it’s a citrus-forward forest ramble in liquid form. Crafted with Citra and Elixir, it opens like sunrise in a tangerine grove: orange peel brightened by floral spice, followed by grapefruit zing and a whisper of herbal calm. The mouthfeel? Lush. Creamy. Pillow-soft — like breathing alpine air after the first rain. Nature Therapy is a flavor prescription for souls who believe hops and horizon lines belong in the same panoramic shot. A meditative pivot before the final roar.
Outer Range Bangarang!
7.6% ABV
The exclamation point isn’t optional — Bangarang! is a hazy DIPA that enters stage left with a pineapple haymaker and exits in a citrus riot. Brewed with Citra and Enigma, it hums with tropical bravado, citrus snap, and a twist of herbal complexity that flirts with mischief. Imagine a mango monsoon crashing a Lost Boys reunion at altitude — juicy, confident, and just reckless enough to make brunch blush. Bangarang! doesn’t sip — it swoops. Doesn’t coo — it ricochets. And in this flight, it’s the synth remix finale your Sunday didn’t know it needed.
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