The Beer

Updated 9-3-10

Arroyo Amber Ale
The locals favorite! Copper-red in color, medium bodied, carmel malt with a nice hop balance. A.B.V. 5%

India Pale Ale (IPA)
For all hop heads. This beer has a strong fruity hop presence in the aroma. The body is rich with caramel malts and has a complex hoppy finish! A.B.V. 6%

Papa Bear’s Golden Honey Ale
A light golden ale made with wheat and the secret ingredient – local honey! Our best selling beer! A.B.V. 5%

Bitchin’ Blackberry Wheat
A cousing of the Orchard Street Raspberry Wheat, this fruit wheat ale is made using lots of blackberries in the fermenter. And this is the result! It’s a refreshing summer quaff with great blackberry flavor. enjoy! A.B.V. 5.3%

Red Apple Flyer Cider
A local “flavorite!” Perennial NM State Fair winner. Like apple juice champagne. Dry, light and crisp. A.B.V. 6%

Sandstone Wheat (Pub only)
Sandstone is a Bavarian style Hefe-Weizen (Vitzen) with a twist. Finings added to the finished product gives this wheat beer brilliant clarity while maintaining the original flavor profile. It is brewed with far more wheat than other beers and gets its unique banana/clove character from a special yeast from the oldest operating brewery in the world. It is a light, refreshing brew for summertime. A.B.V. 4.3%

Bare Naked Wheat
Ever wonder what our fruit wheat beers taste like without the fruit? Here’s your chance! It’s an unfiltered wheat ale, refreshingly light, made for warm weather. A.B.V. 4.8%

Mother’s Milk Stout
Mother’s Milk Stout is just that, a Milk Stout. Milk Stouts are a variation on the British style of sweet stout. “Milk” Stout refers to the use of milk sugar (Lactose) to give the beer a softer, sweeter finish. The carbonation in this beer is all nitrogen, again, to give the beer a softer finish, as well as a rich, creamy head. A.B.V. 4%

3 Rivers Scottish Ale
Midway between small Scottish Ales and big Wee Heavies, our 90/- (90 Shilling) Scottish Ale has a rich malty profile with a wee hint of peat malt. Light English hopping preserves the traditional malt profile.
A.B.V. 6.2%

3 Rivers Kölsch
This light-bodied ale has a mild hop aroma and just enough bitterness to refresh. Kölsch ales originated in the German city of Cologne after centuries of resistance to lager brewing. Our Kölsch is easy to drink when you deal with Farmington’s summer heat. A.B.V. 5%

Chaco Nut Brown
Toasty, nutty, malty flavors make this English-style Brown Ale easy to drink  A.B.V. 4.5%

Short Bus
The Bus is a ” Special Pale” ale. It’s called a special pale because it is a classic English style pale ale. The malt emphasis is on what the British would call “bicuity”, a nutty, toasted type of character. The hops are all English varieties. This pale ale is less assertively hopped than our IPA, though it is made in the style that originally inspired the IPA. A.B.V. 4.8%

And don’t forget we have two beers on cask in the Tap Room!
Now pouring: Haba Hop Scotch!
That’s right! 3RB’s Hop Scotch Ale with Habañero Peppers…feel the burn!
And Dry Plum Cider!
Yup, a dry champagne-like cider with plums.

For a list of some of the awards we’ve won for our beer, click here.