Colorado River Stout — a river beer by Dekasso

Colorado River Stout

Colorado River Stout

By Dekasso

from $29In stock · Ships in 2-3 days

Colorado River Stout by The Outgoing Co. features a river stone and trout label motif, photographed overlooking the iconic canyon loop at Horseshoe Bend.

6.8%ABV

Brewed and boxed by Dekasso

Colorado River Stout by The Outgoing Co. features a river stone and trout label motif, photographed overlooking the iconic canyon loop at Horseshoe Bend.

Made one at a time by Dekasso. No two come out identical and none of them came off a production line.

  • Made to order
  • One-off beer, not a production run
  • Full materials listed below

The numbers

6.8%Alcohol by volume

As stated on the recipe — no gravities recorded to check it against.

What arrives, and what you supply

In the box

  • Milled grain, weighed for a 5-gallon batch
  • Hops in marked packets
  • Yeast and priming sugar
  • Printed recipe and brew-day instructions

Worth knowing

  • You will need a brew pot, a fermenter with an airlock, a thermometer and a hydrometer.
  • Temperature control during fermentation matters more than almost anything else in the box.

Details

Materials

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As requested, we've designed a river-themed craft beer label inspired by the palette and logo from your reference image.
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For this design, we selected the Colorado River as our inspiration. This wild, iconic river demands a bold, resilient beer, which led us directly to a classic, uncompromised American Stout. The deep, roasty profile of the stout is the perfect match for the rugged, earth-toned "desert-camo" palette, and the vibrant orange patch is an ideal feature to serve as the label's main motif and text field.
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The image shows a single, unopened 16oz craft beer can, standing upright on a river-worn sandstone boulder. The background is a wide, continuous shot of the mighty Colorado River as it winds through the rugged, towering, red and tan rock formations of its canyon, identical in composition to the environment implied. The can't label art features a repeating, illustrative pattern of water-worn stones, river gravel, and silhouetted trout in various earth tones (tan, beige, charcoal, warm brown) that echoes the visual texture of the reference camo but adapts it to the river theme. Centred on the can, exactly like a high-end patch, is a bright, vibrant orange textured leather label. Printed clearly and in the exact font style and hierarchy from the reference image, it reads:
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EST. 2023
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Below the orange patch, matching the small text on the patch, the style is defined in white:
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The overall composition is clean, centered, and the can is the sharp, high-detail focus, complete with a fine sheen of condensation from the cold beer inside. Here are the beer's details:
Style
American Stout
ABV
6.8%
Malts
2-Row, Chocolate Malt, Midnight Wheat, Caramel 60
Hops
Cascade (for distinct piney and citrus notes), Nugget
Yeast
American Ale
Profile
Robust and complex, with prominent notes of roasted coffee, dark chocolate, and a balanced, lingering piney hop bitterness, perfect for a riverbank campfire.

While the wort cools

Where this came from

river beer · made

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Colorado River Stout by @dekasso — Dekasso