The Bristol Pub
Pub Hours:
Sunday – Thursday 11am – 10pm
Friday & Saturday 11am – 11pm
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day.
Barrel Room & Spark Beer+BBQ Hours:
Spark Beer+BBQ is open Thursday – Sunday 11am – 9pm
The Barrel Room and Beer Garden are closed for the season but will reopen before you know it!
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day.
About the Bristol Pub
We make our home inside Ivywild School, an historic 1916 elementary school that we partnered to transform into a local gathering spot with great food and drinks in 2013. Located at the north end of the school’s charming, art-filled hallway, we welcome locals and travelers alike to relax with a pint of fresh Bristol beer straight from the brewery taps. The pub offers a friendly, laid back vibe overlooking the brewhouse and fermentation room, with a classic shuffleboard table, a large, sunny patio, our downstairs Barrel Room, a seasonal beer garden, and our brand new BBQ shack, Bristol’s Spark Beer+BBQ.
We offer food options from our own Spark Beer+BBQ, plus Salad or Bust, Decent Pizza, Lazo Empanadas and Ivywild Kitchen. Head to the food pod of your choosing to place your order. While they’re making your food, relax with a beer at your table or anywhere in the school. They’ll contact you when your food is ready!
So come hang out with us, talk with your friends, make some new ones. Let’s all share some great beer together!
CURRENT LIMITED EDITION BEERS
Thiolized Hazy IPA
Don’t be shy–dive right into this tasty fruit cocktail of ripe peach, passion fruit, and pink grapefruit masquerading as a hazy IPA. A new New Zealand hop, Nectaron, plus Sabro hops and assorted thiols are responsible for the tropical taste and aroma, plus a very slight hop kick in the finish. Indeed this collab with Fossil Brewing gushes with so much flavor, you might even forget to ask about the weird name.
| 7.3% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $8.00 | 64oz. Growler — $20 |32oz. Crowler — $15 |
Luchador Lunch Mexican Lager
Crisp, clean, refreshing, low bitterness–our collab with Metric Brewing is everything you love about a Mexican lager. Plus we added agave nectar for a subtle layer of flavor that knocks this one out of the park.
| 4.8% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $8.00 | 64oz. Growler — $20 |32oz. Crowler — $15 |
Hazy IPA
Brewed with a combo of Strata, Mosaic, and El Dorado hops, our hazy gives you tons of dank juiciness without a lot of bitterness, and a citrusy aroma to boot.
| 6.3% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $8.00 | 64oz. Growler — $20 |32oz. Crowler — $15 |
Baltic Porter
Notching a solid 8.3% ABV, this Baltic Porter is just the thing when there’s a chill in the air. Moderately yet delightfully boozy and warming, you’ll taste dark fruit and molasses tamed by a bit of roast character–so it achieves that holy grail of roast-sweet balance. Smooth and satisfying.
| 8.3% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $8.00 | 64oz. Growler — $20 |32oz. Crowler — $15 |
Winter Warlock Oatmeal Stout
Chock full of highly roasted barley malt and 150 lbs. of flaked oatmeal, the Warlock is a dark and satisfying winter elixir. Smooth, rich and exceptionally comforting. An annually-awaited winter seasonal, and one of our award winners. Also available on nitro.
| 6% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
Old No. 23 Barley Wine
2010 winner of the Silver in the Barley Wine-style Ale category at the Great American Beer Festival.
An annual Bristol tradition, Old No. 23 revives an English farmhouse brewery practice of making a complex ale to set aside for special occasions. Our version has massive quantities of malt and hops and a long aging time, resulting in the depth and complexity of a good brandy or single malt scotch.
| 9% ABV | Now available only in 4-packs to go! | 4-pack — $11.49 |
Yellow Kite Pilsner
Bright gold in color, our pilsner harkens back to its true European origins with abundant flavor that’s also light and refreshing. Pilsen barley lends a traditional malt component, while fine Czech and German hops add a nice snap.
| 5% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 | 6-pk Bottles–$11.49 |
Golden Ale
Crisp, clean, and easy, this beer takes you directly to blue skies and sun-filled patio days. And with a 4.9% ABV, it just goes down like a dream. A light malt bill and only a touch of hops provide the perfect canvas for the slice of lime we serve alongside. Our lightest beer in the pub.
| 4.9% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
FLAGSHIP BEERS
Laughing Lab Scottish Ale
Laughing Lab is our most popular brew among beer drinkers and beer judges alike, with nine medals since 1994 at the GABF® alone. A complex blend of specialty malts provides a nutty, roasted flavor that’s mildly sweet, but not too rich. Smooth and luscious!
| 5.4% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
Red Rocket Pale Ale
The Bristol beer that started it all back in 1994 is lively and hoppy right up front, with a crisp finish–and just enough malt character to provide balance in between. Rocket’s hop character comes from a blend of Perle, Willamette, and Cascade hops. Dry hopped with Cascade for a delectable aroma. An award winner.
| 5.1% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
Beehive Honey Wheat
Definitely sunshine in a glass. Beehive is a joy to drink, with its beautiful honey-gold color and refreshing, full-flavored body. For our version of the classic American wheat, we use less two-row and more Munich malt for depth, and soften the edges with the lightness of wheat. Local Black Forest honey adds character without sweetness.
| 4.4% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
Mass Transit Amber Ale
Like the bus on its label, Mass Transit has a mellow vibe and a fiercely loyal following of fans. Based on the amber style, this is a dependable session beer that simply delivers superb flavor. Crystal and Vienna specialty malts give Mass its rich auburn color and easygoing nature.
| 4.7% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
Compass IPA
This is an ale with zip. Our india pale ale brings together copious amounts of Columbus and Cascade hops in a tasty combination that lingers through the finish and beyond. Compass delivers big hop flavor with malt in a nice supporting role. A favorite with the regulars in our pub.
| 6.9% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
Ivywild School Pale Ale
Despite the splash of bright tangerine and grapefruit that hits you at first sip, no fruit were harmed in the making of this beer. In fact, our tropical pale ale’s lush aroma and flavor is purely derived from the abundance of fruit-forward hop varieties we added late in the brewing process. Not a lot from the malt department here, just another juicy day in hop paradise.
| 6.9% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $6.50 | 64oz. Growler — $12 |32oz. Crowler — $10 |
World Peace Death Ray Imperial IPA
We’re not big fans of the palate-crushing hop and alcohol levels found in many Imperial IPAs, so we set out to brew a tasty treat for the hop loyal that embodies just a bit more finesse. Checking in at a relatively friendly ABV, our Imperial is citrusy, pungent and robust, combining a goodly abundance of hops with a malt bill that provides the backbone your trusty palate craves.
| 8.0% ABV | 12oz. Pour — $6.00 | 16oz. Pour — $8.00 | 64oz. Growler — $20 | 32oz. Crowler — $15 |
Mango Pirate Golden Sour
To craft this beer, our brewers brought together wheat and barley, mango puree–and of course, a carefully selected strain of lactobacillus to do the heavy lifting. The result is a simple, clean sour, light-bodied and refreshing, beautifully cloudy, with a tart finish and just a subtle hint of the tropical.
| 4.3% ABV | 16oz. Pour — $8.00 | 64oz. Growler — $20 | 32oz. Crowler — $15 |
Select-A-Sampler
Create your own sampler! Choose four draft beers you’d like to try from our Fresh Sheet and/or Flagship menu, and you’ll get a flight of four 5-oz. pours! We suggest tasting them in order from lightest to heaviest. Find your favorite and enjoy a pint, or order a growler or crowler to take home for later!
| $10.00 | Four 5 oz. pours
BELGIAN BOTTLES
Belgian Saison
This refreshing saison is a slight departure from our more traditional Belgians. Still brewed with a blend of farmhouse and saison yeasts for that hint of spice and touch of mild fruit, but with Nelson Sauvin and Mosaic hops for a little more kick. Bottle conditioning adds complexity. Gezondheid!
| 750ml –$13.99|
Belgian Dubbel
| 750ml –$13.99|
Belgian Quadrupel
It’s time to put on your big kid pants and enjoy one of life’s rich treats: our big and luscious Belgian-style strong ale. As you sip you’ll note wonderful hints of plum and other dark fruit; perhaps a touch of dark rum and molasses. Despite its malty complexity, this deep amber beauty is medium-bodied, mellow, and smooth, which tends to distract a person from its profound ABV of 9.3%. Gezondheid!
| 750ml –$13.99|
A Final Word:
We absolutely love beer. That’s why we’ve been brewing and drinking it in Colorado Springs since 1994. We opened the Bristol Pub in 2013 because we wanted to create a place with a laid back, community vibe that would make people want to get off the couch and gather with friends to enjoy good conversation over a pint of Bristol and a bite to eat. Come join us!