beers in denver

8th year approves

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Funkwerks

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Great beer, but almost positive this brewery is in Ft Collins.

Comrade Brewing in Denver is another one worth checking out.

Assuming you are staying downtown and here for work with no car...

You could take the light rail out to Golden and enjoy a delicious light lager at the world's largest brewery... I can get you on the vip tour, it's just like the regular tour but takes needlessly longer. Golden has 3 other great breweries in Cannonball Creek, Mountain Toad, and Golden City Brewing. Cannonball Creek is making the best ipa in the state right now plus if the weather is nice you can sit on the patio surrounded by hop plants and drink beer with professional bike riders and watch the paragliders on Lookout Mtn.

Downtown you should go to Great Divides new barrel room. They spent like 8 million on a brand new brewery but kept the tap room just as small as the original, it seats 6(actually about 30 but still). Across the street from that is The Source which has Crooked Staves tap room. Then make your way back downtown by hitting River North and Falling Rock(arguably the best beer bar in America). Epic is real close to Crooked Stave but unless you want to hop a fence it'll take about a mile walk to get to but it's worth going. Mockery and Black Shirt are right there also and worth having a beer or two at. You can walk or rent a bike for all of that. Other downtown options are Freshcraft, Lucky Pie and Euclid Hall. They all have food. Biker Jims for a great hot dog.

Over by the capital is Cheeky Monk and Denver Bicycle Cafe. Both are good. Across I-25 is Prost and Hogs Head which are both unique and fantastic, Prost has my favorite patio in the city. Hops and pie is a little further but worth it and will require about a $15 cab ride each way. Masterpiece Deli has great sandwiches and will deliver to Prost. Amatos ale house is alright also.

If you have time and a car you can get caught up in the whole Boulder( Avery, Backcountry Pizza, and Upslope) to Longmont(Oskar Blues and Left Hand) to Ft Collins(Odell, New Belgium, Funkwerks, Old Major) thing but if you have a car and time you should go to the mtns.

If you're staying in another part of town let me know and I'll amend.

I hate Breckenridge's beers but they just opened a beautiful new brewery and restaurant south of town near me which is worth hitting up, there are several good breweries near by I can recommend if you go. I live in between there and the tech center so let me know if you are staying there.

You're going to have to do an AMA about working for Coors one day. Should be pretty entertaining from your perspective.

Great Divide Brewery

The Falling Rock Tap House


A pretty cool place also is The View House ... I had a bison hotdog on a pretzel bun topped with pulled pork and onion rings

And you have a beautiful view of Coors Field

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Also, the Blue Moon Brewery is in Coors Field off Blake Street

I think I posted this before, but Crooked Stave is distributed to Portland because the owner of Hop and Vine in Portland is shacking up with the owner of Crooked Stave. I don't think they are married, but they have children together.

Just another example of what a tight knit community the craft beer industry is...

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Crooked Stave -- both agree it's excellent

Stoney's for sports bar -- personally idk, but he says it's good and he drinks great beer so I'd go there if I were traveling there

Mr. B's to purchase -- same as previous

Great Divide, which gives access to River North and Falling Rock -- as far as tours -- tours are fun, and to be fair, you've done one, you've done them all. but 8th says it's a good one with immediate access to other locals, so I'd do it

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I would just skip stony's rest is right on point.

My favorite brewery of the moment is renegade. I really like their beers. Epic is pretty damn good too. Strange craft has an awesome vibe, strange location and fab food trucks. But the beers are just OK. Fun crowd too.

And yes, breck's beers are meh.