re: Boulder, CO food and drink recommendations

Breweries:

Sanitas, Upslope, and Four Noses are really good.

Uhl has great beer, but if scenery matters to you, it's kind of in a strip mall.

Avery is good but only if you want 1 or 2 small pours. All of their really good stuff is north of 10% abv. I normally don't mind that at all, but I was there to brewery hop. That place can put you down fast.