Table of Contents
Introduction vii
How to Use this Guide ix
Glossary of Terms xii
Denver 1
Breweries
Baere Brewing Company 2
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales 3
Call to Arms Brewing Company 5
Cerebral Brewing Company 7
Comrade Brewing Company 8
Copper Kettle Brewing Company 10
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project 11
Denver Beer Company/Cerveceria Colorado 13
Fiction Beer Company 15
Great Divide Brewing Company 16
Hogshead Brewery 18
Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company 19
Ratio Beerworks 20
River North Brewery 22
Station 26 Brewing Company 23
TRVE Brewing Company 25
Brewpubs
Bierstadt Lagerhaus 27
Blue Moon Brewing Company 28
Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery 30
Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe and Brewery 31
Liberati Osteria & Oenobeers 32
Wynkoop Brewing Company 33
Beer Bars
The Crafty Fox Taphouse and Pizzeria 35
Euclid Hail Bar & Kitchen 35
Falling Rock Tap House 36
Finn's Manor 37
First Draft Taproom & Kitchen 37
Freshcraft 38
Goed Zuur 38
Hops & Pre 39
Star Bar Denver 40
Terminal Bar 40
Walter's 303 Pizzeria S Publik House 41
Denver Area 43
Arvada, Aurora, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Golden, Littleton, and Lone Tree
Breweries
Breckenridge Brewery 45
Cannonball Creek Brewing Company 46
Coors Brewing Company/AC Golden (MillerCoors) 47
Dry Dock Brewing Company 49
Four Noses Brewing Company 51
Holldaily Brewing Company 53
Lone Tree Brewing Company 54
New Image Brewing 55
New Terrain Brewing Company 57
Brewpubs
Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Company 59
Yak & Yeti Restaurant & Brewpub (Spice Trade Brewing) 60
Beer Bars
Colorado Plus Brew Pub, Tap House and Restaurant 62
Jake's Brew Bar and Beer Garden 63
Kline's Beer Hall 63
Parry's Pizzeria & Craft Beer Bar 64
Boulder 65
Breweries
Avery Brewing Company 66
Boulder Beer Company 68
Sanitas Brewing Company 70
Upslope Brewing Company 71
Brewpubs
FATE Brewing Company 73
Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery 74
Twisted Pine Brewing Company 75
Beer Bars
Backcountry Pizza & Tap House 78
Rueben's Burger Bistro 78
The West End Tavern 79
Fort Collins 81
Breweries
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company, Fort Collins Brewery 82
Funkwerks 83
Horse & Dragon Brewing Company 84
Jessup Farm Barrel House 86
New Belgium Brewing Company 88
Odell Brewing Company 90
Purpose Brewing & Cellars 92
Brewpub
CooperSmith's Pub and Brewery 93
Beer Bars
Choice City Butcher & Deli 94
The Mayor of Old Town 94
Tap and Handle 95
Northern Front Range 97
Greeley, Idaho Springs, Lafayette, Longmont, and Loveland
Breweries
Cellar West Artisan Ales 98
Grimm Brothers Brewhouse 99
Left Hand Brewing Company 100
Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company 102
Odd13 Brewing 103
Oskar Blues Brewery 105
Verboten Brewing & Barrel Project 107
WeldWerks Brewing Company 108
Wiley Roots Brewing Company 110
Brewpubs
The Post Brewing Company 112
Tommyknocker Brewery 113
Westbound & Down Brewing Company 114
Beer Bars
The Barrel 116
Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids 117
South-Central 119
Buena Vista, Colorado Springs, Divide, Manitou Springs, Monument, Poncha Springs, Pueblo, and Salida
Breweries
Bristol Brewing Company 121
Elevation Beer Company 122
Goat Patch Brewing Company 124
Paradox Beer Company 125
Brewpubs
Brues Alehouse Brewing Company 127
Cerberus Brewing Company 128
Eddyline Restaurant & Brewery 129
Manitou Brewing Company 130
Phantom Canyon Brewing Company 131
Pikes Peak Brewing Co. 132
Trinity Brewing Company 133
Beer Bars
Brewer's Republic 135
The Jailhouse Craft Beer Bar 135
Trails End Taproom 136
Northwest 139
Aspen, Breckenridge, Carbondale, Dillon, Eagle, Frisco, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, and Steamboat Springs
Breweries
Bonfire Brewing 141
Broken Compass Brewing Company 142
Casey Brewing & Blending 143
Outer Range Brewing Company 145
Roaring Fork Beer Company 147
Storm Peak Brewing Company 147
Brewpubs
Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company 149
Kannah Creek Brewing Company 150
Mountain Tap Brewery 151
Beer Bars
Craftsman Vail 153
Hops Culture 153
Southwest 155
Cortez, Del Norte, Dolores, Durango, Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, Pagosa Springs, Ridgway, and Telluride Breweries
Ska Brewing Company 157
Telluride Brewing Company 159
Brewpubs
Carver Brewing Company 161
Colorado Boy Pub Brewing Company 162
Dolores River Brewery 163
High Alpine Brewing Company 163
Ouray Brewing 164
Riff Raff Brewing Company 165
Steamworks Brewing Company 166
Three Barrel Brewing 167
Beer Bar
Ale House Grand Junction 168
Beer Festivals 169
Beer Stores 179
Byob: Brew Your Own Beer 185
In the Kitchen 199
Food Recipes 200
Beer Cocktails 211
Pub Crawls 213
Denver River North East 214
Denver River North West 218
South Denver 220
Downtown Denver 223
Boulder 226
Fort Collins 229
Appendix: Beer Lover's Pick List 232
Acknowledgments 234
Index 236
About the Author & Photographer 239
