Breweries and Wineries in Denver
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With seventeen Great American Beer Festival awards and five World Beer Cup awards — not to mention a number-seven ranking in Beer Advocate‘s 2009 All-Time Top Breweries on Planet Earth — it’s quite clear that Great Divide knows a few things about making great beer. And there’s no better way to experience one of the […]
Grist Brewing opened in 2013 in Highlands Ranch with brewer Rob Kevwitch at the helm. Kevwitch has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and studied “photodegradable dendrimer/polymeric systems” in a former life. Now he runs a brewery. Overqualified? Hardly. Making good beer takes a balance of science and creativity, and Kevwitch pours his heart into both […]
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In 2018, Daniel and Talia Haykin opened Haykin Family Cider, complete with a simple tasting room, in an industrial part of Aurora. Here, Haykin produces single-variety ciders from apples (many of them grown in Colorado) that are picked, pressed and fermented in season, allowing the distinct flavor of each to shine through. Crisp, clean, complex […]
In 2012, the team behind Hogshead Brewery turned a former gas station into an English-style brewery and taproom. Hogshead is one of the last remaining Colorado breweries to serve cask-style beer, and its intimate neighborhood taproom draws drinkers from near and far. The roster has expanded recently to include beers outside of the English category […]
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Ben Parsons has long been a wine-industry renegade, perhaps most notably for his canned wine, which drove Infinite Monkey Theorem to a new level of success and launched something of a packaging sea change among young makers. Just as brazen was planting his winery in the urban core of Denver and tapping into city culture […]
There was a collective pause when Lady Justice announced it was leaving north Aurora for Englewood. The Aurora scene has recovered nicely, though, with the opening of several standout breweries and a cidery in that area. And Lady Justice sorely needed an expanded taproom. The brewery can now hold bigger and better events, regularly filling […]
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