Great Divide Brewing Co.

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 […]

Golden City Brewery

Founded in 1993 by geologists Charlie and Janine Sturdavant, the Golden City Brewery is a classic mountain town business: the brewery was in a carriage house in the backyard of the couple’s home, while the tasting area was in the living room. Two decades later, Golden’s “second largest brewery” is still in the Sturdavant’s backyard […]

Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

The long, angled bar – fashioned from ruddy Colorado sandstone – makes the trip to Oskar Blues worthwhile. The mellow Lyons spot also serves the first-ever canned Colorado microbrew, Dale’s Pale Ale (6.5 percent!), and features a dark, cavernous corner stage that hosts some fine blues music Friday and Saturday nights.