FlyteCo Tower

In mid-August 2022, FlyteCo Brewing opened its second location, dubbed FlyteCo Tower, in the former Stapleton Airport control tower. The owners wisely kept the fun and games left by previous tenant Punch Bowl Social, including an eighteen-hole mini-golf course, six bowling lanes, pool tables, arcade games and more. The food menu leans heavily on pub […]

Spice Trade Brewery & Kitchen

Spice Trade Brewery has unusual roots: It was born inside Arvada’s Yak & Yeti Restaurant, brewing beers made with herbs and spices to complement the Indian and Nepalese food. So it made sense that when the brewery opened its own distinct location in May 2020, it would push these flavors even further. The new Spice […]

FlyteCo Brewing

Since opening in a hundred-year-old building between Berkeley and Sunnyside in 2019, FlyteCo Brewing’s aviation theme has really taken off – and includes not just a salvaged plane wing at the entrance, runway striping on the floor and other aeronautical details, but a custom-built replica of the fuselage of a plane. Inside are jump seats, […]

Acreage

Stem Ciders has played a pivotal role in the resurgence of cider, once one of America’s favorite beverages. After five years of small-batch production in a tiny cider house downtown, the company thought big – really big – with its Boulder County farmhouse restaurant that opened in 2018. Located on more than ten acres of […]

The Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe & Brewery

The Gnome opened in 2018, and while cold beer is a great reason to visit the spacious brewpub, the sandwiches are the headliners here. Chopped cheese, Taylor ham and housemade meatballs are some of the standouts in the wide selection of New York- and New Jersey-inspired options, all of which you can enjoy while listening […]

New Image Brewing

Is Arvada becoming the new neighborhood for great drinking? Just a couple of blocks from School House Kitchen & Libations, New Image Brewing pours barrel-aged beers brewed in-house, featuring creative styles for adventurous palates (think two different Brett saisons). But there’s also a full bar featuring cocktails made with beer ingredients, so you’ll find, for […]

Blue Moon Brewing Company

Denverites sure do love their Blue Moon; ever since the beer debuted in 1995 at the Sandlot at Coors Field, people haven’t been able to get enough of the crafty brew. And the Blue Moon Brewing Company, which opened in north Denver in July 2016, aims to give the people what they want: more Blue […]

Westbound & Down Brewing Company

Westbound & Down is a brewpub that’s worth leaving Denver for, whether you’re drinking or not. It deals in sports-bar classics – nachos, pretzels, chili and burgers – and each dish is executed by an exacting hand, resulting in a menu that’s elevated in quality but not unnecessarily fancified. This food is immensely comforting, and […]

Bierstadt Lagerhaus

Ashleigh Carter and Bill Eye opened this brewery in 2016. It specializes in lager beers, including three core brews: its helles, its dunkel and – perhaps the most lauded beer in Colorado – its Slow Pour Pils. Beyond Bierstadt’s propensity for making some of the best craft beers in the state, it boasts a comfortable, […]

Avery Brewing Company

In February 2015, after 22 years in the same space, Avery Brewing Company closed its Arapahoe Avenue location in Boulder and opened a brand-new brewing facility, restaurant and taproom on 5.6 acres of land at 4910 Nautilus Court. Nearly as extensive as the beer selection, the all-day menu (served in both rooms) reaches well beyond […]

Longs Peak Pub and Taphouse

The Mountain Sun group channels the spirit of those college roommates who maintained a constant house party, complete with a keg and a rotating roster of friends. The five pubs are a front for a microbrewery, and they each maintain a line of about twenty taps for the Sun’s own solid, award-winning craft beers. During […]

Briar Common Brewery + Eatery

Briar Common Brewery + Eatery opened in late 2016 in an odd, wedge-shaped building that was seemingly dropped into the middle of an intersection in the Jefferson Park neighborhood with little attention to traffic or practicality. But this strange location belies the classic philosophy (both aesthetic and culinary) that lies beyond the front door. The […]

Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot

The Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot has been Denver’s most unusual brewery since it debuted inside Coors Field in 1995; located in a hundred-year-old warehouse that was incorporated into the architecture of the stadium, the Sandlot was only open to Rockies ticket holders on game days for many years. But in 2013, the […]

Platt Park Brewing/Gates Deli

Platt Park Brewing only sold suds until 2019, when it presciently added a walk-up window out of which it served sandwiches courtesy of Gates Deli. That window helped it weather COVID capacity restrictions, and even though these days the taproom is full to brimming with neighborhood regulars, diners can still nab bites like fried bologna […]

Black Shirt Brewing Co.

Standing out is tough in a city where beer drinkers can simply walk a few blocks from their front doors to find quality suds in a multitude of new breweries. Since opening in 2012, Black Shirt has drawn crowds by aiming for continuous improvement in its beer lineup and offering value-adds like a three patios, […]

Prost Brewing

Prost stands out amongst the numerous craft breweries in Denver by only brewing pilsners, bocks, dunkels and other light German lagers. The LoHi brewery also possesses one of the largest brewhouses in the state – a gorgeous seventy-barrel system that the owners acquired from a brewery that was closing in the famous beer-making region of […]

Boulder Beer Taphouse

A long, dark, cavernous spot on the security level of DIA’s busy terminal, Boulder Beer Tap House is just the place for travelers to fortify themselves for the ordeal ahead. The bar’s menu lists sandwiches, salads and burgers, either buffalo or juicy beef, served on a puffy Kaiser roll with thick pub fries. More important, […]