Colorado Pint Day Unveils 2025 Glass Design
The Story: The winner is Leanne Bridie.
The Scoop: Bridie previously won a coaster design competition hosted by Cohesion Brewing. She's also designed label artwork for Novel Strand. Colorado Pint Day is hosted by the Colorado Brewers Guild, a nonprofit trade organization that promotes independent craft breweries in Colorado, and $1 from each glass sold goes to the organization. Pint Day in 2024 included more than 225 participation locations in Colorado — a record, according to the Guild; the 2025 Pint Day is on March 5.
If River North keeps winning competitions, it may need its own section in this weekly column.
River North Brewery
The Story: The Denver brewery won gold and silver awards.
The Scoop: For the third week in a row, River North has won medals in a major beer competition. Last month, it took home Best American Beer at the Brussels Beer Challenge and nabbed a second-place win at the Denver International Beer Competition. This week, the brewery won a gold medal at EuroStar for its Nightmare Fuel and a silver medal for its Pumpkin Spice Bucket of Bolts. This competition, along with the Brussels Beer Challenge, are considered two of the toughest in Europe.
Upcoming Events
2nd Anniversary, Christmas Vacation Style
Saturday, December 7, noon
Danico Brewing
18490 East 66th Avenue
Danico invites you to wear your favorite Griswold outfit as it celebrates two years in business. The party will feature special beer and bottle releases, custom drinkware and koozies, and live T-shirt screen-printing by White Rhino Printing. Uptown & Humboldt will be providing food, and there will be a flash tattoo pop-up by Marion Street Tattoo from noon to 5 p.m.
Merry and Gay Market
Saturday, December 7, noon to 5 p.m.
Goldspot Brewing
4970 Lowell Boulevard
Goldspot is hosting a market filled with art and tarot readings this Saturday. Grab some holiday gifts and experience a reading.
Cupcake and Beer Pairing
Saturday, December 7, 3 to 6 p.m.
Old 121 Brewhouse
1057 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood
Join the Petite Cakery at Old 121 Brewhouse for a cupcake and beer pairing. For $25, you can experience pairings like the Sugar Cookie Mini Cupcake and Mega Berry Sour, Hot Cocoa Cake Truffle and Cinnamon Roll Dunkel, or Millionaire Shortbread Cake Truffle and ESB. Buy your tickets in advance; there are only a limited number of walk-up tickets available.
’80's Jazzercise Class
Sunday, December 8, 11 a.m.
Bierstadt Lagerhaus
2875 Blake Street
Visit Bierstadt on Sunday morning and get your workout on. Earn those delicious lagers by sweating it out in your best and brightest Spandex and neon leg warmers before the beer flows.
Rocky Mountain Record Show Pop-Up
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
Dry Dock Brewing
15120 East Hampden Avenue, Aurora
Visit Dry Dock this Sunday for a free record show. Search through thousands of records from over twenty vendors. All genres will be available.
Beer Gear Sale & Swap Event
Sunday, December 8, 1 to 5 p.m.
Max Taps
2680 East County Line Road, Highlands Ranch
Hosted by Brewnique Independent Craft Gear, a company started by local industry veteran Dev Adams, this is a massive beer swap where anyone can come and make some money in exchange for unwanted brew gear. Bring anything from T-shirts and glassware to koozies, hats, stickers and more. Come set up at 12:30 p.m., with the swap beginning at 1 p.m. There will also be a special donations table, with all money from the donations table going to the North Carolina Craft Brewers Foundation. That money will help North Carolina breweries recover and rebuild after Hurricane Helene.
Beer of the Week
Chosen Family from Lady Justice Brewing, ESB, 5.6 percent ABVFrom the Brewery: Malt-forward English-style red ale with notes of caramel and biscuit. 2021 US Beer Open Bronze Medalist.
From the Glass: The beer pours a beautiful dark amber-orange with a fluffy, off-white head. Big caramel up front in the nose and flavor, but a balancing light citrus and woody hop note makes itself known mid-taste. As the beer warms, some toffee and biscuit malt flavors add depth. The empty glass shows some fantastic lacing as well. This is a well-made beer, and a style that is unfortunately not as common as it once was. I'd love to try this from a hand pull someday.
Availability: On draft and in cans.
