Denver (LoDo)
This location only serves as a restaurant these days as their other locations
do all of the brewing these days, so I probably should take this off the list.
None the less, the nachos are great but you need at least 2 people (trust me).
Their stout is always good, but the rest of their
line has been rather, blah. No changes here. Still good quality, but rather
inoccuous brews. (last visited 2/00)
Flying Dog (formerly Broadway) Brewing Co. - Blake and 24th Street
Formerly at Broadway and Blake, they have moved to the old Mile High Brewing
Co. location at about 24th and Blake. Unfortunately, the pub there met with
limited success and is now closed. Their beers are good, but right now you
will have to find other places to taste them. (last visited 6/00)
Denver Chophouse and Brewery - 19th and Wynkoop
The local sports folks like to pop in there, this place seems
to be the place that people like to party with hardware earned from the
championship of a major pro sport, both the Colorado Avalanche (1996 and 2001
Stanley Cups) and the Denver Broncos partied there with their trophies in
tow. Overall just an OK place for beer, not enough for me to recommend a
visit to the place. (last visited 11/01)
Dixon's - 16th and Wazee
This fine restaurant still exists, but no longer brews their own beer (although
their tiny brewing system is still there).
This place is adjacent to the LoDo Tattered Cover. It is a brewpub in the
smallest sense of the word. They have a pretty (copper clad) 2 barrel brewing
system, just off the corner of the bar adjacent to the kitchen area. They
usually have 2-4 (almost always one is an amber) of their own beers on
draft and about 8 or so other guest beers (some decent, but one or two
budmilloors taps as well). The amber was a decent American Amber,
enough malt, hops and caramel to go around. The other beers vary
with the whim of the brewer. One trip his whim had a Chipotle pepper
beer and a medium bodied spiced beer. Another time had a Ginger Barleywine.
All were exceptional. Stop in to see what the brewer's whims have
put on tap this month, you never know, you can skip their regular beers.
The food was pretty good too. (last visited 4/00)
Rock Bottom - 16th and Curtis
The original cookie cutter, yuppie brewpub. Made decent beers for years,
and had continually gone downhill over the last few, but they seem to have
reversed that trend. The brews now are the same ones as always, but
now they seem to have decided to leave more of the malt in the beer.
All of their beers were decent and well crafted. This still is a
cookie cutter joint with your occasional specialty or seasonal.
The beer is the standard fare of Pale, Red,
Brown, Stout, and a lighter beer or two for the masses. Not a bad
place, really, but if you have a brewpub near home, they probably make
the same beers as they do here. Stop in if you want to see the original
Rock Bottom (second in the chain though), otherwise your beer time is probably
best spent elsewhere, however they do seem to put their best beer face
on for GABF time. (last visited 9/02)
Rounders at the Sandlot (in Coors Field) - 22nd and Blake
Click here for
a picture of their floor (and a bit of their bar too).
Technically not a brewpub, but looks and acts like one. The brewery
is owned by Coors the pub operated by ARAMARK (formerly ARA of bad cafeteria
fame) of all people, but if you tasted the beer you wouldn't know that.
Go visit and see what a big brewer can do if they put their mind to it.
One of the brewers is formerly a member of my Boulder homebrew club. The
beers are very nice and the food is
good and reasonable. Denverites have not found this place yet when the
Rockies aren't playing. Pop in when the Rockies are out of town, but don't
be spooked by the lack of people. Don't tell anyone that Coors produces
the beer until they have tried the ESB. After that taste the Pilsener or
Dopplebock or Weizenbock or any of the special brews they have. Every once
in a while they will make an experimental batch, but don't look for it
here, look for it down the street at the Falling
Rock Tap Room while it lasts. This is a place well worth visiting. You might want
to call to check their hours, as in the off season and when the Rockies
are not in town their hours can be flaky. A real tough place to get
into these days except at lunch or for Rockies games as their hours are only 11-2pm
when the Rockies aren't playing. (last visited 8/00)
The original Colorado brewpub and still great. Food and beer excellent
and reasonably priced (but not cheap).
It seems much like when they opened as Colorado's first brewpub. India
Pale Ale is not the out of this world hoppy and high in alcohol content
brew that many that I consider traditional are, but still is a fine brew.
They now keep upwards of 10-12 beers on at any given time and usually have a
nice seasonal or two on. Try the Churchyard if it is on cask, yummy.
They also have a rather respectable Chile beer if you are into that stuff.
They have finally revised some of their recipes and come out with a few
beers that are not their "old standbys". They execute them very well.
One of Colorado's best. Definitely visit if you are in the area.
(last visited 12/02)
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