Bests, Worsts and Other Benchmarks

Best IPA (India Pale Ale)

• Phantom Canyon - Colorado Springs
• Backcountry - Frisco

Best American Pale Ale

• Oskar Blues - Lyons
• BJ's Pizza and Brewery - Boulder

Best Chile Beer

• Coopersmith's - Ft. Collins (Green Chile)

Best Beer Not Supposed to be a Particular Style

• Amber Lager - Palmer Lake Brewing (at the Warehouse) - Colorado Springs

Best True German Style Beers

• Kaltenberg Castle Royal Bavarian Brewhouse - Vail

Best True British Style Beers

• Pint's Pub - Denver

Best True Belgian Style Beers

• Redfish - Boulder

Best American Wheat

• Great Northern - Keystone

Most Fruit Beers

• Smiling Moose - Greeley

Worst Porter

• Pug Ryan's - Dillon

Worst Hefeweizen

• Pug Ryan's - Dillon

Best Chain Brewpub

• BJ's Pizza and Brewery - Boulder

Weirdest Brewpub Decoration

• Lava Lamp Chandelier - Ironworks - Lakewood

Best Front Range Brewpub Crawl

• Boulder - 5 brewpubs (4 quality ones) in easy walking distance (Mountain Sun, Redfish, BJ's, Walnut and Oasis)

Best Front Range Brewpub Crawl (Honorable Mention)

• Colorado Springs - 4 brewpubs (3 quality ones) in easy walking distance (Judge Baldwin's, Phantom Canyon, Il Vicino and Palmer Lake)

Best Mountain Brewpub Crawl

• Summit County (Breckenridge, Backcountry, Dam, Great Northern (skip Pug Ryan's... please) and an Old Chicago if you get bored.

Best Boilermaker

• Jim Beam (now Old Granddad) Cask Conditioned Stout - Denver Chophouse - Denver

Best Skier's Brewpub

• Great Northern - Keystone (at River Run)
• Kaltenberg Castle - Vail (in the old Gondola Bldg.)

Best Single Malt Scotch Selection

• Pint's Pub - Denver - Hands down the best selection of any brewpub anywhere

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