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
Best True Belgian Style Beers
Best American Wheat
- Great Northern - Keystone
Most Fruit Beers
Worst Porter
Worst Hefeweizen
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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