Denver

Give us styles and we'll give you places.

Those that come to mind for a person just here for a day:
1. DryDock
2. Denver Beer Co
3. Avery (if u can make it out that way)
4. Little Machine
5. Renegade

So many others.. easier to pinpoint once we know what the crowd wants.

 

TRVE
Comrade
Bierstadt
Crooked Stave
Falling Rock Taphouse

And, as already mentioned, the search function is going a good tool to use. A recent thread: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/denver-area-breweries-to-visit.461591/#post-5088849

 

If you have the whole day, then you have time to drive around a bit.

I'd start off at Weldwerks. Try everything.
Next I'd go to Avery. It's a bit of a drive
From Avery go to Odd 13. Again a drive.
Park your car, finish off with Crooked Stave and Epic

If that's too much driving for you, just do Odd13, Great Divide, Crooked Stave, Epic, Black Project.

You'll get stouts, IPAs, and sours. Plenty of driving to sober up.

 

Rather than driving or wandering around, I've just started sending people straight to the Falling Rock. 80+ drafts (with a big CO focus) and plenty of zany bottles of all sorts available, too.
Freshcraft and Lucky Pie are a 5-minute walk from there and will have even more.

 

Alternately you can just hang out in RiNo all day. Mockery, Ratio, and Our Mutual Friend are all good choices and within easy walking distance. Get lunch at Biju's and dinner at Work & Class. Man, that sounds like an excellent day.

 

You can swing a dead cat around and hit several places worth visiting. But you're gonna miss something, so don't try to hit all places during your visit.

Disclaimer: Don't actually swing a dead (or alive) cat

 

Or do... Cuz hey, they'll make more.

 

it's not pinned, but this is what we should do:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...do-look-here-first-winter-2017-update.475158/
(pretty helpful for bottle shops, around the 3-4 Tampa/StPete breweries I knew of)

It would never work (by consensus), but particularly helpful to visitors would be lists for Denver proper / metro and separate for suburbs ("day trip" driving to Avery/O13 or WW etc)

if @Domingo endorsed, I would probably draft something for consideration...

 

Recommending neighborhoods is best, and usually how I advise visitors in FB threads. Manageable to hit several, and fun getting better sense of city by walking! RiNo is definitely my Go-To for recommendations, too.


RiNo map: https://goo.gl/maps/4GKvdix7LKK2
[note: map is missing Spangalang and Mr B's b/c only 10 spots can be destinations in this directional view. they're not much farther!]

Breweries:
Our Mutual Friend, Ratio, Crooked Stave, Spangalang, Mockery, Beryl's,
Bierstadt Lagerhaus, Epic, Great Divide Barrel Bar, Black Shirt (also Stem Ciders, fwiw)

Beer-centric bars with consistently awesome taplists:
First Draft, Finn's Manor

Bottle Shops:
Mr B's, The Proper Pour (inside The Source)



Highlands map: https://goo.gl/maps/cZicawgSUXL2

Breweries:
Call to Arms, Hogshead, Little Machine, Prost, Goldspot, Diebolt
[map's missing: Joyride, De Steeg, Denver Beer Co.; The Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe & Brewery (opening soon); Zuni Street (opening soon)]

Killer Taplists + Food:
Hops & Pie, Crafty Fox. (Fire on the Mountain ? Avanti ? )

Bottle Shops:
Small Batch, Mondo Vino, Bogey's



South Broadway ("SoBro"?) map: https://goo.gl/maps/BRefYH1AUMD2

Breweries:
Black Project, Baere, TRVE,
Renegade, Banded Oak, Grandma's House, Platt Park, Declaration, Chain Reaction

Beer-centric Bars:
Historian's Ale House (others??)
** eat at: Domo or Izakaya Den

Bottle Shops: ??
(none that I know; can likely count on To-Go bottles at Baere and TRVE, though)



"Central Denver" map: https://goo.gl/maps/Gsg8sT87qqF2

Breweries:
Cerebral, Comrade, Copper Kettle, Station 26, Fiction, Cheluna (inside Stanley Marketplace)

Beer + Food:
Bull & Bush, Vine Street Pub (also: Lowry Beer Garden, Stanley Beer Hall)

Bottle Shops:
Grapevine, Grape Expectations



"Visitors' Digest" post coming soon...??

 

I've been in favor of a "Things to do in the Denver area" sticky for years. I remember the "assbananas" tagging years. Yet with all of the recent changes (+ more on the way), it would definitely need a biannual update.
We probably also need one for Las Vegas with similar parameters. That used to be a simple copy/paste from Destral, but like Denver, Las Vegas has been changing a lot lately.

 

Just expect to have the worst service of your life and eat somewhere else.That was for FRTH as I really like freshcraft and lucky pie and they also have good food

I would hit
Comrade
Cannonball creek
S26

 

Highlands map drives right by Briar Common (although I haven't been, so can't say if it's worth mapping) and I'd think should definitely include Avanti and Masterpiece Deli. You're gonna need lunch on this road trip.

RiNo also has C Squared Ciders but you'll hit that if you go to Bierstadt Lagerhaus anyways, and is also missing Zephyr. And might be expanded enough to include Great Divide Original Flavor since that's only like a ten minute walk from the Zephyr / OMF end?

 

But, but, Pliny!

 

If only we had some good hoppy beers around here we could go elsewhere.

 

On the other side of the coin, the Falling Rock has many/most of those other great IPAs in one place so you don't have to head all over town. You can even do very easy head to heads with beers like Pliny.
The food should probably be skipped (except the fries, which are legit) though.
The best advice I can give you with the service, which works in most places like this, is to have 3 beers in mind. Be ready for your first choice to be out, too. The FRTH trained me to full-on dominate places like the Delirium Cafe so I've grown to appreciate their comical surliness. It might seem otherwise, but it's just their shtick.
For me the best combo is to eat at the Kitchen, Chophouse, or Lucky Pie followed by the FRTH for beers with no need to head elsewhere.

 

Fried shrooms are legit too

 

My brother will be flying out to Denver tomorrow for a long weekend and is willing to bring back some area beers but needs some direction. We are partial to IPAs, sours, and stouts but will drink just about any style. He is staying in the River North area. Are crowlers available at any of the area breweries? Recommendations appreciated.

 

In Rino you aren't too far from Great Divide and Crooked Stave. Not sure which Crooked Stave hits you in Ohio but chances are they have a bigger selection. River North Brewery isn't too far from there and they specialize in Belgian-style beers and have some great stouts. Also not too far from Epic and that's a must-visit.

Bottle shops nearby include Mr. B's, further away is Argonaut. I can't think of any crowlering breweries nearby.