Denver Itinerary: May 26-31 (Suggestions)

I think you need to add Falling Rock and Freshcraft in there for sure. Also, you could probably fit in Dry Dock on Thursday.

 

We will be in Denver for a bachelor party Wednesday night! Let me know if your bringing anything. Have fun, good chance we will be at Crooked Stave/ The Source at some point.

 

From what I've heard try and check out Station 26, and of course Dry Dock. Other than that nice line up!

 

I try to make it to Great Divide every time I'm in Denver. Breckenridge pub and Wynkoop aren't far from Great Divide as well. Within walking distance actually.

I had a really awful experience at TRVE and will not go back. The communal style atmosphere and death metal theme was really interesting though. The d-bag behind the bar really talked down to those in my group that don't know much about beer and got mad and was real snarky when one of us wrote tasting notes on their printer paper menu. Seriously, just paper that they printed out of their home printer. I guess our group doesn't have basic manners? I hope my experience was atypical and hope you have a better one. Their reviews are pretty OK so maybe I should give the guy the benefit of the doubt? ...Nah. I don't like being treated like that.

You'll have a blast doing a beercation, Denver is one of the best places for that!

 

TRVE's my favorite Denver brewery and I never had any experience like that, so from my perspective that experience was atypical. That said, I wouldn't exactly classify their employees (specifically the male ones) as the friendliest, most out going of folks and I have detected a bit of an attitude within them...I just haven't seen that attitude directed so blatantly towards anyone.

 

Why no Epic or Great Divide?

 

Scratch caution and hit station 26 instead!

 

Second for Great Divide!!! A institution in my mind!

 

I think you should do River North, Freshcraft, Falling Rock, Crooked Stave on the same day. They're all pretty close to each other. Add Hops & Pie to your list and hit them up the same day you go to Hogshead and Prost.

 

I would add/swap Strange and/or Wit's End for sure.... cough (black sky).. cough(prost)

 

He could do Renegade, Strange, and Wit's End on the same day with TRVE, even keep Black Sky in, and add the new-ish one on 8th & Lincoln, Lowdown. Oh and Breckenridge at 475 Kalamath, as well as the Rackhouse at, what, like 1st or 2d and Kalamath? Those 8 establishments are in a pretty tight shot pattern...and there are 2-3 more breweries that will be fitting inside it before very long...

(w/ a designated driver, or Uber, I guess--that's a lot of alcohol)

 

I agree. Outside of Big Bad Baptist (which is currently on tap there) their beer doesn't really wow me, but their taproom is one of my favorites in Denver.

 

FYI, Rackhouse is closed until Fall while they move across the street and out of the Stranahan's space.

 

I think you could get by without hitting Strange or Lowdown honestly. I haven't been impressed with either brewery and don't understand the appeal. Lowdown feels like a Rock Bottom (which I think I heard the brewers are actually from a Rock Bottom location..) and the only redeeming beer from Strange were their IPAs, and even those were basic and boring. I don't want to talk shit on any brewery, but if I were vacationing here and someone recommended Strange or Lowdown I'd be pretty disappointed.

 

Except that "kriek" tho. . .

 

This would be one awesome day. I'm going to do this very soon I think, good suggestion.