Colorado

[mickp]

Will be there in June, specifically to drink, so, I know there are a million cool places to visit, but any breweries/brewpubs etc that I should not miss under any circumstances, maybe smaller, more obscure gems? I'll be mobile so pretty much anywhere in the state is fair game.

Thanks!

[cdburg]

I don't think it qualifies as small anymore, but I wouldn't miss Crooked Stave. I haven't been since they opened the new tasting room, but their beers have been awesome every time I've had them.

[NHbeerscene]

I am interested too! We're visiting Denver in May on our cross country camping trip (last big hurrah for the fam and I before we open the brewery) and thats one of many beer stops we are making. I have listened to the Crooked Stave show prob 10 times since it aired. Any others to visit? If you're coming to New England anytime I can help with breweries to visit.

[Beerd Man]

Ahhh... I need the same help! The girlfriend and I are visiting for GABF and we'll be running around the state for a couple of days before. Any suggestions in the Denver/surrounding area? I already put crooked stave on the list, we'll also visit a few places in Denver during GABF weekend, but I was wondering if there were any other places? I want to visit that heavy metal brewery and I heard there's a brewery with an arcade in it. I had left hand brewing on the list so I could try some of their stuff, but it looks like they'll be distributed in socal late next month. We'll probably still check it out anyway though...

[siwelwerd]

Which part of Colorado? As far as smaller, more obscure places, we stumbled in to Coopersmith's in Ft. Collins and were very pleasantly surprised.

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

I am a huge fan of Tommyknocker in Idaho Springs. It's just a couple of hours west of the airport.

[mobrewer]

My girlfriend and I were in Denver two weeks ago. I wanted to go to many breweries but we only had one day to spend. We wanted to hit up a brewery and see the mountains. Tommyknocker allowed us to do both. We got a flight of beer and a meal. Their Pilsner is amazing. That sold me as it's hard to find a really good Pilsner IMO. The elk burger was fantastic and the service was awesome. If you are an AHA member you get a free pint. It was just under 45 minutes from the heart of downtown Denver. I will definitely go back to Tommyknocker the next time I'm in the Denver area.

[NervousDad]

I am interested too! We're visiting Denver in May on our cross country camping trip (last big hurrah for the fam and I before we open the brewery) and thats one of many beer stops we are making. I have listened to the Crooked Stave show prob 10 times since it aired. Any others to visit? If you're coming to New England anytime I can help with breweries to visit.

I'm in windham this week. Stopped by moonlight meadery and I'm hitting 603 tomorrow.