Latest reviews from Denver
| 66 /100 8500 PENA BLVD, CONCOURSE B, GATE A32 “Terminal B. The best of the DEN airport brewpubs IMO. They had about a dozen taps, with 2-3 seasonals. No flights or small pours, but bartenders are happy to do free samples. Otherwise, it’s 16 oz pours, or 12 oz pours for the stronger (7+%) beers. Good glassware, attentive service. Good spot to hit when stuck at DEN on a layover.“ |
| 48 /100 8500 N. PENA BLVD “Terminal A, center concourse. Not terrible for an airport bar, but still nothing exciting. They have 4 house taps, 1 of which is rotating. No flight nowadays, but the bartender was happy to give free samples. 14 and 20 oz pours available ($11 for the 14 oz’ers). Beer quality is middling at best but competent.“ |
| 60 /100 8500 PENA BLVD, CONCOURSE C “Terminal C, near gate 32. Not bad for an airport bar. A dozen or so taps; no flights, just full pours, and didn't seem to be much of anything rotating -- I had already ticked pretty much everything on tap except a hazy. You could always grab yourself a 10 oz of Yeti ($9), which is pretty great for an airport beer. Service is fine — you can order via QR code/phone. Worth a stop if on a layover at DEN, especially if you’re at the C gates.“ |
| 78 /100 2895 FAIRFAX ST. “I’ve been coming here periodically for the last couple years, as I live pretty close, but have never rated this place - decently-sized tap room with a homey vibe (think lots of dark wood), ample outdoor seating, and frequent food trucks - variety is usually decent - they typically have at least a few lagers available, as well as one or two Belgian styles, as well as the stuff the masses want, like fruited quick sours and hazy ipas - prices are some of the most reasonable in the city - as an example, you can get a 12 ounce pour of barrel-aged barleywine for 8 bucks when an 8 or even 6 ounce pour would cost you between 12 and 14 anywhere else in town - the quality of product is somewhat inconsistent, but I have never had anything I would call “bad;” just not at the level of the top tier breweries in the city (with occasional exceptions) - service is quick and friendly - given the neighborhood, you will see a lot of kids in here (there were kiddos selling Girl Scout cookies here the other day), which is fine, but also ill-mannered dogs that the management somehow allowed inside even though it is illegal, which is not fine - overall a solid neighborhood spot that is not worth making a trip for if you are not in the area.“ |
| 82 /100 2201 ARAPAHOE ST “Visita recomendable a una de las grandes de EEUU. Pese a eso el local defrauda, la zona en la que se encuentra no parece muy segura.“ |
| 86 /100 2875 BLAKE ST “En nuestra visita nos encontramos un evento del Beer Festival por lo que el habiente era muy agradable. Buena cerveza.“ |
| 94 /100 4460 W 29TH AVE “Gran descubrimiento, buena cerveza y lugar agradable.“ |
| 68 /100 1695 PLATTE ST “A shortish walk from the hotel. Large space, indoor and outdoor seating, food truck. Good service, flights available. Beer slightly below average, and even the food truck was unexciting. Meh.“ |
| 74 /100 1710 SOUTH BROADWAY “Welp, a decade after the last review. Sigh. Although i am the only customer here, so there is that. Decor as discussed. Glassware is all thrift store / period as well. Nothing matches. I am drinking a taster from a Tom and Jerry Welch's jam jar. Nice service. All beer comes in like four sizes. Eclectic styles. Quality at least average.“ |
| 76 /100 3559 LARIMER ST “Small place, long and narrow, almost cave-like. Small bar on the left with a few stools, the rest are restaurant tables. Row of barstools outside on a bright sunny sidewalk porch sort of things. They make their own junmai ginjo sake and then adapt it to make other styles - more than half are infused with fruit, some are barrel aged. A full flight of four five ounce pours is $32, or a half flight (about 3 ounces of four different sakes) is $24. They also have a house cider and some beer, plus cocktails with sochu. Food is tapas style, tasty izakaya style food that went down well with the sake. Good service. Worthwhile especially if you're a sake fan, but a decent place to eat regardless.“ |
| 78 /100 RiNo Beer Garden (Bar) 3800 WALNUT STREET “Mellow lunch stop during GABF recovery. Long indoor bar with some restaurant tables, plus a window that opens onto the beer garden. The garden is a strange mix of partially shaded picnic tables, restaurant tables and about 20 TVs all tuned to the same sport channel. Above average service. 50 taps were mostly quality stuff, maybe 2/3 from Colorado and the rest from elsewhere in the US. Food is pub grub. My guess is that dogs & kids would fit in here, but I didn't see any of either.“ |
| 84 /100 1477 MONROE STREET “The beer garden and patio is larger than the taproom and has umbrella tables and picnic tables. Inside has bar table and an L-shaped bar, plus the brewhouse is just to your left as you enter; the foeders are particularly prominent. A dozen or more beers on tap, plus in-house cans. Flights of four are possible. Food trucks. Stellar service.Well worth a detour.“ |
| 80 /100 2301 E 28TH STREET “Russian River Intinction aged in Sauvignun Blanc barrels? Yes please. Pliny the Elder fresh on tap? OK, why not? Maybe it was just GABF week, but this place has an awesome taplist. And a handful of bottles and cans from their featured breweries, which change weekly. Service was friendly and efficient. They do flights of four, but it's the same price if you do five ounce pours one at a time, so I chose the latter. New beergarden out back, you have to choose the right door to find it. Nice addition to the local beer scene, especially in a mostly barren neighborhood.“ |
| 68 /100 TRVE Dumpster Garden (Bar) 250 ACOMA STREET “This place is across an alley in back of the brewery. Get there by leaving the front of the brewery, turning right, and right again, then it's on your left. You can't take beers back and forth, and the tabs don't carry over, so that suggests to me that it has a different licence, hence a new place. The hours are also different. It's essentially an empty lot with a grill and two tap trucks, and they stage various events here. Most of the breweries featured during GABF week were guests, though there were one or two TRVE beers available. Some seating on crates and some shade. Must be 21 to enter, at least for the GABF events. Worth a look.“ |
| 72 /100 3851 STEELE ST UNIT 1388 “Large place in what looks like a sprawling light industrial complex. Tons of parking. Loading dock deck overlooks the parking and a food truck. Taproom is modern yet cozy with some nooks and crannies. Serving bar with three stools. Servive was friendly and helpful despite GABF crowds and great weather. Toilets are a long meandering walk through the former industrial hallways. Beers are tasty though similar in style and few in number. Solid stop.“ |
| 70 /100 490 SANTA FE DR “This place makes no bones about what it is, a metal bar, brewery, and pizza joint. It's right there on the way in the door. A few bar seats, several picnic tables, and an outdoor area provide ample seating. Metal band decor abounds as gentle (or not) metal tunes play on the speakers. Decent beer, but better atmosphere.“ |
| 80 /100 305 W 1ST AVE. “A small bar and co-opted coffee roastery/cafe in a hipster neighborhood, otherwise known as Denver. Solid beers, small list, and friendly staff. No food options.“ |
| 72 /100 Finn’s Manor (Bar) 2927 LARIMER ST “A bit of a quirky place with a well-stocked bar and ample outdoor seating, nothing offered indoors during our visit. A great beer selection for GABF week with diverse options. Food truck in the lot with a DJ station and misters to keep you cool.“ |
| 78 /100 3400 BLAKE ST “Bright open taproom with a very sunny patio early on that turned to shaded as the day progressed. Beers were tasty, flights of five possible. Staff knew the bers well and were very friendly. Worth na visit.“ |
| 78 /100 3120 BLAKE ST, UNIT C “Large warehouse type brewhouse with a smallish taproom up front - a bar and restaurant tables, plus tables out front with occasional umbrellas. Beers were OK - we got distracted by their first-ever coolship beer so we never got around to their taplist. Must return.“ |
| 70 /100 3120 BLAKE ST, UNIT C “The brewery is set back off the street a bit and utilizes the intermediary space for an outdoor seating area. Ample seating inside with a draught selection split among beer and seltzer (unfortunately). We opted for a bottled spontaneous fermented beer and enjoyed it quite a bit. Limited snack options.“ |
| 70 /100 Finn’s Manor (Bar) 2927 LARIMER ST “The most hispter place in Denver that we visite, in a very hipster neighborhood. Muzak playing. Nice outdoor space with misters everywhere even though the day was not really hot - I got hit in the face several times. Just water, but it took me by surprise. Good taplist, but mostly a place for cocktails I think. Food truck; we waited for them to open but they never did. Interesting enough but skippable.“ |
| 72 /100 3400 BLAKE ST “Small brewery in a corner building with a couple of indoor rooms for seating and some outdoor seating as well. No food here but there are options nearby. A somewhat small selection of house-made beers.“ |
| 84 /100 227 BROADWAY, #101 “Long narrow bar, a bit dark, jam packed with metal memorabilia. Good music but not painfully loud. Barman knew the beers backwards and forwards. Beers are well known and tasty but they also had a bunch of guest taps - whether this is a normal thing or just for GABF I'm not sure. They also have a "dumpster bar" in a separate building around the corner and down an alley, but not as atmospheric as the main place. Good taplist.“ |
| 82 /100 305 W 1ST AVE. “Coffee shop is up front and you can order from their sidewalk window. Taproom has a separate till at the same bar. Brewhouse visible through a door behind the bar. Beers were incredibly delicious, wild and sour styles as well as the hoppy stuff. The beer quality alone makes this a must-visit, even in a city jam packed with good taprooms and beer bars.“ |
| 92 /100 Goed Zuur (Bar) 2801 WELTON ST “Reminiscent of, though brighter than, traditional Belgian "brown" bars with a lively atmosphere. The beer selection is well-curated, draughts and bottles, and the cheese selection fresh and complimentary. There are a few small plates on the menu but we stuck with cheese and a meat paired with our (mostly) sour beer evening. Friendly staff that worked tirelessly on a very busy night.“ |
| 74 /100 490 SANTA FE DR “Holy cow, what a place. Just inside the door are two rifles (fake) and a pinball machine. The rest of the place is jam packed with heavy metal and related stuff, like somebody's death metal living room. Server was very sociable and efficient. Beers were OK, not bad but not great. But the atmosphere is the real winner here.“ |
| 66 /100 2875 BLAKE ST “Massive place. Massive sidewalk beer garden with picnic tables and Astoturf. Serving bar downstairs, sitting bar upstairs. Really loud music. You are highly encouraged to order through an app so you get minimal staff conduct and no bartender or sever as such, just someone who brings you your order. Despite that, they add 20% gratuity to your bill. Why can't they just pay their staff adequately? Beers were very tasty and the food was good too. If they're trying to replicate the non-caring unfriendly atmosphere you often get in Germany (outside Bavaria), then they nailed it.“ |
| 82 /100 1675 W. 67TH AVE. “We went to the Off Fax location of York Street, but it's too challenging to enter places onto Ratebeer these days. More intimate than their main location, there's an upper level, sort of like the deck of a 747, but this one overlooks the lower level bar. Alm ost all Belgian styles, each one tastier than the last, and flights of four possible. Food is pizza and snax. Quiet, relaxing, no brats. Solid place.“ |
| 82 /100 2810 LARIMER ST “Sleek modern taproom, Bneches and tables inside, nice covered shady patio off to the side overlooking the stunning parking lot. Good variety of beers on offer included some Bretty stuff and some real sours, not the kettle kind. Flights of four usually possible, limited to two tasters during the GABF crowds. One of my favorites in the RiNo area.“ |
| 74 /100 2920 LARIMER ST “Bright open taproom with a long bar with comfy barstools. Nice big wrap around patio out front and on the side, partially shaded by trees and a tarp tent sort of thing. Europeans take note: patios here are non-smoking - yes, it is possible! Very dog friendly. Beers were just OK. I did not se any food.“ |
| 78 /100 3719 WALNUT ST “First stop during GABF 2023. Small place, serving bar on the right, brewhouse one the left, scattered restaurant tables. Really loud headbanger music. Tasty beers, flights of four possible. Food is pizza, whole or by the slice. Worthwhile stop.“ |
| 64 /100 Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs - Denver International Airport (Restaurant) 8500 N. PENA BLVD “Decent hot dogs, decent sides, quick service, OK beer selection (heavy on Breckenridge stuff). By airport standards pretty OK.“ |
| 88 /100 Goed Zuur (Bar) 2801 WELTON ST “Visited during a lager and spontaneous fermentation event during GABF week 2023. Large central L-shaped bar, and I was the only non-brewer at the bar. Two page list of interesting drafts, both wild and lager, from a dozen different breweries across the country. Second page had bottle and can pours. Food was mainly cheese and charcuterie with a few other things - mushroom pate, grilled cheese sandwiches and a giant cheese ball thing. Service was a bit haphazard, some beers being served in a couple of minutes, others taking 30 minutes or more with a few reminders. There were plenty of servers, they just seemed a bit disorganized and in need of adult supervision. The quality of the list and the food more than made up for any slight delays in service. World class place.“ |
| 76 /100 2030 S. CHEROKEE ST “Visited on a Wednesday evening with friends. Parking is in a small lot, with plenty of street parking nearby. Also close to Evans Station light rail. Great open indoor building with a big beer garden to the right. The night I visited there was an excellent Cajun food truck and a pop up retail market happening. Beer selection was 12 house beers. Service at the bar, chill vibe all around. I enjoyed my visit. (Worth the visit, must for locals, and visitors with time) I only use the total score, not the component parts.“ |
| 78 /100 3750 CHESTNUT PL “Near downtown Denver, Colorado. Plenty of parking here in front, free. 23 beers on tap. Playing up to date indie music on radio. Good bartender. Food here. Good size place with bar table and patio. Souvenir shirts and hats for sale. I like the place and would come back here for sure. Cheers!“ |
| 70 /100 18490 E 66TH AVENUE “Medium size place, 12 taps plus cans of own brews in the fridge, no food but food trucks visit, good Wi-Fi, flights available,“ |
| 78 /100 2540 19TH ST “Large bier hall style place with a food truck/cart in the back. Seating is large benches with big wooden tables as one would expect, as well as some outdoor seating in a similar configuration. The selection of German style beers and Cold IPAs is fairly large. The staff is polite and helpful. Prices are pretty good and flights are cheap and available. The food is German-American and does the trick nicely. Lager quality in America has gone through the roof, but these guys are a little behind the times in that sense.“ |
| 84 /100 Finn’s Manor (Bar) 2927 LARIMER ST “Managed to sneak in one beer place on a visit to Denver and Finn's Manor was it. The indoor bar area is small, a single room with an L-shaped bar. The tap list of 16 is all killer, no filler. There's a huge liquor and cocktail menu, too. Most of the space is actually covered patio, several different areas. They were heated for winter in some spaces (it wasn't crowded). There's no food available but seems like there are some food trucks and other options in this area on any given night, even a relatively dead weeknight like the one when I visited. The bartender was very good and offered half pours if I wanted them. Prices seemed very reasonable for what I got. I didn't have a chance to get far from downtown and the breweries downtown either weren't open late enough or weren't great, so this was a really nice option for me. Worth a visit if you're in the area.“ |
| 62 /100 1001 16TH ST, STE A-100 “Rock Bottom Downtown Denver is exactly what you think it is if you’ve ever been to a Rock Bottom. Same decor, vibe, everything. The beers are mostly brewed on site; I only saw one corporate recipe on draft. So that’s different from other locations. Food is fine, service is fine, prices are fine. It’s all competent but not exciting. Good location right downtown. I was here for a work event.“ |
| 68 /100 8500 PENA BLVD, CONCOURSE B, GATE A32 “With a few hours to kill, i stopped in for a leisurely meal and a very nice Belgian tripel that was new to me. Still had that airport ambiance nut better than most.“ |
| 64 /100 1701 WYNKOOP STREET “Inside Union Station, with other stores and eateries. Shared space, so depending on where you sit, there are tables or benches. We only tried a few beers, all were good. Worth the stop if in the area.“ |
| 64 /100 1001 16TH ST, STE A-100 “Stopped in for a few beers. Nice big area, not a lot of folks in the brewpub. Tried a couple snacks, and a few of their beers. All were decent, worth the stop.“ |
| 66 /100 Yard House - Denver (Bar) 1555 COURT PL “Stopped in for a couple of beers, had more than we expected. Plenty of indoor seating, too cold to sit outside. Tried a couple of beers, both were good. Worth a stop if in the area.“ |
| 66 /100 5280 Burger Bar (Restaurant) 500 16TH STREET “Stopped in for dinner, food was very good. Had about a dozen beers to choose from, all were good. Lot of indoor seating, too cold to sit outside. Worth a stop if in the area.“ |
| 74 /100 3719 WALNUT ST “Parking sucks. Decent sized place, beer garden out back. 12 taps. 5 oz pours individually priced. Interesting range of styles. Good service. Quite busy on a Monday night. Beer quality ok.“ |
| 88 /100 2505 WEST 2ND AVENUE #13 “Somewhat hidden in an industrial area but still easy to find. The place has a few different rooms, sort of themed and definitely eclectic. There is a small bar but plenty of comfortable seating in an environment conducive to conversation. Wayne keeps kicking out awesome beers and Laura is always a smiling face greeting customers.“ |
| 82 /100 2210 CALIFORNIA ST “A large, open taproom and brewery with a rustic wood theme. Solid beers and friendly staff. Approximately 2 dozen beers on tap. No food but they do allow outside food to be brought in. Parking is metered on the surrounding streets.“ |
| 72 /100 2736 WELTON STREET “A small-ish taproom with a stage for local performances and easy access to the brewery. The staff were quite friendly, and I enjoyed seeing the combined TV/VCR and vintage game console. Solid beers!“ |
| 92 /100 3120 BLAKE ST, UNIT C “Ein weiterer toller Taproom in Denver. Extravagante Biere. Sehr freundlicher Bar Stuff. Thanx man!! Für mich einer der besten Taprooms in Denver.“ |
