Milieu brewery opens Saturday on Anschutz campus in Aurora

At the end of the day, all that most people want in a local brewery is solid music, good beer in their glass and a cool environment where they can hang out with friends or even by themselves. “What else could you want?” asked Rob Bessett who will open Milieu Fermentation on May 4 with … Read more

Colorado wins 21 World Beer Cup medals in 2024

They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But with the Craft Brewers Conference underway there, the results of the event’s hallmark competition, the World Beer Cup, were bound to get out. On Wednesday night, beermakers from around the globe celebrated their accolades in what’s billed as the industry’s largest and most prestigious competition. … Read more

Will Denver airport’s Tivoli Brewing ever make beer again?

When Denver International Airport announced in 2015 that it was looking for a local company to build and operate a brewery inside the attached Westin hotel, it was big news. Not only would an onsite brewery highlight Colorado’s exploding craft beer scene, but it would also give DIA some cachet as one of the first … Read more

BrewDog opens first-ever franchised brewpub in Denver

BrewDog, the Scottish-born beer maker that was founded based on a brash attitude and big beers, has teamed up with a family-owned holding company on a new location in Denver. It’s the first time BrewDog has licensed its name and beers to a franchisee in the United States. BrewDog Denver, 3950 Wynkoop St., opens at … Read more

Grandma’s House brewery closing in Denver

Add another to the list of recent Denver brewery closures. On Tuesday, the 10-year-old Grandma’s House (1710 South Broadway, Denver) announced it will close at the end of April. In a post on Facebook — made on April 2 so as not to be confused with an April Fool’s Day joke — the quaint microbrewery … Read more

City Street getting incentives to bring beer garden to Arvada

City Street Investors is raising a glass in Arvada. The Denver-based company that develops, owns and invests in retail and restaurant properties is building another beer garden project — similar to existing ones in Edgewater, Lowry and Green Valley Ranch — at 9248 W. 58th Place. Co-founder Joe Vostrejs said the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority … Read more

Alpine Dog Brewing closing in Denver in March

It has been tough for breweries in central Denver over the past year as at least half a dozen have closed, including Mockery, MobCraft, Wah Gwaan, Dos Luces, Counter Culture and Lowdown. Alpine Dog Brewing, at 1308 E. 17th Ave., will join that list when it shuts its doors on March 31. “After nearly 10 … Read more

New Belgium debuts pizza-flavored IPA collab with Tombstone

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie it’s the inspiration for a new beer collaboration. That’s according to Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewing Co. (now owned by Kirin), which recently teamed up with the Tombstone frozen pizza company on a new IPA. In this case, though, the acronym stands for “I(Pizza)A.” … Read more

Craft breweries tap suburbs south of Denver

Since the founding of Parker’s Downhill Brewing in 2017, owners Jake Minturn and Doug Hyndman always planned to expand to multiple locations. By then, the craft beer market had matured enough the duo felt they couldn’t rely on the production and distribution model. Instead, they tried to build a welcoming space — and one with … Read more

TRVE Brewing will close production facility, move operation to New Image

TRVE Brewing, which opened in Denver in 2012 with a tiny three-barrel brewing system and a big personality, said Wednesday that it will stop making beer at the large off-site production facility it added in 2015 — a non-public-facing building known as the Acid Temple — and shift all of its Colorado production to New … Read more