Comments on: The Scrogue’s Guide to Denver and the DNC: beer and brewpubs

By: Mr Lady

Mr Lady — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:44:09 +0000

Oh, the Bull & Bush. *sigh*

(Thought I’d mention that the Rocky Mountain Bloggers are hosting a free, open to anyone, blogger bash on the 28th for any and all bloggers in town for the DNC. Yeah, free Wynkoop beer. For a little while, at least.

By: Ubertramp

Ubertramp — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:09:29 +0000

Dang it. I have some serious catching up to do.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:32:36 +0000

Thanks, Kevin. When does this promotion start?

By: Kevin Marley

Kevin Marley — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:27:08 +0000

At the Denver ChopHouse & Brewery we are offering $3.00 pints of most of our House Brewed Beers for any one with DNC Convention Credentials for the duration of the Convention. Come in and try one of my beers! I Have plenty of Bourbon Stout but It will not be discounted.
Kevin Marley, Brewmaster, Denver ChopHouse & Brewery

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:31:15 +0000

Great Divide Brewing puts up a number of good beers that cover the full range of malty to hoppy, light to dark. I tried their Samurai Ale on a lark once - it looked interesting, and I occasionally enjoy ricey beers like Tsingtao, Ichiban, and Kirin - and found that I enjoyed this rice beer's flavor. The Wild Raspberry Ale is also worth a taste if you enjoy fruity beers. Boulder Brewing is Colorado's first microbrewery, and while The Pub, the restaurant attached to the brewery, is located up in Boulder, you can buy Boulder beers all around town, and often in the various Rock Bottom establishments Sam mentioned above. There's a reason for that - Boulder Brewery is in a strategic alliance with Rock Bottom. The best Boulder beer is by far the unfiltered and very hoppy Hazed and Infused dry-hopped ale. The next best is probably the Singletrack copper ale, and then Planet Porter is one of my darker stand-bys. I've never been able to try Ska Brewing"s beers on tap, but their Ten-Pin Porter is very nice, and I find that their Steel Toe Stout (milk stout) gives Left Hand's a run for best local milk stout, and that's just based off bottles. Twisted Pine makes some good beers, including their Hoppy Boy for those of you who love hops and, amazingly enough, the new Billy's Chilies chili pepper flavored beer. An acquired taste, perhaps, and it's got some serious chili kick, but if you ever tire of using beer to cut the burn from your Mexican food, give it a shot. On the lighter side of Breckenridge Brewery's list is their Juju Ginger beer, great with Indian, Japanese, or Chinese food, or just for a very different flavor. I'd also like to recommend another of Breckinridge's excellent brews to add to the list Slammy put up above, namely the Vanilla Porter. This was my first ever foray into vanilla flavored beers (it was on tap at an Old Chicago), and it remains to this day my favorite. I've had some excellent beers from Bristol Brewing Company as well, especially their heavy and thick Winter Warlock Imperial Stout.

By: josh @ flying dog

josh @ flying dog — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:46:52 +0000

The Blake St. Tavern does, in fact, carry a very wide assortment of our beer, including 6 or 7 on tap at any given time (plus more in bottles).

If you’re going to be in Denver on August 23rd, we will be having a punk rock benefit at 24th and Blake for Mike Freeman, a coworker of ours who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. We’ll be donating all proceeds from the event to a special non-profit bank account to help Mike offset the cost of his rising medical fees.

Flying Dog Brewery, Great Divide Brewery and Breckenridge Brewery have all donated beer for the event, so come out and help someone in need!

For more information, visit mikesupport.com

Thanks for your time,
Josh Mishell
Visual Viceroy
Flying Dog Brewery

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:40:50 +0000

We would LOVE a column from you. I mean, you are BEERkitty, right?

By: kelly

kelly — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:34:13 +0000

for people interested in trying Flying Dog beers, i think the Blake Street Tavern (2401 Blake Street, just a couple blocks from Coors Field) has almost all of them available. more of a sports bar than i like, but the staff is friendly and there is a tiny but nice little patio.
also, to try Breckenridge brews at the actual brewery, along with some ok BBQ, head down to 5th and Kalamath. get a tour and visit the tasting room.
oh, and don;t forget Great Divide – i rather like their amber and they are located right down town on Arapahoe and, say, 21st…? something along those lines…. and they have a nice tasting room as well.
maybe i will just do a bar column and list some of my faves….

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:20:13 +0000

I’ll see if I can pull together a few other beer recommendations and put them up too, because while my tastes run mostly along the same lines as Slammy’s, I’ve also been known to enjoy hops from time to time.

By: Mike Sheehan

Mike Sheehan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:56:13 +0000

I can personally vouch for Bull & Bush and Pint’s, two of the three best watering holes in the Denver area (the third being the distant Dry Dock Brewery in Aurora).m

By: www.buzzflash.net

www.buzzflash.net — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:44:10 +0000

The Scrogue’s Guide to Denver and the DNC: beer and brewpubs…

Coming to Denver for the DNC? Or, just coming to Denver? S&R Executive Editor Dr. Slammy provides an extensive (although not comprehensive) look at what and where to drink in the Mile High City. It’s obvious that he knows way more on the subject t…