Conde Nast Traveler dubs Denver "New Beer Capital"

They might be a bit late to the party, but Conde Nast Traveler praises Denver's scene in the magazine's blog, The Daily Traveler.

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Beer geeks, listen up: Bypass Portland and Brooklyn and head instead to Denver, where ale quaffers from foodies to former rocket scientists are coming out with the funkiest, most highly wrought hops you’ve ever tasted, including burgundy sours aged in whiskey barrels and 1800s-era saisons. Colorado has more home brewers than any other state, and a dozen new breweries launched in 2012, with another 60-plus in the works. The top two must-visits on a Denver bar crawl? The classic Wynkoop Brewing Co., co-founded in the 1980s by laid-off geologist and now Colorado governor John Hickenlooper (1634 18th St.), and Crooked Stave’s very current tasting room, helmed by hipster beer king Chad Yakobson (1441 W. 46th Ave., Unit 19).

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