Where the Beers Are in Denver

Private Clubs magazine reported on Denver's ever-expanding beer universe.

Excerpt:

Near the close of 2011, 15 breweries called Denver home. Today, there are twice as many, with more on the way. The Denver Westword weekly publication reports that as many as 50 breweries could be operating here by the end of the year. The city's residential renaissance is helping to drive that growth, and so, too, are the efforts of a new breed of brewmasters. Some of this new breed focus on perfecting traditional, historic beer styles from Germany, Belgium, or elsewhere. Others create entirely new brews from unusual ingredients such as kaffir lime leaves and agave nectar. Still others just make plain ol' good beer because they like making it.

Or, at least, that's what Miller tells me at Wynkoop. He also warns me not to expect my next stops to have Wynkoop's polish. "In true Colorado spirit, the new breweries are staking their claims anywhere they can, with a lot of them opening out of old industrial spaces." That means many of the new places have minimal decor and no food -- other than whatever the food trucks that pull up outside their doors most nights sell. "They're putting all their money into their beer," Miller says.

Now it's my turn to put some money into drinking that beer.

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