Denver off the Wagon

Weekend off the Wagon – May 17-19

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday What the hell, Denver? The sun comes out and you decide “Oh, let’s have 138 parties”? Do you know how long it takes to put all of these events in one place? C’mon, buy a guy a beer or something! What I mean to say is [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – April 5-7

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Happy Opening Day! Whether you’re already downtown celebrating, or holed up in your basement for fear of purple, today is the day. Just about every bar and brewery has something going on, extended hours, and crazy specials. Our pick? The Lobby is tapping Crooked Stave’s Leopold Apple [...]

Denver Beer Co.’s Beer, Bacon, & Coffee Fest celebrates the breakfast beer

As many a St. Patrick’s Day and other generally unimaginative drinking t-shirts claim: “You can’t drink all day unless you start in the morning.” However true this may be, since you’ve graduated from your wild college days and have henceforth been marching steadily into adulthood and real responsibilities, killing a keg before noon in the [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – February 22-24

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday It’s our birthday! So, you know, we’ll probably take it easy this weekend. Being two and all, lots of naps and crying. Ok the last part is probably true. Join us tonight at Denver Beer Co for the release of Dubbel Entendre. Tomorrow, we’re crawling through [...]

Beer, Bacon, & Coffee Fest coming to Denver Beer Co.

An event centered on beer, coffee, and unlimited bacon pretty much sells itself.  I mean, what else do you need to know before snagging your credit card and making reservations in the next five seconds?  Even if the event is being held at the bottom of the ocean, and all the profits fund the Prohibition [...]

It’s our birthday and we’ll drink if we want to.

Over the past two years, we’ve done a lot of drinking. A lot of thinking and a lot of drinking. Through beer, wine, and spirits, we have sipped, sloshed, slurped, sopped, swallowed, swigged and swilled our way around this fine town. In honor of turning two, we are throwing a three-day party. Because, math. And [...]

Help us name our second birthday beer

Last Friday, we brewed a Dubbel at Denver Beer Co. It was a glorious time. We then went over to Stranahan’s for a tour, had dinner at the Hornet, and made our way to TRVE for some more beers. Because, obviously, we needed those. In the process, we forgot to name the beer. We used [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – January 18-20

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Whiskey and a Western is a new series at The Wildlife Experience. You drink whiskey and watch a Western. That sounds pretty cool. Beyond that, Denver Beer Co unveils their new barrel room tonight, Crazy Mountain turns 3, and you may or may not have a [...]

Denver Beer Co.’s new Barrel Room annex

A misty moor, whale-oil lanterns flickering in a dim room, curls of ethereal smoke flowing from a Sherlock Holmes-esque pipe: despite a sludged-up River Thames, rampant disease, and the fact that people just threw their bodily waste out the window, the Victorian Era still retains a great deal of romanticism. But where can the modern-day [...]

Sunday Funday: Bacon & Beer Festival Recap

Photos by John Mogos  Sundays are best served up with a side of bacon, beer and football. The first annual Denver Bacon & Beer Festival at Mile High Station on Sunday brought 900 pounds of bacon, 25 chefs, 20 breweries and 800 people together for the ultimate Sunday Funday. The best compliment to bacon is [...]

Denver [only] Beer Festivus

Mayor Hancock taps that, launches Denver Beer Fest

The Denver Beer Fest—a city-wide celebration of suds surrounding Great American Beer Festival—was officially begun last Friday with the initial tapping of Mayor Mike’s 5280 Brew at Denver Beer Co., the pumpkin beer Denver’s Mayor Michael B. Hancock helped brew on September 19th.  The Mayor was on-site to pour the first pint. Amidst a sea [...]

Denver’s other brewing mayor

Pop quiz, Colorado beer geeks: name the man famous for both being Denver’s mayor and for brewing beer.  If you answered John Hickenlooper then you are right!  Correction: you’re half right because, as of Wednesday, September 19th, current Denver mayor Michael Hancock can also be counted among the exclusive ranks of mayoral beer-makers. To celebrate the fourth-annual Denver [...]

Denver Beer Co. announces “Barrel Room” annex and expanded brewing operations

[Press release] Intimate space will serve specialty beers and house additional production equipment. Denver Beer Co. today announced its appropriation of neighboring building space soon to be called the Barrel Room at Denver Beer Co.  Sized at 1700 square feet, this annexation will allow the brewery to continue to expand its production capacity and will [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – August 10-12

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Music outside is awesome. Denver is awesome. Therefore… um..  Denver is music outside. Or something. It’s math. This weekend is full of outdoor concerts, festivals, and brewery parties, and the Denver County Fair! What are you going to choose? See below for a detailed list for [...]

Colorado Brewers Guild promoting SOCIAL at Denver Beer Co.

Love Colorado beer?  Join the club.  No, seriously, join the club. Steve Kurowski, the marketing and communications director for the Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG), will be guest bartending at Denver Beer Co. on Wednesday, August 8th from 4pm-7pm to promote SOCIAL (Supporter Of Colorado Indigenous Ale and Lager). SOCIAL is a craft beer enthusiasts program [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – July 27-29

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Bacon, pies, fests, and a singles safari. Must be the Olympics. See below for a detailed list for weekend events. Check out our full calendar to plan your events well into the future.   Friday Saturday Sunday High: 88˚ Low: 65˚ Isolated T-Storms Precip: 30% High: 91˚ Low: [...]

Denver Beer Co’s 1st Anniversary Party

Saturday, August 11, 2-9pm We are closing down the street and having a party! Join us for live music, food trucks, and over 12 different beers on tap including a limited release of Imperial Graham Cracker Porter! Music from: Casey James Prestwood and the Burning Angles Chain Station Mountain Music Tasty food from: Basic Kneads [...]

Wynkoop Brewing Releases Collaborative Fundraiser Beer for Create Denver Week

[PRESS RELEASE: Catalyst is made with Colorado malts & hops, yeasts strains from seven Denver breweries] Denver, Colorado– On May 8 at 5 PM, Wynkoop Brewing Company will release a brand new beer brewed especially for Create Denver Week, a series of events held May 10-13 that showcases Denver’s creative community. The beer – Catalyst [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – March 9-11

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday It’s spring time! At least this weekend is spring-ish! If you’re not enjoying a drink under the sun, you’re doing it wrong. Though watch out for those thiols.. Track 1 Friday: Enjoy the last night of Restaurant Week. Start perusing Open Table for an open… uh.. [...]