Denver, CO
Where to find the best beer for GABF and Denver Beer Week

It is Denver Beer Week, a citywide celebration that culminates within the three-day Nice American Beer Pageant subsequent weekend.
Why it issues: The beer trade helps 58,500 jobs within the state with a complete financial output of $11.4 billion, in response to trade group Beer Institute.
- The Boulder-based Brewers Affiliation estimates craft beer alone contributed $2.5 million to the state’s financial system in 2021. The state ranks fifth within the nation with roughly 428 breweries.
What to know: We compiled his prime picks, beer bars and occasions to have a good time the week.
The place to drink: All week, you will discover a number of the finest beers within the nation pouring at Hops & Pie, Finn’s Manor and Goed Zuur. Newcomer MobCraft is partnering with Falling Rock’s proprietor to function the de facto headquarters for the week.
Loosen up: Make a visit to the Beer Spa in Denver, the place you possibly can soak in hop-infused waters with a craft beer in hand.
Mark your calendar: Past GABF, the 2 occasions you possibly can’t miss are PorchDrinking’s tenth Anniversary Beer Fest at 5pm Wednesday and the can’t-beat brewery record at Denver Uncommon Beer at midday Friday.
This is a listing of my different picks within the subsequent week:
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- Fiction Beer is celebrating its eighth anniversary with an ‘80s-themed occasion and 6 beer releases, together with hazy mango IPA collaboration with Knotted Root and a barrel-aged Mexican Chocolate model of its Malice & Darkness imperial stout.
- The Krispy King Competitors runs midday to 5pm at Barrels and Bottles Brewery in Golden and options lagers from 20 totally different Colorado breweries battling for the title.
- Study in regards to the fascinating science behind beer at Woods Boss Brewing. The education and ingesting begins at 11am.
- Our Mutual Good friend is internet hosting its ninth annual Gratitude Social gathering beginning at 11am. Come strive the brewery’s newest releases, together with a buyer appreciation session IPA.
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- First Draft Taproom and Kitchen faucets its first GABF week kegs at midday. From there, anticipate 50-plus breweries and 250-plus beers to pour all week lengthy.
- Begin GABF week with Beer Faculty, a sensory tasting at Bierstadt Lagerhause beginning at 6pm. Tickets $40.
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- Begin the celebration early at Finn’s Manor with “Clear Cuts and Hazy Nights,” that includes makers from throughout the nation. Kicking off at 5pm, search for beers from Alchemist, Cellarmaker, Monkish and loads of prime Colorado brewers.
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- PorchDrinking, a preferred beer weblog, is internet hosting its personal competition from 6-9pm at York Avenue Yards to have a good time its tenth yr. The beer record contains Highland Park, Alesong, Amalgam, Maplewood and different native and nationwide breweries. Tickets begin at $60. Close by Cohesion Brewing will host the afterparty at 9pm.
- The Colorado Brewers Guild will host a faucet takeover at Oskar Blues Grill on Market Avenue all day. Free stay music begins at 6pm
- Hops and Pie is bringing in additional faucets to characteristic 50 beers without delay. This tasting contains Sante Adairius Rustic Ales, Jester King, Toppling Goliath, Alchemist, Fremont and Maine Beer. Co
- Meow Wolf is internet hosting its first GABF kickoff occasion. Adulti-verse options complimentary tastings from 15-plus native breweries beginning at 5pm. It is an adult-only expertise.
- Wisconsin-based MobCraft Dee Tacko will showcase its new Denver taproom with a faucet takeover from its house state together with a barbeque. Tickets are $30.
- Meet the creator of the brand new “Hooray for Craft Beer,” an illustrated information from Em Sauter on the Slate Resort beginning at 5pm.
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- Cerebral is throwing a “Discipline Analysis Social gathering” at Finn’s Manor with a few of its favourite breweries, together with New York’s Different Half and Finback, Massachusetts Vitamin Sea and California’s Beachwood Blendery. Begins at 5pm.
- Hops and Pie is tapping Tripping Animals, Drowned Lands, Bow and Arrow, Wolves and Folks and extra hard-to-find beer beginning at 11am.
- Girl Justice Brewing will host a “Brewed for All” occasion at MobCraft Dee Tacko that may spotlight beers from brewers in underrepresented communities, together with choices from Weathered Souls, Perennial Artisan Ales, Raices, City Roots and extra.
- Indiana’s hop-heads 3 Floyds take over the faucets at Lowdown Brewery and Kitchen beginning at 11am. It is beer you will solely discover in Colorado yearly.
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- Denver Uncommon Beer is the premier occasion for aficionados on the lookout for the rarest beers. It begins at midday on the McNichols Civic Heart Constructing. Tickets price $200 for meals and 4 hours of tasting.
- Discover extra prime breweries from throughout the nation will faucet kegs at Finn’s Manor beginning at 2pm. The record from Crooked Stave distribution contains: Nice Notion, Jester King, Sante Adairius and The Veil.
- Melvin Brewing’s IPA Throwdown returns at MobCraft Dee Tacko, that includes hoppy goodness from Breakside, Lawson’s, Extra, Parish, Societe, The Veil and Three Floyds.
- Raices Brewing is internet hosting GABFiesta beginning at 1pm when the taproom opens with stay music beginning at 6pm.
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- Casey Brewing and mates are taking up the faucets at Finn’s Manor beginning at 2pm. Discover all-stars WeldWerks, Outer Vary, Florida’s Tripping Animals, North Carolina’s Resident Tradition and extra.
- In case you missed Cerebral’s “Discipline Analysis Social gathering” earlier within the week, head to Hops and Pie for one more probability to strive nice beers from Vitamin Sea, Finback and Different Half.
- Lagers and session sours are simply what you want after a protracted week of huge beers. Head to MobCraft Dee Tacko for best-of-the-style choices from Jack’s Abby, Firestone Walker, Pfriem, Zwei and extra.
- Cerveceria and sister Denver Beer Co. are internet hosting their annual Nice Mexican Beer Pageant, that includes collaborations with brewers from south of the border, together with meals and music. It is free and begins at 2pm.
Worthy of your time: For extra occasions, take a look at this entire record.

Denver, CO
Prolonged ‘Welly weather,’ our first taste of winter and Lisa’s official first-snow prediction for Denver

Lisa Hidalgo and Ryan Warner were ready to bust out the rain boots for their September weather and climate chat.
Denver7’s chief meteorologist and the Colorado Public Radio host delved into a rare, days-long rainy stretch, our first taste of winter and the pair’s official first-snow-date prediction for Denver.
‘Welly weather’
“Two things happened this week that rarely happen in Colorado,” Warner said. “The first is that when I went to bed it was raining. I woke up and it was raining. And two, the rain meant I could wear my ‘Wellies,’ my Wellington boots.”
“These are rare events,” the green-rubber-boot-clad Warner quipped during the conversation.
Warner and Hidalgo held their conversation on the heels of an unusually rainy spell. In Colorado, rain storms often come and go quickly. This week’s rainfall, though, came during a slow-moving storm.
“It’s more the direction of it and where it camps out,” Hidalgo explained. “So as you get a low pressure system rolling through the state, and we get all this moisture that wraps around the back side of it, it jams up against the foothills. It’s called an upslope flow.”
In the winter, such a storm would’ve meant inches of snow in Denver. With September highs in the 50s, though, it came down as rain in town as it snowed in the high country.
First taste of winter
The National Weather Service in Boulder estimated Tuesday that “a widespread 5-10 inches” of snow fell at the highest elevations – above 10,500 to 11,000 feet – during the September 22-23 storm.
For the snow-lovers out there (keep scrolling if that’s not you)…
Some healthy snowfall over the past ~18 hrs for some of our higher elevations (mainly east of the Continental Divide above 10,500′).
Pictured: Dakota Hill (Gilpin Co; left); Killpecker (Larimer Co; right) #COwx pic.twitter.com/46surChItd
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) September 24, 2025
Hidalgo noted things would quickly warm up after what was the area’s first winter weather advisory of the season.
“But this is just a hint of what’s to come,” she said. “And, obviously, we’re going to see a lot more alerts as we get into fall and into winter.”
When will Denver see its first measurable snow?
On average, the first snowfall in Denver happens on Oct. 18. The window has already passed for our earliest first snow, which happened on Sept. 3. The latest first snow in Denver is Dec. 10 – Lisa’s birthday.
With all of that in consideration, Hidalgo predicted this year’s first snow in Denver would fall on Oct. 24.
Warner’s guess? A potentially soggy evening of trick-or-treating after an Oct. 29 first snow.
More weather in-depth
Lisa and Ryan touched on studies on potential connections between both lightning and snowmelt on Colorado’s year-round fire season. They also discussed a study that suggests the eastern half of Colorado is drying out faster than the western half.
For more in-depth weather analysis, watch their full weather and climate chat in the video player below:
Denver, CO
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Some Park Hill residents feel Denver is failing on minority outreach in golf course discussion

Saturday morning at Park Hill’s Hiawatha Davis Recreation Center, the City of Denver held a community open house to talk about its next big project: the city park and open space that was formerly the Park Hill Golf Course.
“It’s quite rare for a city to have this large of a park coming in. So it’s really important to us that that process is driven by the community,” said Sarah Showalter, director of planning and policy at the city’s Department of Community Planning and Development.
Residents got to see the plans for the park and the future the city has in store for the surrounding neighborhood.
“The voters clearly said that 155 acres should be a park, but the community is still looking for access to food and to affordable housing,” said Jolon Clark, executive director of Denver Parks and Recreation.
It seemed to be a good turnout, which the city likes, but two groups that appeared to be underrepresented were Black and Latino people, which is a problem, since Park Hill is a historically Black neighborhood.
Helen Bradshaw is a lifelong Park Hill resident. She and Vincent Owens, another long-time resident, came to the open house and said the problem is simple: the city isn’t meeting the neighbors of color where they are.
“The people who are just the average go to work, they might be at work or they have to work today or, you know, they couldn’t get a babysitter or something like that,” Owens said. “A lot of the elders on my block, they’re not going to come to something like this. So, you need to canvass and actually go get the voice of opinion, or they don’t know about it.”
Bradshaw and Owens say they want a neighborhood park and space for the neighbors by the neighbors. They also want a grocery store and opportunities for people who were part of the neighborhood long before it became a gem for development.
The city says that’s what they want as well, and that’s why they want everyone in Park Hill to give their input until the project is done.
“People can go to ParkHillPark.org and they can fully get involved and find out what the next engagement is, how to provide their input, you know, through an email, through a survey,” said Clark.
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