10 Breweries Opening in Denver, CO in 2017
via Westword by Jonathan Shikes
Maybe you thought Denver couldn’t possibly hold another craft brewery. Or maybe you thought the boom was slowing down (me too). If so, then we were both wrong. Denver’s thirst for new breweries continued unabated in 2016 as eight new taprooms with Denver addresses (Brewability Lab, Bruz Beers, Banded Oak Brewing, Briar Common, Blue Moon, 10 Barrel, Bierstadt Lagerhaus and Seedstock) opened their doors, while two others opened new locations (River North Brewery and Crazy Mountain).
Now 2017 will see the addition of at least ten more breweries within the city limits. Outside the city, the suburbs are also blowing up: New breweries are under construction in Wheat Ridge, Littleton, Broomfield, Thornton, Arvada, Lone Tree and Aurora. There are also several breweries that are already brewing beer at other facilities and selling it while looking for permanent addresses of their own in town.
Denver currently boasts around 65 breweries (including some that are production-only and don’t have taprooms). By this time next year, we’ll be nearing 75. Is the sky the limit? We’ll find out. Here is the list of the ten new breweries that plan to open inside Denver in 2017. Cheers.
Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe & Brewery
4369 Stuart Street
Planned opening: February
Zuni Street Brewing
2900 Zuni Street
Planned opening: February
Soujourner’s Brewing Project
925 West 8th Avenue
Planned opening: Spring
Woods Boss Brewing
2210 California Street
Planned opening: Late spring
Tom’s Urban Kitchen & Brewery
Denver International Airport
Planned opening: Summer
Alternation Brewing
1539 South Broadway
Planned opening: September 2017
Unnamed Park Hill brewery
2895 Fairfax Street
Planned opening: Late summer
New Belgium Brewing — The Woods
3550 Brighton Boulevard
Planned opening: Fall 2017
14er Brewing
River North neighborhood
Planned opening: Late 2017
Birrificio Liberati (or Brewery Liberati)
2403 Champa Street
Planned opening: September
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