Wynkoop Brewing Company

Tuesday, October 9th from 5-9pm at Wynkoop Brewing (1634 18th St. in Denver), Wynkoop is hosting the Denver debut of Beers Made By Walking. Beers Made By Walking is a program started by Colorado Springs art professor Eric Steen that invites brewers to make beer inspired by nature hikes and urban walks. “Along the hike,” Steen says, “the brewers identify edible and medicinal plants and use them as ingredients in special beers. Each walk is different and each beer is a drinkable landscape portrait of that walk.”

Back for its third year, our Belgium-meets-Colorado IPA hits the taps at Wynkoop and a select few of Denver's beeriest spots starting September 1. Belgorado is built with 95% Colorado-grown ingredients including the beer's base malts and 75 pounds per batch of fresh, locally grown hops. All fermented with a Belgian yeast. The beer is lusciously balanced with pale malt flavors, spice notes and layers of hops. It features 6.7% ABV, 50 IBUs, 95 OMGs. The beer (we're happy to recall) was a 2011 Great American Beer Festival bronze medalist in the Experimental Beer category. This year we're doing the…

Limited-release throwback beer is made with water from the Brown Palace’s underground aquifer We are now serving a new beer we’ve brewed in honor of the 120th anniversary of the opening of Denver’s famed Brown Palace Hotel & Spa. 1892 Artesian Lager is a custom-made, retro-minded beer we brewed with water from the underground aquifer that supplies the Brown Palace’s water. Colorado brewers have been touting the state’s water for over 150 years, so we’re adding our chapter to that longstanding tradition. All while showcasing the Brown Palace and one of its many treasures.”

The beer list for our July 21 United Tastes of Belgium now holds over 50 Belgian-style and Belgian beers. The latest beer list is here. This year our United Tastes of Belgium takes place on a very important day in beer history: Belgian Independence Day. Each year on July 21, Belgians honor the anniversary of the day their nation secured its independence from the Netherlands in 1831. Learn more about this important day at Belgian Revolution. And please ponder this: If Belgium had not gained its liberty, would it have become the brewing wonder it is today? Who knows, instead…