The 7 Most Creative Colorado Beers You Can Drink This Spring
Taco seasoning? In a beer? It works.Brittany Anas •
May 12, 2021
Even with hundreds of breweries and seemingly endless rotating taps, Colorado brewers continue to take to their labs and ferment novel new beers that fall into the “who would have thunk” category. This kind of limitless experimentation is a cornerstone of brewing in our sudsy state, which is how Oskar Blues convinced us yellow mustard belonged in beer and how WeldWerks’ Spaghetti Gose gained a cult following.
In time for spring and at a point in history when we could all use a little more levity as we emerge from our COVID confinement brewers have dialed up the creativity with their spring releases. Yes, some of these beers are wild and wacky. Others sour or spicy. But one earns innovative marks for supporting social justice movements; and, at another brewery, a taproom manager’s saison is an exploration of his Cambodian roots.
Jennifer May Tommy Keegan behind the bar at Keegan Ales in Kingston in 2009.
Tommy Keegan opened up his brewery, Keegan Ales, in 2003, long before Kingston had nice things like boutique hotels and murals all over town. At the time it opened, it was the only craft brewery between Brooklyn and Albany. (There are nearly 500 craft breweries in New York, and we are the sixth largest beer-producing state in the country.) Keegan, a Long Island native, had cut his teeth at Blue Point Brewing Company and decided to set out on his own. He moved to Kingston and bought a defunct brewery in gritty Midtown neighborhood and became a craft brewing pioneer at a time when most beer drinkers were still swilling corporate brands.
May 7, 2021
Upslope Brewing Company, Bootstrap Brewing, Oskar Blues, Lefthand Brewing, Sanitas Brewing Company and Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery are all contributing one can to the special six-pack that will be available right before Memorial Day weekend. 100% of the proceeds go to the Colorado Healing Fund. Full story here.
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