Tag: local beer

Weekend Things: Welcome to October

Lauren3 Comments

I did everything and nothing this weekend.

And what I mean by that is that I slept lots, watched so so many hours of TV and probably spent too much time on Instagram, but I also drank coffee, cooked delicious things, ran 10 miles, went to the grocery, had a pizza date night, cleaned the house and went on a fall-time walk so I could peep those changing leaves.  That seems like a lot of stuff to me!  For the record, I’m totally fine with it feeling like there’s a million hours in the weekend to do everything your heart desires.

IMG_9947

We started Friday with real Pumpkin Spice Lattes.  Or I did at least.  Downpours makes pumpkin spice syrup with actual pumpkin and after totally missing my PSL window last year, I knew I had to get my hands on this magic ASAP.  Turns out they’ve renovated and redecorated in there and it’s a huge improvement.  Plus that latte was pretty good.  I’m gonna go back, for sure.  P.S. We also ate giant breakfast burritos and that’s something I need to do more often.

IMG_9930

I follow Denver Beer Co. on Insta and they announced the tapping of a fresh-hop beer so we raced over after work to pick up a growler.  I read all about fresh-hop beer last year but I guess there’s only a short window of time when it can be made and I really didn’t want to miss out.  Their taproom was insanely busy!  But we eventually got our growler and basically ran out of there.  I’ll be honest, it tastes a little flat.Read More »

Denver Passport Part II

Lauren3 Comments

Slowly but surely, we are making our way through this Denver Passport book.  I swear at the beginning of the summer I was like “I’m gonna make it to all 64 of these places!” but here we are, almost at the end of July and I’m thinking I was maybe being a little overzealous with that declaration.  Oh and I totally only went to two of the places I said I most wanted to try in my last Passport post.  Oops!

8 Lou's

Lou’s Food Bar

There are soooo many Moscow Mules on this passport and I for one am totally okay with that!  We had a choice between beer and Mules at Lou’s and Joey surprised me by going for the latter over the former.  Then he extra surprised me by LOVING his Mule.  Who is this person??  I will admit that they tasted especially gingery, limey and carbonated so two thumbs up!

9 Tom's Urban

Tom’s Urban

We’d been here before and weren’t all that impressed but we had tickets to the Buell and could walk to dinner at Tom’s beforehand so we decided to give it another try.  Good thing we did because we all ended up having fun and enjoying our meals.  Another Mule for me because I like to change things up… and Joey got a margarita that I think I tried and I think I liked?  Perhaps I should start keeping notes on our passport adventures.

10 Goldspot

Goldspot Brewing Company

Funny story, as we were crossing the street to get to Goldspot, our friend Chris drove past.  Weird timing!  This place is over in the DU neighborhood so I thought it might be a college kids hangout but it was pretty quiet when we went it.  The bartender was super friendly and the beer was gooood.  I got some interesting saison and Joey got a red IPA and I think he was ready for another but I was like “But Big Brother is on!”

11 Illegal Pete's

Illegal Pete’s

Okay, I’m usually pretty loyal to my beloved Chipotle, BUT they don’t do breakfast and they don’t have an open bar so maybe Illegal Pete’s has a leg up on them in that regard.  I’m a sucker for a good Bloody Mary and sadly, this wasn’t one.  The house mix just wasn’t my taste (or Joey’s, for that matter).  But the good news is, that breakfast burrito has me hooked enough to go back.

12 Harman's

Harman’s Eat & Drink

Last but not least!  I took Joey here for his birthday and we LOOOOVED it so when Lori offered to take me to dinner for my birthday, I knew I wanted to go back.  Seriously though, I don’t get this place.  The space is open and bright, the service is top notch and the food is INCREDIBLE, yet it’s never busy in there.  Should I just keep my mouth closed and assume this is Cherry Creek’s best kept secret?  I ordered a sage Saison because that sounded like the most interesting thing ever and used it to wash down my pulled pork and smoked mozzarella grits.  MORE PLEASE.

Dying to go to next:

(Still) Colt & Gray // Two words: TIKI. DRINKS.

(Still) Gozo // Been there, wanna go back!

Leña // We went with my family for my birthday dinner but our waiter convinced me to save my passport for next time.

Argyll Whisky Beer // Because Hannah was selling the ish out of the drink they had at this place and now I need it.

Zengo // We can bike there AND get sushi.