Colorado Springs

I'm going on a road trip with a couple guys this weekend to Colorado Springs to visit some old college buddies for a week. While I'm there, I'd like to try out some local (or area) beers.

-Any recommendations for good Colorado beers to try?

-Any good bars in Colorado Springs to visit?

-Any breweries in the area to check out?

Should be a fun trip.

Bristol is in CS, pretty good stuff. At the Liquor Store, try O'Dells, Great Divide, Left Hand, Funkwerks, Wynkoop, Dale's, lots of great CO beer.

hunter_la5 said:

I'm going on a road trip with a couple guys this weekend to Colorado Springs to visit some old college buddies for a week. While I'm there, I'd like to try out some local (or area) beers.

-Any recommendations for good Colorado beers to try?

-Any good bars in Colorado Springs to visit?

-Any breweries in the area to check out?

Should be a fun trip.

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Hopefully you had a good trip. Here would have been my brewery suggestions had I seen this in time.

Phantom Canyon Brewing: Brew pub, with excellent beer and food. Recently expanded their brewery, so selection may be a little thin right now.

Trinity Brewing: Excellent Saisons and Sours being turned out there. Sour geeks are in the know, but the rest of the country is starting to finally catch up.

Springs doesn't have a whole lot to offer as far as breweries, at least not that I am familiar with.

Going to Phantom Canyon tonight, thanks!

I had a Bristol Brewing Company Laughing Lab Scottish Ale with lunch today, and it was delicious.

ditto on the trinity brewing company.....great stuff. about 2miles from my office.

Phantom Canyon was fantastic. Great food and a lot of good beers to try. After dinner we stayed to play pool and darts and drink beer all night. I plan on going back next time I'm in the area.

hunter_la5 said:

Phantom Canyon was fantastic. Great food and a lot of good beers to try. After dinner we stayed to play pool and darts and drink beer all night. I plan on going back next time I'm in the area.

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Glad you enjoyed it. One of my good friends is a brewer there. He is taking over the barrel aging and experimental brewing. He actually offered me a job there, but brewer salary being brewer salary I couldn't afford to take it.