Beer Scene in Colorado Springs

I'm going to be out in Springs for a few days... Any beer-related establishments that I should hit up while I'm in town?

Phantom Canyon and Bristol Brewery are pretty good...

Bristol is just beer - Phantom has good food and other booze

Bristol is right next to a restaurant called Blue Star. The food and service at the restaurant is AWESOME.

Phantom Canyon is always a good stop. I wasn't impressed last year when I went there, but maybe it was an off night. On many previous visits, I always loved the food and beer.

Trinity Brewing is new down there - think they just celebrated their 1st anniversary. They're off Garden of the Gods Road. Seem to lean towards the belgian end of things, but they also have a huge selection of guest beers on tap as well.

Trinity had 6-8 of their own beers and 26 guest taps of all good **** last time I was there 2 months ago.

Trinity is having a keg tapping party of Slap Yo Mammy on July 16th. It's a 125 minute, 125 IBU imperial IPA that gets some pretty good reviews. If you're gonna be there it will probably be worth it to check it out.

My friend is a manager at Trinity. Haven't been there yet but I hear its awesome.

I was at Phantom Canyon in the middle of June and the saison they had on tap was really good.
Didn't get out much outside of that, because Phantom Canyon was right neat the hotel.

Everything's been mentioned, so I just want to add that they all have it dead on and you should try all three. Phantom is my favorite, but that's mostly nostalgia from my Army days at Ft. Carson...

I was just there visiting.

Trinity's Saison inspired me to brew one next month.
Phantom Canyon was just plain tasty.
Rock Bottom was pouring me $2.25 pints... couldn't beat the price for decent beer. Had the Cream Stout and the Bitter.

Avery in Denver was awesome though. I didn't mean to drink so many tastings ...

Other than the brewpubs mentioned above there is also a pizzeria (IL Vicino Wood Oven Pizza & Brewery) and brewery in the same area as Phantom Canyon and a brewstore/brewery a bit farther away http://www.oldwestbrew.com

Hey, you gotta go to Rocky Mountain Brewery. It's near the intersection of Platte and Powers on Paonia. PM me for more info. I live here, so I know where everything is.

kardassen, Old West is not a brewery. They are just a LHBS. You must be thinking of RMB because they are a LHBS/brewery. Their beer is very good.

yea, I was. I must have grabbed the wrong link. That's what I get for posting pre-coffee

If your in that general area, I'd make the trip to Avery.

kardassen said:

yea, I was. I must have grabbed the wrong link. That's what I get for posting pre-coffee

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LOL. Happens to me, too! Fo ril. I wrote that post pre-coffee, too, so I apologize if I didn't seem like my normal nice self. Have you been to RMB?

Big Jefe,

I am a displaced San Diegan, used to spend a lotta time down at Tony's, Pac Shores, and the South Beach. Try to hit O'briens every time I'm in town and my parents live close to Ballast and Lightening. Everybody has covered the local stuff except that I would stay away from Phantom. They're beer tends to have a lot of unwanted esthers.

Bristol is a must. Trinity is the closest thing we have to O'briens but they also make their own beer. Rocky Mountain isn't terrible... better than Phantom and they have a BBQ joint parked on the property. How long are you going to be in town? Would love to meet for lunch or a beer if I'm around.

Later.

Todd

Roflmao!

EarthBound,

I was there yesterday. I find that I will use any excuse to drop by, then the pints start flowing and I leave all inspired for the next batch

Hell yeah, same here. That's really cool to hear that. Those guys really know what they're talkin' about and will help you with homebrewin' more than anyone else in the city. Duane, Nick, James, and Walker: badass MFs... Now I'm gonna have to go there after work...

DurangoHomeBrewMafia said:

Trinity had 6-8 of their own beers and 26 guest taps of all good **** last time I was there 2 months ago.

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27 guest taps and 6-15 of their own according to the GM. They also get Russian River stuff which is worth the trip in itself.

I found that Trinity's beers were hit and miss, but the ones that hit were extremely tasty. They had three different Saisons when I visited and two were amazing. I asked the waitress about the hops used in a beer and she was unsure about the answer, so she went to the brewing area and came back with the recipes. So, if you do like one of their beers, they will be happy to give you the recipe! The food was definitely a twist to standard brewpub fare and was surprisingly good. Their tap selection was quite impressive as well. Old Chicago may have more taps, but half are BMC and a quarter are variations of the same lighter craft beers.

I would definitely go back.

Eric

I would go