A business hatching over a post-backpacking-trip beer has pivoted from a new brewery in RiNo to a new distillery in RiNo.
Distillery bubbles up in RiNo
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Bar-on-wheels finds LoDo garage
After five years circling the block, a bar-on-wheels can park its fleet in the same neighborhood where it makes the rounds.
Littleton garage converted into distillery
After 18 months of renovations, entrepreneurs opened the converted garage as a spirit distillery – the first of its kind in Littleton.
Denver Wrangler ditches downtown; doubles space
A busy uptown gay bar will leave its 17th Avenue location after 20 years, to expand into a spot more than twice its size on August 14.
Brewery leases space in Littleton; Man’s best friend included in business plan
Manuel and Erica Baca are giving an oft-attempted, if somewhat beleaguered, beer-and-dog park combo to Littleton with their planned brewery Off Leash Ales.
Highlands brewery settles on a name; solves pronunciation debate
While naming their new brewery on Zuni Street in the Highlands, two childhood friends stumbled across the answer to a long-standing Denver debate: Is it pronounced ZU-nee or ZU-ni?
RiNo wine workshop adds house label
A RiNo store that teaches wine and cheese-making classes is starting to bottle its own supply.
Contract brewer taps $2M expansion
Sleeping Giant Brewing Co., which brews beer for other craft brewers, is investing $2 million in a new bottling line, centrifuge and three new fermenting tanks to raise production.
New LoHi development gets a distillery on the ground floor
The three-story complex, which developer Mike Zakhem calls MiLo because of its location in the middle of Lower Highlands, will include 32 residential units as well as ground-floor retail space.
Golden brewers want to explore new terrain with bigger outpost
Co-owners sell their share in Mountain Toad Brewing for a more spacious 15K square feet, giving them freedom to brew more varieties.
