Brewing

A $2.6 million real estate purchase, major investments in new equipment, and a deal with a large distributor — that’s the route Denver Beer Co. is taking to spread its suds across the state and pump out twice as much beer.

A South Cherokee brewery is hoping to help other startup microbrew operations boost their reach with a quality testing lab and distribution business.

As a developer moves to build over its RiNo home, a brewery’s hurried hunt for a larger space will take it out of its namesake neighborhood for the time being.

Two Boulder and Arizona breweries with the same name are leaving their fate up to the courts after the two clashed over branding at events like the Great American Beer Festival.

A brewery sensitive to the dietary demands of gluten-free drinkers will launch next week in Lakewood, hoping to capitalize on the growing gluten-free industry.

The first half of a major expansion has wrapped up at a Denver brewery, which is launching its new RiNo location Friday.

With a local businessman’s purchase of its Kalamath Street property, a brewery plans to shut down at the end of this week and will be replaced by another Colorado brewer.

A new bar has 40 bars on tap, but no bartenders. Instead, customers pick and pour their drink themselves using touch-screen tablets, and electronic wristbands track their tab.