TRVE Brewing

Long narrow bar, a bit dark, jam packed with metal memorabilia. Good music but not painfully loud. Barman knew the beers backwards and forwards. Beers are well known and tasty but they also had a bunch of guest taps - whether this is a normal thing or just for GABF I'm not sure. They also have a "dumpster bar" in a separate building around the corner and down an alley, but not as atmospheric as the main place. Good taplist.

Gorgeous metal-inspired interior. Long thin taproom. Beer quality is fantastic, though no small pours or flights. Some of the best farmhouse ales around. Metal blaring from the speakers. It feels incredibly genuine, and very cohesive. A wonderful experience.

Just across the Baere. Dark, atmospheric place with metal playing from the speakers. Not a fan, but I'm OK with it. Long wooden tables and benches. 14 beers on the menu, 9 of them draught and rest of them canned. IPA, pale ales, saisons and a pilsner. Interesting there is no dark/black beer. Quality of beer was good to very good. Worth checking out.

One of my favorite breweries in Denver. Death metal from the speakers, an altar behind the bar and delicious beer. A must visit when in town.

Death metal meets craft beer. Dozen taps some range of sour to ipa to big stout. Beer was fine, ambiance was great if that's your thing. My only real beef with the place was the service was by far the worst I had in my week in Denver. Dude just had no interest in serving me. Felt like I was ruining his boring afternoon (place was dead except for me and a couple of other people).

TRVE is on South Broadway, near Baere and a few other breweries. It's a small storefront and a shotgun style room, long and narrow. They play the metal loud here, although not as loud as I had been warned. There was one bartender who was a complete asshole to me and my two companions. We came in about a half hour before close, which was 11 but we thought was midnight because that's what their Google page said. So using Maps, we thought we'd have time for a few rounds here before close. Instead, he walked up and said "Order right now because I am locking the door in 20 minutes" and proceeded to be rude even after I explained the misunderstanding. It's one thing if surly metal dude is the default demeanor here, but then he was super friendly to two other groups who left while we were there. Dick. Anyway, it's a shame because the beer is really good and we wanted to spend more time here. I'd put it up there with Black Project and Crooked Stave and Great Divide and a few others as strongly recommended stops in Denver, but they need to fix their fucking Google info before being dicks about it.

An interesting store for sure. Its probably 20’ or so wide but really deep. Front portion has a garage door. Brewing operations in the back and so is the bar. Lots of long benches the lead you back to the bar. As is the theme things get darker the further you go into the place, really interesting style. Some nice contemporary art on the walls. Decor and theme is heavy metal and it really works. I actually really enjoyed the music that played the whole time I was there. Candles on the taps make it look like an alter. A good selection of draft but I really loved their bottle selection. Lots of aged beers which where awesome.

Dark metal themed bar south of downtown. Quality beers with a good amount of styles and some unique offerings. I dug it.

Being a metal lover, I love when two of my top passions are combined. Modern, metal-themed bar, in a pretty long, tight spice. About 9 or 10 beers on tap, plus a bunch more bottles. You can order a custom flight for a good price. Service was friendly enough, though hands off. Beer quality was quite good, though nothing mind-blowing. They had Iron Maiden and At the Gates playing when I visited - would’ve liked something more extreme, but hey, can’t have it all. I recommend this place, especially if you’re both a beer geek and metalhead.