Black Shirt Brewing Company

First stop during GABF 2023. Small place, serving bar on the right, brewhouse one the left, scattered restaurant tables. Really loud headbanger music. Tasty beers, flights of four possible. Food is pizza, whole or by the slice. Worthwhile stop.

Parking sucks. Decent sized place, beer garden out back. 12 taps. 5 oz pours individually priced. Interesting range of styles. Good service. Quite busy on a Monday night. Beer quality ok.

Old school brewpub feel. Staff were efficient. Flight available. Beer quality was fine. Happened to be across the street from the restaurant we were waiting for a table at, otherwise probably not worth a visit given other options in the area.

Small place right next to the metro station, makes for a good first point or last point on a brewery call between here and roughly Union Station. A few strong beers on tap, available in flight when I was there, I believe, though memory at this point was hazy. Beers were mostly good. Friendly service. Good 90s grunge rock music playing, and a kind of atmosphere that matches it in attitude.

This is another RINO gem offering up about 15 excellent draft crafts. Located across from the Blake Station Transit Center, BSB has a hipster feel to it: small, dark and cozy with 60's music playing. There is a decent selection of IPAs, along with some delicious pizza. The bar was rather small, but the service was quick and efficient. Most definitely, worth a visit.

Right on the edge of the RiNO breweries, this was one of the weakest stops. They have a strange concept where they brew all their beers with amber malt, and it really doesn’t work. We ordered a flight of 5, which ranged from drinkable to off to infected. And at $11 for the flight, it’s a bad deal for bad product. Service was fine, though nonchalant. With so many superior breweries in the area, give this one a miss.

Brewery that is most north and east in the RiNo brewery district. Was first stop on our Saturday as it was only one open before noon. Very interesting musical themed place with a ton of local artwork adorning the walls. Small taproom but additional seating out back, although that was closed for a wedding shower (really? on a Saturday?). Servers give you water before they take your order which is pretty cool. Real nice people. All of their beers are allegedly red, but I really don’t believe that is true. One of my favorite places of the trip, even if the beer was only average to slightly above average. I would definitely return

Small dark taproom with a music theme. All their beers are red which is kinda strange. Decent service, but sometimes thw staff gets a bit distracted. Selecion is around 10 plus beers again all red. Prices are great!

I don’t understand the low rating for this place. Me and my friend had a blast here. Airy open garage door type place that is seen a lot in Denver. Lots of stainless steel, intentionally spartan except for all of the colorful artwork (mostly portraits of rockstars) on the walls, all for sale. They have a big patio out back with a stage. The service was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. Yes, all of their beers have a red ale-type base, but they are all very different, showcasing all the different things you can do with that style. More than a dozen taps, my favorite was the Blood orange DIPA, followed closely by the passion fruit DIPA. They also had saisons, sours, kolsch, gose, porter, rye pale ale, and even a stout coming soon. Reasonably priced compared to other area breweries. This place is great. Go check it out.