The 4 Best Denver Brewery Tours of 2023

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Best Overall: RiNo Craft Brewery Crawl Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "Travelers will zip around the neighborhood in a fun zero-emission vehicle and take a look at some of the street art and local vibe."
Best in Lower Downtown: Historical Lower Downtown Denver Beer Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "The tour guide is a true beer aficionado who weaves beer trivia and entertaining narrative about the city into the tour."
Best Brewery and Distillery Tour: Brews and Booze Walking Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "See the fermentation process, while the tastings of ales, lagers, stouts and spirits are included in the price."
Best Food and Beverage Tour: Grapes, Hops, and Good Spirits Tour – Buy Tickets at Viator "The tour includes round-trip transportation from your guide (and driver) in a luxury vehicle."

Best Overall: RiNo Craft Brewery Crawl Tour

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If you’re into trendy neighborhoods and street art, the RiNo Craft Brewery Crawl Tour, explores the hip River North district, an artistic area full of historic warehouses and factories that are now home to art studios, galleries, restaurants and brewpubs. Travelers will zip around the neighborhood in a fun E-tuk (modern rickshaws) zero-emission vehicle and take a look at some of the street art and local vibe. The E-tuk company is also based right in the RiNo neighborhood. The tour makes 45-minute stops at RiNo brewery and cider houses with a full draft beer at each stop included in the price such as Beryl’s Beer Co., Bierstadt, Black-Shirt Brewing, C Squared, and Epic Brewing – to name a few.

Best in Lower Downtown: Historical Lower Downtown Denver Beer Tour

Lower Downtown Denver Craft Beer Tour — Viator

Find out how Denver transformed into a craft beer mecca, and learn all about the brewing process and different types of microbrews with the Historical Lower Downtown Denver Beer Tour. The walking tour stops at four local breweries for a chance to try more than 10 types of Colorado craft beer. The stops include: Rock Bottom Brewery (known for its strong pale ales), Jagged Mountain Brewery, a sprawling space in an industrial building that hosts several food trucks, Falling Rock Tap House, which has more than 75 beers on tap, and Wynkoop Brewery, located in a vintage warehouse and known as Denver’s first brewpub. The tour guide is a true beer aficionado who weaves beer trivia and entertaining narrative about the city into the tour.

Best Brewery and Distillery Tour: Brews and Booze Walking Tour

For a more in-depth look at how whiskey and beer are made, sign up for the Brews and Booze Walking Tour, a three-hour experience in downtown Denver. During the tour, travelers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the distillation process at Mile High Spirits, and learn about ingredients and methods used to produce Colorado whiskey, vodka, gin and tequila. It also explores breweries like the Great Divide to see the fermentation process, and tastings of ales, lagers, stouts and spirits are included. The knowledgeable guide can also point out some of the best hot spots in downtown for a night out after the tour is over.

Best Food and Beverage Tour: Grapes, Hops, and Good Spirits Tour

Grapes, Hops & Good Spirits Tour — Viator

For a well-rounded food and beverage experience that includes a taste of everything: spirits, wine, beer and dinner, join the Grapes, Hops and Good Spirits Tour. The four-hour experience includes a stop at a brewery, winery and a distillery for more than 10 samples of various beverages. Don’t worry: The tour includes round-trip transportation from your guide (and driver) in a luxury vehicle. Sample whites and red wines, wheat ale, honey lager, dark beer or cider as well as locally produced rum, gin vodka or bourbon. You can snack on cheese, fruit and crackers and enjoy a full dinner at the winery. There’s also a chance to tour the barrel room or distillery. The tour has a minimum of four people.

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