Goldspot Brewing
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Goldspot Brewing

Denver, Colorado

Photo: Mike Schadauer

A neighborhood brewery in the Highlands that brews with a global palate. The tap list ranges from German-style lagers to experimental sours to South Asian-inspired ales using cardamom and mango. The taproom is small and friendly, the kind of place where the brewer comes out to talk about what's fermenting. Denver's most interesting small brewery.

Insider tip

The chai milk stout in winter, the mango lassi sour in summer. They brew what they want to drink, and you should too.

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