There’s More To Golden Than Coors

Any discussion of Colorado beer inevitably involves Coors and their massive brewery in Golden, Colorado. But lately, Golden has been getting noticed by craftbeer fans for another brewing destination—cannonball Creek Brewing Company. In a nondescript strip mall behind a 7-Eleven and next to an Anytime Fitness, Cannonball Creek has quietly been pumping out some of the best hoppy beers in the state.

It took a while for people to notice—they sell just about everything they make in their own taproom and don’t distribute the beer outside of a few special occasions—but the secret is out. On one recent Sunday afternoon visit, it was almost impossible to find a parking place in the parking lot, as car after car of mountain bikers stopped in for post-ride refreshments.

It’s tough to make the trip to Golden for a single brewery, but if you’re heading out of Denver into the mountains, it’s only 8 minutes off of I-70 and worth the detour. Grab a pint of their Mindbender IPA, or if you’re lucky, they’ll have the latest incarnation of their Project Alpha series of experimental IPAS.