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Golden City Brewery – Colorado

Go Find Golden City Brewery
by John Morrissey

Everybody knows about the massive Coors Brewery, but the place that made Rocky Mountain Spring Water famous is not why craft beer lovers head to Golden. We are searching for the brews of Golden City Brewery, the second largest brewery in Golden.

The early 90’s were heady times for the growing legion of Colorado’s craft brewers. Out in Golden, Charlie & Janine Sturdavant were a couple geologists who liked to brew beer, too. Neighbors and friends begged them to share their Red Ale and Pale Ale and their beer lives began to outgrow their geology lives. The Sturdavant’s helped start Tommyknocker Brewing in Idaho Springs. They bought the Cheshire Cat and created a great British style brewpub in Arvada. Back at the house, they kept brewing their beer. Demand grew and Charlie was forced to expand. He moved the kettles from the house into an old machine shed. The backyard became a beer garden and the garage became a little tasting room.

Golden City Brewery was born.

That was back in 1993. Today, Charlie is still the brewmaster and Janine is still the alewife. Out in the machine shed/brewery, Jeff Griffith and Ted Palmer handle the brewing at Golden City these days. Josh Thompson mans the taps in the tasting room/garage. Josh is quite an Irish balladeer and he might share a traditional emerald isle ballad with you while you relax with a pint at this colorful little Colorado brewery.

You can find Golden City’s brews at a couple restaurants around town but if you want to taste it at the source, you will discover that Golden’s second biggest brewery is a little hard to find. It is still tucked behind the Sturdavant’s home; one of the many stately, brick mansions in Golden’s 12th Street Historic Neighborhood. There are not any neon “brewery here” signs. The long tables and white tents under the towering maple trees in the backyard behind the house at 920 12th Street mark the spot.

Golden City’s hours are as funky as their location. Last call is at 6:30 each night because Janine and Charlie want to keep peace in the neighborhood. Since they close so early, Saturday is the best day for most of us to grab a pint and a growler to go at Golden City Brewing.

If you love Colorado’s craft brews, you must go find Golden City Brewery. Take a Saturday afternoon and go find it. Discover their wonderful craft brews in their quirky location in the backyard of one of the oldest historic houses in Golden.

Golden City Brewery. It is another reason Colorado is Beer State, USA

Call for directions, (303) 279-8092, or catch them on the web. www.gcbrewery.com

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