The Best Beer Bars Near Lucile's Creole Cafe, by the Record

A 9,000-square-foot taproom with a basketball court tends to set expectations, and Wonderland Brewing's beer menu swings just as wide, running from Belgian-style and barrel-aged English ales to high-IBU IPAs and wild sours. The Broomfield brewery keeps a permanent food truck on-site, so there's no rush to leave, which is convenient given that there's also ping-pong. A good place to spend a longer afternoon than you planned.

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A dedicated server circulates with a tray of 200-milliliter stanges and marks each round on your coaster, just as they would in Cologne, only with a warmer disposition than the legendary köbes of the Rhine. Fritz Family Brewers is a brewery in Niwot that takes its Kölsch service seriously enough to assign one person to nothing else. Cover your glass when you've had enough, if you ever decide you've had enough.

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