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Further Distractions Beer Brewing Denver's breweries large and small are a beer lover's delight at any time of year, although the LoDo Brewfest in June is when the beer and festivity spills out onto the street and almost every person (over the age of 21) can be seen to be enjoying Denver's favourite tipple. Coors Brewery, located in Golden, is the largest brewing site in the world. Guided tours are available, following the entire brewing process from roasting barley to bottling, and lasting 90 minutes. There are free beer samples for those over the age of 21. At the opposite extreme, there are micro-breweries and brew-pubs. These serve and brew in-house distinctive beer that will not be found elsewhere. The city's best brew-pubs are all within walking distance in LoDo. Each brew-pub offers tours and tiny samples of their ales, porters, stouts and lagers. The best include Wynkoop Brewing Company, Rock Bottom Brewery and Breckenridge Brewery. Coors Brewery 13th & Ford Street, Golden Tel: (303) 277 2337. Web site: www.coors.com Transport: Bus from Market Street Bus Station to Golden; free shuttle bus to Coors. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 1000-1600. Admission: Free. Wynkoop Brewing Company 18th and Wynkoop Streets Tel: (303) 297 2700. Rock Bottom Brewery 1001 16th Street Tel: (303) 534 7616. Breckenridge Brewery 2220 Blake Street Tel: (303) 297 3644. Buckhorn Exchange Colorado's most historic eating place is a cross between a nineteenth-century museum, crammed with exhibits, and a Wild West saloon. Founded in 1893 by Henry Zeis, one of Buffalo Bill's scouts, it provided a comfortable watering hole for the businessmen, gamblers, Indian chiefs, railroad builders and miners who had flocked to boomtime Denver. The famous bean soup, popular with the first customers, is still on the menu, along with buffalo steak and fried alligator tail. Zeis, dubbed 'Shorty' by the legendary Chief Sitting Bull, amassed an amazing collection of animals, weapons and memorabilia from the days of the Wild West, including the sword used by General Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Moose, buffalo and mountain sheep heads hang side by side on the walls of the Buckhorn Exchange with a huge collection of guns. There may be Winchesters, Derringers, repeaters, the fabled Colt 45 and even a rare palm pistol on the walls but customers wanting a beer at the huge, carved white-oak bar, brought from Essen in Germany in 1857, are still required to check their guns at the door. 1000 Osage Street Tel: (303) 534 9505. E-mail: info@buckhorn.com Web site: www.buckhorn.com Transport: Light rail to 10th and Osage. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 1100-1400 and 1630-2200, Sat 1700-2100, Sun 1600-2100. Admission: Free. |
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