Now that my wife and I are both fully vaccinated, we’re planning the family trip to Colorado that we had to cancel last year. What are some family-friendly breweries that we could hit up in (1) Boulder/Denver area; (2) Durango; (3) Pueblo; and (4) Colorado Springs?
I hope to hit up Trinity Brewing in COS – I remember them being pretty good and kid-friendly back in the '09-'12 era. And maybe Mad Jack’s in Bailey if we make it that far afield.
Obviously a ton of choices here. I like Trinity - not very roomy but great food and beers, family friendly. Goat Patch is another in Colorado Springs I’d call family friendly, and so is Bristol. I was recently at Steamworks in Durango - very friendly staff, good food. I’d call it a restaurant as well as “bar”, so that might translate as family friendly.
I don’t want to sidetrack your thread too much but obviously I have a vested interest here - what makes a brewery family-friendly for your family?
I’d call all the breweries in Durango family-friendly; in addition to Steamworks look at Animas and Ska, which both have large patios.
It’s a lot of the same things that make a restaurant or any other public venue family friendly. Indicators includes but are not limited to:
But to paraphrase the Supreme Court, it’s hard to define precisely but you know it when you see it.
Sounds like we’d tick most of your boxes - patio games, soft drinks (including our own root beer), and kid-friendly food for sure. And based on your itinerary you’ll probably drive right by!
If we time out departure from Boulder right, we could be passing by as you’re opening. 
If you’re going to be in the Golden area I would suggest New Terrain. It gets extremely busy on the weekends…
Maybe your trip has already happened?
It’s actually happening next week.
We’ll have a couple of days in greater Denver: I’ll keep Terrain in mind. I don’t remember them — are they new since ~2013?
so many drinking places in korea were so good. i would regularly see lots of kids playing around at bars while their parents drink.
or even at restaurants where copious drinking woudl happen there would be a dedicated kids playcentre/equipment or games.
prohibition and certain anti-alcohol groups’ influence are severely negative influences on fun.
Yes. They’re about 5 years old. Giant place, great beer, families everywhere
You’re porter and maibock are solid . (The Leadville Lager was well executed, but not to my taste.) Your paninis – I had the BLATCH – are on point. The weather turned on us; so we had to leave quicker than I would’ve otherwise…
Cheers 
Thanks for the report.
What breweries did you end up visiting in Colorado? Any review comments?
Locust Cidery in Denver - regional brand with a good selection of dry and off-dry ciders. We find most commerical ciders too sweet but these weren’t.
Two Mile in Leadville - review is above. I’d be there regularly if we lived in the area.
Animas in Durango - nice setup, good food. Their Hogsback Black was really nice–they can it a dark ale but it tasted very schwartzbier-y to me. Crisp with a hint roast. Their Kolsch was good. Try one of the pasties, too.
Shamrock Brewing in Pueblo. Good Irish Porter, and their guest beer was Duchesse de Bourgogne! They also had a good guest cyser from Colorado Cider Co.
TRiNiTY in Colorado Springs - these guys have really expanded their wild and barrel-aged program since we left. Everything I tried was good. They have a lot of Brett beers, too, but their tart cherry chocolate stout was actually really well balanced, too. Bought a mixed 4-pack of sours to bring home.
I was also able to find a bottle of New Belgium’s Adding Corners — it’s hard to find NB other than Fat Tire and sometimes their Tripel around here.
I really wanted to hit Terrain & Stem Ciders in Denver, Mad Jacks in Bailey, and Black Forest in Colorado Springs, but we couldn’t make the schedule work.