Wynkoop Brewing Company

Thank you to everyone who voted for the Wynkoop. We are excited to be crowned "Best Pool Hall" and "Best Old Idea" by Westword Newspaper 2011 Best of Denver Awards. We were also voted "Best Brewpub" Readers Choice. Read full article on "Best Old Idea" Read full article on "Best Pool Hall"

The new joint venture between Wynkoop Holdings and Breckenridge Holding Company has opened a new restaurant -- Ghost Plate & Tap -- in downtown Denver. Located at 800 18th Street (at the intersection of 18th and Stout streets) in the former location of the Rocky Mountain Diner, Ghost Plate & Tap pairs the culinary pleasures of a contemporary American café with the charms of an established, big-city tavern.Ghost features seating for 176, an open kitchen, a horseshoe-shaped bar, counter seating for 15 and a patio for up to 50.The Ghost interior calls to mind a distinguished-but- unpretentious Forties/Fifties era tavern in…

Denver brewpub's self distribution grows 500%, annual production rises 25% (Denver, Colorado) – Wynkoop Brewing Company -- Colorado's first brewpub – experienced significant growth in 2010. Wynkoop's hand-canned and draft beers can now be found in over 150 bars and retailers in the Denver area. This number of retail outlets is up 500% from 30 accounts at the start of 2010. The brewery produced 3502 barrels of beer in 2010. That's a 25% increase from 2800 barrels in both 2009 and 2008. (A barrel of beer equals 31 gallons.) In-house beer sales at the revered brewpub (founded by Colorado governor…

A version of this article appeared in print on January 9, 2011, on page MM24 of the Sunday Magazine. Up in the air. You could start there. It was 2005; he was in his first term as mayor of Denver and despite a lifelong fear of heights, he parachuted from a plane — twice, because the first time wasn't sufficiently photogenic — for a television commercial supporting two voter referendums in Colorado to permit government spending that he considered vital, lest the state go into free fall. His landing was safe: one of the referendums passed, a result better than…