Denver Beer Co — Platte Street

Denver does patio drinking as well as any American city, and this converted car garage — the brewery's original, pouring since 2011 — is the template: doors up on warm days, communal tables, dogs on the patio, food trucks rotating outside. Graham Cracker Porter and Incredible Pedal IPA anchor a tap list that otherwise rarely repeats itself. It's a short walk from Union Station, which makes it the natural first stop of a Denver beer day.