Brewpub
Date and time reviewed: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:44:25 EDT
Overall Score: 81.7
Selection: 3.5 | Service: 4 | Atmosphere: 4.75 | Food: 2.5
Reviewer: Curmudgeon
Evergreen, Colorado is a small community nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains…meaning it’s 7000+ feet high surrounded by trees, streams and quiet.
Evergreen, Colorado is also the home of Lariat Lodge brewing, also nestled above the community with a spectacular view of the mountains, a stream flowing below and unfortunately, the busy street…although the busy street has a rush hour total of perhaps 50 cars so….
Wife Persimmon and I had completed a 4-mile hike to Maxwell Falls a few kilometers away and, although the falls were disappointing, we did discover Lariat Lodge…and this being a Monday, the trail and brewery were not too populated.
A good selection of beers from a delicious Irish Red to a mild and bland, milk stout with stops for a coupla of IPA’s, a blonde and a brown….none of which had mud body.
However, the location of the brewery was delightful. A big main room for food opened to an outdoor seating area overlooking that aforementioned stream below and the surrounding countryside….a beer “garden” that consisted of 3-levels including a tented area for live music.
It was the perfect end to a perfect outdoors-type day and typified a quintessential Colorado setting…something downtown Denver just can’t deliver.
Big city your “thing”…Denver is 40 minutes away. You want a beer in the “Rocky Mountain High”, Lariat Lodge provides.
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Source:Lariat Lodge Brewing