TRVE Brewing Co

Nectar of the Gods this is goood!

If you can get over the loud heavy metal, or just sit as far away from the bar/speakers as you can, then any beer lover is in for a treat.

Tunnel of Trees is a hoppy slap to the face. The Helliun is delicious and i really dig the summer camp like long picnic table through the center of the small brewery.

Somewhat aggressive art work, but as I said about the music before, if your going for the Beer then you will slip into a "For the Love of the Game" type focus. Enjoy

I love this place, and not just because it's long and narrow like me. The beer is original and mouthwatering, the staff is smart and attentive (and look amazing in horned helmets), and there's always fresh, brutal artwork at which to gaze. Your grandma could learn to love metal, beer, and blood-drenched dagger tattoos in this bar.

I should've rectified my middling review of TRVE ages ago, for the simple reason that they have elevated themselves from 'great idea' to 'badass microbrewery' in that time.

It's not that the atmosphere has changed at TRVE. Nick and his band of merry metalheads are still the friendliest barstaff on Broadway. The music still kicks ass, and the clientele just keeps getting bigger and better. The hours have improved (open every day except Mondays), but it's still the same fundamental hangout. So what changed?

The beers are amazing here.

Since my original review last fall, TRVE's operation has expanded to include eight different taps. And as someone who now frequents the bar, there isn't a single one that I haven't loved, either initially or eventually. In the style of the best metal bands, TRVE's brews continue to take risks, mock trends, and blaspheme conventional tastes, to excellent results.

Some of my personal favorites: the chocolaty malt of Stout 0))), their Diotima, a tea-infused saison, and finally, the dankest double IPA around, Nazareth. Crazy as it sounds, the latter beer has, quote-unquote, changed my life: or at least my relationship with pale ales. I've recently spoken to several beer nuts who have traveled to Denver partially--or primarily--to make the pilgrimage to this hallowed hall. And with brews this tasty, it's easy to see why.

Besides the expansion of their beer menu, TRVE has also become a destination for special occasions. This spring they had their first dining event, The Slaughter, designed by Squeaky Bean chef mark Blake Edmunds. Their debuts of new beers are  highly celebratory (one even cleaned the place out for a week while they were still ramping up production last fall). Local 'dark' artists regularly debut new work in this ideal space. And this June, when the brewery celebrated its one year anniversary, there was a line down the block just to sign up for the 'KVLT' membership that included growlers, pints, and bragging rights.

These events have made TRVE more fun, but not more exclusive--I still find myself here a couple nights a month, and the atmosphere is always fun and fresh. As their reputation has quickly grown, I find I consistently either run into an old friend or make some new ones at the bar. I'm sometimes surprised I haven't burned myself out on the bar or the brews, but as long as they keep their experimental edge and Motörhead touch of class, wild Harleys couldn't drag me away from this place.