Beer Gardens are places where you can go and meet your friends while sitting outside on a nice summer evening. Instead of having a waiter that comes around to help you with food and drink selections, you need to go up to the bar or the counter to get service. It is a nice time in a fun atmosphere.
It seems to be the trend in America to have more of these types of places pop up. I have been to places like this now in Oregon, and Minnesota so far, and I recently found one in Denver, the Lowry Beer Garden.
A long time ago in Denver, there was a place called the Lowry Air Force Base. It was eventually shut down as the city grew, but the hangers have remained in place. Some of them have been turned into museums and other businesses, but one of them was turned into a beer garden. It has turned into the go to place in this gentrified neighborhood in Denver. People can walk there, or ride their bikes on the large streets to enjoy the evening out with their neighbors. The place even has entertainment to keep bringing people in. The night that I was there, they were playing bar trivia, but we were sitting in the outside area and could not really hear the questions or participate in the game.
The beer is also really good. They do not brew their own beer, but they are in Colorado where great beer can be found everywhere. The establishment partners with the local breweries to rotate beers in and out, and there will always be one that you can find that adheres to your tastes.
The food was decent too. It was all made there; whereas, a lot of the other places like this just have food trucks come out to take care of this part of the experience. They really didn’t serve anything fancy, your basic pub fare of burgers, brats, and fried appetizers. They were reasonably priced, and it did not take that long to get the food.
Overall, I love this trend that is happening in America. It is a unique experience that I have not come across in many other places in the world. I do believe that it works better during the summer time, and I wonder how well these places do when things get colder outside, but I am out here during those hot months right so I will continue to seek these places out.
The Lowry Beer Garden was a good place to start.
John Collings 