Looking for new craft beers in Denver? Check out the latest arrivals at Argonaut Wine & Liquor
Looking for new craft beers in Denver? Check out the latest arrivals at Argonaut Wine & Liquor, featuring fresh releases from local Colorado breweries and exciting craft beers from around the country. Whether you’re searching for a new IPA, lager, stout, sour, or seasonal brew, explore our newest craft beers and find something new to try.
River North – Honey Kolsch – German style ale with honey
Backers of the Reinheitsgebot would cringe at the mention of this beer, but we’re not in Germany so GAME ON! This beer pours a translucent light gold color with a small fizzy white head that dissipates pretty quickly. On the nose you get bready malts, lager-like yeast esters, light honey, and hints of citrus. It has a medium-light body with light carbonation, and a moderately dry finish. If the honey wasn’t added to this beer, I have a feeling that it would be extremely thin. The palate mirrors the almost exactly. However, the honey notes are layered continuously throughout the sip in the background, and you get light earthy hops flavors and bitterness towards the tail end. Despite the dry finish, the honey lingers delicately into the exhale. Review by Dan Chacon
5.2% abv
Loveland Aleworks – Festbier – German style Marzen lager
If you watched our Turbo & the Wiz episode where we talked Oktoberfest beers, you know we highlighted the differences between Festbiers and Märzens. To sum it up, Märzens are the OG Oktoberfest lager: heavier, maltier, more intensely flavored, and usually a bit stronger. Festbiers are the more modern, easier-to-pound, approachable lager that can be enjoyed in high quantities. Loveland seems to be a bit confused (maybe intentionally) with this beer, as it's called "Festbier", but states it's a "Märzen-Style Lager". I'm going to try and find out what it actually is. At first glance, this beer pours almost the exact same color as a penny: a nice deep copper that is ever-so-slightly cloudy. The head is mellow, with an aroma that matches. Notes of caramel, toasted wheat bread, and toffee linger in the nose. The flavor is pretty dang sweet (aka malty), with the toffee taking the forefront, but the caramel and toastiness are also there. The body has some heft, and the finish lingers with that sweet maltiness. The ABV here is a modest 5.2%. Despite that, I think with its deep copper color, sweet maltiness, and lingering hefty finish, this is more Märzen than Festbier. And it's a pretty dang good one! Prost! Review by Daniel Trouwborst
5.2% abv 20 ibus
Outer Range – Treedom – New England style hazy IPA
Did you know that outer range has a second brewery? More than that, did you know it was in the French Alps? Largely unrelated to the beer at hand, but I did think it was interesting, and from there props to them for bringing American brews back to the old country. Now onto the beer. I can’t prove that this is Outer Range's entry into the fresh hopped season, but a hazy named Treedom sends a pretty clear message. It pours a light gold color with a strong head and a bright, slightly sweet aroma full of hops and resin. The flavor is lighter than some with a nice tropical flavor of mangos and pineapple, as well as a strong hop backbone and just a hint of dankness at the end. The mouthfeel is New England all the way with a chewy texture. Another great beer from a truly innovative brewery. Review by Stefan Walberg
6.9% abv
Prairie Ales – Itty Bitty Banana Committee – candy inspired kettle sour
Man…. Prairie really hit the mark with this one! This sour ale has tons of flavor, yet it’s balanced nicely by the tart character. A lot of flavored sours have a reserved adjunct character and then finish very tart and dry, leaving you wanting a bit more of what is advertised. That is not the case here. It pours an opaque, bright yellow color with a small, foamy white head. When you put your nose to the glass, there is no mistaking that this beer was modeled after banana Runts. You also get aromas of tart citrus, bready malts, and light pear backing it. The body sits at a medium-heavy weight, with a medium-light carbonation level creating a very viscous and smooth mouth feel. Bold notes of banana candy hit your tongue up front backed by some pear and followed by flavors of sweet bread on the mid-palate. The banana candy flavor resurfaces on the finish, where you do also get just enough tart citrus character to cut the sweetness a bit. This is, without a doubt, one of the better sour ales I’ve had lately. Review by Dan Chacon
5% abv
More Brewing – Lil’ Mozie – New England style hazy pale ale
More Brewing is one of the rotating brands that you have to be on the lookout for here at the store because they come and go so quickly. I haven't tried much from them, but I've been impressed with what I have. This is a fun one. It's a double dry-hopped session (might be a little redundant) pale ale, aka BIG flavor in a little package. The head on this thing was extremely reactive and fluffy straight out of the can. The nose is big, bold, and fruity. Heavy citrus, mango, kiwi, and sweet, bready notes (think Hawaiian rolls) hit you in the face in the aroma. The flavor is a little more subtle, but very juicy, with all that fruit I just mentioned there. There is a slight creaminess in the body, but it is not heavy at all and finishes quickly. I'm actually impressed with how much flavor they pack into this beer with a pretty light body and crushable ABV of 5.5%. That double dry-hopping works wonders! Review by Daniel Trouwborst
5.5% abv
Weldwerks – Mixed Berry Pie – fruited kettle sour
Known for their sours, some of which are pretty far out there, this mixed berry pie sour sounds fairly tame for Weldwerks. That being said, I guess sometimes you have to go back to the basics. The beer pours a fairly hazy brown into red color, with little to no head. The aroma draws you in with bright and sweet fruit flavors of strawberry and raspberry and just a hint of pie spice at the end. The flavor matches perfectly with big fruit flavors of strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry, sweet and refreshing with just enough of a tart edge to keep you wanting more. And then the pie spices come in at the end rounding it out perfectly and reminding me of the coming holiday seasons. Keeping up with expectations Weldwerks captures this beer perfectly. It’s very easy drinking, and more on the sweet side, but not overpowering with just enough spice to imagine a holiday pie. Review by Stefan Walberg
4.6% abv