Golden City Brewery

Golden City BreweryGolden City Brewery
Golden City BreweryGolden City Brewery
Brewery, Bar, Eatery, Beer-to-go

920 12th Street
Golden, Colorado, 80401
United States

(303) 279-8092 | map
gcbrewery.com
BEER STATS
Average:
3.81
Beers:
23
Ratings:
258
PLACE STATS
Average:
3.87
Reviews:
30
Ratings:
66
pDev:
12.66%
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Rated: 3.85 by cbcrunch from Wyoming

May 26, 2022
 
Rated: 3.86 by MonkeyPilates from Minnesota

Jul 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by zotzot from Vermont

May 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.56 by bschmidt_37 from Illinois

Apr 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by jordanginsberg from Louisiana

Sep 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Zenboy99 from Wisconsin

Aug 20, 2018
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Reviewed by spoony from Colorado

3.7/5  rDev -4.4%
vibe: 4 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.75 | selection: 3.75
V-Golden City's best asset is the patio/beer garden. It is tucked off the main drag in Golden in a quieter neighborhood with plenty of shade and large tables. It is a nice, comfortable place to hang out. The indoor area is tiny and the bar is basically a walk-up affair with another window outside for service on the patio. GCB was full, but not crowded when I visited on a Saturday afternoon. The crowd ranged from families to hipsters to bikers.

Q-I tried full pours of their dry Irish stout and the regular IPA, both were just OK. I also had tastes of the IIPA, which was not very good, and the "summer sour," which was OK, but not great. No guest taps.

Ser-The bar tender was friendly and prompt, but the pours were a little off. The server intentionally wiped the head from my stout(?) and my friend's sour was poured in a shaker pint glass. I'm not a huge glass snob, but all beers were poured in a shaker glass, and a sour in a shaker is not cool.

Sel-GCB had about nine beers on offer, as well as some ciders. It was a pretty standard selection with a few IPAs, a mixed fermentation sour, a red, a wheat, and a brown or porter if memory serves me right. Nothing super experimental happening here.

O-While I liked the laid back patio vibe, the beers could use an upgrade. Go here if you want to relax outside on a great patio; go to Cannonball Creek if you want good beer.
Jun 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by coones14 from Colorado

Oct 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.05 by mush from Illinois

Sep 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by blayrelovesbeer from Colorado

Jul 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Jun 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by Akeah from Colorado

Mar 14, 2016
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Reviewed by jacobdunne from Colorado

3.96/5  rDev +2.3%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 3.75
I loved visiting this place! I loved that it is in a residential area. Seeing houses all around you as your sipping a delicious brew on their patio is pretty sweet!
Jun 18, 2015
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Reviewed by DrikerGirl from Colorado

5/5  rDev +29.2%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5
Amazing new remodel. I really like the bathrooms and the repurposed bowing alley tables, I think from the old golden bowl. GCB has been here ever since I moved to the state 7 years ago. It is always amazing with excellent beers and a completely unique and unpretentious vibe, which is growing scarse with all the new clone a brewery types popping up all over the state. Check them out, you won't be disappointed.
Jun 06, 2015
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Rated by ericstites from Texas

3.85/5  rDev -0.5%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 3.5 | food: 1
This place is the best. Go kill yourself on one of the many single tracks and then stop here for a sampler.
May 27, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by costanzo_mike from Massachusetts

Apr 12, 2015
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Reviewed by norrisk66 from Colorado

3.99/5  rDev +3.1%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4 | service: 3.75 | selection: 4
Great local establishment. We have been coming here for years.

GCB has been around way before craft beers were "Cool"

One occasion many years ago-we were offered a free pitcher for stacking some empty kegs!
Apr 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.39 by rossracing from Illinois

Mar 31, 2015
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Rated by Daniellewallace0306

5/5  rDev +29.2%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5 | food: 5
Great beer, awesome new atmosphere and the staff is great :) plus new bathrooms. Deserves a high score!!
Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by ManBearPat from Colorado

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by tylerstravis from Colorado

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Jas45678 from Michigan

Nov 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by sozz2 from Colorado

Nov 08, 2014
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Rated by Mhollerb from Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +9.8%
Such a fun outdoor patio brewery in a cool town.
Nov 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by qchic from Maryland

Nov 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by drewfromboulder from Colorado

Nov 03, 2014
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Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -16%
Really cool outdoor beer garden. Beers were lacking in character and were not poured properly with a lower level of carbonation which is not to my liking. Staff acted like they did not want to be there, very off putting to say the least.
Oct 06, 2014
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Reviewed by Todd from Finland

2.75/5  rDev -28.9%
Showed up just before last call. Jason and I were able to sneak in a couple of pints each. Beers were lackluster and flat. Service was the same. Guy behind the bar hated life or something.

The beer garden only and ordering from a door concept was interesting, but not interesting enough to pull me back.

Seems like they're living in the past, back when they actually were the "2nd largest brewing in Golden."
Oct 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by dshansen1184 from Washington

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.76 by dbriesemeister from Minnesota

Aug 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Punisher from Missouri

Jul 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by rxthree from Ohio

Jul 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by SalukiAlum from Colorado

Jul 03, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by Ashford from Colorado

Jun 25, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Jakerweezy from Colorado

May 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by condorsim from Iowa

Mar 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Azeotrope from Nebraska

Mar 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by jfcaa193 from Canada (QC)

Feb 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by JMBSH from Colorado

Jan 19, 2014
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Reviewed by Gordon_Freeman from Colorado

4.94/5  rDev +27.6%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 4.75 | selection: 5 | food: 5
I stopped by here on a recommendation from a friend, and was glad I did. They are primarily a beer garden, but with a cozy little indoor area. They gave me a brewery tour and some preview tastes off the tanks. They had a cool brick and copper old style kettle.

The selection of beers was about 10 but they covered every taste I wanted. The kolsch was the single best I ever had! The red is perfect. Stout is great. The brown was also very enjoyable.

There was a food truck selling fantastic organic burritos. I will definitely make my way out there as much as I can.
Jan 15, 2014
Golden City Brewery in Golden, CO
Brewery rating: 3.81 out of 5 with 258 ratings