Comrade Brewing

Really good beer! There’s something here for everyone. Whether you like the super hoppy Superpower IPA, the smooth Koffee Kream Stout, or if you like something a little lighter; they have a beer for you. It’s got a relaxed atmosphere and knowledgeable beer tenders. Plus, anywhere that brings in Geeks Who Drink (Wednesday’s) gets extra points from me.

I’d been by here several times, but this was my first time stopping by. I love IPAs and was naturally drawn to the Superpower IPA. I liked the medium body of the beer. The hop flavor was a perfect combination of citrusy and pine notes. They also had lots of space to watch the game. I’d definitely come back in the future when I’m in the area.

These guys keep managing to get better each time I try their beer. One of the things I loved was, around GABF, they had the same IPA but in different forms — wet hopped, dry hopped, GABF barrel, and hops from Oregon. It was mind blowing to get all of these and compare how different the tastes were of the same beer just based on the hops they used. But Comrade does stuff like this and they are always pushing the limits and they come out with some really excellent beers. I still love Yellow Fever but I think their coffee is one of the best but, being an IPA drinker, it’s hard not to rank them up there with the best.

Love, love Comrade. Great brews. Atmosphere isn’t much but the beers more than make up for that and the staff is mostly friendly.

This place makes delicious beer! I tried several different drafts and was thoroughly impressed with every one of them. From a coffee pumpkin to a jalapeño blonde, their beer has some serious flavor. The Super Power IPA is outstanding! I crave their beer, and fortunately, growler fills are very reasonably priced.

Great beer, solid pours, good prices, and a jolly environment. Who could ask for more?
The Koffee Kream Stout and the Superpower IPA were standouts for sure.

Comrade has a nice location off of Iliff. You can usually find a food truck there most days. They’re dog friendly and keep water bowls behind the bar, which is a huge plus if you’re like me and like to bring your hounds. They mostly focus on IPAs, however they also have a really good milk stout. For Halloween they did a Pumpkin Milk Stout that was quite tasty.

Well I just really like Comrade Brewing so there!
If you wanna really like it too you’ll find it hanging out in a strip mall. It’s hard to miss, it has big garage doors that are up when the weather is nice. The garage doors make sense since it is a converted auto repair shop, ask Jeff S., when he was youngin it’s the spot the family car went for repairs. Don’t fret, the inside doesn’t look like a repair shop anymore. It feels really open due to the high ceilings and garage doors. They have a decent sized bar you can chill at and a smattering of tables.
They’re happy to turn on the game for you should you need that in your life.
The beers are really good, all cleverly named. Most recently I tried their pumpkin because I love pumpkin. It was good! Me likely. My favorites are the coffee stout and the jalapeño beer. The coffee stout is full bodied, almost chewy. It’s perfect for a chilly day. The jalapeño beer is light and spicy, like you can actually taste the pepper! We love it so much we usually bring home a growler.
The bartenders are super chill and friendly. They have always chatted it up with us.
They don’t serve food but have popcorn for sale and allow you to bring in outside food. I’ve also spied a food truck schedule on the wall so your need to nosh will be covered.
You should check it out. I know I’ll be headed back there soon for some more yellow fever spicy goodness!

I really liked Comrade, but at the same time I was hoping for so much more.
Their coffee stout was really delicious, and their Hefeweisen (seasonal/“visiting brass”) is pretty darn tasty. They allow dogs (always a plus in my book) and are pretty close to my new apartment.
That being said, I wanted SO much more from their utilitarian theme. If you’re going to go down the path of using the old Soviet Union as your inspiration, really go for it! I do love that their logo is a riff on the Communist flag, and I like the name themes of the beers. But put some old Communist propaganda in the walls! Play old Russian military war songs or something — the music playing (current alternative/​punk rock) just seemed to clash so badly.
I did enjoy my beer, but I’m not sure this is a place I really want to hang out at often. I’ll try and go again on a busier night, and see if the vibe is different enough that I won’t feel the need for an over-​the-​too brewery atmosphere. I’ll give it another go down the road… e

The guy with the electric guitar has to chill out or turn it down! hahaha. Other than that, I love the place. Selection of beer, great atmosphere and food trucks to boot always make for a good time. I can drink the Superpower IPA without breaking out in an allergic reaction so that’s another plus. The staff is always friendly and they conversate which is a rarity in many breweries! I’ll be back again and again. Highly recommended!

My bf and I were really excited to come here and it did live up to our expectations. We walked up to the bar and put in our orders to the bartender. They had their menu up on a LCD screen too.
Koffee Kream Stout (Milk Stout)
ABV:4.4%
Milk stout with coffee. We are the first Colorado brewery to use coffee from Kaladi Coffee Roasters custom roasted just for Comrade. Pours pitch black, but don’t let that fool you, this beer has a massive coffee aroma yet full-​bodied and sweet. A great beer to start off the morning with.
Superpower IPA (American IPA)
ABV:7.5%
American IPA with loads of pacific northwest hops. Huge pine and grapefruit hop aroma, with flavors of citrus, balanced bitterness with a light malt character.
WOW! We were both SUPER impressed by these brews, was also pleasantly surprised to find out that the Koffee Kream Stout used Kaladi’s coffee! We had just come from eating breakfast at Kaladi’s and loved their coffee. What a great collaboration, I hope they continue collaborating! We could taste the coffee and dark chocolate taste in this stout without any dark fruit flavors that we have come to not prefer in our stouts. We also really enjoyed the crisp and refreshing citrusy aromatic hop flavors in the Superpower IPA too. We liked both beers so much we couldn’t decide which was better. But my bf ended up drinking most of the stout since he prefers stouts and I drinking most of the IPA since I prefer IPAs. This place is also very dog-​friendly. Later we realized we should have have looked/​asked and gotten smaller size glasses as the regular glass was a bit too much us beer newbs. We also love that they list some of their ingredients used in their beers in their beer descriptions.

I dig Comrade! It’s been on my radar for awhile so I’m stoked I got to try it out courtesy of the Dumb Friends League holding an informational session there about one of their walks. Very minimalistic vibe here and love that you can bring your pup inside! They have a rotating list of food trucks parked outside so you can enjoy your grub with a cold one and I saw some people bring their own food in, so it’s the best of both worlds! It was an interesting crowd – I felt like I was on the plane in the movie Airplane! There were motorcycle guys, priests and elderly people enjoying craft beers next to young professionals, kids and dogs, tres interesting. I tried the Superpower IPA which was delightful and Lemondrop Wheat, equally as delicious. I will definitely be back to try out more beers and hang with the dogs!
They only thing that would make it better was if they had a patio space and a little chattier staff. The girl helping us really didn’t give us any information or give off a vibe of wanting to let us know about the beer.

This the spot for chilling out. No one here including the staff is stressed in anyway. Don’t expect to be seated, served food, or pressured in anyway. Everything here is at it’s own pace. If you want food here go ahead and order a pizza, they don’t care. The first time I came to this brewery I saw families here with some children doing homework while some played a board games. There were literally babies in carriers on the same table next to beers. It was definitely a culture shock for me but once I understood what this place was about I got into.
I came back to drink and play board games with friends because why not. Scramble, monopoly, and cards vs humanity are readily available here. Enjoy those games with a DEFCON Red, Koffee Kream Stout, or better sample everything. Samples are just $ 2 per glass. Don’t ask the server when you can easily try to see what beer you like for the cost of a corona.

There’s a variety of beer to drink at Comrade. There’s also a nice, open environment to drink it in. However, the staff didn’t seem particularly interested in making a positive contribution to the overall customer experience. For example, one of my buddies asked the bartender for the «single hop.» She responded quickly and curtly with, «Which single hop? We have three.» Of course, she didn’t bother enlightening him on which ones they were or the differences between them.
Comrade has quite the selection, and the beer is drinkable. I had an English Style Summer Ale (Moneypenny) which was quite good with a delightful hop aroma and good balance. My buddy really enjoyed his red IPA which I did not try. I also had a pint of the scotch ale, but it was much too sweet for my taste.
Comrade is a decent place to go for something a little different. However, in the craft brew industry, a big part of the experience is service. I like to talk about the beer. I like to chat with the staff about the process. I like dealing with employees who seem happy to seem me there and seem to have a genuine desire to see me again. Comrade could use a litte fine-​tuning in that department, although they didn’t seem to be hurting for business, so maybe their concept is working.

Love the atmosphere. It’s a larger brewery with commercial garage doors that open on nice days (may have been a part of the car servicing company next door). I ordered their Koffee Kream, a milk stout with coffee and my hubby ordered Man Oar-​Board, a Scotch Ale/​Wee Heavy. I am definitely not disappointed. Their coffee milk stout rocks! I’m trying to talk the hubby into buying an insulated stainless growler because it just looks so cool and someday, it’ll come in handy ;). The service here is great. Staff is smiling and friendly.

After visiting Comrade Brewing a few times, it’s safe to say we’re big fans. The beer is delicious. Their Superpower IPA is perhaps their most famous, thanks in part to being awarded a gold GABF medal, but all their beers are pretty solid. Their American Blonde and Koffee Kream Stout are also pretty amazing. With lots of seasonal and one-​off offerings, you’re sure to find something to suit your palate.
In addition to great beer, the Comrade tap room often has something fun going on. Usually when we’ve stopped in there is live music or a food truck or both. The space is open, so finding a table is not usually too hard, and there are plenty of games to play while you enjoy your brew. We had a pretty hard-​core game of War happening during our last visit. I lost the card game, but the great Comrade beer lessened the sting of the defeat. This is a fun place, and we’re happy to have it be a part of our growing Colorado craft beer scene.

I tried their Jalapeño Blonde. Spicy with aromatic hints of jalapeño. The beer was good sized, and appropriately priced for a microbrewery — $ 5 bucks for about a 16oz pour.
We stopped in on a Wednesday, which was Geeks Who Drink pub quiz night. The place was a mad house. Very noisy, but the people seemed fun and friendly.

Been in twice. Once when very busy, and now on a quiet, rainy afternoon. Their beers are really well crafted. Flavorful! Interesting choices and lots of them. Definitely try the scotch ale and the imperial wit if they have them. The atmosphere is industrial and open. Used to be a car shop. Lots of seating, big bar. Shelf of games. Check it out. Great addition to the Denver craft brewery lineup!

The customer is annoying me.. .
The distinct impression I got from Comrade brewing, where the only thing russian is a bit of décor AND the service. When we arrived at comrade I asked about samplers and they very brusquely told me — only 3 samplers per son. Its too much trouble/​work to do like 15.
Okay 1 — i’ve seen many breweries actually serve huge boards with 15 or more tastings on one for groups. These breweries seemed okay with it.
2 — if your understaffed HIRE PEOPLE don’t blame the f’n customer for wanting to try your beers
Then the server made some snide comment…after I said Thanks.. .about tripping when she picked up the «sampler holder» from the floor near our table (keep in mind it was against a wall/​bar and no one could walk through.
We will not be back to Comrade. Our experience at Copper Kettle (just down the road) was 100% better.
Good news — beer wasn’t bad at all.. .but seriously, you have to do more than that in Denver to compete.

A nice place to grab a beer… Read the reviews about the poor service, and I think some of the confusion might be because all of the service is at the bar only. With that said, poor service can be overcome by great beer, right? 1 TV in the joint probably doesn’t make for good sports watching, but with only 2 people working the place it appears as though the owners thoughts are that you should be here to drink (no food service, but you can bring your own!) in other words… This is not a ‘fern’ bar with all the amenities.
I had The Spector, a Belgian-​style wheat ale that was big, cloudy, and had a hint of citrus. It was really great.
Would I come back? Maybe if I was getting my oil changed across the parking lot. Definitely not if I wanted to watch a game.