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Ratio Beerworks
Independent taproom at the far end of the Larimer walk, run by music people
An independent brewery at the RiNo end of Larimer, started by people out of the local music scene, with beer names to match and a taproom that books shows, comedy and trivia. The core beers are clean and sessionable rather than showy. Open at noon most days and 11am on weekends, running to midnight Thursday through Saturday. It sits far enough up the street from Coors Field that it stays comfortable on a game night.
Why go. A large independent taproom that still behaves like a neighborhood bar.
It is roughly a fifteen-minute walk up Larimer from the ballpark; make it the last stop, not the first.
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