Denver’s oldest brewery reopens after 45 years
One of Denver’s oldest breweries was resurrected Saturday with an eye on serving as a catalyst for the future of the city’s craft beer industry.
Nearly 50 years after ceasing operations, the Tivoli Brewing Co. is up-and-running in the historic Tivoli building where the Rocky Mountain Brewing Co. and successor Tivoli Brewery churned out beer for more than a century.
The revamped Tivoli encompasses a 9,000-square-foot slice of the Auraria Higher Education Center student union and consists of a brewpub with more than 50 tap lines, a brewery capable of producing up to 15,000 barrels of beer a year and space for a future fermentation and quality assurance facility.
The restaurant and taproom opened to the public Saturday afternoon. Brewing is expected to begin Sept. 24 during the Great American Beer Festival, officials said.