Oskar Blues Longmont

Longmont, COAs its located in a state overflowing with top-notch beer, Longmont often gets lost in the mix -- especially since the other towns are major tourist destinations like Fort Collins (New Belgium), Boulder (Avery), Denver (Great Divide), and even Golden (Coors).

But Longmont has a scene of its own, including two gems that have risen to national prominence: Left Hand Brewing and Oskar Blues. Located about 45 minutes North of Denver, Oskar Blues also dominates the food scene in town, offering a burger joint (CHUBurger), a Mexican spot where you can get your bike tuned up while you drink at the bar (CyclHOPS Bike CAN-tina), and a pub (Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids), all of which offer food sourced from their own farm. To top things off, if you're buying Oskar Blues' tallboys and Left Hand's nitro stouts for home, Longmont hosts the ultimate place to pair those beers: a world-class cheese shop with 350+ types of dairy gold from all over the world, a place hilariously named Cheesed To Meet You. We wish. It's Cheese Importers.
Essential beers: Left Hand's Milk Stout, Oskar Blues' Ten FIDY, Pumphouse Brewery's Flashpoint IPA, 300 Suns Brewing's Rabbit Mountain Red Ale
Essential event: Oktoberfest (Sept)
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