BREWABILITY LAB -- A FEATURED DENVER BREWERY
As lovers of craft beer and privately owned breweries, Colorado is a great place to live. With over 400 breweries located in our beautiful state and over 140 of them in the Denver area, we could easily go to a different brewery every weekend. How great is this! We very much enjoy tasting new beers, experiencing the atmosphere of different locations and meeting new people along the way. We typically like to share our vacations that include some interesting and enjoyable breweries, as well as brewery hops, as we think this is a fun way to spend an afternoon.
We recently visited a brewery that we have wanted to check out for a while now - Brewability Lab and just had to write about it. Hopefully, we encourage others to check it out as well. Brewability is located at 3445 S Broadway, Englewood, Colorado, which is just a bit south of downtown Denver on Broadway. This bright, open concept brewery and pizzeria intentionally employs and welcomes people of all abilities. Inside, there is plenty of seating at the bar, in the 'game room' or at a table. Additionally, there are picnic tables on the patio area outside which is a wonderful place to enjoy a beer in the amazing Colorado weather.
Owner, Tiffany Fixter opened Brewability in 2016 with a vision to employ adults of all abilities while brewing craft beers in a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. They moved to their current location in 2019 and added the pizzeria.
After working as a special education teacher for several years and then in a day program for adults with disabilities, Tiffany was frustrated and disappointed with the lack of opportunities and meaningless tasks that adults with disabilities were engaged in. She believed that the adults she worked with could do so much more - and she was right! Tiffany hired brew master Tanner Schneller to support her in her endeavor and together they have created a pretty cool community gathering place.
We truly enjoyed visiting with Tiffany and Tanner as they shared their stories with us, showed us around the brewery, tap room and restaurant and introduced us to their staff. The pride and enjoyment they manifest is contagious.
Employees
In addition to being a craft brewery and pizzeria, Brewability Lab is a social enterprise. They hire and train adults with developmental and physical disabilities ranging from autism to blindness to Cerebral palsy.
Staff is supported to be successful in so many ways! There is a color coded ordering system which matches the colors on the tap handles. Additionally, the tap handles have brail on them. The kitchen has visual checklists to support cleanliness and cooking steps.
We enjoyed talking with the beer tenders about their jobs, their beer and even met one of the seeing eye dogs! You can't really complain about a good beer, in a comfortable location and service with a smile!
Serving:
On tap:
5 beers - these are obviously rotating selections, but when we visited, options included a Kolsch, a Milk Stout, a Hefeweizen, an Amber and a West Coast IPA
Seltzer
From the kitchen:
Appetizers: garlic cheese sticks, bread sticks, spinach & artichoke dip, buffalo chicken dip, pretzels & cheese dip, jalapeno poppers, and buffalo chicken poppers
Salads
Pizza: Cheese, Vegetarian, Pepperoni, Sausage, Supreme. Green Chili Chicken, Sweet Heat BBQ Chicken, Buffalo Chicken, Chicken Alfredo, Hawaiian Chicken, Jalapeno Popper, Meat Lovers, Big Mac Cheeseburger and Spinach Artichoke
Macaroni and cheese skillets: Beer Cheese Mac & Cheese, Bacon Chicken Jalapeno Alfredo Mac & Cheese, Bacon Chicken Jalapeno Alfredo Mac & Cheese, Spinach Artichoke Mac & Cheese
Dessert: Cinnamon Dessert Sticks and Sweet Action Ice Cream
Atmosphere:
This tap room is bright, open concept and a comfortable place for people of all abilities to relax and socialize. A dog and child/family friendly environment.
Inclusivity is clearly a priority with:
a dance floor with vibrations that move to the music so that dancers of all abilities can literally feel the beat;
activities and resources for those with sensory needs - noise canceling headphones, a large lite-brite attached to the wall and a bubble wall;
a large table to support people with hearing needs to be able to see everyone from the center of the table;
braille menus;
weighted silverware;
and color coded ordering.
Events:
Check out their website for all of the super fun events that they host:
Live music
Girls night out
Fundraising events
Tarot Thursdays
and more....
Review:
We very much enjoyed having a beer, listening to live music and visiting with the staff at this wonderfully friendly brewery. We tried the Kolsch, Seltzer, Amber and West Coast IPA -- and enjoyed all of them.
We will definitely come here many more times.
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