TRVE Brewing Company sits on the edges of downtown Denver in the historic Baker Neighborhood. The brewery sits amid a string of vintage clothing boutiques, dispensaries, restaurants, and bars on the city's bustling Broadway Avenue. Over the years, the metal brewery has built a reputation as a haven for local metalheads and a mecca for traveling bands and fans.
The brewery specializes in breaking the craft beer mold—spontaneously fermented ales, mixed culture sours—and the only thing bolder than their beer is the music they pair it with. Any given night, you could have a beer while Blood Incantation or Immortal blasts over the speakers. The music and beers stay in a constant rotation. The staff itself also have roots in metal, many of them currently playing or have played in bands over the years.
Outside of their physical location, TRVE makes appearances at the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest as well as touring to a number of beer festivals and events across the country. Their national reach continues to expand and their beers becoming more popular. With the permission from TRVE's founder, here are the staff's picks for their favorite albums of 2018.
Patrick (Taproom Manager)
Cult Leader A Patient Man
Tragedy Fury
Our Place of Worship is Silence With Inexorable Suffering
Dodsrit Spirit Crusher
Outer Heaven Realms of Eternal Decay
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Years
Brandon (Brewer)
Emma Ruth Rundle On Dark Horses
Khemmis Desolation
Skeletonwitch Devouring Radiant Light
Tomb Mold Manor of Infinite Forms
Wayfarer World’s Blood
Wolf King Loyal to the Soil
Shane (Bartender)
Agrimonia Awaken
Ails The Unraveling
Carpenter Brut Leather Teeth
Mournful Congregation The Incubus of Karma
Primordial Exile Amongst The Ruins
Snakes No More Songs About Wildflowers
Nathan (Brewer)
Candy Good To Feel
City Hunter Deep Blood
Mammoth Grinder Cosmic Crypt
Thou Inconsolable
Vein Errorzone
Wayfarer World's Blood
Adam (Sales Manager)
Un Sentiment
Agrimonia Awaken
Wayfarer World’s Blood
Wolf King Loyal to the Soil
Failure In the Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing from Your Mind
Khemmis Desolation
Zach (Head Brewer)
Fotocrime Principle of Pain
Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams
Iceage Beyondless
Mare Ebony Tower
Un Sentiment
Colter Wall Songs of the Plains
Blaine (Driver/Warehouse)
Daughters You Won't Get What You Want
Beach House 7
Sumac Love in Shadow
Colter Wall Songs of the Plains
Idles Joy as an Act of Resistance
Preoccupations New Material
Kat (Tour Manager)
Deafheaven Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Wasteland
Carpenter Brut Leather Teeth
Fotocrime Principle of Pain
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus Boygenius
Neko Case Hell-On
Tim (Bartender/Merch)
Craft White Noise and Black Metal
Mournful Congregation The Incubus Of Karma
Of Feather And Bone Bestial Hymns of Perversion
Thou Magus
Tomb Mold Manor of Infinite Forms
Ritual Necromancy Disinterred Horror
Erika (Bartender)
Mortuous Through Wilderness
Runemagick Evoked From Abysmal Sleep
Hyperdontia Nexus of Teeth
Mournful Congregation The Incubus of Karma
Painted Doll Painted Doll
Ritual Necromancy Disinterred Horror
Kacey (Bartender)
Electric Citizen Helltown
High On Fire Electric Messiah
Windhand Eternal Return
YOB Our Raw Heart
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats Wasteland
Sleep The Sciences
Nick (Founder)
Cult Leader A Patient Man
Emma Ruth Rundle On Dark Horses
Kali Malone Cast of Mind
Un Sentiment
Wayfarer World’s Blood
Yob Our Raw Heart
