Bent Barley Brewing Company

Bent Barley Brewing Company is a veteran-owned craft brewery and taproom at Southlands Mall in southeast Aurora, started by two homebrewing friends. The Southlands location opened in November 2018 and brews on site, with a lineup that includes a West Coast IPA, Honey Kolsch, Amber, Stout, Session IPA and NEIPA, plus rotating fruited blondes, specialty IPAs, wheat ales and rye ales. Non-alcoholic beer, local sodas and packaged snacks are also available.

The taproom is a brewery tasting room rather than a restaurant, so guests are welcome to bring in outside food, and neighbors such as Monsoon Indian and Waldo's chicken deliver to the table. Well-behaved leashed dogs are welcome inside and on the patio, children are welcome, and trivia nights are held on select Mondays. A second taproom operates in Centennial.