People with dreams of popping a full-strength beer or quaffing wine in Denver’s public parks saw that possibility take a step closer to reality Tuesday, with several city council members giving proposed changes to city rules a thumbs up during a committee hearing. “I appreciate you guys modernizing this,” council president Albus Brooks told top staff of the city’s parks and recreation department at a gathering of the Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. The rules, which would allow people to bring full-strength beer and wine into parks but no hard alcohol, won’t actually get a final hearing until July, when the department’s executive director Happy Haynes is expected to issue a final decision. The rules would go into effect on Jan.