Email Author Jonathan Shikes

2011 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

• Tim Tebow glossary gives Denver Broncos fans some words to live by

  published Dec 16, 2011

  Is Tebowing really a wordr That depends on whom you believe and whether or not you're a Broncos fan. All we know for sure is that the man has inspired a wealth of pop culture, celebrity tie-ins, songs... More >>

• Great Divide adds a pilot brewing system for small-batch, experimental beers

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Great Divide Brewing will add a new dimension to its ever-expanding beer empire next month when it sets up a seven-barrel pilot brewing system that will allow its brewers to experiment with one-off be... More >>

• Colorado beer calendar: Chocolate-y Yeti treats at Star Bar; rich Avery brews at Hops & Pie

  published Dec 14, 2011

  The Big Red F restaurant group has made a name for itself in the local craft-beer scene over the past two years: Boulder's West End Tavern is a great place to find rare and delicious craft brews, whi... More >>

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  Odell head brewer Joe Mohrfeld is leaving Colorado for Texas

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Joe Mohrfeld, who's been wrangling hops, malt and yeast for Odell Brewing in Fort Collins for the past three years, is headed to a new gig with Pinthouse Pizza, a brewery in formation in Austin, Texas... More >>

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  Has Denver finally surpassed Boulder as a beer cityr Is Portland nextr

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Denver has always been a center of the beer-making world. From our rip-roaring past to the Great American Beer Festival to the beer-fueled redevelopment of LoDo. But until recently, you could have arg... More >>

• The Wynkoop made Collective Hoppiness with the help of 210 homebrewers (video)

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Back in November, the Wynkoop Brewing Company hosted a membership rally for the Boulder-based National Homebrewers Association -- a rally that turned into a giant brewing session: each of the 210 AHA ... More >>

• TRVE Brewing will open next year in former Rule Gallery space on Broadway

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Nick Nunns isn't looking to take over the world. He just wants a cool, intimate spot for his brewery where people can hang out and drink good beer. "A dive mead hall," he calls it. This week, Nunns s... More >>

• Brooke Mueller, Shmuck: Will she out-Charlie Sheen her ex in Aspenr

  published Dec 09, 2011

  It can't have been easy to be married to Charlie Sheen: Tiger Blood just isn't the basis for a happy union. But that doesn't excuse Brooke Mueller for her #winning cocaine arrest last weekend near the... More >>

• Lone Tree Brewing opens today

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Lone Tree Brewing Company opens today at 4 p.m., bringing Denver's craft beer revolution to the southeastern suburbs. Two years in the making, the brewery is owned by business partners Jason Wiedmaier... More >>

• Avery adjusts its brewing schedule to deal with cramped quarters

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Avery Brewing, which jumped its first hurdle on Tuesday on its way to building a brand new, multi-million-dollar facility in Boulder, has adjusted its brewing schedule slightly to deal with cramped qu... More >>

• A Light in the Darks

  published December 1, 2011

  If you're wondering what to do with your charity dollars this season, the Wynkoop Brewing Company has just the package: For $25 ($30 at the door),... More >>

• Colorado beer calendar: Upslope, Avery and Bull & Bush makes spirits bright

  published Dec 07, 2011

  New Belgium Brewing, Colorado's largest craft-beer makers and the third largest in the country, revealed in May that it was searching for an East Coast location for a second facility. The company said... More >>

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  Celebrate Repeal Day by toasting beer with Batch 19 from Coors

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Prohibition was repealed on December 5, 1933, a day that will forever be celebrated by the drinking public -- and there are plenty of ways to raise a toast. You could enjoy a beer by any number of Col... More >>

• Pat Sullivan's fall from sheriff to shmuck makes for a disturbing story

  published Dec 02, 2011

  The sad, weird and increasingly shocking case involving former Arapahoe County Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan -- whose name adorns the jail there -- has dominated the headlines this week. And it's likely... More >>

• Bull & Bush elves bring new brewing tanks and put Christmas fun on tap

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Christmas came early for Bull & Bush Pub head brewer Gabe Molina, who is taking delivery this week on two truckloads of new brewing equipment. They pub is adding four fifteen-barrel tanks and four sev... More >>

• Breckenridge Brewing lands exclusive rights to use Stranahan's whiskey name on its beers

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Breckenridge Brewing has struck a deal with Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey that will allow it to become the sole brewer in the nation that can use the distillery's name on its barrel-aged beers. While o... More >>

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  Colorado beer calendar: Open beery holiday treats at local breweries

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Holiday beers are on tap all around town, and you'll find some good ones right at the source -- at the breweries that make them. Some of the wintery wonders you can try include Ugly Sweater at Wit's E... More >>

• How will Tim Tebow's Sports Illustrated cover curse the Broncosr Let us count the ways

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow graces the latest cover of Sports Illustrated, currently on the stands. And the picture is pretty awesome: It shows Tebow taking a snap during last week's Broncos-... More >>

• Zeds Dead, but the band's biggest fan, Asa Robinson, is a shmuck

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Asa Robinson really really, REALLY, REALLY wanted to go to the Zeds Dead concert in Aspen last Tuesday, so badly, in fact, that police say he called in a bomb threat to the concert venue after he coul... More >>

• Colorado beer calendar: Sausage at Denver Beer Co; Black Friday at Copper Kettle

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Avery Brewing has created an online petition at change.com, urging the brewery's fans to support an effort in Boulder to change the zoning code to allow breweries, wineries and distilleries located in... More >>

• Remember when the Broncos were goodr Davis, Atwater and Mecklenburg nominated for HOF

  published Nov 23, 2011

  Denver Broncos fans got a little jolt of reality this morning when they found out that three players from the Super Bowl years had been nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Running back Terrel... More >>

• Twisted Pine will debut a series of monthly one-off specialty beers in 2012

  published Nov 21, 2011

  Twisted Pine Brewing will debut a new series of one-off beers next year, releasing one per month. The Artisan Ale series will all be sold in limited quantities (about one hundred cases) in 750 ml bott... More >>

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  Dry Dock's award-winning brewer, Bill Eye, will make all German beers at Prost Brewing

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Bill Eye, the award-winning head brewer at Aurora's Dry Dock Brewing, has taken a job as brewmaster -- and one of the managing partners -- at Prost Brewing, an all German-style lager beer maker that p... More >>

• Emmanuel Theus-Roberts, attempted murderer and shmuck, pays another fare

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Trying to kill someone is no laughing matter, and attempted murder goes way beyond the term "shmuck." But 22-year-old Emmanuel Theus-Roberts, sentenced today to eighty years in jail for shooting a cab... More >>

• The Clyfford Still Museum opens today, painting the master into Denver's art scene

  published Nov 18, 2011

  Master abstract expressionist Clyfford Still had no connection to Colorado during his life, but in death, the museum that is dedicated to him will have a daily connection to Denver. The Clyfford Still... More >>