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2012 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

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  FEATURED STORY

  The ten best new Colorado beers of 2012

  published Dec 28, 2012

  Colorado breweries made and packaged dozens and dozens of amazing new beers in 2012, expanding their range and proving which state is the center of the craft beer universe. And although hundreds more ... More >>

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  In honor of snow in the mountains: The ten best South Park ski instructor memes

  published Dec 28, 2012

  It's snowing in the mountains -- finally -- which means we might actually have a ski season after all. In honor of the fluffy stuff (not to mention early-morning I-70 traffic, overpriced tickets and s... More >>

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  Wynkoop Brewing will package its "ballsy" Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout in cans

  published Dec 27, 2012

  It took balls for the Wynkoop Brewing Company to turn an April Fool's Day joke about a brew made with bull testicles into reality in October, during the Great American Beer Festival. But the brewery ... More >>

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  Year in Review: The 2012 Hall of Shame

  published December 27, 2012

  Denise "Miki" Spies Miki Spies and her daughter, Sydney, sure love attention. The two got plenty of it in January when Sydney,... More >>

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  Year in Review: The strangest people and events of 2012

  published December 27, 2012

  The world didn't end on December 21, but it sure felt like it had at other times in 2012, especially as Colorado was subjected to shootings,... More >>

• Hugo's Colorado Beer & Spirits opens today in Capitol Hill, selling only craft beer and spirits

  published Dec 21, 2012

  Hugo's Colorado beer & Spirits opened today in Capitol Hill, just in time to catch the last part of the holiday liquor store rush -- something that should help owner Joe-Michael Wright catch up after ... More >>

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  It's been A Wonderful Life for the Wynkoop Brewing Company

  published Dec 21, 2012

  In the Christmastime classic, It's a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart, as George Bailey, gets a taste of what the world would be like if he had never been born. It's not a pretty picture, and it reminds ... More >>

• Mountain Sun's homebrew competition started with 29 bottles of beer on the wall

  published Dec 20, 2012

  Every February, the three Mountain Sun Pub breweries celebrate Stout Month, pouring dozens of stout varieties. In advance of Stout Month, the company sponsors a homebrew competition, and the winner ge... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Coors, Miller, Bud will keep sponsoring GABF, despite craft vs. crafty controversy

  published Dec 20, 2012

  When the Brewers Association blasted the nation's two largest beer makers last week for not labeling some of their smaller brands with the names "MillerCoors" or "Anheuser-Busch," the Boulder organiza... More >>

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  Freshcraft, Right Coast Pizza offer end-of-world fun in our beer calendar

  published Dec 19, 2012

  It was a big week for beery expansion announcements: Oskar Blues brewed its first batch of Dale's Pale Ale at its new brewery in Brevard, North Carolina, while New Belgium spent $10 million to add twe... More >>

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  Flags are at half-mast in Colorado today...as they have been so often this year

  published Dec 18, 2012

  Flags in Colorado will fly at half staff today, as they have been since December 14, to honor the children and adults who were killed in Newtown, Connecticut. They'll be raised again to their full hei... More >>

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  Is Colorado the center of the "crafty" beer universer

  published Dec 14, 2012

  Colorado -- home to the Great American Beer Festival, the Brewers Association and 161 breweries -- is the center of the universe when it comes to craft beer. But is it also the center of the "crafty"... More >>

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  Huge holiday seasonals, ugly sweaters and a Yeti sighting in this week's beer calendar

  published Dec 12, 2012

  Here are two beery deadlines to note: If you are entering a home-brewed stout into the Mountain Sun/Vine Street Pub Stout Month contest, the deadline is Saturday, December 16. The winner gets to brew... More >>

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  The newest batch of young guns in Colorado's brewing industry wear pink boots

  published Dec 12, 2012

  It's not easy to get a boot in the door of the craft-brewing industry. It's even more difficult for women since breweries, with a few notable exceptions, are boys' clubs. But despite the stereotypes, ... More >>

• Avery ups production and switches distributors in advance of new brewery

  published Dec 11, 2012

  Avery Brewing hopes to seal the deal this month on the 5.6-acre parcel in north Boulder where it plans to build a 30,000-square-foot brewery, restaurant and gift shop. Once it opens, in mid-2014, the ... More >>

• The closed Del Norte brewery posts goodbye note on Facebook

  published Dec 10, 2012

  Del Norte Brewing, which quietly closed up shop sometime in November after five years, posted a goodbye note over the weekend on its reactivated Facebook page, thanking fans for drinking its beers. Bu... More >>

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  Six big (big!) Colorado craft beers that come at a bargain price

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Big things come in small packages, and that goes double for craft brewers, who package many of their potent products in twelve- sixteen- or twenty-ounce cans and bottles. But those big things can als... More >>

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  Left Hand Brewing wages a trademark battle for the word "Nitro"

  published Dec 05, 2012

  On September 29, 2011, after the first night of the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Left Hand Brewing publicly revealed a bottled beer that its owners and brewers had spent two years an... More >>

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  Lone Tree Brewing turns one; firkins and Christmas beers abound in our weekly calendar

  published Dec 05, 2012

  In November, shortly after Colorado voters approved Amendment 64, thus creatiing the possibility of limited retail sales of marijuana in the state, we provided a list of Five Colorado pot-themed beers... More >>

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  Renegade Brewing will open Renegade Publik House, a pub and pizza joint, near DU

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Renegade Brewing, which opened in the Art District on Santa Fe just eighteen months ago, said today that it will open a pub serving pizza salads and lots and lots of craft beer near the University of ... More >>

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  Stranahan's will release its latest Snowflake series whiskey on Saturday

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey will release the latest batch of its highly-prized, limited-edition Snowflake series at 9 a.m. on Saturday. This one was cask- conditioned for months in two hand-picked Ma... More >>

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  Renegade Brewing will can two more of its beers

  published Dec 03, 2012

  Renegade Brewing, which scored a hit with its Ryeteous Rye IPA in sixteen-ounce cans, plans to package two more beers in January: the 11 percent ABV Elevation Triple IPA and the 5:00 Afternoon Ale, a ... More >>

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  Four big barrel-aged Colorado beers to look for in December

  published Nov 30, 2012

  Aging beers in whiskey or wine barrels has become one of the most popular ways for craft breweries to play with flavors and to entice the beer geeks who are always looking for new delicious treats. Wh... More >>

• The beer list at Wynkoop Brewing's Parade of Darks will light you up

  published Nov 29, 2012

  The lineup for the Wynkoop's annual Parade of Darks this Saturday reads like a Colorado beer geek's wet dream -- notwithstanding the stout made with bull testicles. In fact, the beer list is so electr... More >>

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  Brewery Rickoli opens today as Wheat Ridge's only beer maker

  published Nov 28, 2012

  Rick Abitbol, a longtime Denver-area brewer, will open his own place in Wheat Ridge today at 4 p.m., pouring a lineup of big beers with a low gluten content. Brewery Rickoli will be the suburb's firs... More >>