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2012 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

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  Hogshead Brewery, serving English cask ales, will open in West Highland

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Denver's West Highland neighborhood is one of many hip parts of town that has been ripe for a brewery for years. Now that time has come. Hogshead Brewery, serving English-style beers, plans to open in... More >>

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  Beer calendar: One-barrel Wednesday at Strange and firkins at Great Divide and Dry Dock

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Great Divide Brewing puts on some great throw-downs, especially during the quarterly release parties it typically holds to fete its seasonal beers, three at a time. But the brewery will take a time-ou... More >>

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  Wynkoop Brewing expands for the first time in thirteen years

  published Jan 11, 2012

  The Wynkoop Brewing Company is in the midst of expanding its brewing capacity for the first time in thirteen years -- since the days when brewery co-founder Mayor-turned-Governor John Hickenlooper was... More >>

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  The ten biggest Colorado beer stories of 2011

  published Jan 10, 2012

  You could say that 2011 was the year that Denver's men and women matched its mountains when it came to beer culture. Seven new breweries opened in the metro area and stayed so busy that all seven have... More >>

• Project Runway's Fallene Wells looks to Kickstarter to sew up new fashion line

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Denver designer Fallene Wells will use the most modern of fundraising mechanisms to gather money for a clothing line that harks back to the past, specifically the 1920s. Wells, who starred on Season ... More >>

• Upslope Brewing will can its fifth beer, Foreign Style Stout

  published Jan 09, 2012

  Upslope Brewing will answer the prayers of some its loyal drinkers this week when it releases a limited quantity of its Foreign Style Stout in a can. The dark beer, at 6.9 percent ABV, had previously ... More >>

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  Caution Brewing Company will add a tap room this summer

  published Jan 09, 2012

  The owners of Denver's Caution: Brewing Company plan to add a tap room to their existing operation this summer by expanding into the space next door.Danny Wang and Betty Fey opened Caution in April as... More >>

• Alexandra McLean, Englewood drama teacher, mounts shmucky show for teen -- in her car

  published Jan 06, 2012

  When Alexandra Elizabeth McLean was hired last summer to take over as the new drama teacher at Englewood High School, she probably wanted to make her mark. After all, she was replacing a guy who had b... More >>

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  Serving contraband New Glarus beers was fun while it lasted for one LoHi bar

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Like Colorado, Wisconsin has a long beer tradition and a new breed of craft brewers. The most well-known is probably New Glarus, a brewery that has reached cult status nationwide because of unusual fr... More >>

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  Euclid Hall puts on a daily show during its Beer Month

  published Jan 05, 2012

  Like a fine-art collector, Euclid Hall's Ryan Conklin has been gathering up special, rare or unusual examples of his muse over the past nine months and secreting them away. But this month, Conklin, a ... More >>

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  Beer calendar: Firkins on First Friday and Peanut Butter Milk Stout at Renegade

  published Jan 04, 2012

  Have you run the gauntlet at Star Barr If not, you've got through February 6 to try and drink thirty Avery Brewing beers available at the hip Larimer Street beer bar. For starters, you'll need to drin... More >>