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2013 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

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  Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery will open this fall in the Ballpark neighborhood

  published Apr 12, 2013

  Downtown Denver will soak up another brewery this fall when Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery opens at 20th and Lawrence streets, next to the 20th Street Cafe and just blocks from Great Divide Brewing and... More >>

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  53 Peaks Brewing begins Kickstarter campaign, hopes to open in Conifer

  published Apr 11, 2013

  Here's a strange fact about Colorado's every-increasing number of breweries: head south out of Golden or west from Lakewood along Colorado Highway 285 and it will be a while -- about 115 miles -- befo... More >>

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  A second all-female collaboration brew is set for Kannah Creek in Grand Junction

  published Apr 10, 2013

  Colorado's first all-female collaboration brew went so well that an expanded group of women has decided to do a second one -- this time on the Western Slope. Nine women from nine different breweries ... More >>

• Colorado breweries stay steady on the list of the nation's biggest craft brewers

  published Apr 10, 2013

  Colorado craft breweries have remained steady on the Boulder-based Brewers Association's annual list of the top fifty craft-beer makers in the country. New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins is still th... More >>

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  A new patio, a new beer and a new brewery highlight this week's beer calendar

  published Apr 10, 2013

  River North Brewery, which has been working on getting approval for a patio for quite a while, finally got the go-ahead just before the Colorado Rockies home opener. And although it's a little chilly ... More >>

• South Denver Beer Fest in Littleton will feature breweries-in-planning alongside the pros

  published Apr 09, 2013

  Colorado breweries continue to open at a rapid pace in 2013 -- and they're typically swamped the minute they open by beer fans eager to sample their brews. But breweries-in-planning don't usually get ... More >>

• Stapleton Tap House will open in Northfield featuring beers from small Colorado breweries

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Stapleton doesn't have its own neighborhood brewery (yet), but the locals will get a way to try out beers being made by small breweries all over the state beginning this summer, when the Stapleton Tap... More >>

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  Photos: Blue Moon Brewing at the Sandlot gets a facelift as the baseball season opens

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Hoping to capitalize on both baseball season and the popularity of Denver's burgeoning taproom culture, MillerCoors and the Rockies have decided to give the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, w... More >>

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  Five baseball-themed beers to drink on Rockies opening day

  published Apr 05, 2013

  Ah, spring. The beginning of a new baseball season is always so full of hope, so full of life, so full of chances to turn over a new leaf. Perhaps you should start with your beerr If that's the case, ... More >>

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  Blue Moon's Sandlot brewery at Coors Field will open on non-game days starting in May

  published Apr 04, 2013

  For the first time in more than a decade, the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which has been open only to Colorado Rockies ticket-holders -- and then only on game days -- will be open to the... More >>

• Ka-pow! Subterfuge threatens Denver Comic Con's beer-naming contest, the earth itself

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Update: Denver Comic Con and Breckenridge Brewery have selected The Caped Brewsader, submitted by Nathan Bowker as the name for the new beer. And the world is safe again. There are evil villains on ... More >>

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  Beer calendar: high hopes and heavy hops appear for Rockies opening day

  published Apr 03, 2013

  The massive Craft Brewers Conference, an annual industry-only meeting, wrapped up in Washington, D.C. last week, but a beer-themed art exhibit and auction, Amber Waves, sponsored by the Dogfish Head a... More >>

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  Strange Brewing takes action against homebrew shop that threatened lawsuit

  published Apr 02, 2013

  After a long dispute with a similarly-named homebrew store in Massachusetts, Denver's Strange Brewing Company has gone on the offensive, asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the store... More >>

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  Two Rock Bottom brewers will open Lowdown Brewery and Pizzeria on Lincoln Street

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Two brewmasters with the Colorado-based Rock Bottom chain will strike out on their own this fall by opening a full-scale brewpub and pizzeria in a high-profile spot between Capitol Hill and the Gold... More >>

• The Craft Brewers Conference wraps up with an award for New Belgium

  published Mar 29, 2013

  It's been quiet out there in the craft beer world this week -- primarily because most of the movers and shakers from around the country are in Washington, D.C. for the annual Craft Brewers Conferenc... More >>

• Cheers to Beer

  published March 14, 2013

  Colorado Craft Beer Week enters its third year today, but the festival is now being run by the nonprofit Colorado Brewers Guild, which will... More >>

• Suds and Snow

  published March 21, 2013

  Craft beer and snowboarding seem like a perfect pairing, but the two industries hadn’t gotten together all that much before this winter.... More >>

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  Ten Colorado beers that are hitting stores now

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Colorado's craft brewers are constantly coming up with new beers, so many that it can be hard to keep up. Some are permanent additions to their lineups, while others are seasonal specialties that arri... More >>

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  A six-pack of Colorado beers you should buy right now -- before they are gone

  published Mar 26, 2013

  Colorado's craft brewers are constantly coming up with new beers, so many that it can be hard to keep up. Some are permanent additions to their lineups, while others are seasonal specialties that are ... More >>

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  Fate Brewing gets the brewery side going with the release of its first beer

  published Mar 25, 2013

  Fate Brewing opened in February without a brewhouse, but the Boulder joint, which includes a full-service restaurant and bar, remedied that situation a couple of weeks ago by installing its ten-barrel... More >>

• West End Tap House opens today on Tennyson Street

  published Mar 22, 2013

  The West End Tap House, at 3945 Tennyson Street, opened this afternoon and is hoping for a quiet weekend to sort out the kinks and the glitches before it gets rolling next week. The new pub features ... More >>

• Black Shirt Brewing taps its double IPA tonight, will start selling growlers next week

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Black Shirt Brewing will tap its imperial rye IPA, Red Evelyn, tonight and tomorrow at 5 p.m. as part of Colorado Craft Beer Week, but it plans to reserve the rest of that beer for a new, limited grow... More >>

• Celebrate the Rockies and Walt Weiss by drinking a Walt Weiss at Denver Beer Co

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Denver Beer Co co-owner Charlie Berger loves baseball and he's come up with the perfect beer -- and beer name -- to celebrate the Colorado Rockies. The brewery will tap Walt Weiss (pronounced with a ... More >>

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  World of Beer opens in Glendale's City Set with sixty brews on tap

  published Mar 22, 2013

  World of Beer, a Tampa, Florida-based chain of beer-centric tap houses, opened its 37th location this week in the new City Set development in Glendale, behind the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Co... More >>

• Crooked Stave, Wit's End, Our Mutual Friend tune in to Colorado Craft Beer Week

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Colorado Craft Beer Week, which runs through March 24, is in full swing (and you can find some highlights in our calendar on the next page), but there's plenty of other beer news pouring out. On Monda... More >>