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2013 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

• 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 >>

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  Former Dogfish Head brew master Bryan Selders joins Big Red F's The Post Brewing

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Reality TV fans know him as the quirky but loveable co-star of the Discovery Channel's short-loved series Brew Masters. Beer geeks know him as the guy who helped create and produce odd, boundary-busti... More >>

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  Ska Brewing's next two seasonal canned stouts will focus on mint, orange blossom honey

  published Mar 19, 2013

  Some people are going to hate Ska Brewing's Vernal Minthe Stout, a new canned beer made with spearmint, peppermint, vanilla beans and coco nibs. And some people are going to absolutely love the minty ... More >>

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  Crooked Stave extends tap room hours, releases newest beer, Origins

  published Mar 18, 2013

  The Crooked Stave Barrel Cellar, which opened six months ago in Denver after moving its operation from Fort Collins, has expanded its hours, while the brewery, the Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, ... More >>

• Blue Moon brews a special beer at the Sandlot to commemorate the Rockies 20th anniversary

  published Mar 15, 2013

  Located inside Coors Field since 1995, the Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot has always made beers with a baseball theme, whether it was Right Field Red, Pinch Hit Pilsner or Belly Slide Belgian... More >>

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  All-female brewer collaboration beer, dubbed Ellegance, will be tapped on Monday

  published Mar 15, 2013

  The Wynkoop Brewing Company will kick off Colorado Craft Beer Week on Monday by tapping the first all-female collaboration brew in state history, a Belgian-style brown ale called "Ellegance." The proj... More >>

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  TRVE Brewing adds capacity, upgrades, plans new beers

  published Mar 14, 2013

  Since it opened last June, TRVE Brewing has constantly struggled to make enough beer to quench the thirst of its Baker neighborhood regulars. This week, though, brewery owner Nick Nunns replaced his ... More >>

• Hops & Pie rolls out the barrels this weekend for a beer geek's dream

  published Mar 14, 2013

  Hops & Pie won't open its own brewery until the end of the year, but in the meantime, pizzeria co-owner Drew Watson is having a little fun barrel aging beer. Last September, he bought five first-use ... More >>

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  Former Future Brewing will get its start in Denver by innovating, collaborating

  published Mar 13, 2013

  Former Future Brewing is one of at least ten breweries that hope to open in Denver this year, and although owner James Howat hasn't settled on a location yet or even purchased a brewhouse, he's alread... More >>

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  Beer calendar: Belgian pales, barrel-aged beers and Colorado Craft Beer Week

  published Mar 13, 2013

  The Mountain Sun group of pubs in Boulder and Denver have always been quirky (they don't take credit cards, for instance), but the clear, oversized mason jars they use instead of growlers have long fr... More >>

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  300 Suns hopes Indigogo will help it become Longmont's fourth brewery

  published Mar 12, 2013

  So far, crowd-sourcing hasn't been the most successful way for would-be breweries to raise money in Colorado: There are already so many top-notch beer makers, and so many more in the works, that beer ... More >>

• Left Hand Brewing's Week Sauce was designed specifically for craft beer weeks

  published Mar 08, 2013

  Colorado Craft Beer Week, which was taken over this year by the nonprofit Colorado Brewers Guild, is just one of many similarly-themed festivals that go on in cities and states across the country. Som... More >>

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  Ska Brewing battles Maryland's DuClaw over trademark for Euphoria

  published Mar 07, 2013

  Ska Brewing has been making its Euphoria Pale Ale since 2005, but the latest trademark dispute involving a Colorado brewery isn't likely to make anyone euphoric. On Tuesday, the Durango brewery filed... More >>

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  Dubbels, double IPAs and downward dog highlight our beer calendar

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Can craft beer and yoga co-existr "You bet your flexible-ass they can," says Adrienne Rinaldi, who runs BrewAsanas, a one-hour yoga class that rotates between different breweries in the metro area and... More >>

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  Arvada Beer Company expands, will begin canning soon

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Arvada Beer Company will increase its brewing capacity by about 30 percent this month by adding two eight-barrel fermenters that will be used to help it get ready to sell more beer to other restaurant... More >>

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  The brewers at Prost and the Sandlot will team up on a new German-style lager

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Two breweries -- one locally owned and the other managed by a big corporation -- will test the definition of "craft beer" next week when they collaborate on a new brew. Tom Hail, who has worked at Bl... More >>

• A new and improved Colorado Craft Beer Week debuts in March

  published Mar 04, 2013

  The Colorado Brewers Guild, which represents the interests of more than 100 of the state's 160-plus breweries, has acquired the rights to Colorado Beer Week and will revitalize the celebration as Colo... More >>

• Oskar Blues tweaks the Gubna, prepares to roll out new seasonal beer in July

  published Mar 01, 2013

  Oskar Blues has made a few changes to one of its year-round offerings, Gubna, in anticipation of introducing a new seasonal beer in July. The Longmont-based brewery has tweaked the recipe for the mas... More >>

• Great Divide Brewing maxing out its space, working on three new beers

  published Mar 01, 2013

  Great Divide Brewing will install five more massive, 300-barrel fermenting tanks in about ten days, filling out the final spaces in its tank farm. The addition means the nineteen-year-old brewery will... More >>

• Odell's upcoming Loose Leaf session ale will fly under the radar at 4.5 percent ABV

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Odell Brewing's next big beer will be very, very small. Loose Leaf American Session Ale, an extra pale ale, will weigh in at only 4.5 percent alcohol by volume, making it one of the lowest-alcohol Col... More >>

• Beer calendar: Try spruce tips, sushi rice and malted milk in your beer this week

  published Feb 27, 2013

  As the birthplace of Colorado's craft beer revolution, Boulder has had a love affair with bubbly brews since the late 1970s that continues today: The city is home to the Brewers Association, a nationa... More >>

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  Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Comic Con will team up again on a superpowered beer

  published Feb 27, 2013

  Some people need a phone booth to become super heroes. Others need a mask and a utility belt or just a lot of stress and anger-management issues. But in Denver, it takes a little something different t... More >>

• Wit's End, Renegade breweries tap a whopper of a collaboration beer today

  published Feb 27, 2013

  Scott Witsoe and Brian O'Connell have brewed up a whopper of a beer -- and, yes, it's made with malted milk, in homage to the candy that inspired the name. Witsoe, who owns Wit's End Brewing, and O'C... More >>

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  It takes beer to make beer: an all-female collaboration brew is under way at the Wynkoop

  published Feb 26, 2013

  It's always loud inside the brewhouse at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, but it got a little louder on Tuesday when eight beer geeks from seven different breweries around Colorado convened to drink beer ... More >>

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  Pliny the Younger, rated the second best beer in the world, returns to Colorado this weekend

  published Feb 22, 2013

  Pliny the Younger, which Beer Advocate ranks as the second-best beer in the world, will return to a select few Colorado bars this month, where it will be quickly tapped amid much excitement and gone e... More >>