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

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 the third-largest craft brewer in the nation, while Longmont's Oskar Blues rose from 29th on the list ... More >>

Ten Colorado beers that are hitting stores now

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 arrive for just a few weeks or months each year. Still more are small-batch releases that come and go be ... More >>

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

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 available just a few weeks or month each year. Still more are small-batch releases that come and go ... More >>

Craft beer sampler packs are making a comeback in Colorado

Although there aren't many of them, craft beer variety packs -- which typically offer three or four different kinds of beers in a twelve-pack -- have been on liquor stores shelves for a while. But that trend looks like it's going to become more prevalent in Colorado this year as several well-known b ... More >>

Novo Coffee teams up with New Belgium for a Colorado nod to coffee cherries

New Belgium Brewing and Denver's Novo Coffee didn't know they were looking for each other, and they only met by chance last year. But the results of that happy accident will tickle the tastebuds of beer drinkers in two weeks when the brewery releases Cascara Quad, the latest in its Lips of Faith ser ... More >>

Beer calendar: Avery salutes the dictators; Denver Beer Co debuts its new barrel room

Kim Jordan, the CEO of New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, is no longer the majority owner of the company she co-founded in 1991. Instead, Jordan is just one of 456 owners as of December 28, when she sold her family's 59 percent stake to the now 100 percent employee-owned entity that runs the compa ... More >>

The ten best new Colorado beers of 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 were brewed and sold on draft in tap rooms, bars and breweries, this list -- like the one I did last ... More >>

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

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 also come with a big price. While a six-pack of craft beer usually runs from $8.99 to $10.99, there are ... More >>

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Updated: The Great American Beer Festival 2012 calendar of awesome events

Updated with new events: Tourists may go to Rome to see the Coliseum, but it's the side streets, the adventures and the hidden cafes that typically fill their cameras and their post-trip stories. The same is true of the week surrounding the Great American Beer Festival. The event is the centerpiece, ... More >>

Debate the debate -- and hops -- at Star Bar in this week's beer calendar

Denver is in a frenzy over both tonight's debate and next week's beer-soaked Great American Beer Festival . And sometimes the two obsessions even come together! To check out all the GABF-inspired events, go to our Great American Beer Festival 2012 Calendar of Awesome, which we're updating regularly ... More >>

Updated: The Great American Beer Festival 2012 calendar of awesome events

Updated with new events: Tourists may go to Rome to see the Coliseum, but it's the side streets, the adventures and the hidden cafes that typically fill their cameras and their post-trip stories. The same is true of the week surrounding the Great American Beer Festival. The event is the centerpiece, ... More >>

Part two with JP Krause, exec chef of Aloft

JP Krause Aloft Broomfield 8300 Arista Place, Broomfield 303-635-2000 www.aloftbroomfielddenver.com Part one of my interview with JP Krause, exec chef of Aloft Broomfield, ran yesterday. This is part two of our interview. Favorite restaurant in America: Denver's own Bennett's BBQ, but not becau ... More >>

Toast the USA Pro Challenge this Sunday with these culinary events

The seven-day, 683-mile USA Pro Challenge cycles into the home stretch this weekend: Stage 6 take place tomorrow with a route from Golden to Boulder, and the race concludes on Sunday here in Denver. Cheer the racers to the finish line as they pass by some of our favorite watering holes in town.

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, June 29-July 1, 2012

The great outdoors is hot, but so is the city, with an incredible array of things to do that won't set you back more than $10. From comedy shows to vegan dance parties to cute dogs jumping through hoops, you're sure to find something to do this weekend that won't burn through your bank account. Fo ... More >>

Tonight: Garden Grapes & Hops at the Botanic Gardens

Garden Grapes & Hops takes place tonight at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event features food from over twenty restaurants and drinks samples from local breweries and wineries. Participating restaurants include Wazee Supper Club, Rialto Cafe, the Cherry Cri ... More >>

New Belgium and Odell say they weren't trying to keep Breckenridge Brewery from growing

Two of Colorado's biggest craft brewers registered some displeasure late last month over the efforts of one of their colleagues, Breckenridge Brewery, to get a bill passed that would have allowed it to significantly expand its business model in the state. The rift shows how competitive the craft be ... More >>

New Belgium will build a second brewery in Asheville, North Carolina by 2015

New Belgium Brewing will build a second major brewing facility in Asheville, North Carolina, giving the Eastern Seaboard its own claim to the nation's second largest craft brewer and the company that made its name on a bike-friendly beer.

Seven brand new Colorado beers to try this spring

Standing in front of the beer cooler in Colorado, the Napa Valley of Beer, can be a little overwhelming. Okay, it can be a lot overwhelming. There are dozens of styles -- from IPAs, stouts and sours to Belgian saisons bocks and barrel-aged brews -- from a confounding number of breweries. And then t ... More >>

Eight different brewery collaborations will honor Boulder beer lover Danny Williams

On Tuesday, beer-makers from five Colorado breweries gathered at Funkwerks in Fort Collins to whip up a special beer to commemorate the late Danny Williams and to raise money so that his family can keep his one-of-a-kind gold mine beer cellar. "We pow-wowed on the recipe, and it came together prett ... More >>

Beer calendar: Get hopped up at Denver Beer Co; get Deviant at Highland Tap

Tomme Arthur, the legendary owner of Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey, is in Fort Collins today to collaborate with New Belgium Brewing Company on an upcoming beer that will be part of its Lips of Faith series. Then, at some point soon, brewers from New Belgium will travel to California to brew a second ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Great American Beer Festival edition

Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. Well, not when there's this much beer around. Welcome to Great American Beer Festival week in Denver -- which is, for some, the most wonderful time of the year. And the presents have already started arriving. But whether you have tickets to the main ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Dry Dock sets sail for the Littlest Big Beer Fest at Hops & Pie

​What?!? But it's only August, right? Sure, it's August now, but school starts this week, and before you know it, it will be Labor Day weekend, and Sniagrab will kick off at Sports Authority. Then football will be here, along with a chill in the air as our tomato plants die. Halloween candy wi ... More >>

Rick Griffith and MATTER create Market Street mural for New Belgium Brewing (VIDEO)

​Last January, we profiled local type-and-design maestro Rick Griffith and his MATTER studio. Much of the story focused on small details -- the tiny serifs on a font, miniscule measurements between blocks of text on ancient letterpress printers. But Griffith and his crew also work big, as in a ... More >>

Medical marijuana users less likely to use alcohol, cocaine, prescription drugs

​These Denver blog posts are hotter than July -- or at least close. Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard on a study that says (shocker) most MMJ patients are male -- but ones less likely to booze, do blow or gobble prescription drugs than the population as a whole. Colorado Egotist on MATTE ... More >>

The New Beligium Urban Assault ride got silly (PHOTOS)

Assaulting the senses.​New Belgium is well-known as maybe the world's foremost purveyor of goofy bike-related events that is also a beer brewer, and the Urban Assault Ride is at least a contender for the crown jewel of that lineup. This weekend, hundreds of people who enjoy both bikes and beer ... More >>

Ernie's Bar & Pizza will raffle off a New Belgium cruiser tonight

New Belgium BreweryWin a cruiser tonight at Ernie's Bar & Pizza.​New Belgium is a bike-focused brewery, which organizes two-wheeled tours, encourages people to turn in their cars for cycles, and even has custom bikes made. But unless you work at New Belgium, where those cruisers are stored and ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating?

Lori Midson​There are numerous kitchens across the city that have made us weep tears of joy with their brilliant twists and takes on Brussels sprouts, but the Brussels and bacon combination, which is what we got at the restaurant where the above snap was flashed, has long worn out its welcome ... More >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: homebrew, Ghost Face Killah and Lips of Faith

Flickr​New Belgium releases two new Lips of Faith beers this week, Abbey Grand Cru and Super Cru, which celebrates the Fort Collins brewery's twentieth anniversary. Super Cru is a double version of Fat Tire, meaning it has twice the malt and twice the hops; it has also been enhanced with Asian ... More >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: Oysters, beer cocktails and a Lips of Faith extravaganza

​Barley, water, hops and yeast. They are the four basics of beer -- unless, of course, you're gluten-intolerant. Then barley is off the table. Which makes it hard to drink beer. In the past few years, however, a couple of companies across the country have begun making gluten-free beer, inclu ... More >>

T.G.I. Friday's gets crafty with a New Belgium Brewing tasting party

​We knew rap had gone mainstream when Will Smith's The Fresh Prince of Bel Air began airing in 1990, and we know craft beer has done the same now that T.G.I. Friday's is pairing its new menu items with selected beers from New Belgium Brewing. On December 21, the casual dining chain will host ... More >>

Double Rainbow and four other intense Colorado beers to try soon

​I love holiday beers. But that's not all that Colorado's breweries are putting out right now. Here are five beers that have just been released -- or are about to be -- that were brewed simply because, well, because Colorado is awesome. Double Rainbow Trinity Brewing, Colorado Springs Black ... More >>

The Peter Franus wine dinner at Elway's Downtown catered equally to vegetarian and omnivore palates

​Winemaker Peter Franus holds a journalism degree from the University of California at Berkeley -- and his collegiate proximity to Napa Valley ended up being pivotal to his career choice, which is winemaking. His first wine, a zinfandel, was produced in 1987, and Franus has been creating delic ... More >>

Très Bien

Ten ways to toast American Craft Beer Week

​It's American Craft Beer Week - seven days that Congress designated for an official celebration of microbrews, and only microbrews - and in Colorado, which has more than 115 breweries, this week is almost a state holiday. Here are ten ways to toast the occasion:

Make an early toast to a sudsy Saturday at Govnr's Park

​More than 20 breweries will be on tap this Saturday at Govnr's Park, 672 Logan Street, for a brew fest fundraiser to benefit the International Rett Syndrome Foundation. A mere $15 grants you entry into the event, which begins at 5 p.m. and includes a souvenir glass and all the suds you can gu ... More >>

Localized: Mike Marchant prefers SoBro to LoDo and New Belgium to Coors

Doug Beam​Just months after launching his bi-monthly songwriter's workshop at the Meadowlark, Mike Marchant is already pleased as punch with the response the night has gotten. "It's going really well, and it's a lot of fun," he notes of the gathering, which takes place on the first and third ... More >>

Today: Snap up some tickets to the inaugural Sour Fest! Now!

​The inaugural Boulder Sour Fest has been sold out for a while now, but give thanks to the gods of pucker-inducing beer: Additional tickets are going on sale today at 8 a.m. at www.ticketalternative.com/events/9351.aspx. (The address won't work until 8 a.m.) Tickets are extremely limited, so ... More >>

New Belgium pours money into saving the Poudre

​The Cache la Poudre River runs through downtown Fort Collins and right past the parking lot of the New Belgium Brewing Company -- and the company plans to keep it that way. Last month, New Belgium gave a $40,000 grant to the Waterkeeper Alliance -- a worldwide network of 192 organizations, f ... More >>

The Sweetest Thing

Beer and Cheer: Frambozen from New Belgium

​Frambozen is a classic Colorado holiday beer, one that has a fan club across the country and everyone who lives here should try at least once. A brown ale that pours a deep red/brown color, Frambozen is deliciously flavored with juicy raspberries that make it seem like it should be poured in ... More >>

The holidays are here for the Colorado Brewers Guild

​Having trouble finding your favorite seasonal brew? The Colorado Brewers Guild is working on that. And on Tuesday evening, the Guild -- a trade group representing the majority of the 110-plus craft beer-makers in the state -- hosted liquor store and restaurant reps at its second annual holid ... More >>

Parties, dinners and desserts tonight

​ Feel like a road trip tonight? Head to A Grande Finale Patisserie, 489 North Highway 287, Suite 100, in Lafayette, at 6:30 p.m. for a Dessert & Beer Pairing. Pastry chef Nicole Hedlund and New Belgium Brewery's Matt Furlong will satisfy your sweet tooth and your inner barfly simultaneously f ... More >>

Beer dinner at Old Blinking Light

Tonight in Highlands Ranch, the Old Blinking Light, 9344 Dorchester Street, is hosting a four-course New Belgium beer dinner for $35 per person, which includes all the suds you can imbibe. The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and reservations are suggested; call 303-346-9797.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, March 4 edition

Photo by Mark Manger.Rollin'. Feeling flaky? Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Star Kitchen. • A taste of Sudan at Restaurant 4580. • Anthony Bourdain at an altweekly? • Go help the Whole Planet. • Our Weekly Bread: Summerhill Market. • New Belgium's Sunshine Wheat gets canned. Today ... More >>

Well Red

A soapbox race beyond compare finally hits the city.

Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 2

Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 1

If you're a music fan, you'll be at Monolith this weekend — and this is what should be on your must-see list

This Weekend: Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks, Saturday, September 15