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  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Colorado beer calendar: Colorado Beer Week meets American Craft Beer Week

    In the annual overflow of beer weeks, Colorado Beer Week kicks off today, just two days before American Craft Beer Week begins its run. The former is a series of beery events hosted around town by a private events company. The second is a national orgy of beer activities created and promoted by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    Four delicious California wines to [re]acquaint yourself with

    There are two kinds of wine drinkers: Some seek out new wines like so many blind dates, eager to make the acquaintance of a lover more intriguing than the last; others are more like serial monogamists -- they form long-standing relationships with specific grapes, regions or winemakers to whom they r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Five incredible pink wines to kick off rosé drinking season

    A sun-soaked, 75-plus degree afternoon for the Rockies' home opener. Buds blooming on the trees outside our terrace. Flip-flop adorned feet everywhere we look. Seems it's been an age since Denver enjoyed a springtime as warm and inviting as this one -- and the early onset of balmier temps has brough ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    The Kitchen Denver will include a raw bar -- and a big bar

    In just a week and a half, the Denver outpost of The Kitchen will make its debut on 16th Street, extending the community-based restaurant empire Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson began in Boulder eight years ago to the Mile High City. And while Musk has promised that the Denver space won't stray far fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Colorado beer calendar: Beerdrinker of the Year, Wagon Ryed, and Oskar Blues

    A bevy of beer bloggers will appear on American Craft Beer Radio with Gary Valliere this Saturday when Colorado's newest craft beer radio show takes the air for its third show at noon on 102.3 FM, the local ESPN affiliate. The show will focus on the experiences of bloggers and journalists who have w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Indie Winemaker Dinner at the Kitchen

    Much like craft brewers, independent winemakers are at the cutting edge of all things related to their specific area of alcohol. And tonight, you can check out an array of grape innovations at The Kitchen, 1039 Pearl Street in Boulder, which will be hosting an Indie Winemaker Dinner. The meal which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Three CU grads launch Winestyr, a way to discover small wineries

    Bob Wilson graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in finance but wanted, he says, "to do something I was interested in -- something I thought would be fun." That's why he went into wine: "I ended up working with a distributor with a goal to work at a winery."

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Meet Lance Hanson of Peak Spirits

    ​The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state's most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany, on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. We've already profiled many of the bartenders who've submitted recipes fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Wing Hut in Aurora uses its new liquor license to quench your thirst with craft beer

    Wing Hut Facebook pagePut out that fire!​Wings and beer is one of the most perfect combinations in edible history. But what about wings and craft beer? Do big, bold flavors help or hurt Buffalo's spicy gift to the world? The Wing Hut in Aurora is going to try to answer that question - along w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Colorado beer calendar: Renegade Brewing opens; AC Golden goes wild

    Jonathan ShikesAC Golden.​New Belgium Brewing celebrates its twentieth anniversary -- and two decades of spreading the word about better beer -- next Tuesday. Founded in Fort Collins in 1991, the brewery has gone from the basement of a house to become the third largest craft brewer in the nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Reader: More beer news! More beer!

    ​It's American Craft Beer Week, a fact you cannot miss in bars across town -- or on this blog, where we've been shamelessly touting the introduction of Big Shikes, as well as hyping other beery events around town. But apparently there can never be enough beer for aerofan, who posted this on ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Big Shikes night at Old Chicago kicks off American Craft Beer Week in Denver

    Old Chicago bartender Matt (who I forgot to tip; sorry, Matt, I will get you next time I'm there) pours a Big Shikes pilsner.​The debut of Ska Brewing's Big Shikes Orange Blossom Imperial Pilsner packed the house at Old Chicago's Market Street location last night as beer bloggers, brewers and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Beer calendar: American Craft Beer Week edition

    Jonathan ShikesSka Brewing's malted goodness.​American Craft Beer Week is a beer drinker's paradise, a week that celebrates small (and a few not-so-small) independent brewers around the country. There are a huge number of events going on this year in the Denver/Boulder area -- not to mention ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Breckenridge Brewing spoofs megabrewers in new TV ads...again

    Breckenridge Brewing is hitting the airwaves with a TV campaign spoofing the big boys of the industry and the gimmicks that they use to sell beer. The four Truth in Beervertising ads feature Breckenridge head brewer Bob Harrington delivering one-liners in a deadpan voice that skewers the cold-indic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Are organic wines worth the hype? Here are four worth trying

    ​You're a wine lover. You love our planet. So how many bottles of organic wine did you drink on Earth Day? Oh, yeah, that's right -- zero. And if our guess is correct, it's not because you didn't want to; it's because you had no idea how to drink organic wine. Getting to the straight-up truth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Tommyknocker Brewing doubles its output, changes its look

    The old logo.​Many of the bigger craft breweries across the country overhaul their image every three or four years, adding beers to the lineup, changing their look or their labels. But time moves a little slower in Idaho Springs. "We are doing a whole image revamp," says Steve Indrehus, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    AM 760 gets ready to pour out Colorado Craft Beer Radio

    ​Craft beer is in the air in Denver, and on April 16, it will hit the airwaves as well. John Turk, who produces the David Sirota show on AM 760, and buddy Gary Valliere, who works at Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, plan to debut a new radio show that day called Colorado Craft Beer Radio. Airing e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Arvada Beer Company's Kelly Floyd plans to compete with the big boys of brewing

    ​Kelly Floyd has been dreaming for seven years about opening a brewery. Today, she will unveil her dream, the Arvada Beer Company, and show off the work that has been done inside the building in Olde Town Arvada where she will open in June. "I love the beer industry. It's a very tight-knit gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Beer calendar for the week ahead: Find firkins at Hops&Pie, City, O'City and Cheeky Monk

    Wynkoop BrewingWynkoop brewers know hops.​You won't find many of Colorado's brewers around Colorado this week as most of them have taken off for the annual Craft Brewers Conference, taking place in San Francisco. But that doesn't mean you can't toast them -- and the industry as a whole -- whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Brewers get the key to the Governor's Mansion at Pints & Bites

    Odell BrewingBeer gets a seat at the big kids' table.​When Coloradans elected former beer man John Hickenlooper to the state's top post last November, they had no idea they'd be letting the entire craft-brewing industry into the Governors' Mansion as well. But that's what happened last night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Ska Brewing makes light of beer -- but not light beer -- in new video

    ​Craft beer has been the star of a recent documentary, a television series and a couple of Youtube videos over the past year, now another feature-length documentary is scheduled to be released this summer. Most of these efforts have been serious, noble -- sometimes overly so. Leave it to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Think wine scores don't matter? Three ways to use them to help you drink better wine

    ​ Wow. Who knew that The Infinite Monkey Theorem (aka Denver's little winery that could) scoring Colorado's first 88-point Wine Spectator review would stir up so many passionate responses about the validity of wine reviews? Laura Shunk's scathing critique of most wine industry rags' random, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    The Infinite Monkey Theorem winery gets major love from Wine Spectator

    ​Valentine's Day came early for Ben Parsons, winemaker/owner of The Infinite Monkey Theorem winery. Not in the form of chocolate-covered corkscrews or any other such frippery; the gift he received was something every Colorado winemaker has been pining away for: a Wine Spectator score of 88 poi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Eight great Pinot Posse winemakers strut their juice at Table 6

    ​Imagine an evening wherein eight of the coolest, most talented and down-to-earth pinot noir producers present their hand-picked selections for you to taste -- and by taste, we mean consume liberal amounts of -- while you soak up stories about how the grapes looked at harvest and why the weath ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Tonight: Pinot Posse Tag Team Winemaker Dinner at Fruition and Table 6

    A Flickr photo.​Pinot, pinot, and more pinot: Eight cult pinot noir winemakers from California and Oregon (Owen Roe, Keefer Ranch, and Kosta Browne, to name a few) who make up the Pinot Posse will present their wines simultaneously tonight at Table 6, 609 Corona Street (303-831-8800, www.table ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    California's Mad River Brewing returns to Colorado

    ​California's Mad River Brewing is the latest out-of-state beer maker to try and crack the crowded Colorado market, where taps and liquor store shelf space are at a premium. But Mad River, located in the town of Blue Lake, may have an edge. It got a lot of buzz at the 2010 Great American Beer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    The ten biggest Colorado beer stories of the year

    Wynkoop BrewingThe Wynkoop got together with Breckenridge Brewing.​In April, the Wynkoop Brewing Company began delivering kegs and cans to some of its downtown clients via horse and buggy. The move was a cool addition to Denver's beer culture and a fun sight to see on Friday afternoons. But C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Old Chicago drinks from the mug of craft beer relevance

    ​Fifteen years ago, Old Chicago was the place to go in Denver if you wanted to try unusual beers. Known for its World Beer Tour, the restaurant -- a part of what is now the Colorado-based Rock Bottom empire -- offered unusual and international brews. And while the craft-beer scene hadn't real ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Next year's Great American Beer Festival will welcome U.S. territories

    ​The organizers of the Great American Beer Festival will make two changes for next year's big show, which will mark the thirtieth anniversary of world's largest commercial beer extravaganza. For starters, GABF -- which drew 49,000 attendees and 3,523 different beers -- will return to a later ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Pot versus beer: Are CO's two iconic industries destined to clash over weed legalization?

    ​Has the war between intoxicants formally begun? The California Beer and Beverage Distributors (CBBD), a trade association, recently made headlines for donating $10,000 to oppose Proposition 19, the California marijuana-legalization measure to be voted on in November.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Denver Beer Fest: Brews with the mayor and beer with funnel cake kick off the festivities

    ​Good morning! Have you had your first beer yet? Denver kicks off its second annual Denver Beer Fest today, a ten day fiesta celebrating all things hopped. While the heart of the party - the Great American Beer Festival - doesn't take place until next week, there are plenty of things for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Mason Tvert wants Betsy Markey to honor medical marijuana industry

    Mason Tvert's always got an angle.​Mason Tvert, executive director of SAFER (Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), has spent five years arguing that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol -- and even critics would have to agree that his creativity in promoting this idea is off the chart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Silverton Brewing is canning and plans to distribute statewide

    ​ Silverton Brewing Company, a small pub that had never shipped its beer beyond the Silverton city limits until this year, plans to start distributing statewide this summer thanks to a shake-up at another Southern Colorado brewery. Founded in 2004 by Joel and Katherine Harvie, Silverton Brewi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    What do beer and pot have common? Everything on 4/20

    ​What do beer and pot have in common? Not much. In fact, there are plenty of smokers who hate beer drinkers and plenty of imbibers who scorn pot heads. But on 4/20, maybe we can all just get a long. Craft breweries seem to think it can work, and a number of them are holding special events or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Avery Brewing will begin canning beers in May

    ​Avery Brewing Company in Boulder plans to start canning four of its craft beers this spring, becoming the latest Colorado brewer to try aluminum on for size. The company, which is still testing the new canning line, hopes to have its Ellie's Brown Ale, White Rascal, India Pale Ale and a four ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Jax puts its fin into the wine game

    Jax Fish House, which is part of the Big Red F Restaurant Group, has introduced its own wine -- with the help of vintner Sineann, a small winemaker in Yamhill County, Oregon, run by Peter Rosback. That's after Big Red F head honcho Dave Query traveled up and down the West Coast looking something goo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Biondi Santi tasting at Parisi tonight

    Parisi, at 4401 Tennyson Street, hosts a wine-tasting and seminar on the wines of Biondi Santi, led by winemaker Luca Belingardi, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 20. The price is $50 per person (and includes imported Tuscan salumi, cheeses and bread), and reservations are definitely required; call 303-561- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    A Crush on Cans: Ska Brewing

    It's American Craft Beer Week - seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado's beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Microbrewing history gets its own photo book

    Way back - way, way back -- before there was a microbrewery in every city, before the terms IPA and ESB entered the common lingo, before big, bold craft beers muscled their way onto liquor store shelves (before color photography, even), the pioneers of the microbrewery industry got their shaggy-look ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Beer and Cheer: Double Bastard

    Double Bastard Stone Brewing Company Escondido, California Double Bastard, made by one of my two favorite breweries in the country, packs a punch -- and feels no guilt about the violence. This beer, highly alcoholic (more than 10 percent), highly sought after, rich in flavor and texture, is one of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2008

    Zima goes ZZZZZZZ

    Double Bastard Stone Brewing Company Escondido, California Double Bastard, made by one of my two favorite breweries in the country, packs a punch -- and feels no guilt about the violence. This beer, highly alcoholic (more than 10 percent), highly sought after, rich in flavor and texture, is one of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    GABF events at Falling Rock Taphouse

    Double Bastard Stone Brewing Company Escondido, California Double Bastard, made by one of my two favorite breweries in the country, packs a punch -- and feels no guilt about the violence. This beer, highly alcoholic (more than 10 percent), highly sought after, rich in flavor and texture, is one of ... More >>

  • Food & Drink

    March 25, 2004

    Best Microbrew

    Trippel

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2004

    Talking Shop

    Valentine's Day turns guys into sweethearts

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Place to Buy Big Ice

    Reddy Ice

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    The Light Stuff

    Coors loves the young male demographic -- and twins!

  • News

    June 21, 1995

    STRANGE BREW

    COORS TAPS INTO LIBERAL "DOMESTIC PARTNER" BENEFITS, STUNNING ITS GAY CRITICS.

  • Dining

    February 1, 1995

    MOUTHING OFF

    COORS TAPS INTO LIBERAL "DOMESTIC PARTNER" BENEFITS, STUNNING ITS GAY CRITICS.

  • News

    June 15, 1994

    TROUBLE BREWING

    THE TUCKER FAMILY SAYS HAY GROWN BY ANHEUSER-BUSCH GAVE ITS DAIRY COWS A ROYAL HANGOVER.

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