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September 26, 2011
Beer, beer, beer -- and wine, tequila, sake and more -- on this week's culinary calendar
Our cups runneth over with beer events this week -- including the sold-out Great American Beer Festival this weekend. But there are also events for wine, tequila and sake enthusiasts taking place, on top of more beer events than you can shake a salted pretzel at. (And feel free to remind us i ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
The Great American Techno Festival aims to give beer geeks a place to dance
Our cups runneth over with beer events this week -- including the sold-out Great American Beer Festival this weekend. But there are also events for wine, tequila and sake enthusiasts taking place, on top of more beer events than you can shake a salted pretzel at. (And feel free to remind us i ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Colorado beer calendar: Great American Beer Festival edition
Falling Rock's Chris Black greets Maui Brewing owner Garrett Marrero on Tuesday.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. An ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Ignite Denver shook the rooftops last night and drained the kegs
There were dick jokes, poop jokes, discussions of anal sex, drinking games and fat guys. There was also fond (and not so fond) childhood memories, evangelical preaching and one thrown shoe hitting a guy in the head. A frat party? A Broadway street corner? No, it was Ignite Denver -- and one d ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Great Beer Ahead
There were dick jokes, poop jokes, discussions of anal sex, drinking games and fat guys. There was also fond (and not so fond) childhood memories, evangelical preaching and one thrown shoe hitting a guy in the head. A frat party? A Broadway street corner? No, it was Ignite Denver -- and one d ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Ask the bartender: What's up with Colorado winning so many contests?
Lori MidsonBryan Dayton, one of four national cocktail champs based in Colorado.I just returned from a week in Manhattan (New York, not Kansas), where I worked at the BAR 5-day program. The BAR 5-day is a masters'-level spirits and mixology course taught by six men -- F. Paul Pacult, Steve Ol ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Oskar Blues finally sips sweet success with three awards at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival
Colorado breweries won fewer awards at this year's Great American Beer Festival (39) than they did last year (41), but the bling was spread out more evenly between corporately owned companies, big-name independents and small or new breweries. But the biggest winner was Longmont-based Oskar B ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
The Boulder Wine Merchant will host a Burgundy festival later this month
Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman, who took over at the Boulder Wine Merchant just over a year ago, was recently consulting on a customer's cellar when a conundrum led to a new activity. "The client said, 'I want to reload with a bunch of Burgundy, but I don't get a chance to taste those thing ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Four crave-worthy harvest season wines
It's finally October, and our crisp, cooler weather serves as a harbinger of harvest season. This time of year also has our mouths watering for fall's more luxurious, soul-satisfying menus. And you know what that means, right? Richer food calls for wines that can step up to the challenge. I ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
I pity the fool! Oskar Blues issues hilarious correction to a GABF announcement
The announcements highlighting Colorado's big wins at the Great American Beer Festival have been coming fast and furious from local breweries since the three-day event ended on Saturday. But nothing was as entertaining as the correction/clarification issued by Oskar Blues concerning its three ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
Three Cool Things To Know Before You Try Infinite Monkey Theorem's Monkey Shine
Last Friday night, at a pop-up speakeasy on the rooftop of Ghost Plate & Tap, Denver wine lovers had their first opportunity to sample the latest cool kid offering from The Infinite Monkey Theorem: Monkey Shine, the winery's brand-spanking-new keg wine. IMT certainly isn't the first to join ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Attention, booze geeks: Combier Liqueur d'Orange launches in Colorado
More than 175 years ago, Jean-Baptiste Combier, a French confectioner, and his wife were making liqueurs to inject into chocolates when they began getting requests from local residents to sell the liqueurs straight. So they began bottling an orange liqueur that was, really, the world's first ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
The latest Colorado company to jump into winemaking? Colorado State University.
Flickr photoWay to support drinking, Colorado State University! Look for wines made by CSU starting next spring. Blended at Stoney Mesa Winery because CSU is still in the process of applying for the necessary licenses, the bottles with the CSU mascot -- called Ram's Point -- will sell for $10 ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Five soul-warming Colorado wines to savor during the snowstorm
Like it or not, for years people have habitually lumped wines from Colorado into its own special (read: inferior) category of domestic winemaking. Bottles from other, more mainstream wine-producing regions in the U.S., like California, Oregon, and Washington State, seem to score all the props ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Boulder Wine Merchant's Burgundy Festival was a smashing success
Yesterday morning, sixty people huddled over rows of glasses in the new addition at The Mediterranean in Boulder, feverishly writing notes while sniffing and sipping. While they worked, a panel of master sommeliers highlighted comparisons and characteristics of wines from Burgundy, walking th ... More >>
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November 1, 2011
Latvian sauerkraut and beer-braised pork are right at home with Fort Collins' bocks
Not surprisingly, the older I get, the more important family is to me. I'm well beyond my rebellious years, and the self-centered, booze-fueled, late-night haze of my twenties is fading fast. These days, my time is more meaningfully spent with loved ones, especially while cooking. Regrettably ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Four wines that taste like a million bucks but cost less than $15
How come no one ever seems to talk about how expensive it is to be a wine drinker? Think about it: Thanksgiving is a scant three weeks from now, and according to the near-endless refrain of shopping mall adverts, Christmas shows up in precisely 54 days. Heap on top of that myriad holiday coc ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Beaujolais and Beyond, CANniversary and more on this week's culinary calendar
Oskar Blues is celebrating its CANniversary, the coveted Beaujolais varietal gets released, and there's a lot more in food-and-beverages happening in this week's culinary calendar. Here's a taste of what's ahead:
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November 18, 2011
Dry Dock's award-winning brewer, Bill Eye, will make all German beers at Prost Brewing
FacebookProst's new system before disassembly in Germany.Bill Eye, the award-winning head brewer at Aurora's Dry Dock Brewing, has taken a job as brewmaster -- and one of the managing partners -- at Prost Brewing, an all German-style lager beer maker that plans to open in Denver next spring. ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Five wines that are guaranteed to make Thanksgiving feel like a party
Sometimes, just sometimes, big holiday celebrations can feel like a bit of a grind. Whoops, did we say that out loud? It's not that we don't love our families -- we do. But we suspect that you'd agree that occasionally these annual gatherings can feel like more of an obligation and less of a ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Four ways to give the gift of wine (and buy local) this holiday season
With all the talk lately about Occupy This and The X Percenters, if you're like us, you're wondering how to align your gift giving instincts with your urge to support businesses hustling to make ends meet just like you are. And since we can't imagine a better way to spread a little joy this ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Silver Vines Winery opens in Olde Town Arvada
Brothers Jeff and Danny Chayer are originally from Minnesota, but they've spent the past four years working in the Texas wine industry. "He was a winemaker," Danny says of Jeff. "I was a manager of one of the wineries." There, they learned the ropes of the craft, and, Danny says, developed ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Has Denver finally surpassed Boulder as a beer city? Is Portland next?
FacebookDusting a firkin at Hops & Pie.Denver has always been a center of the beer-making world. From our rip-roaring past to the Great American Beer Festival to the beer-fueled redevelopment of LoDo. But until recently, you could have argued that Boulder was a better craft beer town. Not an ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Reader: Is Denver a better beer city than Boulder? Forget the numbers -- what about the beer?
The Wynkoop was the first brewpub in Denver...but far from the last.Denver has always been a center of the beer-making world -- but until recently, you could have argued that Boulder was a better craft beer town. But after counting up the number of craft brewers coming to Denver, Jonathan Shi ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
The twelve wines of Christmas 2012: part one
Much like the little elves busy helping Santa at the North Pole, we've spent the better part of the year hard at work. tasting of hundreds of wines -- all so that we can serve up this listing of bottles worthy of only one thing: drinking your way through the most stressful wonderful time of t ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Charlie Papazian and Pete Meersman to be inducted into the Colorado Tourism Hall of Fame
Visit Denver just announced the people who will be inducted into the Tourism Hall of Fame at the thirteenth annual celebration set for March 14, 2012, and the list includes two key people from the Colorado drinking/dining scene: Great American Beer Festival president Charlie Papazian and Pete ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
The twelve wines of Christmas 2011: the rest of the best
With only a few days to go until Christmas, it's time to 'fess up: Have you been naughty or nice? For goodness' sake, here's hoping you've been on your very best behavior this year -- because then you're fully deserving of these six stupendous bottles. Read on for the continuation of last ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
New Year's Eve bubbly: Five of the best bottles of you've never heard of
Over the past four weeks, we've ponied up a list of wines guaranteed to make your Thanksgiving a party, the perfect set of locally sourced, wine-themed gift ideas, and our picks for the twelve most holiday-worthy bottles of 2011. And you know what? We are officially exhausted. And because you ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Beer cocktail enthusiasts launch Beermixology.com
We've seen a lot of beer cocktails make best-beverage lists over the past year, and they range in complexity from a glorified michelada -- a classic Mexican blend of lime juice and lager -- to the Naughty Girl Scout, a drink on the list at Euclid Hall that uses a variety of spirits plus Left ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
The ten biggest Colorado beer stories of 2011
Avery Brewing's second annual SourFest.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 already expanded -- or are considering it. But good ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
2914 Coffee will soon be pouring near 25th and Federal
2914 CoffeeFor five years, Anthony Davis has been a barista and manager at North Boulder's Amante, where he learned to pour shots and style out lattes with art. But this spring, the coffee enthusiast is striking out on his own closer to his Highland neighborhood home, opening 2914 Coffee at 2 ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Three reasons to embrace drinking white wines -- even during winter
Drinking white wines in winter is hot.Something's been bugging the hell out of us lately. We can't understand why, come the first frost, people suddenly become allergic to drinking white wines. While you might think it horribly uncool to wear white after Labor Day, there is absolutely zero re ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Elway's, Udi's and Cru proposals for DIA approved by council committee for vote
Denver International Airport has always been sadly lacking a real taste of Colorado cuisine (witness the cup of Nobel Sysco green chile I downed on Concourse A last Friday). And that makes the presentation before Denver City Council's Business, Workforce and Sustainability Committee yesterday ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Huckleberry Roasters adds more coffee to the Ballpark side of Larimer
Huckleberry RoastersKoan Goedman, one of the top-notch baristas at Crema Coffee House, has always wanted to own his own coffee shop. But after a trip to Coffee Fest in Seattle last year, he began pondering the idea of a roastery, too. "I started talking to the Diedrich's roasters, who were th ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Seven Cups teahouse will dry up on South Pearl
The South Pearl massacre continues! After three years on that street, Seven Cups is preparing to close its doors. The low-key tearoom's afternoon tea service and Mahjongg nights have already been canceled, but the store will remain open as it sells its remaining merchandise. This is the fo ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Beer calendar: Upslope Foreign Stout at Euclid Hall; Leopold Bros rye-aged porter at Yak & Yeti
Breckenridge Brewing has joined fellow Colorado breweries Odell, Great Divide and Oskar Blues in offering four-packs of some of its limited-release beers. The brewery will start with 471 IPA and 72 Imperial, a double chocolate cream stout made with chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Fact ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Eleven stellar pinot noirs (and eight rock-star winemakers) mark the Pinot Posse's return to Denver
Kendra AndersonPinot...yummy.Our wait was finally over. Last night, exactly 365 days after our first, utterly unforgettable evening with eight über-talented winemakers known as the Pinot Posse, we saddled up and ventured into the wilds of the Denver Tech Center for another wine-drenched homa ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Corvus Coffee will open a shop on South Broadway
Corvus CoffeeCoffee started as a hobby for Phil Goodlaxson, owner of Corvus Coffee. "I have a business degree, I did the corporate life for a bit, and when I'd had enough of that, I started looking for something that would be an artisan craft. I started getting more and more interested in cof ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
It's Canned Craft Beer Day! Celebrate with Star Bar or by toasting Ska Brewing
Update: The Cheeky Monk is also celebrating Canned Craft Beer Day at its Colfax and Westminster locations. Try two canned beers from Belgium, Wittekerke and Bavik Pils ($5), along with Maui Coconut Porter, Avery IPA and Ska True Blonde ($4). The canned craft beer revolution began ten years a ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Celestial Seasonings rolls out kombucha energy shots
Like bubble tea and flavor-it-yourself water, kombucha is yet another trendy liquid. It's a tea-based beverage that's fermented with yeast and bacteria, which is supposed to yield some kind of "healthful" results -- or so we've heard. Healthful or not, the stuff does give you a bit of a boost ... More >>
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January 25, 2012
Four surprising reasons Silver Oak wines deserve a spot on your table
Silver Oak -- worth the hype.Cult-favorite, pricey and snooty -- three adjectives you may have heard associated with Silver Oak Winery at some point in your life as an oenophile. The first two are true enough: A passionate set of followers obsess over the brand, hoarding prized vintages in ce ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Old Chicago scores two rare beers: Oskar Blues HGH and Deschutes Chainbreaker
Oskar Blues FacebookThe Oskar Blues team picks hops.Old Chicago, which has put a renewed emphasis on serving craft beers over the past two years, has once again scored a couple of exclusive brews.
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January 31, 2012
Two craft beer radio shows will go head to head in Denver
FacebookGary Valliere (left) and John Turk in the studio in 2011.The hosts of what had been Denver's only craft beer radio show have gone their separate ways, an amicable split that has nevertheless created a somewhat awkward situation: two craft beer radio shows, both airing at the same time ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Larimer Associates will open the Lowry Beer Garden in the new Hangar project
Lori MidsonJoe Vostrejs and his Larimer Associates partners traversed across the country to check out America's beer gardens before they came back to Denver to build their own -- and what they found, admits Vostrejs, was surprising.
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February 1, 2012
Five Italian wines your American palate will love
Just tell the truth, already: you are totally freaked out by Italian wine. By "freaked out", we mean shaking like a leaf. Shivering in your shorts. Just plain scurrred. Ask a wine retailer which category they find most challenging to sell to less experienced consumers, and you're likely to h ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Bols Genever re-launches in Colorado this week
The Kopstootje, the traditional way to drink Bols Genever in Holland.Gin may have come from genever, but you can't really put the two in the same box, according to Jacob Grier, Portland-based bartender and brand representative for Bols Genever. "Genever is really its own category," he explain ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Beer calendar: show your love for beer at these heart-y beer events
The resumes were long and detailed, the qualifications extreme, but the ten finalists in the Wynkoop Brewing Company's annual Beerdrinker of the Year contest have been whittled down to three -- and these guys know their beer. The man who eventually claims the title for 2012 will be determined ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Five stellar wines from Sutcliffe Vineyards
Sutcliffe Vineyards' stunningly delicious dry rosé.We recently saw something on a Denver restaurant wine list that made us do a double take: A total of eleven -- you read that right, eleven -- Colorado wines available by the glass. Crazy, right? It gets even crazier: Four of those local wine ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Two new wild ales from Avery Brewing bridge the gap between beer and wine
Beer is made from fermented barley. Wine is made from fermented grapes. So what do you call a beverage that uses both? The answer is Récolte Sauvage.
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