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

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 Monday, in advance of next weekend's annual Craft Brewers Conference, the Boulder-based Brewers Associati ... 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 >>

Get into the holiday spirit with Upslope, Left Hand and Twisted Pine

A pair of new winter seasonals are set to hit liquor store shelves this week. Upslope Brewing's Christmas Ale, a Spiced Belgian-Style Dubbel, is based on a homebrew recipe that brewery owner Matt Cutter used to make and bring to parties. Christmas Ale, which is ruby red in color, is the fourth inst ... More >>

Why do gabachos always talk about money?

Matt Rutherford's unlikely trip around the Americas reconnected him with Spoke In Wordz

Matt Rutherford spent more than three hundred days sailing around the world in small boat. Many thought this dubious expedition was impossible, but he not only completed it, he's now the subject of a new documentary, a film that his old friend and former classmate, Spoke In Wordz, has been tasked wi ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Oskar Blues turns fifteen; Denver Beer Co goes for eighty

When Denver Beer Co opened last August, owners Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford had an unusual business plan: They wouldn't brew the same beer twice. Since then, the two have mostly stuck to that -- with a few notable exceptions -- and on Tuesday, they brewed their hundredth batch of beer, a Cent ... More >>

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 at an ... More >>

Tahlia Perea busted for smuggling 104 pounds of marijuana in quinceanera plaques

Big photos below.​A quinceanara is an important rite of passage for fifteen-year-old young women. But for Tahlia Perea, a passage she allegedly attempted at age eighteen proved problematic. She was busted for trying to cross the Mexico-U.S. border with more than a hundred pounds of marijuana ... More >>

Oskar Blues reveals label for its 2012 Deviant Dale's tallboys

​On Wednesday, I laid down my picks for the best new Colorado beers of 2011 -- a group that had to meet certain qualifications to make the cut. Then, on Thursday, I posted pictures of seventeen new Colorado beer labels we'll be seeing in 2012. Oskar Blues wasn't on either list -- much to the d ... More >>

The Wynkoop made Collective Hoppiness with the help of 210 homebrewers (video)

Back in November, the Wynkoop Brewing Company hosted a membership rally for the Boulder-based National Homebrewers Association -- a rally that turned into a giant brewing session: each of the 210 AHA members in attendance pitched a cupful of hops into a boiling brew kettle, making a beer that will b ... More >>

Political protest has a lively history in Denver

Oskar Blues taps into viral honey badger video with new beer, but honey badger don't care

Oskar Blues is the second Colorado brewery to tap into a viral YouTube video, releasing Honey Badger Smoked Porter at its restaurants in Longmont and Lyons yesterday. The beer was inspired by "The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall)," a National Geographic video with a hilar ... More >>

William Hunt: Convicted murderer gets 136 years for trying to blow up ex-girlfriend's house

William Hunt.​Although William Ples Hunt was convicted of murder during the 1980s, he was later granted parole after blowing the whistle on a corrupt prison. So what did Hunt do with his second chance? He wasted it by trying to blow up his ex-girlfriend's house -- an act for which he's been s ... More >>

Columbus parade protest takes odd turn when motorcyclist goes down: Kenny Be's Big Picture

Click image to enlarge.​ The joy of living in a "melting pot" is to share in the wide variety of different cultural celebrations. The photograph above shows the curious call-and-response customs practiced by Native-American-Mexicans and Italian-Americans on their annual Columbus Day get-togeth ... More >>

Flying Dog Brewery taps back into Denver

Jim Caruso and George Stranahan.​ It took a few laps around the block and a sprint through the rain to find the Flying Dog Brewing Company's new Denver tap room, at 2330 Broadway, but it was worth the hunt. The tiny but brightly-painted space (it's on the east side of an apartment/office bui ... More >>

Twisted Pine seasonals keep things interesting

​"Gimme your best seasonal on tap," I request as I belly up to the handcrafted bar at Twisted Pine Ale House (3201 Walnut Street, Boulder). Bartender Jody Valenta slides a sample of her favorite seasonal, Hoppy Man, across the planks and I can see why she digs it. (Check back with Cafe Societ ... More >>

MLK Day menu at Denver Public Schools proof school lunches are offensive

Cultural imperialists!​No one doubts that lunch room food is offensive. And while I have nothing but respect for lunch ladies -- they prepare, cook and serve thousands of meals a day to kids who take tater tots for granted (damn cholesterol!) -- the fare itself is, well, just like when you we ... More >>

Meese back on the road with a modified lineup

​After six weeks off the road spent working on new music and revamping its live show, Meese is back on tour. The outfit is kicking off its upcoming series of shows tonight with a gig at the Theater of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, followed by nearly two dozen dates across the country -- includi ... More >>

Miller on Miller

Does hoax attack on Columbus Day parade mean protesters don't want to freeze tomorrow?

Imagine this display, except covered with snow.​Richard SaBell, president of the Denver Columbus Day Parade committee, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He didn't send out an e-mail this week to the Mayor's Office and members of the media saying that the annual spectacle had been called ... More >>

Is the Broncos' coaching job the best in football?

On ESPN radio (1600 AM) this morning, host Colin Cowherd veered into an interesting discussion about the best coaching jobs in college and pro football. In judging great coaching gigs, he said he looks for a handful of traits: supportive but not unrealistic fans, supportive but not overbearing owner ... More >>

Are Columbus Day protesters burned out after the DNC?

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 8/14/2008

Delegating Denver #39 of 56: Ohio

March 4: "Critical Tuesday"

Transform Columbus Day Trial Begins

Recreate '68 Plans to Do Just That

Chicago in 1968 was a place of violence and chaos. Some activists would like to re-create those good old days.

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

The Mercury Motley Players cast a hot Colombian spell.

88 Arrested at Columbus Parade Protest

Shirt Happens, After Columbus Day

The Colorado History Museum has put these Homeland Security tees on ice until the Columbus Day contention cools down.

R. Craig Miller Leaves the DAM

After building the musuem’s Department of Architecture, Design and Graphics from scratch, Miller is off to do it again in Indianapolis.

Cholo Contendere

Fight one bean, you fight the whole burrito.

The Center Will Not Hold

Denver's on an artistic collision course this weekend.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 20, 2005

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 13, 2005

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 9, 2005

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 5, 2005

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 27, 2005

Wiccan Win!

Witches take the stage to help beat Bush

Wet Kisses

Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing.

Om, Om on the Range

In 1492, Columbus started a controversy that isn't through.

Pop Quiz

January 30, 2003

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 24, 2002

Drink of the Week

New World Sangria

Is That a Zamboni Way Down There?

A glimpse of the dysfunctional NBA clan from a lofty family-night perch.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 18, 2001

Mars or Bust

The sky's no limit for these Colorado scientists. They're heading straight for the Red Planet.

Thrills for the week

VITAL SIGNS

MOUTHING OFF