Marty Jones

Denver may be the thirteenth-drunkest city, but we're tops in beer

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 >>

Drink "Tebow," a onetime only beer from Wynkoop Brewing that has righteous character

​The Wynkoop Brewing Company has had some fun over the past year naming some of the one-keg-only beers that it serves as part of its Firkin Friday program. Remember Weiner's Wood Oak-Aged IPA, which the brewery named for a certain former New York Congressman? Now you can try something with a ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

​Seventeen years! It's hard to believe we've been doing the Westword Music Showcase for that long. I can still remember being at the first one in LoDo nearly two decades ago. And when I think back, it seems like that cold, rainy Sunday night was just a few years ago.

The Wazee Supper Club celebrates twelve new taps with a party and meet-the-brewer nights

​Old dog. New tricks. The Wazee Supper Club, which has been dishing up Denver-style pizza pies for almost forty years, is adding to, and revamping, its beer lineup to focus more on craft beer. "We used to have twenty taps. Now there are 32, and some of those original twenty taps have been rep ... More >>

Beer Here

​Old dog. New tricks. The Wazee Supper Club, which has been dishing up Denver-style pizza pies for almost forty years, is adding to, and revamping, its beer lineup to focus more on craft beer. "We used to have twenty taps. Now there are 32, and some of those original twenty taps have been rep ... More >>

Wynkoop Brewing Company skips Restaurant Week, but has its hands (and glasses) full

​Although Denver Restaurant Week has signed up 295 participants, the Wynkoop group of restaurants -- which includes Cherry Cricket, Gaetano's and Wazee Supper Club -- are all sitting this round out. As Marty Jones, spokesman for the flagship Wynkoop Brewing Co., points out, the $52.80-for-two ... More >>

Mercury Cafe drops Wynkoop beers in favor of all-organic Asher Brewing

​Like every business owner, Marilyn Megenity has to make tough decisions. But one of her most recent ones was tougher than most. Earlier this month, she decided to switch all twelve taps at the Mercury Cafe from beer made by her neighbor, the Wynkoop Brewing Company, to beer made in Boulder b ... More >>

CBS Sunday Morning wakes up with the Wynkoop

​America will get a beery wake-up call on Sunday morning when CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood highlights the Wynkoop Brewing Company on its annual pre-Thanksgiving show, one that is typically dedicated to food and drinks. The crew from the show was in Denver at the Wynkoop all day Tues ... More >>

Root Root Root for the Home-Brewed Team

​America will get a beery wake-up call on Sunday morning when CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood highlights the Wynkoop Brewing Company on its annual pre-Thanksgiving show, one that is typically dedicated to food and drinks. The crew from the show was in Denver at the Wynkoop all day Tues ... More >>

Today: Seattle Fish Company celebrates sustainability

A Flickr photo.​Not every fishmonger is as environmentally conscious as Seattle Fish Company, 6211 East 42nd Avenue. The company is committed to providing the freshest fish possible -- but also aware that both overfishing and the presence of certain chemicals in our water sources present real ... More >>

The Wynkoop digs into Harvest Week with local beers

Andy Brown​EatDenver's Harvest Week, taking place now through Friday, celebrates Colorado's local bounty, and it doesn't get any more local than Andy Brown's back yard. Brown, the head brewer for the Wynkoop Brewing Company, has whipped up a couple of kegs of the pub's Wixa Weiss aged with cru ... More >>

Highland Tap and Burger swallows up Aztec Sol

The former home of Aztec Sol, soon to be part of Highland Tap and Burger.​Highland Tap and Burger didn't just take over the space that once held Panaderia Guadalajara. It's also swallowed up the spot next door at 2223 West 32nd Avenue that had been occupied by Aztec Sol. The tequila bar had ... More >>

Presenting the 2010 Westword Music Showcase Schedule and Map

IMPORTANT SCHEDULING UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control (and, more to the point, frontman Chris Fogal's) TAUNTAUN will not be performing in the 6:15 - 7 p.m. slot at Broadway's tomorrow. While Fogal is resting his aching back ("I would tough it out," he assures us, "but the problem is t ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase local lineup revealed

Gabriel Rovick And Ryan James (Focus 4 Design)​ The complete lineup for Showcase has been finalized, and all that's left to do now is countdown the days until the sixteenth annual Westword Music Showcase takes place on Saturday, June 19. Nearly a hundred local acts (well over a hundred if y ... 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 >>

Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists

​Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's Local Shakedown*, KTCL's Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain's Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and ... More >>

Oskar Blues Liquids & Solids has yet to solidify

Jason Rogers has a "Midnight Toker."​Oskar Blues's benefit golf tourney today at Twin Peaks is a big hit, with all 144 slots sold out. But when the golf is over, the participants won't be able to retire to the new Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids in Longmont, as originally planned. That's ... More >>

Crack a Big Green Egg at Ace Hardware Alameda Station

Spring is in full swing and summer's almost here, which means that eggs are hatching all over Denver - Big Green Eggs. And Ace Hardware Alameda Station will play the part of a giant nest on Saturday, June 6, by hosting a Big Green Egg cook-off. Made by an Atlanta-based company, the Eggs are large b ... More >>

Colorado beer drinkers have a crush on cans

It's American Craft Beer Week - seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for one purpose and one purpose only: drinking micro brews. (To find out about tappings, food pairings and other events, click here or here.) But Colorado's beer culture is worth a deeper look s ... More >>

Now you can get in the swim at Casa Bonita

Courtesy Rob Lee on FlickrForget the cover letter and references. If you can do this, you're hired. Joel Warner, who recently wrote a Casa Bonita survival guide as a public service for anyone headed to that bastard child of Disneyland and Tijuana in the heart of Lakewood, has news for fans of the ... More >>

Now you can get in the swim at Casa Bonita

Courtesy Rob Lee on Flickr Joel Warner, who recently wrote a Casa Bonita survival guide as a public service for anyone headed to that bastard child of Disneyland and Tijuana in the heart of Lakewood, has news for fans of the colossal Mexican restaurant/amusement park. Casa Bonita is looking for a ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: No Swetsville

Even in a state full of stunning scenery, many of Colorado's most remarkable sights are man-made. A castle made out of stuff in southern Colorado. A tower filled with stuff out on the plains in Genoa. And north in Tinmath, just off I-25 by Fort Collins, the Swetsville Zoo, a metal menagerie creat ... More >>

Beerdrinker of the Year: A judge's tale

For more photos from the contest, go to www.westword.com\slideshow It's good to be the judge, and I should know since I spent Saturday afternoon dressed in a black robe and a wig, drinking beer and making history -- beer-drinking history. The event was the thirteenth annual Beerdrinker of the Year ... More >>

Could a Coloradan be Beerdrinker of the Year?

Colorado, which hosts the annual Beerdrinker of the Year contest at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, could finally boast a home-state winner. Cody Christman, a Denver software engineer, is one of three finalists in the thirteenth installment of this prestigious contest. He is also the first Wynkoop regu ... More >>

Bad health reports, good pancakes at Children's Hospital

The 24/7 cafeteria at Children's Hospital has long been known for its pancakes, which survived the trip from the old facility in central Denver out to the new Children's campus in Aurora. Years ago, Westword columnist Marty Jones flipped over the flapjacks in his Consumed column; just ... More >>

Feeling Haggard

The 24/7 cafeteria at Children's Hospital has long been known for its pancakes, which survived the trip from the old facility in central Denver out to the new Children's campus in Aurora. Years ago, Westword columnist Marty Jones flipped over the flapjacks in his Consumed column; just ... More >>

Mile High Makeout: Sharing the Wealth

The 24/7 cafeteria at Children's Hospital has long been known for its pancakes, which survived the trip from the old facility in central Denver out to the new Children's campus in Aurora. Years ago, Westword columnist Marty Jones flipped over the flapjacks in his Consumed column; just ... More >>

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Westword Music '96 Awards Showcase

1 night, 5 bucks, 7 venues, 39 bands Sunday, September 22 6 P.M.-1A.M. in LoDo

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100 Proof Dash

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