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Odell will release a beer dedicated to a Colorado butterfly that lives on hops plants

Late last year, Odell Brewing named a beer, Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout, after a truck belonging to the organic farmer who hauls away the brewery's spent grain to feed to his dairy cows. This time around, the Fort Collins company will focus on the life cycle of hops -- and in particular on a butterf ... More >>

Breweries light up for 4/20, while Copper Kettle blows out two candles

Odell Brewing in Fort Collins recently began opening its taproom on Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., which means more beer (including taproom-only specials like Wee Willy Winkie, Easy Elephant and Monarch Saison) and more brewery tours. In fact, Odell now offers tours seven days a week at 1, 2, 3 an ... More >>

Beer calendar: high hopes and heavy hops appear for Rockies opening day

The massive Craft Brewers Conference, an annual industry-only meeting, wrapped up in Washington, D.C. last week, but a beer-themed art exhibit and auction, Amber Waves, sponsored by the Dogfish Head and Victory breweries continues through Friday. And it features a cool sculpture piece by Denver bott ... More >>

Odell's upcoming Loose Leaf session ale will fly under the radar at 4.5 percent ABV

Odell Brewing's next big beer will be very, very small. Loose Leaf American Session Ale, an extra pale ale, will weigh in at only 4.5 percent alcohol by volume, making it one of the lowest-alcohol Colorado craft beers available in liquor stores. It will also be hard to get. The Fort Collins brewery ... More >>

Odell Brewing will make Tree Shaker from Colorado peaches

Odell Brewing has been shaking peaches from trees for a while now, having made a couple of beers from the Western Slope's signature pit fruit. But the Fort Collins brewery will turn out its latest peach beer in March when it bottles its latest Cellar Reserve series beer, Tree Shaker. See also: - Od ... More >>

Fifteen new Colorado beer labels you'll be seeing in early 2013

A handful of great new Colorado craft beers hit the market at the very end of 2012, including: Boulder Beer's A Honey of a Saison; Great Divide's Orabelle; Elevation Beer's Downpour Imperial Red Ale; Ska Brewing's Hibernal Vinifera and Crazy Mountain's Boohai Red Ale. All four are stellar brews, and ... More >>

Craft beer calendar: Odell, Vine Street, Copper Kettle tap tasty new brews

Chad Yakobson became the second small Denver brewer to land some awesome press in the New York Times when some of his quotes and an artsy photo of him at his Crooked Stave Barrel Cellar led off a story last week on sour beers called "Brettanomyces, a Funky Yeast, Makes Flavorful Beers." He follows W ... More >>

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Do the Hoppa at Copper Kettle and the Friek at Odell

Last week, we told you about Boulder Beer Company's cameo in an episode of Parks and Recreation -- but this wasn't the only Colorado brewery to get a little air time. A can of Dale's Pale Ale made it into a reenactment scene in SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, which premiered on November ... More >>

Become a beer artist! Design an Odell tap handle logo and win serious beer swag

So you're a beer fan -- but are you a connoisseur? If you not only drink good beer but revel in the art of craft, keep reading. In conjunction with the 2012 Denver Web Awards, Westword's annual celebration of the best and brightest projects in digital Denver, we're launching a contest to design the ... More >>

Twelve beers to track down in Denver outside the Great American Beer Festival

There will be thousands of beers to sample inside the Colorado Convention Center during the Great American Beer Festival, which starts on October 11, but there will also be some very special beers served at bars, breweries and restaurants during the week before GABF. Some of these were brewed espec ... 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 >>

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Photos: Long lines and cold beer at Odell mean beer festival season is here

Odell Brewing kicked of the summer beer festival season on Saturday with its popular Small Batch Fest in Fort Collins. And although it's only May, the heat and the turnout made it feel as if Colorado is already in prime mid-season beer-fest form.

Beer festival season kicks off with big crowds and tough tickets

The summer beer festival season kicks off this weekend with Odell Brewing's Small Batch Festival, which it revived last year in a new format -- one that seems to be working. Born in 2007 as the Small Batch Revival, the fest lasted two years and welcomed about 1,000 people before taking two years off ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Odell's Small Batch kicks off festival season

It's beer festival season and the fiestas -- from the high country to the plains -- are going to come fast. The first two kick off this Memorial Day weekend, but they'll be followed by new ones almost every weekend this summer. Enjoy -- and keep some Advil around.

Left Hand named a top fifty U.S. brewer; Oskar Blues is second in Colorado

Longmont won big today when the Brewers Association, based just down the road in Boulder, released its annual list of the top fifty biggest craft brewers in the United States. Left Hand Brewing, which was founded in Longmont in 1993, cracked the list for the first time, logging in at number 49. The ... More >>

Look for these craft beer hits on Rockies Opening Day

Baseball fans are going to find awesome deals today on America's favorite light lagers at LoDo bars and restaurants. Awesome, awesome deals. But if you are looking to drink something else, perhaps a deliciously flavorful ale brewed by one of this state's amazing independent beer makers, you need to ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: Avery, Twisted Pine roll out new beers

Odell Brewing is getting ready to host its revitalized Small Batch Festival on May 26 in Fort Collins, and the brewery is asking beer lovers to pick something for Odell to brew. You can go to the brewery's Facbook page and vote (or head to the web site, which was down this morning, but should hopefu ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: IPApril at Rackhouse Pub; barrel-aged beers at Hops & Pie

Craft brewers sold $8.7 billion worth of beer in 2011, up more than 9 percent over the previous year, according to the Boulder-based Brewers Association. That's a lot of suds. The total amount of beer they made rose 13 percent, or roughly 1.3 million barrels, to nearly 11.5 million barrels. The num ... More >>

Denver Restaurant Week, cheese classes in this week's culinary calendar

​Denver Restaurant Week began this past Saturday (prompting some words of wisdom from Matt Selby, chef of Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben's) and continues through Friday, March 9. Participating restaurants are offering prix-fixe meals for $52.80 per couple or $26.40 per individual. Visit the w ... More >>

Five Colorado beers to drink right now

It's not easy to keep up with Colorado's brewers. It seems like they release a new beer -- or two or three -- in bottles or cans almost every week. And as soon as you think you've caught up on the new ones, you find a couple that you've missed. So if you want to get up to speed, you need to drink th ... More >>

Beer calendar: Firkins on First Friday and Peanut Butter Milk Stout at Renegade

Have you run the gauntlet at Star Bar? If not, you've got through February 6 to try and drink thirty Avery Brewing beers available at the hip Larimer Street beer bar. For starters, you'll need to drink all of these: IPA, White Rascal, Ellie's Brown, Joe's Pilsner, Out of Bounds Stout, Salvation, The ... More >>

Odell's Bourbon Barrel Stout eases a sweet potato soup conundrum

Unfortunately, because it's winter, a good portion of the produce in stock in Colorado right now, including In Season Local Market is from California. I'd been planning to buy some sweet potatoes for a soup recipe that's been hanging on the fridge and was bummed to hear the news. Alas, that's what I ... More >>

Odell head brewer Joe Mohrfeld is leaving Colorado for Texas

Odell BrewingJoe Mohrfeld​Joe Mohrfeld, who's been wrangling hops, malt and yeast for Odell Brewing in Fort Collins for the past three years, is headed to a new gig with Pinthouse Pizza, a brewery in formation in Austin, Texas, where the craft beer scene is getting ready to explode. It will b ... More >>

Dagstani & Sons Pear Vanilla Preserves is a Good Foods finalist...and available today

The Good Food Awards has announced the finalists in its second annual national celebration of products that are "tasty, authentic, responsible." And the list includes not just several local brewers and spirit makers, but Dagstani & Sons, "A Very Fine Fruit Company" that makes small-batch fine fruit ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: drink good beer at Falling Rock, Star Bar, Hops & Pie

Facebook​The holiday beer releases came early and often this year, and there are now dozens of them on the shelves and on tap at bars where you can get your cheer on. The Falling Rock Taphouse, in particular, knows how to get into the spirit, wrapping its tap wall in all sorts of holiday goodn ... More >>

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Colorado beer calendar: Odell Frieks out; Halloween freakouts; Rackhouse gets freaky

Odell Brewing​Yes, it snowed. Get used to it. Better yet, take advantage of it. The Rackhouse Pub, which celebrates its two-year anniversary later in the week, is marking the time-honored tradition of calling in sick on powder days by offering a free pint to anyone who shows up with a lift tic ... More >>

Colorado beer calendar: GABF-winning beers hit the city; Fresh Hops at Falling Rock; new releases from Avery, Great Divide

One of the biggest bummers about the Great American Beer Festival being over is that it can be hard to find -- and drink -- the medal winners: Some were one-off brews that are no longer available. Others are on-draft-only options in towns a couple of hours away. Luckily, a few are still floating aro ... More >>

A beer nerd's beer bread, with Odell Double Pilsner

Philip Poston​I've been presented with many, many versions of beer bread over the years, and despite my love of both beer and bread, I've yet to try a loaf that I actually liked. Nothing against the people kind enough to share theirs with me, but they tended to choose darkish, full-bodied ale ... More >>

Odell Brewing recalls its latest high-end beer, Hiveranno, because of carbonation problems

​Wild yeast strains can produce delightfully funky and oddly delicious beers. But they can also be a pain in the ass -- which Odell Brewing discovered last week when customers reported that some bottles of Hiveranno New American Wild Ale, the latest one-off from the brewery's' Single Serve Se ... More >>

Beer drinkers can drink all day long again at the Colorado Brewers' Festival

Beer calendar for the week ahead: Highland Tap gets hot and Falling Rock turns fourteen

​Yes, it's only June 1, but Denver is already making plans for the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place here September 29-October 1. Tickets go on sale at the end of this month, and brewers are thinking about what categories to enter (or brewing up some specialties and hiding them ... More >>

Duck eggs and Odell Myrcenary are a friend indeed to a friend in need

Philip Poston​An old friend was coming over for lunch the other day, and I wanted to make something special for him. He's a family man who works his ass off to support them and, needless to say, doesn't get to hang out with the fellas very often. I had some duck eggs from Grant Family Farms ... More >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: Odell's Small Batch Revival and Great Divide gets cheesy

FacebookGreat Divide​It's beer festival season, which means that over the next few months we'll have some sort of fest -- and sometimes two or three -- every weekend. Which is why it's important to pace yourself. The first fest takes place this Saturday -- rain or shine! -- in Fort Collins at ... More >>

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 >>

Spring fling: Beer, cheer and asparagus are here

​I love asparagus. It's probably my favorite vegetable, and the fact that I can't get it fresh all year long makes it that much more alluring. So when I walked into In Season Local Market the other day and found the entire produce cooler packed full of the stalky vegetable for the first time ... More >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: The Copper Kettle opens and the Wynkoop medicates

Copper Kettle Brewing​American Craft Beer Week starts in a little less than three weeks, but the nine (yes, nine!) breweries in Fort Collins have already banded together to brew a collaboration beer that celebrates the seven days that Congress dedicated to the quaffing of craft brew. C.B. & P ... 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 >>

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 >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: First Firkin Friday, a pirate ale, and more Pliny the Younger!

​Some delicious new beers are floating around out there this week, including Myrcenary double IPA, Odell Brewing's first new year-round beer since 2007, which you can find at Old Chicago and in liquor stores, and Le Terroir, an elegant but powerful dry-hopped sour ale from New Belgium's Lips o ... More >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: Stout Month ends, Pliny and new brews from Odell and Avery

​Stout Month comes to a close with a variety of tappings and other events at the Vine Street Pub in Denver, and the Mountain Sun and Southern Sun pubs in Boulder -- and there are plenty of other sudsy celebrations to lift your spirits as well. Here's what's on tap for the week of February 22- ... More >>

Oskar Blues kicks off a big beer weekend along the Front Range by saying G'Knight to Gordon

​Oskar Blues kicks off a massive beer weekend up and down the Front Range on Saturday with a party celebrating the renaming of its legendary beer, Gordon, to G'Knight. Although Oskar Blues has been making Gordon since 2005, it needed to change the name to avoid a trademark infringement lawsuit ... More >>

Drink better beers in 2011; start this week with Odell, Wynkoop and Great Divide

Make 2011 great!​If you're like me, you make your New Year's resolutions easy. For 2011, I vowed to watch both the new and old versions of True Grit. Done and done, and don't I feel good! But if you want something that takes a little longer, try upgrading your beer-drinking program. Give ten ... More >>

Twelve beers in sixy minutes: Speed tasting at the Boulder Beer Bloggers Conference

It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.​Take twelve breweries, a hundred-plus beer bloggers and a buzzer, and go! During the first-ever Beer Bloggers Conference in Boulder last week, organizers lined up an event that they called live blogging, but it felt more like speed dating. A dozen ... More >>

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 >>

Danny Wang wants to pair beer with Asian cuisine

Red, white and brew: beers that will show your colors on July 4

​It's the Fourth of July weekend (yes, it is here already) and you need some beer to drink to property get into the spirit of things. Well, there's nothing more American than Red, White and Blue, so try these beers for a truly festive fourth. Red: It's hard to go wrong with Odell Brewing's R ... More >>