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May 21, 2012
Twisted Pine Brewing will start filling Tall Hoppy Cans this weekend
Warm weather is here, and for Colorado brewers, that means it's can season. This weekend, Twisted Pine Brewing in Boulder will become the latest beer maker to roll out the aluminum when it begins filling sixteen-ounce cans of Hoppy Boy IPA. The cans of the brewery's flagship beer will be marketed a ... More >>
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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 >>
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April 19, 2012
Oskar Blues sells out at Jonesy's, takes over at The Kitchen Next Door
If you were interested in attending tonight's Oskar Blues Beer Dinner at Jonesy's EatBar, 400 East 20th Avenue, you're too late. That event is sold out, as is next month's dinner with New Belgium. So sign up now for the Tommyknocker dinner in June -- seats obviously go fast. Those in need of an Osk ... More >>
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April 17, 2012
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 >>
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April 4, 2012
Frontier Airlines asks flyers to choose which Colorado beer to serve on board
Frontier, the homegrown airline that left and came back again, wants to strengthen its ties to Colorado in a way that is sure to endear it this state's residents: craft beer. Frontier just kicked off the Choose Your Brew Facebook contest, asking people to vote on which of four beers they'd like th ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Colorado beer calendar: Boulder Beer gets blue, Copper Kettle gets amber
New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins has finished the installation of its 16,000-square-foot canning line and plans to begin using it this week. The first beers off the line will be 16-ounce tallboys of Fat Tire and Ranger IPA, but the brewery's newest beer, Shift Pale Lager, will be released for the ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
The ten biggest Colorado beer stories of 2011
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 beer can also be found on the menus of fancy r ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Colorado beers to look forward to in early 2012
The past twelve months have seen the release of some truly amazing canned and bottled beers in Colorado, and 2012 is shaping up to be quite a big year as well.
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November 30, 2011
Colorado beer calendar: Open beery holiday treats at local breweries
Holiday beers are on tap all around town, and you'll find some good ones right at the source -- at the breweries that make them. Some of the wintery wonders you can try include Ugly Sweater at Wit's End Brewing, Winter Spice Ale (with star anise, vanilla soaked in rum, ginger and allspice) at Copper ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Skis and Brewskis
Holiday beers are on tap all around town, and you'll find some good ones right at the source -- at the breweries that make them. Some of the wintery wonders you can try include Ugly Sweater at Wit's End Brewing, Winter Spice Ale (with star anise, vanilla soaked in rum, ginger and allspice) at Copper ... 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-medal ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Colorado beer calendar: Great American Beer Festival edition
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. And the presents have already started arriving. But whether you have tickets to the main ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
The Oskar Blues Ordeal gives beer fans a look at a craft brewing kingdom
Oskar Blues has been one of the rock stars of the craft brewing industry for nearly a decade -- ever since it became the first microbrewery to can its big beers. And this week, Oskar Blues is offering its legions of fans a peek behind the curtain, not just of the brewery in Longmont, but of i ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Boulder's Wild Goose Engineering plans to roll out beer-canning lines for craft brewers
www.WildGooseEngineering.comBreckenridge Brewing is supposed to get its new canning today or tomorrow. The automatic system should enable Breckenridge, which merged its finances and operations with Wynkoop Brewing earlier this year, to package both company's beers at a rate of at least 36 ca ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Colorado beer calender for the week: Captain Midnight saves the day at Bull & Bush
Saturday, June 18, was supposed to be the day of the second annual Burning Can festival, an all-canned beer bonanza featuring craft beers from around Colorado and the rest of the country. Sadly, it was not to be. Oskar Blues, which created and hosts the event, canceled it, saying logistical i ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Culinary calendar for the week ahead: American Craft Beer Week, Triple Crown fun and more
It's American Craft Beer Week, and that's all some of you want or need to know about this week in food and drink. But there's lots more going on this week, including more Triple Crown fun, wine dinners and much more. Here's what's on the menu:
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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 >>
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April 21, 2011
Female beer experts rate 20 most eligible bachelors of craft beer, including several Coloradans
What started as girlish gossip between Ashley Routson, a California-based beer blogger better known as the Beer Wench, and Jess Hunter, a Denver Off the Wagon booze blogger and beer aficionado, quickly became a discussion among female beer geeks nationwide focused on answering this burning qu ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Ten beers that will make you a man -- if they don't kill you first
Avery's Mephistopheles' StoutYou're a man, so by definition, everything you do must be manly, right? Wrong. There are hundreds of beers out there to choose from, lining the liquor store shelves and bar taps like kids waiting to get picked for a game of recess football. But only a very of ... More >>
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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 >>
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February 28, 2011
Guess where I'm drinking?
Lori MidsonEver beer at this bar is poured from cans, and on Friday night, Oskar Blues took control of the taps, while a kick-ass country band commanded the dance floor. Can you guess where I'm drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week's Where am I dri ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Backcountry Provisions dishes Pilgrim sammies and will soon be pouring Colorado beer
The only thing that could possibly have made the discovery of a new Pilgrim sandwich any better is that fact that I'll soon be able to wash it down with a cold Colorado beer. Backcountry Provisions, the oddly-but-rustic-and-poetically-named LoDo sandwich shop, plans to start serving two beer ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Hops & Pie hosts Denver's Littlest Big Beer Fest on Sunday
Maybe you went to the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival two weeks ago in Vail. Or maybe you've checked out the Great American Beer Festival, the biggest beer fest of all. If you have, then you know how big "big" can be. Now, it's time to check out how small "big" can be. On Sund ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Today In Stoke: Men's Shopping Night at Outdoor Divas
Holiday shopping, Colorado-style: Tonight is the annual Men's Shopping Night at Outdoor Divas in Cherry Creek, 2717 East 3rd Avenue (or head to the Boulder store tomorrow night, 1133 Pearl Street), and these divas have us dudes all figured out: They'll be plying us with pizza and Oskar Blues ... More >>
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November 26, 2010
BrewDog's Sink the Bismarck, the highest alcohol beer in the world, docks in Colorado
Both BrewDog beers are served in paper bags.Oskar BluesSink the Bismarck, the highest-alcohol beer in the world, has finally made it to Colorado. The "quadruple IPA," at 41 percent alcohol by volume, is made by Scotland's controversial and attention-seeking BrewDog brewery, the spot also res ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Beer bloggers plot world domination
There are as many styles of beer blogging on the Internet as there are blogs, and there's a new beer blog starting out there every other day. Last weekend, at least a hundred of those bloggers -- from all across the country -- showed up in Boulder to talk beer. They spent the three days of f ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Taco-eating contests, Dinner for Sinners and more
A Flickr photo.Beer dinners, wine tastings, and a photography class on capturing images of fine food are all on the menu this week -- and much more. Here's a taste of what's coming up:
Blogs
October 13, 2010
If Coors won big at the Great American Beer Festival, who lost out?
Four of Colorado's biggest and best-known craft brewers, Avery, Breckenridge, Odell and Oskar Blues, were shut out of last month's Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony, while several other major brewers in the state barely made the cut. In fact, of the 41 medals awarded to Colorado b ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2010
Chili today, very hot tomorrow at two different contests
While harvest parties are cropping up all over town, other events are celebrating another fall favorite: chili. Groups are cooking up two very different chili cookoffs tomorrow: one at a neighborhood coffeehouse that's definitely do-it-yourself, the other far more formal, but guaranteed fun, ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Ten ways to celebrate the 200th birthday of the can
The Ball plant in Golden: Cans, cans everywhere but not a drop to drink.Today is the 200th birthday of the can, and the Can Manufacturers Institute is inviting Americans to "by acknowledging its consistent relevance in our past, present and future." The can was born - according to CMI -- on ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2010
The Beer Buckle company looks to expand by a few notches
Buckle down.The only thing better than drinking your favorite beer: wearing it. At least that's what the founder of the Beer Buckle is hoping as he searches in Denver and Boulder for a place to open a new store dedicated to branded beer fashion. Jay Kriner founded the Beer Clothing Company i ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
Mile High Sci Fi: Get drunk and laugh at Red Dawn at the Oskar Blues Brewery
The crew from Mile High Sci Fi - the off-the-wall movie-watching comedy show -- has never been shy about beer: "We sell it right there in the theater," says member Matt Vogl. "Sometimes we even have a red wagon that we pull up the aisle, vendor-style." And on Saturday, they'll take their show, wh ... More >>
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April 6, 2010
Feel the burn with the Oskar Blues ghost wing challenge
This might hurt a little.Do you think you're tough? No, seriously, do you think you're tough? Because if you have even a lingering doubt about the fortitude of your stomach lining or the iron sides of your throat, you won't want to try the ghost wing challenge at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2010
Q&A with Bill McKay of Leftover Salmon
Whether burning down the house with Leftover Salmon, heating up the keys for the Fox Street Allstars, or catching fire with his own outfit, Papa Bill McKay commands attention. In addition to playing with some of Colorado's finest roots acts McKay played in an early incarnation of the Derek ... More >>
Music
October 15, 2009
The Rear Inn's karaoke menu is a little behind the times
Whether burning down the house with Leftover Salmon, heating up the keys for the Fox Street Allstars, or catching fire with his own outfit, Papa Bill McKay commands attention. In addition to playing with some of Colorado's finest roots acts McKay played in an early incarnation of the Derek ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
Craft breweries are on a roll
With the Great American Beer Festival (September 24-26) and the first ever Denver Beer Fest (September 18-27) both around the corner, the craft beer industry's major trade group has released some mid-year statistics on what's been brewing nationwide. The Brewers Association reports that craf ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
This weekend: Raise a pint to the Greater Boulder Beer Festival
It's not quite on the same tap as the Great American Beer Festival, which flows down on Denver on September 24 at the Colorado Convention Center, but the toddler-aged Greater Boulder Beer Festival, which turns two this year, isn't exactly a slacker when it comes to suds. Sure, it's small i ... More >>
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May 13, 2009
A Crush on Cans: Wynkoop vs. Breckenridge
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 >>
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May 8, 2009
Chocolate and beer -- what more could you need?
The Colorado Chocolate Festival returns to the Denver Merchandise Mart this weekend, starting with a Friday Night Gala from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight; the regular show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets to the gala are $12, regular admission is $7 adults, kids 5-12 are $3, and under 5 are free ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
The Wynkoop's canny new strategy
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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August 21, 2008
The Gang's All Beer
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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August 13, 2008
Erica Brown Band calling it a day
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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July 31, 2008
Into the Drink With Stranahan's and Oskar Blues
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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June 12, 2008
The Gang's All Beer
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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June 12, 2008
The Gang's All Beer
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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May 29, 2008
In Like Lyons
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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September 21, 2006
Getting the Brews
The Wynkoop Brewing Co. was the first modern-era brewpub to open its doors in Denver, and this summer, it plans to become the first city brewery to sell its beer in cans. "We're pushing for June," says new Wynkoop head brewer Andy Brown, who got the project off the ground by persuading the owners o ... More >>
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