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Five sexiest beer names at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival

The Great American Beer Festival is full of novelties, and Westword has brought you everything from the Best Beards to the Best Beer Swag to the Best Beer Porn over the past few days. Now we'll take a look at a few of the sexiest beer names we encountered. See also: - Great American Beer Festival ... More >>

Aurora theater shooting: Rev. Jesse Jackson planning event near James Holmes's apartment

The Associated Press is reporting that the Reverend Jesse Jackson will meet today with the husband of an Aurora theater shooting victim. He's also said to be planning a press event near the apartment of suspected murderer James Holmes following a nationwide series of gun-violence gatherings over th ... More >>

David Krakauer on the origins and the name of Abraham Inc.

Jon Wasserman​While some people might look askance at a klezmer-funk-hip-hop collaboration, world-renowned klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer sees the combination as completely logical. "Funk is the root of hip-hop," he explains, "so you're taking two traditional musics with hip-hop as the com ... More >>

What's in a name? For craft brewers at #GABF, anything goes

There are the cute ("Smokey the Beer," Blind Tiger Brewing in Topeka, Kansas), the mysterious ("Hoodoo Voodoo IPA," Three Creeks Brewing in Sisters, Oregon), the sexy ("Sexual Chocolate," Foothills Brewing in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) and everything in between when it comes to beer names spotte ... More >>

Social networking: Denver ranked 3rd in U.S. by Men's Health (eat our hashtags, Portland!)

​Congratulations, Denver: You have officially been swallowed up whole by the Matrix. Men's Health recently came out with its list of the country's most socially networked cities, and Denver, of all places, came in third. Do we get a prize for this? Like a new FarmVille animal or something?

Great American Beer Festival: A dozen non-Colorado breweries to try

​Colorado makes some of the best beers in the world, but when the Great American Beer Festival is in town, it's your chance to try something from another state, especially the ones that are talked about by beer aficionados across the country. We're lucky in that some of these breweries - like ... More >>

Tipping the scales: Be glad this cheapskate doesn't live in Denver

​During Denver Restaurant Week, one of the most comment complaints from servers is that bargain-hunting customers just don't tip. They should just be glad that Monica Covington does not live in Denver, Colorado. I'm not sure what would be worse: having to suffer through serving Covington and ... More >>

Goodbye Solo

Delegating Denver #37 of 56: North Carolina

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Thank You for Smoking's satire falls short of incendiary.

Southern Discomfort

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East Coast, West Coast

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Piss and Vinegar

Slaying a Knight

Taking a Powder

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Excess Baggage

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