Last week, Funkwerks Brewing, a relatively new and innovative brewery in Fort Collins, sparked an international incident when some of New Zealand’s native Maori people bashed the name and label on one of its beers, Maori King, an imperial saison made with Rakau hops from that country. The beer, which…
The University of Colorado’s football team is in a new conference this year, meaning the Buffs will be hanging with (and losing to) the likes of USC, UCLA, Oregon, Cal, Arizona, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington. And while that means Boulder will get some high-profile visitors, it also means the…
There are wild hops that grow in them thar mountains of Colorado, but that’s not the only ingredient you can find by hiking in the wilds. There are also pinon nuts, sumac berries, prickly pear cactus and chokecherries. And if those don’t sound like beer ingredients to you, think again,…
Beer name changes have become more common as craft brewers try to protect their legal rights (see stories on Oskar Blues, Dry Dock and Bell’s breweries). But complaints from the Maori people of New Zealand wasn’t something that Funkwerks Brewing in Fort Collins expected when it named its latest beer,…
What’s more important? The President and Vice President of the United Stated or the principles they are there to uphold? It’s a lovely, abstract question with an answer that may prove to be more difficult to answer in the real world we are living in. And does the fact that…
There are a handful of unusual, newly-released and very rare, Colorado craft brews on liquor store shelves right now — if you can find them. Syzygy Barrel-Aged Black IPA Crabtree Brewing, Greeley This one is just landing in stores today after a release party last week. It’s an 8 percent…
Upslope Brewing in Boulder began canning a fifth beer this month, but it will only be served in at Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, the Boulder restaurant operated by the Big Red F Group, which also runs Lola, West End Tavern, Zolo Grill and Jax Fish House. Centro will…
Can you smell that? It’s the odor of fresh hops reaching their peak at hop farms on the Western Slope. And many of these farms — which include San Juan Hop Farms in Montrose, Rising Sun Farms in Paonia, Misty Mountain Hop Farm in Olathe, Jack Rabbit Hops in Hotchkiss…
Denver’s rolling explosion of craft-beer taps is celebrating its first anniversary, since several restaurants that fueled the movement opened a year ago this month. And while one of these new beer bars, Uptown Brothers, didn’t make it, others — like Euclid Hall, Freshcraft, Stoney’s and Hops & Pie — are…
The Budweiser brewery in Fort Collins announced yesterday that it is moving its Clydesdale training program from the northern Colorado town to a farm in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where it will also start a hitch-driving school. The famous horses — which are a big part of Bud’s Fort Collins brewery…
U.S. Representative Mike Coffman is no stranger to voter suppression. In fact, the 6th District Republican lawmaker has a long history of tinkering with elections. His latest campaign would make it more difficult for people who don’t speak English well to vote across the country. In Colorado, that mostly means…
Summer is over, and school is back in session. While the bell rang a few days ago for some kids and won’t ring until tomorrow for others, today is the big day for Denver Public Schools — the day when the mayor shakes the hands of grubby first graders, the…
What?!? But it’s only August, right? Sure, it’s August now, but school starts this week, and before you know it, it will be Labor Day weekend, and Sniagrab will kick off at Sports Authority. Then football will be here, along with a chill in the air as our tomato plants…
Denver is one of the best beer cities in the nation, and Colorado is perhaps the finest of the fifty states when it comes to craft breweries. So why, wondered the two guys behind Offie Bottle Shop, don’t we have a dedicated craft beer store? The answer is because Colorado…
As bold beer drinkers continue their assault on the fizzy yellow brews of the world, they have begun to march outside of Denver’s urban core — and into the wild world of the suburbs. The latest outpost: Lone Tree Brewing, which plans to open in October in the Parkway Point…
Canned craft beers have surged in popularity so much this summer that Old Chicago is running its latest Mini Tour based solely on aluminum. Each of the Colorado-based restaurant chain’s 97 locations, spread throughout 22 states across the country, is featuring an interesting mix of eight canned beers…
Not to kick — or club — a man while he’s down, but William Loomis, a Boulder man who we wrote about earlier this week, sounds like a shmuck. According to a police report, a “preppy” looking Loomis was walking near the Boulder Theater last Sunday when a homeless man…
Denver Beer Co doesn’t have a kitchen, but the city’s zoning inspectors may be tempted to double check. The brewery, which opens today on Platte Street, serves Kaffir Lime Wheat as fresh and nuanced as any chef’s signature appetizer, a rauschbier that smells and tastes like a plate of smoked…
Because of Colorado’s increasingly controversial liquor laws, only one outlet of any grocery chain — Safeway, King Soopers, Target, Whole Foods and the like — can sell full-strength beer, wine and alcohol. Target’s spot is in the superstore in Glendale, but until recently, its single aisle of liquid refreshment hasn’t…
Dry Dock Brewing kicked its weekly firkin in a record 49 minutes last Friday, and since the taproom opens at 3 p.m., that means there was none left for anyone who showed up after 3:50 p.m., which can be tough since most people don’t get off work til later. So…
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, one of the most unusual and exciting brewing concepts to start up in Colorado, plans to release its first two bottled beers, Pure Guava Petite Sour and Wild Wild Brett Rouge, on Thursday in Fort Collins. Both “wild” or “sour” beers have been aged with…
Thai Wraps @ Tuk Tuk, one of four family-owned operations in metro Denver, has been sold and will change its name to Thai Mango Noodle Bar. The new owner is still a family member, however, and will keep a good part of the fast-casual menu, which focuses on fresh, American-style…
