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…
“It’s not every day you get to roll out a new brand — a new beer,” says Pete Coors. And it’s not every day you get to drink a beer with the man whose great-grandfather gave Coors its name. But patrons of Stoney’s Bar and Grill got to try Batch…
Driving in Denver gets more difficult every day. If it’s not the construction and repair, then it’s the badly synchronized lights or rush-hour traffic. If it’s not the sneaky radar vans, then it’s the real trouble-makers who weave in and out of lanes at twice the speed of everyone else…
Over the past fifteen years, the federal government has turned the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, once one of the most contaminated Superfund sites in the United States, into a wildlife refuge, complete with nature trails, lakes for fishing and summer camps. Tomorrow, the Arsenal will open its newest attraction, a 12,500-square-foot,…
What’s better than a little rapture as the world comes to an end? How about Salvation — or rather, half-off Salvation. On Saturday, May 21, the day that doomsday prognosticators say will be the beginning of the end for mankind, Uptown Brothers Brewing, 320 East Colfax Avenue, will offer pints…
Yesterday was a big day for some of Colorado’s most embarrassing characters. Two of Westword’s former Shmuck of the Week award winners, Carrie McCandless and Brett Reese, were back in the news, along with Ann Crall, a member of our 2010 Hall of Shame. Stay tuned to the Latest Word…
Centerplate, the company that keeps Denver Broncos fans stocked with pretzels, nachos and beer during games at Invesco Field at Mile High, is hiring for the upcoming season — not that anyone knows if there will be a season…. NFL owners and players are currently at odds over their contracts,…
Two of the nation’s biggest craft brewers, both based in California, have revealed the details of some major expansion plans in the past couple of days, and Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing, the country’s third largest craft brewer, could be close behind. New Belgium is just three to five years away…
The debut of Ska Brewing’s Big Shikes Orange Blossom Imperial Pilsner packed the house at Old Chicago’s Market Street location last night as beer bloggers, brewers and just plain fans turned out to celebrate American Craft Beer Week. The annual celebration — which includes thousands of events across the country…
Police officers get to drive fast when the sirens are wailing. But they are supposed to slow down once they change out of their uniforms and get into their own personal cars. Aren’t they? On Thursday, 9News reported that both the Aurora Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office…
There’s a moment on stage when Kyle Hollingsworth just lets go. It’s a crucial moment, especially for a jam-style musician who relies on his instinct and his skill when he’s performing to help lead the band in the right direction. The same is true for brewing beer, says Hollingsworth, a…
Perennial politician and former Westword cover boy Ryan Frazier has done what many people expected and joined the race to become Aurora’s next mayor. Four other candidates have already announced their intentions: Debbie Stafford, Steve Hogan, Sheilah Thomas Davis and Jude Sandvall. Current Mayor Ed Tauer can’t run because of…
Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill lost his job in Boulder, but he hasn’t given up on schools altogether. He recently turned up in Tucson, where he was spotted participating in a protest at a Tucson Unified School District Board meeting by a giddy Glenn Beck…
Batch 19, the Coors lager that comes from a pre-Prohibition recipe reportedly unearthed in an old log book in 2004, will go tap this week at three hand-picked bars in Denver. Stoney’s Bar & Grill, the Wazee Supper Club and Star Bar were selected in part because they are all…
Brewing beer is physical work. Every day, the guys in rubber waders who do it for a living hump (not that kind of “hump”; c’mon, people) dozens and dozens of fifty-pound sacks of malted barley, rip them open and pour them into a mill. They carry heavy bags, buckets and…
For the past four decades, the craft beer industry has been primarily a man’s game — from brewery ownership to brewery employees and the drinkers themselves. But that’s changing, thanks to both the delicious complexity of the product (something women surely enjoy as much as men, if not more so)…
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 the rest of the state — so not…
Last week, we got the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed and shortly thereafter, we learned that the news had leaked to a couple of people — including actor/professional wrestler The Rock — before the White House informed the press and public. Today, the major news stations are…
Breckenridge Brewing is hitting the airwaves with a TV campaign spoofing the big boys of the industry and the gimmicks that they use to sell beer. The four Truth in Beervertising ads feature Breckenridge head brewer Bob Harrington delivering one-liners in a deadpan voice that skewers the cold-indicator systems used…
Upslope Brewing has a big summer on tap. The Boulder brewery has just tripled the size of its taproom — a grand reopening party takes place on Thursday, May 12 — and will add a fourth canned beer, Upslope Craft Lager, to its all-can lineup in the next two weeks…
Election days usually take some patience. Voters have to find their polling stations, ask the boss for an hour off, stand in line and argue with the elderly volunteers who can’t find their name or address on the voting rolls. Bad weather makes things even more difficult, as does car…
There is no shortage of hop bombs when it comes to Colorado beers. Whether it’s Oskar Blues G’Knight, Dry Dock Double IPA, Odell Myrcenary, Great Divide Hercules, Avery Maharaja, or Ska Modus Hoperendi, hop heads can get their fill of beers brewed with huge quantites of that magical, sweetly bitter…
