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…
Odell Brewing is adding a new beer to its permanent lineup for the first time since 2007, when the Fort Collins brewer started selling its no-named IPA in six-packs. Myrcenary, a double IPA named for an organic compound found in hops, will hit liquor-store shelves in early March. Weighing in…
Sunflower Farmers Market founder and CEO Michael Gilliland was always a “big-picture guy,” says the man who replaced him this week at the Boulder-based company. But according to the Arizona law enforcement officers who took Gilliland into custody on February 10, he isn’t much of a big-girl kind of guy…
The fact that John Denver will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame this April should come as no surprise to anyone who is familiar with his music. The only surprise is that the organization isn’t named for Denver, who is synonymous with Colorado — and its Rocky…
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…
Esquire Magazine has atoned for a huge mistake that Men’s Journal made two years ago. Unlike that mag, it’s included Denver in its list of the nation’s seven best beer cities. The Esquire issue, which just hit newsstands, lists Chicago, Denver, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, St. Louis and San Diego…
Three months after Colorado’s Rock Bottom Brewing chain was absorbed in a financial partnership with the Gordon Biersch brewpubs, the new parent company, Craftworks Restaurants and Breweries, is thinking about bottling some of the Rock Bottom beers for the first time and selling them in liquor stores. If that happens,…
The Platte River Valley and Highland neighborhoods will be the beneficiaries of a new brewery this summer, when Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford open Denver Beer Co in a former auto repair shop at 1695 Platte Street. Just up the street from Proto’s Pizza and Paris on the Platte, the…
The fastest way to get stronger is to work out, and you’ll be able to do plenty of, uh, two-ounce curls at the ninth annual Boulder Strong Ale Festival today and tomorrow. Strong ales include everything from IPAs to stouts to Belgian-style beers, but they must be above 8 percent…
I’m flying to Durango this morning for a 24-hour adventure in beer. It will start with a plane that uses propellers to fly over the mountains. It will involve a lot of malt, a lot of hops and perhaps some honey. When it’s over, I hope to have helped Ska…
Major League pitchers and catchers report to spring training today — Valentine’s Day. Which is appropriate considering how little most of the guys will see their loved ones over the next seven or eight months. But the brand spanking new Spring Training facility for the Colorado Rockies, Salt River Fields…
Yee-haw! Twenty-four Colorado breweries will round up some wild firkins this weekend and drive them down to Colorado Springs for the seventh annual Firkin Rendezvous. Hosted by Bristol Brewing Company, the rendezvous — February 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. — is a fundraiser for the Colorado Brewers Guild, a…
Have you always wondered about the juvenile idiots who post hateful screeds in the comments section of newspapers, TV stations and blogs? Have you wondered if they were twisted gun nuts living in mountain cabins or douchey frat boys living in their parents’ basements? Did you wonder what they looked…
There are plenty of lovey-dovey beers to drink with your honey on Valentine’s Day — the Coupler from Wynkoop Brewing, Red Ale from Odell’s, and Cherry Dip Stout at the Vine Street Pub, to name a few — but you’re drinking alone this year, right? For that, you need something…
If you’re a fan of big beers then you’ve heard of Pliny of Elder — a double IPA from California’s Russian River Brewing that some say is the best beer in the world. When a liquor store gets the rare shipment of Pliny, words spreads and it sells out quickly…
Love it or hate, the Super Bowl crosses almost every cultural subgroup in the United States, and as befitting of such a massive national holiday, it also inspires new pop-culture touch points. From Mean Joe Green to Betty White, from Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction to Jim McMahon’s headband, some Super…
As Jef Otte wrote, tomorrow is National Weatherman’s Day. No really. Created for 18th-century weather observer John Jeffries, it honors “men and women who collectively provide Americans with the best weather, water, and climate forecasts and warning services of any nation,” the National Weather Service says…
“Pebble Beach Resorts is a legendary place. Combine a dramatic coastline and mystical forest with a rich history of world-class accommodations, warm hospitality, expert service and grand recreation.” That’s how www.pebblebeach.com describes the world-renowned California resort…
“Forward Into the Past, a feature story from the September 13, 2001 issue of Westword, told the tale of teacher John Hopper’s historical journey. This trek resulted in Hopper being honored with the History Colorado Presidents Award last night at the Colorado Historical Society’s annual ceremony for “outstanding people and…
Nine months after Uptown Brothers Brewing Co. opened on East Colfax, the craft beer and sports bar finally has the gear it needs to back up that name. Last week, owners Paul and Nancy Lumbye bought three 31-gallon fermenters, a brite tank and the other equipment they’ll need to fulfill…
State Representative David Balmer apologized yesterday for losing “his cool” in a heated conversation last week with Senator Gail Schwartz; his agitated gesturing got him banned from the Senate floor for the rest of the 2011 congressional session. But Balmer’s temper isn’t the only thing keeping Colorado warm. Here are…
Jeremy Gobien went to school for ten years, got his Ph.D. in engineering from North Carolina State — and then decided to drop it all and brew beer in Colorado. “I can’t wait,” says Gobien, who plans to open Copper Kettle Brewing this spring with his wife, Kristen Kozik. “We…
