In April, the Wynkoop Brewing Company began delivering kegs and cans to some of its downtown clients via horse and buggy. The move was a cool addition to Denver’s beer culture and a fun sight to see on Friday afternoons. But Colorado’s beer scene is so vibrant that it didn’t…
Names like Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis and Jamie Paulin-Ramirez made us cringe this year, committing dastardly deeds or generally making fools of themselves and the Centennial State. And as such, they’ve been inducted into our Hall of Shame 2010 (available right now from newstands). But can you remember who embarrassed…
Although I’ve never been New Belgium Brewing’s biggest fan when it comes to their standard beer lineup, I’ve always admired the way the Fort Collins craft brewer — Colorado’s largest — tries to keep environmental and employee-happiness issues on their list of priorities…
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey is not longer a Colorado-owned company. Jess Graber, who co-founded the microdistillery with Aspen businessman George Stranahan in 2004, acknowledged today that New York-based Proximo Spirits has purchased Stranahan’s. He provided no other details. “Proximo Distillers and Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey have joined forces to facilitate the growth…
At the end of every year, Westword honors this town’s worst of the worst — the characters whose misdeeds make our ears bleed and our eyes water — by inducting them into our Hall of Shame. Here are the 2010 inductees. Brandon Smith Remember all the hype about the iPad,…
2010 was a weird year, with nothing weirder than the race for governor, which saw the leading Republican nominee go down in a plagiarism scandal while his opponent became a joke and a former Republican made an amazing run as a third-party candidate. Perhaps the best way to examine the…
Westword is asking readers to help us select the Shmuck of the Year by rolling out five candidates this month. The winner — loser — will be announced on January 3. Our first four candidates were Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis, Gary Faulkner and Ron Perea. This week, say hello to…
Governor Bill Ritter today issued full pardons to twenty people around Colorado, including the Reverend Leon Kelly, who has been a well-known public figure and anti-gang crusader since 1986 when he founded the Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives. Kelly, whose late father was also a minister, was a drug dealer…
Jefferson County school board member Laura Boggs has been so disruptive this year that she inspired a teachers’ union-produced newsletter called Boggs Watch that is dedicated to keeping an eye on her antics. But Boggs isn’t just on the union’s naughty list. She’s also drawn criticism from teachers, parents, her…
Westword’s annual Strange but True edition will hit newsstands (and this website) on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamie? How about the guy who re-labeled Gatorade bottles with pictures of Tiger Woods? And then there was Dan Sheridan:…
2010 has come and almost gone, and Colorado still doesn’t have a Trader Joe’s. And the state has few prospects of getting one. Are you bitter? We are, especially since we got a hold of the Trader Joe’s list of its top-ten most popular products from 2010, which includes some…
The long-awaited Yard House opened this past weekend in the Sheraton hotel, bringing the well-recognized beer emporium into downtown Denver. It is the 29th location for the Long Beach, California-based chain founded by former Denverite Steele Platt…
Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner — loser — will be announced on January 3. Our first three candidates were Josh McDaniels, Scott McInnis and Osama-hunter Gary Faulkner…
Just weeks after Maui Brewing began shipping its beer to Colorado, another brewer that packages exclusively in cans will enter the market. But Tallgrass Brewing out of Manhattan, Kansas, doesn’t have as far to go. “It’s just a little eight-hour drive,” says brewery owner Jeff Gill. Tallgrass, which was founded…
Westword’s annual Strange but True edition will hit newsstands (and this website) on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamie? How about the guy who re-labeled Gatorade bottles with pictures of Tiger Woods? And then there was this guy:…
Westword’s annual Strange but True edition will hit news stands on December 30, featuring the weirdest and wackiest Colorado stories from 2010. Remember Jihad Jamie? How about the guy who re-labeled Gatorade bottles with pictures of Tiger Woods? And then there was Spork:…
Dear Oakland Raiders, Thank you for giving us a reason to hate you again. Life has been a little boring in Denver without the evil scourge that you bring upon football. For many years now, you have been just a pathetic shell of your former selves. Your players rarely got…
Thousands and thousands of U.S. military personnel are spending the holidays far away from their families, many of them in hostile territory. They are there to serve and protect their homeland, the country where they were born. But one soldier — now a former soldier — will spend the holidays…
Of all the inaugural balls taking place next month around the country, Colorado’s has to have the best beer list. And why not? The new governor, John Hickenlooper, is a brewer and the co-founder of the iconic Wynkoop Brewing Company. In addition to Hickenlooper’s InaugurAle — which is being brewed…
Westword is asking readers to help us select a Shmuck of the Year by rolling out a new candidate each week throughout the month of December. The winner — loser — will be announced on January 3. Our first two candidates were Josh McDaniels and Scott McInnis. This week, say…
Let’s be honest. Boobs sell coffee. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be a couple dozen drive-thru coffee shops in the Portland and Seattle areas featuring baristas dressed in bikinis, lingerie and less. The controversial concept came to Colorado this year when similar stores opened in Aurora (it has since closed)…
Muhammad Ali Hasan is older and wiser. There is less swagger and more introspection when he talks. He’s a Democrat now. And interfaith, reaching out to Jews and Christians as well as Muslims. Oh, and he’s changing his name — to Muhammad Miguel Ali Hasan — in order to honor…
