Almost everyone who’s ever bar-hopped has, at one time or another, accidentally walked out of an establishment with their drink in hand. And on almost every one of those occasions, said drinker has been stopped by a bouncer, waiter, security guard or friend since, sadly, you can’t take your booze…

Ticketing for the Great American Beer Festival, run through Ticketmaster, got off to a rocky start yesterday during a pre-sale for Brewers Association and American Homebrewers Association members — many of whom were shut out from a Saturday afternoon session that is designed just for them. Sales to the general…

Ace Eat Serve, the Asian restaurant and ping-pong palace that will open Wednesday next to Steuben’s, is the latest restaurant to tap into a nearby brewery for its own house beer…

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, the one-man brewery that primarily makes wild and sour ales, has officially moved its barrel-aging and fermenting to north Denver and plans to announce a plan for where it will brew beers sometime in August…

Arvada’s Voss Farms is looking for volunteers to harvest its hops — and whoever shows up will be able to brag about how they helped supply some serious flavor for Black Shirt Brewing (opening in September), Wynkoop Brewing, Strange Brewing and Arvada Beer, all of which will use the hops…

There will be 87 Colorado breweries pouring their stuff at the Great American Beer Festival this year, according to a full list of attending breweries released today by the Boulder-based Brewers Association. Amazingly, that roster includes a dozen brand-new breweries that either didn’t exist at this time last year or…

Crabtree Brewing in Greeley has announced that it is moving and expanding in order to make more Eclipse, Oatmeal Stout, Ginger Bee and — hopefully — its GABF award-winning Berliner Weisse. The brewery will hold a grand opening at the new location, 2961 29th Street, on Wednesday, August 8 at…

Denver Beer Fest, the nine-day celebration of suds that surrounds the annual Great American Beer Festival, will return this fall from October 5 to 13. The fourth annual fest, loosely coordinated by Visit Denver, consists of a series of beer-pairing dinners, tap takeovers, brewery tours, special promotions, rare beer tastings,…

Prost Brewing has announced an opening date of August 23. The LoHi-area craft brewery will focus on German-style lagers and began brewing them in early July; lagers typically take six to eight weeks to prepare…

The Wynkoop Brewing Company is Colorado’s oldest brewpub. But it almost wasn’t. In the spring of 1988, John Hickenlooper and his business partners took out an ad in a homebrewer publication promising the public that “Colorado’s first brewpub,” as they were calling it, would open for business on August 4…

The Great American Beer Festival is coming a little late this year, October 11-13, but tickets go on sale August 2, and the GABF buzz is already beginning as breweries in Colorado and around the country get ready to wow the crowds — the big crowds. As usual, Westword will…

The Wynkoop Brewing Company has taken issue with a recent story I wrote about the future of Breckenridge Brewery. In it, I called the Wynkoop Colorado’s “second-oldest” brewpub, believing Durango’s Carver Brewing to be slightly older. But that wasn’t the only accusation made on Facebook by the ancient brewing company…

You could spend a small fortune keeping up with every Colorado beer release over the course of a year — believe me, I know. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t at least try a couple of them. In the old days — like, three years ago — beer releases were…

Colfax Avenue has always been Denver’s main thoroughfare. Created after the Rush to the Rockies of 1859, the Gateway Road flourished in the decades that followed as both a business district and a social hub, right up through the 1950s, when touristy motels lined both sides. But like Radiator Springs…

Copper Kettle Brewing scored some hand-painted, custom table tops recently that incorporate not just game boards — like backgammon and checkers — but a few of the young brewery’s accolades, including its Great American Beer Festival medal and, of course, its nod as Best Brewery for Neighbors in Westword’s Best…

Copper Kettle will nearly triple the size of its brewery space this August when it expands next door and adds storage and refrigeration space. “We are producing a lot of beer, but we don’t have anywhere to store it right now,” says brewery co-owner Kristen Kozick…

Upslope Brewing announced today that it will build a second brewery and tap room in Boulder to handle the ever-increasing demand for its beer. The new location will be in Flatiron Park, at 1898 South Flatiron Court, near 55th Street, and include a 2,300-square-foot tap room. It will allow Upslope,…

Breckenridge Brewery’s 22nd anniversary is this Saturday, but that’s not the only reason the company has to celebrate. The brewery — which merged with Wynkoop Brewing Co. in 2011 — just received approval of a somewhat complicated method of expansion and will move forward immediately on building a new facility…

You’re going to spill beer on your shirt. That part is guaranteed. But when people understand why the owners of Black Shirt Brewing have decided to serve their red ales exclusively in glasses with slanted rims, it will all make sense…