Steve Ballas tried more than fifteen barbecue sauces before picking the one he now serves on his Memphis Dog at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, so it’s no surprise that he’d spend just as much time deciding on the beer that will bear his name. Steve’s Snappin’ Ale, which will be brewed…

Renegade Brewing, a neighborhood spot in the Santa Fe Arts District, plans to take advantage of a new mobile canning operation to get its beer out to more people. Owners Brian and Khara O’Connell will begin canning their top-selling beer, Ryeteous Rye, this spring or summer with help from Mobile…

Denver’s West Highland neighborhood is one of many hip parts of town that has been ripe for a brewery for years. Now that time has come. Hogshead Brewery, serving English-style beers, plans to open in March in a renovated service station at 4430 West 29th Avenue. The four owners, all…

Great Divide Brewing puts on some great throw-downs, especially during the quarterly release parties it typically holds to fete its seasonal beers, three at a time. But the brewery will take a time-out this month even as it puts its first quarter seasonals — the new Nomad pilsner, Espresso Oak…

The Wynkoop Brewing Company is in the midst of expanding its brewing capacity for the first time in thirteen years — since the days when brewery co-founder Mayor-turned-Governor John Hickenlooper was still slinging suds at the LoDo landmark. In November, the brewery moved its four original twenty-barrel fermenters to the…

You could say that 2011 was the year that Denver’s men and women matched its mountains when it came to beer culture. Seven new breweries opened in the metro area and stayed so busy that all seven have already expanded — or are considering it. But good beer can also…

Upslope Brewing will answer the prayers of some its loyal drinkers this week when it releases a limited quantity of its Foreign Style Stout in a can. The dark beer, at 6.9 percent ABV, had previously only been available on tap in Boulder and Denver. It is the first limited…

The owners of Denver’s Caution: Brewing Company plan to add a tap room to their existing operation this summer by expanding into the space next door…

Like Colorado, Wisconsin has a long beer tradition and a new breed of craft brewers. The most well-known is probably New Glarus, a brewery that has reached cult status nationwide because of unusual fruit beers like Wisconsin Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart — and because it only distributes in Wisconsin…

Like a fine-art collector, Euclid Hall’s Ryan Conklin has been gathering up special, rare or unusual examples of his muse over the past nine months and secreting them away. But this month, Conklin, a certified beer Cicerone, is ready to put on a show. Euclid Hall will tap one of…

Have you run the gauntlet at Star Bar? If not, you’ve got through February 6 to try and drink thirty Avery Brewing beers available at the hip Larimer Street beer bar. For starters, you’ll need to drink all of these: IPA, White Rascal, Ellie’s Brown, Joe’s Pilsner, Out of Bounds…

On Wednesday, I laid down my picks for the best new Colorado beers of 2011 — a group that had to meet certain qualifications to make the cut. Then, on Thursday, I posted pictures of seventeen new Colorado beer labels we’ll be seeing in 2012. Oskar Blues wasn’t on either…

There are plenty of places around Denver to drink good beer on New Year’s Eve, and that appears to be the main event this week as breweries, beer bars and beer-friendly restaurants are focusing on their 2012 celebrations. Look below for all the details…

The past twelve months have seen the release of some truly amazing canned and bottled beers in Colorado, and 2012 is shaping up to be quite a big year as well…