Kevin Galaba

Palenque Mezcaleria became Denver’s first bar specializing specifically in mezcal, tequila’s smoky sibling, when it opened in April. After a few months of experimenting with mezcal drink recipes, bar manager Chris Wingate has released Palenque’s first cocktail menu, which offers a small collection of his staff’s creations. While Wingate and...

2016 was not the nothing short of a challenging year for Ryan Negley. He left his bartending job at Tooey’s Off Colfax for another job that didn’t pan out, leaving him in the lurch. With a new wife and a one-year-old child at home in Congress Park, he was uncertain about...

Denver drink slingers Rob Corbari and Alex Kady won first place last night at Knob Creek’s Repeal Day cocktail competition at Star Bar. The contest is an annual event that coincides with the date Prohibition was repealed in 1933. At the competition, twelve teams of two bartenders each offered up...

Colorado Springs whiskey maker Distillery 291 recently released a new spirit that was created — literally — by accident. An unexpected doubling of the amount of rye in the process of making the distillery's flagship Colorado Bourbon Whiskey resulted in a whiskey with a spicier flavor than originally planned. Owner...

Pineapple Margarita at La Loma Pineapples always remind Yoid Gomez of home. Born in Havana, Cuba, Gomez uses his nostalgia for the tropical fruits native to his home country as inspiration for his current job as bar manager at La Loma, the venerable Jefferson Park eatery that will soon move...