Some cuisines are easier to pair with beers than others. Mom’s brisket, for instance, works really well with a big stout, while a platter of garlicky mussels is going to play nicely off a Belgian saison. IPAs work with fried pub fare, like onion rings and fish ‘n’ chips, while…
Last week, we told you about Boulder Beer Company’s cameo in an episode of Parks and Recreation — but this wasn’t the only Colorado brewery to get a little air time. A can of Dale’s Pale Ale made it into a reenactment scene in SEAL Team Six: The Raid on…
No matter who you were pulling for in last night’s Presidential contest, if you were on the losing side, you undoubtedly heard more than a few of your disgruntled peeps threaten to move to Canada in protest. Well, before you start packing your bags, we thought it only proper to…
Will one of Colorado’s craft breweries dare to make a pot-infused beer now that Amendment 64 has passed? Probably. After all, cannabis and hops are cousins in the plant world and there are plenty of Colorado types who enjoy both vices. But there are already a couple of beers that…
When Sarah Henderson got the job as assistant brewer at Golden City Brewery eighteen months ago, there was more than a little fate involved. “I had just posted my resume on ProBrewer.com,” says Henderson, a Colorado School of Mines grad. “And literally, the day I called him looking for a…
While the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy continues to swamp the Northeast, several Denver restaurants are doing their bit to help provide aid. Jax Fish House will be hosting a weekend scallop special featuring produce caught by fishermen affected by the storm; Central Bistro and Bar is serving free drinks to…
Happy Place: Tony P’s, 240 Milwaukee Street, 303-355-1177 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. and again from 9 to 11 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 9 to 11 p.m. The Deals: $5 domestic pitchers; $10 craft beer pitchers; $2…
Tony Pasquini has returned to 17th Avenue with a new/old pizzeria. The latest Pasquini’s will open at 11 a.m. today in the former J.R.’s space at 777 East 17th Avenue. See also: -Pasquini’s will open a pizzeria and bar in the old J.R.’s space -Pasquini’s changes name of Cherry Creek…
In September, Westword brought you “Is Everyone Hoppy,” the farm-to-plane-to-kettle story of hop farming in Colorado and of Left Hand Brewing’s Warrior IPA, a beer that is part of the fresh or wet-hopped category. To make these beers, breweries pick their hops and get them into the brewery within 24…
Denver is still recovering from the Great American Beer Festival, but for those who’re thirsty again — and willing to take a road trip — the sixth annual All Colorado Beer Festival gets tapped tomorrow at Freedom Financial Expo Center, 3650 North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. The festival features…
Founded in 1989, Odell Brewing is one of Colorado’s oldest beer makers. But it stays young with playful marketing campaigns, relentless experimentation in the brewhouse and an eye toward its edgiest fans, who live on social media and the Internet. So it makes sense that Odell — which created a…
On Monday, November 5, Colt & Gray will be the stamping ground for a bartender’s dream, especially those who have an affinity for cognac — very good cognac. Six local cocktail magicians — Melissa Durant (Green Russell); Carla Chang Sandoval (Hillstone Group); Anthony Giovanni (Gaetano’s); Jason Patz (Williams & Graham);…
“The first duty of wine is to be red; the second is to be a Burgundy.” So say many hard-core oenophiles around the world, for whom the sun rises and sets according to the vintage charts, weather forecasts and harvest projections associated with a relatively tiny (we’re talking roughly 200…
A pair of new winter seasonals are set to hit liquor store shelves this week. Upslope Brewing’s Christmas Ale, a Spiced Belgian-Style Dubbel, is based on a homebrew recipe that brewery owner Matt Cutter used to make and bring to parties. Christmas Ale, which is ruby red in color, is…
So you’re a beer fan — but are you a connoisseur? If you not only drink good beer but revel in the art of craft, keep reading. In conjunction with the 2012 Denver Web Awards, Westword’s annual celebration of the best and brightest projects in digital Denver, we’re launching a…
Boulder Beer Company got a nice surprise last Thursday when two of the actors in Parks and Recreation enjoyed a Flashback India Brown Ale during a scene in the sitcom. The beer — a hoppy, roasty black IPA, weighing in at 6.6 percent AVB — is available in both Indiana,…
Telluride Brewing, which just won back-to-back gold medals for its Face Down Brown at the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup, plans to start distributing its first canned beer, Bridal Veil Rye Pale Ale, in the Boulder area in early November and in Denver by the end…
Happy Place: Kona Grill, 3000 East First Avenue, 720-974-1300. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and Monday through Thursday from 9 to 11 p.m. The Deals: $3-$4 beer speials; $4-$5 cocktail specials; $5 wines by the glass; $7.50 sake bombers; $4-$6 food specials. Were we happy?…
New Belgium Brewing started small in 1991, but in the 21 years since, the Fort Collins beer maker has grown into the third-largest craft brewer in the county — and it will get even bigger in 2014 when it opens a second major brewery in North Carolina. But New Belgium…
Lost amid the avalanche of beer tappings during the Great American Beer Festival was a pumpkin beer that Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing made just for Old Chicago restaurants as part of its Halloween Mini Tour. The beer, 4 Foodies Ale (see the video above), was brewed in collaboration with Guerrilla…
Wine drinkers typically skew into two categories: those who love the taste of dirt, and those who are all about big fruit flavors. Put another way, the first group consists of peeps who worship at the altar of everything old world, including wines from across the pond (read: Europe), usually…
Breweries, big and small, have been opening at a dizzying pace over the past year along the Front Range, from Colorado Springs to Windsor and everywhere in between. Denver alone welcomed eight new breweries in the past twelve months, while Boulder County added at least eight, including four within the…
