When I interviewed Josh Burbank of Jax Fish House last week, he had an excellent rule of thumb for bartending: “Never shake a Manhattan,” he said. “Next time I see someone shake a Manhattan, I’m going to leap over the bar. That’s my biggest pet peeve, for sure.” We wholeheartedly…
AC Golden Brewing is cranking up its volunteer hops growing program again this year, offering Colorado Native fans a chance to grow hops in the yards for inclusion in a batch of the beer. Sign up on Facebook and receive two Chinook rhizomes (along with planting, growing and harvesting information)…
The wine world’s practically been doing head spins over the past six months as notable hip-hop players Nelly, Drake, Kanye West, and even poor, misbegotten Lil Kim spit verses praising moscato, a fairly under-the-radar wine known by most as a sweet wine from Italy. It seems that a few vaunted…
Avery Brewing hosted the kind of festival on Friday and Saturday that has made it one of Colorado’s top beer makers of the past decade, while Avery’s founder spent the weekend touring Germany, preparing for the future, a future that includes a new, 5.6-acre brewing campus and restaurant in Boulder…
Ron Tarver has owned the Broadway building a block north of Alameda that houses Bardo Coffee House for some time, but when he was looking for a new tenant to replace a business that vacated after ten years, he ended up drawing up plans for his own venture instead: a…
Bobby Stuckey’s wine team at Frasca Food and Wine is one of the most formidable in the state, and the crew is frequently praised for its deep, well-built cellar and the knowledgeable, well-spoken sommeliers who create unforgettable pairing experiences for diners, whether their taste is California Cabernet or Austrian Gruner…
It’s an idea whose time has come. In June,Hugo’s Colorado Beer & Spirits will open in Capitol Hill, selling primarily craft brews and spirits cooked up in Colorado. “My goal is to get everything I can get my hands on, and that includes stuff from small breweries,” says Joe-Michael Wright,…
Happy Place: Coohills, 1400 Wewatta Street, 303-623-5700. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $3 beers; $4 cocktails and wines by the glass; $5 specialty cocktails; $3-$9 food specials. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Yesterday, Josh Burbank, barman at Jax Fish House, showed us how he makes homemade root beer. Now he’s weighing in on his mentors, behind-the-bar antics gone awry, and putting his blood, sweat and tears into every drink…
New Belgium Brewing’s social media specialist created a small controversy yesterday when he complained in his blog on the brewery’s website that the federal government was “leaking upcoming beer labels” and that bloggers were following suit. But the points he made ring hollow…
When Hogshead Brewery opens this spring near Sloan’s Lake, it will boast what might be the first stainless-steel craft brewing system manufactured in Colorado…
Drinking wine and writing about it for a living is hardly anything to complain about. In fact, we’re positively jazzed about how far the wine programs at many of our favorite Denver haunts have come. One particularly inspiring development in recent years has been the opening of several wine bars,…
New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins has finished the installation of its 16,000-square-foot canning line and plans to begin using it this week. The first beers off the line will be 16-ounce tallboys of Fat Tire and Ranger IPA, but the brewery’s newest beer, Shift Pale Lager, will be released…
Sherry, a fortified Spanish wine that ranges from light and dry to round and sweet, has fallen by the wayside as a fashionable beverage. In fact, we’re willing to bet that today more people associate sherry with old ladies or cooking wine than with something they’d pair with dinner. Brett…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in this series: It’s been almost a year since that full-length mirror-initiated wake-up…
The New York Times showed Denver’s craft beer scene a little love on Saturday with a story that featured one of the newest — and smallest — breweries in town, Wit’s End, along with Strange Brewing, Denver Beer Co and author Ed Sealover. But it was the photo of Wit’s…
In this interview, Root Down bar manager Mike Henderson weighs in on the formation of the Colorado Bartenders Guild, counting to four and the rise of the beverage professional…
The Bitter Bar may have made a name for itself from pouring championship-winning cocktails, but that doesn’t mean it’s not into other beverages, too. The Boulder-based cocktail bar and restaurant recently brewed up a collaboration with Avery Brewing Company, bringing a spiritous touch to the project…
When the Cheeky Monk opened in 2007, not many people thought a restaurant specializing in Belgian beer and food would last on Colfax Avenue. Nearly five years later, the spot is thriving, and its owners James and Tina Pachorek will add their own brewery, Three Saints, next door this fall…
It’s technically February 29, but if it weren’t a leap year, today we’d be flipping the page on the calendar over to the month of March. Seems like mere days ago we were ringing in the new year and plotting all manner of ways to help you live up to…
Breckenridge Brewing released its Stranahan’s Well Built E.S.B. this week to liquor stores around town, the first of what should be several quarterly releases of this barrel-aged beer. The beer is one of several delicious new brews that have hit shelves in recent days: Others include Deviant Dale’s IPA tallboys…
Oskar Blues has expanded significantly since founder Dale Ketechis first started brewing in Longmont fifteen years ago — and his decision to can his beers in 2002 made a big mark on the craft brewing industry. This year, the brewery will embark on a new venture that it hopes will…
