In this interview, James Lee, one of the godfathers of Colorado cocktail culture, discusses the Pimms Cup that made him see the light, one thing he thinks bartenders absolutely have to measure, and the night he was called the worst bartender ever…
Crooked Stave’s brews aren’t for everyone. But for beer fans who love sour and wild ales, they’re worth the pucker — and the price. Chad Yakobson, the one-man operation behind Crooked Stave brewery, knows that, which is why he’s been selling memberships to people who love this style of beer…
Happy Place: Trinity Grille, 1801 Broadway, 303-293-2288. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $1 off all beer, well cocktails, house wines; free hors d’oeuvres Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Glenfiddich, known for its single malt Scotch whisky, “has the spirit of a pioneer,” says Edinburgh native Mitch Bechard, the spirit’s national brand ambassador. “It was the first single malt marketed outside of Scotland, and we were laughed at when we did it.”…
Denver Off the Wagon, a booze-centered blog boasting a couple dozen suds-sodden writers, will celebrate its first anniversary this week with a three-day party centered around a beer that the Wagoners brewed in January at the Wynkoop Brewing Company. Wagon Ryed, as the beer is called, is based off of…
A bevy of beer bloggers will appear on American Craft Beer Radio with Gary Valliere this Saturday when Colorado’s newest craft beer radio show takes the air for its third show at noon on 102.3 FM, the local ESPN affiliate. The show will focus on the experiences of bloggers and…
AC Golden Brewing will unveil a new beer today at Colorado Old Chicago restaurants as part of the beer-centered restaurant chain’s latest Mini Tour. The brew is an India Pale Lager, or IPL, made from four kinds of hops (Chinook, Centennial, Cascade and Simcoe) typically found in IPAs, but with…
Yesterday may have been a day of indulgence for those of you who used Mardi Gras as an excuse to stuff yourself with pancakes and get sloshed on Hurricanes. But if you’re still going strong, you’ll want to know that today is probably the best arbitrary hedonistic holiday of the…
Breckenridge Brewing will release the first batch of Stranahan’s Well Built E.S.B. next week, a beer aged in Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey barrels for three months and brewed in conjunction with the high-end distillery, located just down the street. It’s the first collaboration between the two companies since they signed an…
More than a year after the Breckenridge and Wynkoop breweries merged their financial operations, the federal government has finally granted the companies a license that will allow the Wynkoop to brew and can its beer at Breckenridge’s Denver facility…
Left Hand Brewing can do it with either hand, and the Longmont brewery will show you how with a new series of limited-edition, draft-only beers called Ambidextrous. The first of these, an imperial milk stout, is on tap at a handful of spots in Colorado and around the country; it…
In this interview, Osteria Marco bar manager Amanda Olig weighs in on rye whiskey, how she got her first bartending job in Denver and what she drinks after a particularly difficult night…
Happy Place: Elway’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street, 303-312-3107 The Hours: Daily from 2 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $5 selected wines by the glass; $7 cocktail of-the-day; $3 draft beers; half-priced selected appetizers Were We Happy? Flip the page to find out…
River North Brewery will officially start pouring pints of Belgian-style beers on Saturday, adding a new element to Denver’s quickly growing roster of neighborhood breweries…
For the first time since it was created in 2008, AC Golden Brewing in Golden plans to release three of its specialty, small-batch beers in 750 ml bottles. All three are sour fruit beers that were aged for ten months in oak barrels and fermented with brettanamyces yeast and souring…
Tomme Arthur, the legendary owner of Port Brewing/The Lost Abbey, is in Fort Collins today to collaborate with New Belgium Brewing Company on an upcoming beer that will be part of its Lips of Faith series. Then, at some point soon, brewers from New Belgium will travel to California to…
The Bitter Bar has been at the forefront of the Colorado cocktail scene since it first opened as Happy’s night-time alter ego three years ago. In fact, its list of classic and clever libations were so popular that owner Dave Query eventually decided to shut down his Boulder noodle house…
More and more, breweries in Colorado are collaborating on new beers with each other, with chefs and restauranteurs, or even — gasp — bloggers. But Funkwerks Brewing in Fort Collins has made a new beer for a single liquor store: Mile High Wine and Spirits. The Lakewood bottle shop, located…
As Kevin Morrison drew up plans for Pinche Taqueria, a brick-and-mortar version of his Pinche Tacos food truck, he gave a lot of thought to how to best use his newly acquired liquor license, creating a beverage board that would embody the cheeky nature of his brand…
The beer and food experts at Euclid Hall had so much fun pairing small bites with rare and unusual beers in January during the restaurant’s Beer Month, that they’ve decided to continue the Brew Bites program through at least March. Each Tuesday (except for the two during Restaurant Week on…
Romance, shmomance. We’ve had it up to here with all the laughably predictable recommendations and ill-advised wine pairings that show up like clockwork every year at this time. We’re not hatin’ on love or anything — but since when is the notion of celebrating that special someone with a bottle…
Pliny the Younger, one of the rarest, most highly rated beers in America, has made its annual trip to Colorado, where the Triple IPA — made by California’s Russian River Brewing — will be tapped by just fourteen establishments in the state. The six-gallon kegs of Younger are usually gone…
