Colorado craft brewers are off to a hoppy New Year in 2011 with many new beers on the shelves and the re-release of popular seasonals. In fact, the breweries are cranking out so much stuff, it’s hard to keep track. So here’s a list of beers you can drink right…
There was more cheering and drinking than watching at Govnr’s Park last night, but it was definitely a party. HDNet was finally airing the Denver episode of Drinking Made Easy, and Govnr’s Park had attracted a good crowd for its official watch party. “I’m glad everybody came to support me…
The Americans are poised to overthrow the British yet again. But this time, the revolution is taking place at the Royal Hilltop, an English pub-style restaurant that Tina and James Pachorek opened in Aurora in 2002. “We are changing it over from Aurora’s first British pub to Aurora’s first tap…
As a kid, I loved almost everything about the Fort. The scale replica of Bent’s Fort — a trading post, army garrison and freight stop along the Santa Fe Trail — seemed like a completely awesome adult version of the couch-cushion forts we built when playing now-politically-incorrect Cowboys and Indians…
The owners of a proposed craft-beer bar along Seventh Avenue’s restaurant row were shocked earlier this month when a hearing officer for the city of Denver’s excise and license division suggested that their liquor license request be denied. “There was no public opposition from nearby restaurants and bars. In fact,…
For a week this past June, comedian Zane Lamprey and the crew that helps him create the show Drinking Made Easy got paid to do what many of us have been paying to do for years: drink up and down the Front Range. And tomorrow night the best parts of…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
When Gordon Schuck and Brad Lincoln were trying to decide where in the United States to open a small brewery that focused solely on Belgian-style saisons, one town kept rising to the top of the list: Fort Collins. “Because of New Belgium, you have a lot of people around town…
Last week’s post featuring the wines of the Pinot Posse sparked much debate over the respective merits and flaws of modern, new world-style pinot noir. At one end of the table, we had the new world wine lovers, who revel in bottles bursting with ripe, mouthwateringly juicy fruit, and (though…
At a Sunday night event featuring bizarro go-go girl oompa loompa hybrids, an old-timey popcorn machine and an announcer named DumpTruck, Oak at Fourteenth’s Bryan Dayton and Steuben’s Randy Layman proved to be the biggest attraction. The Bluebird’s main floor was turned into a small, makeshift bar for the regional…
Does fiction follow real life or does real life come from fiction? The drivers of two beer trucks had to put philosophical questions like that aside during a snow storm on January 19 when one of their trucks slid into the other in Boulder, as seen in a comical YouTube…
After four months of tinkering and trying again, Strange Brewing Company has perfected its recipe for a “house beer” that is now being served exclusively at Hops & Pie and is also being used in the crust of the northwest Denver restaurant’s pizzas. Hops & Pie PA went on tap…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Imagine an evening wherein eight of the coolest, most talented and down-to-earth pinot noir producers present their hand-picked selections for you to taste — and by taste, we mean consume liberal amounts of — while you soak up stories about how the grapes looked at harvest and why the weather…
Old Chicago is giving Colorado beer lovers a brief and deliciously bitter taste of something they’ve only been able to get previously at Oskar Blues locations. Starting on Wednesday, January 26, the restaurant chain’s 27 Colorado locations will begin pouring Deviant Dale’s IPA, a twice-as-hoppy version of the brewery’s flagship…
Dry Dock Brewing, which began distributing one of its beers to a handful of local liquor stores last fall, is rolling out an expanded lineup this month. And the Aurora beer began pouring three brews — Seven Seas Double IPA, Vanilla Porter and its award-winning U-Boat Hefeweizen — into 22-ounce…
Maybe you went to the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival two weeks ago in Vail. Or maybe you’ve checked out the Great American Beer Festival, the biggest beer fest of all. If you have, then you know how big “big” can be. Now, it’s time to check out how…
Happy Place: Duo, 2413 West 32nd Avenue, 303-477-4141 The Hours: Sunday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $2 beers; $3 well cocktails; $5 select wines by the glass; $5 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Oskar Blues will change the name of one of its four year-round beers after the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group threatened to sue the Colorado company for trademark infringement, says Oskar Blues spokesman Chad Melis. Gordon, the Oskar Blues beer, is named for Gordon Knight, a fire-fighting helicopter pilot…
It’s a bitter drink to swallow, but Colorado’s not exactly famous for making outstanding wines. Instead, an invitation to sample Colorado wines is typically met with anything from incredulity to utter scorn. That’s not to say that all Colorado-bred wines suck. It’s just that there aren’t more than a handful…
While the party was just getting started at the Fillmore Auditorium, Governor John Hickenlooper arrived in the gritty parking lot of a Blockbuster store about a block away to begin the ride of a lifetime. Or at least the ride of the night. The Wynkoop Brewing Company, which Hickenlooper co-founded…
Great Divide Brewing Co. released two beers and debuted a third at its Arapahoe Street headquarters last week. Photographer Kate Levy was there and brought back photos from the party for this slide show: Great Divide Brewing’s Beer Party. Below are a few highlights…
