For two years I’ve been wondering when Coors would decide to start canning its once-formidable-but-now-somewhat watered-down Blue Moon. The Belgian-style wit beer is perfect for summer, falling somewhere between standard canned beer fare like Coors, Bud and PBR and heavier canned micros like Dale’s Pale Ale, Fat Tire and Ska’s…
“It just depends on what they smell like, to be quite honest with you.” That’s Justin Lloyd, one of three new owners of Star Bar, 2137 Larimer Street, the subject of this week’s Drunk of the Week. “They” are the less-than-desirables who used to frequent the original Star Bar (and…
A refrigerated Budweiser warehouse isn’t normally the kind of thing that would make a hop-headed craft beer geek salivate, but for the next couple of weeks, the facility at 62nd Avenue and Franklin Street in Denver is every beer geeks dream. It’s where the craft breweries from around the country…
“I just need something strong in my veins,” she says, tapping the underside of her forearm with two fingers. “What’s homemade? What can I get a taste of?” She’s dressed in jean shorts and a simple black blouse, with a black leather purse slung over her right shoulder; her brown…
Drunk of the Week columnist Drew Bixby just profiled Star Bar, and all the changes that have taken place since the old owner left and the new owners took over. Here’s a nightlife tour by photographer Eric Gruneisen not just of Star Bar, but the other bars along that strip…
The Place: Bridgewater Grill, 800 Eleventh Street, Golden, 303-279-0100 The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6 p.m. and from 9 p.m. to close The Deals: Appetizers are $2 off; all draft beer, wine and well drinks are half-price…
Does craft beer deserve a place at the dinner table next to — or instead of — wine? That’s a question that guests at TAG sought to answer last night during a fantastic Beer Vs. Wine dinner hosted by Troy Guard’s restaurant at 1441 Larimer Street, as well as master…
When you stop in at Heaven Dragon, the popular Thornton eatery that served President George W. Bush on three separate occasions, you’ll likely notice two things missing. One is Dan Tang, the restaurant’s workaholic owner, since on Monday he went to prison to start an eighteen-month sentence for his part…
Avery Brewing began canning its first beer, Joe’s Premium American Pilsner, yesterday and plans to have four of its brews in cans and on liquor-store shelves by September 1. The Boulder company had planned to start canning on June 1, but was delayed by its supplier, Crown Cork & Seal,…
Ali vs. Frazer. Chocolate vs. Vanilla. Blue Ray vs. HD DVD. Jacob vs. Edward. They are the battles of our time. Now, add Beer vs. Wine. While wine has held the place of honor for hundreds of years next to fancy food and grub at well-set dinner tables around the…
Just because summer’s winding down to its inevitable end doesn’t mean that your rosé-filled days (and evenings) have to. Even if you aced this year’s rosé-drinking challenge with flying colors and have flown through cases of the five best rosés of summer 2010, no need to remove those rosé-colored glasses…
Blue Moon, the Belgian-style wit beer that was created inside Coors Field in 1995, is apparently also highly valued for its calming qualities. First it was requested by James Crowley during President Obama’s August 2009 beer summit on racial relations on the White House lawn, and now it has turned…
Boulder is about to go even greener. At the end of this month, Absinthe House will open in the former Foundry space at 1109 Walnut Street. “We want it to look like an absinthe house that’s been around before the ban on absinthe ninety years ago, but with an updated…
While I have my “go-to” cocktails, I often want to break out of my cocktail rut. And when I do, I have go-to bars where I know the mixologists can work magic. I’ll tell the bartender the spirit I want to imbibe, answer a few questions about the degree of…
It may not have all the amenities of Las Vegas or New Orleans, but the Colorado State Fair is starting to look more and more like Sin City and The Big Easy in the alcoholic beverage department…
It’s been a summer full of fantastic wines, but even a wine-drinking professional (or is it professional wine drinker?) can grow weary of the standard red, white or rosé decision. If you, too, are searching for a supremely drinkable, inexpensive and easy-to-assemble option to guzzle throughout the few remaining weeks…
A funny thing happened the other day on an exploratory trip to the new Mellow Mushroom , which just opened at 1201 Sixteenth Street, in the Tabor Center. Tempted by the sweet allure of lunchtime pizza, we were actually more impressed by the drink specials than the pizzas…
If Oskar Blues Brewery was a Girl Scout, we’d all be rolling our eyes out of our heads at the merit badges crowding her sash. Fortunately, the brewery’s accolades derive not from rescuing kittens from trees or helping grandma cross the street, but from the conscientiousness of the company and…
TINGK! The traditional metal bar bell’s sound is unmistakable. Even in a crowded spot with punk-rock jukebox blaring, the clang of the clapper, long rope tied beneath it, crashing a solo shot somewhere between the bell’s mouth and the sound ring — everyone hears it. But that’s the point. Most…
The Place: McCormick’s Fish House & Bar, 1659 Wazee Street, 303-628-5532 The Hours: Daily from 3 until 6 p.m. The Deals: Wine and cocktail specials, $4-7; food specials, $2-6. The Digs: McCormick’s is über convenient to just about every downtown attraction, plus it’s a handy spot in which to enjoy…
In 1976, to coincide with our country’s bicentennial celebrations, a wine merchant-turned-educator named Steve Spurrier organized an esteemed panel of wine cognoscenti to trumpet the (allegedly obvious) superiority of ultra-elite French wines over their Napa Valley counterparts. Spurrier got the shock of his life when the US snatched up the…
Breckenridge Brewery is marking its twentieth anniversary by making an exclusive gift to local Old Chicago locations: Buddha’s Hand Witbier. The beer, brewed in the Belgian tradition with an American twist, will be released at a special party at all Colorado Old Chicago locations at 6 p.m. tomorrow — and…
