It’s hard to remember a time when Colorado didn’t have dozens of options when it comes to canned craft beers, but that time wasn’t really very long ago. And the rest of the country? Well, other states are still catching up. But things are changing quickly, according to economist Bart…
After some logistical hiccups and growing pains during its first year in Breckenridge in 2017, the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival, which took place January 4 through 6 at the Beaver Run Resort, has clearly re-settled itself in its new home, and the event — one of the nation’s…
Welcome to 2018. It’s time to fulfill some of those New Beers Resolutions, and it never hurts to get an early start. This month, you can get your fill of barrel-aged beery goodness at three different festivals focused on the style, or you can marvel at a brand new venue…
If the Tweeter-In-Chief’s latest musings on North Korea have you thinking that the apocalypse could come sooner rather than later, then Lost Highway Brewing in Centennial has the beer for you. Although the message laid out on the back of the can of Mountain Coast IPA (and the map on…
Zephyr Brewing, which closed its River North brewery and taproom last July, will rise from the ashes on Friday at 4 p.m. when it reopens with a small new taproom and production facility at 1609 East 58th Avenue, Unit G. The new location features Zephyr’s original Colorado-made seven-barrel brewhouse, a butcher-block…
A year after moving away from its longtime home in Vail, the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival is still adapting to new digs in Breckenridge. But the second iteration of the renewed festival, taking place January 4-6, at the Beaver Run Resort, should reflect some of what the festival’s…
No one every reads the introductions to lists like this. So, I could write just about anything here and no one will read it. And that’s okay — I don’t generally read the intros either. But just in case: here is how I came up with my list of thirty…
Earlier this month, the owner of Twenty Brew Taphouse in Westminster posted a plaintive note on Facebook stating the business was no longer sustainable and could close in early 2018. Part of the reason: a break-in last fall that resulted in the theft of rare beer, new furniture, a pool table…
Since Tivoli Brewing was founded in 2012, the brewery has reincarnated nearly a dozen beers and brands from Denver’s brewing history — mostly German-style lagers sold between the 1860s and 1960. Resurrected brews include Sigi’s Buck Beer, Bohemia Girl, Jet Malt Liquor and, of course, the Tivoli name and beers themselves…
Well, this is awkward. The massive Republican-created, Trump-endorsed tax bill that will pass today — slashing taxes for corporations and the rich — will also supposedly benefit craft brewers. After years and years of fighting, the Boulder-based Brewers Association finally got its Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act passed as…
The last twelve months have been oddly slow when it comes to brewery openings inside Denver’s city limits. Only four — Zuni Street Brewing, Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, Woods Boss Brewing and Alternation Brewing — began pouring beer. A fifth, Oasis Brewing at 3257 Lowell Boulevard, is rushing to get itself…
Humans have been trying to get drunk for a long time. The earliest evidence of people drinking fermented wheat or barley-based beverages dates all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia (where Iraq is now) about 7,000 years ago, while the earliest beer recipe was discovered in a 4,000-year-old poem. But on…
Fireman Capital Partners, the Boston-based private equity firm that owns Longmont’s Oskar Blues Brewery, Perrin Brewing in Michigan, Florida’s Cigar City and the Squatters and Wasatch breweries in Utah, is changing the name of the holding company that operates these breweries from Oskar Blues Holdings to CANarchy. CANarchy “provides a…
At least a dozen breweries closed their taprooms in Colorado in 2017. That’s the bad news. But eight of the twelve were replaced by other existing breweries or breweries-in-planning, so the vacated spaces are at least being recycled, the brewing equipment reused and thirsty beer drinkers are being served. One…
South Broadway can be gritty along the half-mile stretch known as Antique Row, and the owners of Alternation Brewing, which opens its doors Saturday, want it to stay that way. “This isn’t LoDo or even River North. I like the grunge feel, so I hope the neighborhood doesn’t change too…
When Salt Lake City’s Epic Brewing revealed in 2012 that it would open a newer, larger production facility in Denver, co-owner Dave Cole mentioned that the search had come down to Colorado and California. Colorado won out, though, and Epic unveiled its $2.5 million, twenty-barrel brewery the next year. But…
In the past two weeks, two well-respected national beer writers have penned articles foretelling the demise of craft brewing. Neither predicted its death based on competition with big beer or on ingredient shortages or other economic factors, though. Rather, they bemoaned the surging popularity of two different styles, sounding the…
Three years ago, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project dismantled its Cellar Reserve program — one of the first such craft-beer membership programs in Colorado — because of production constraints and other growing pains. The move gave the brewery more freedom, but also alienated a significant number of its original supporters…
If Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday had you sweating it out on Can’t-Pay-the-Rent Tuesday, then you might want to turn away from this bit of news: In recent months, a few Colorado craft breweries have begun selling beers exceeding $30, $40 and even $50 a bottle. It’s…
3 Freaks Brewing in Highlands Ranch posted a message on its Facebook page on Saturday saying it would be closed temporarily because it had inadvertently failed to renew its state licensing. The brewery, located at 7140 East County Line Road, was opened in June 2014 by Jeff Atencio. Atencio declined…
Chai beers are nothing new, but they’re also not that easy to find. For years, Yak & Yeti in Arvada was the only local brewery that made a brew with Indian spices on a regular basis, and that experience showed: brewery-restaurant won a silver medal for its chai milk stout…
Brrrr, these sixty-degree days are really chilling, um, nothing. But that’s okay, our internal body clocks know it’s winter, and so do Colorado’s breweries. That’s why they are unleashing a host of wintry beers and hosting the best holiday-themed beer bashes imaginable. So, grab your ugly sweaters (and flip-flops) and…
