It’s a big week for the Denver Broncos, who take on the Green Bay Packers in a battle of unbeatens on Sunday. It’s a bigger week for Little Machine Beer, which opens its doors next to Sports Authority Field for the first time today at noon. Founded by Brett Williams,…
The Denver Bicycle Cafe is donating $1 to Trips for Kids Denver/Metro for every pint of Mockery Brewing’s Rakau IPA that is poured during the month of November from the new Confluence Tap Handle at DBC. “The Confluence Tap Handle program is a collaboration managed by Confluence, a corporate social…
In 2005, Kevin DeLange did something crazy: he brewed up a batch of beer and sold pints of it across a small bartop in Aurora. Today, hundreds of entrepreneurs – and more every day – make their living in Colorado doing the exact same thing, but ten years ago, that’s…
Ali Benetka, who became one of the first female head brewers in Colorado when she took over operations at Renegade Brewing in 2013, has returned to Colorado from Alaska, where she head a seasonal job, to take a brewing position at Ratio Beerworks in RiNo. A Denver-area native, Benetka earned…
Colorado has always led the way when it comes to canning innovations in the brewing industry, whether the latest brainstorm came from Coors, Ball Packaging, Oskar Blues, Wild Goose Canning or Mobile Canning Systems. But small craft breweries have pushed things forward as well, and one of those, Big Choice Brewing…
You’ve had beer ice cream (and if you haven’t, you should try it), but now it’s time for ice cream beer. New Belgium Brewing, in conjunction with Ben & Jerry’s, will release Salted Caramel Brownie Ale this month — and mouths are likely watering. The brown ale was brewed for…
There’s no shortage of craft beer at Denver International Airport. Passengers flying in and out can find outposts of New Belgium Brewing and Boulder Beer in the terminal, and a variety of local selections at bars and restaurants throughout the concourses; there’s also a kiosk in the B Concourse selling…
Crazy Mountain Brewery, which took over the Breckenridge Brewery’s former headquarters at 471 Kalamath Street in August, plans to open a barbecue joint and tap room in cooperation with Beaver Creek’s Group970 Restaurants sometime this fall. Group970 runs Blue Moose Pizza locations in Vail and Beaver Creek, along with two…
Although it was founded in Lyons and operates its largest brewery in Longmont, Oskar Blues has always felt right at home in Denver. And early next year, the company will plant some actual roots here when it opens its first property in Denver, a CHUBurger at 35th and Larimer streets,…
Just because New Belgium Brewing is paying a lot of attention to its massive new production facility in Asheville, North Carolina, (slated for completion in early 2016) doesn’t mean that the Fort Collins brewery is ignoring its home base. This fall, the company will break ground on an expansion project…
The annual Great American Beer Festival swept through Denver last weekend, and this year’s version may have been the best I’ve been to in a while. The reasons for that are clear: The organizers at the Boulder-based Brewers Association made some simple but significant changes that really helped change the…
I’ve been lucky enough to attend the Great American Beer Festival for the past nine years in a row. Over that time, I’ve watched it grow bigger and I’ve watched the beers get better. I’ve also watched the traditional opening notes from the bagpipe-and-drum corps during most of those years,…
The organizers of the Great American Beer Festival have released the list of more than 3,000 beers that will be poured at the Colorado Convention Center over the next three days. And while that’s a lot of brews to choose from, there are a few unusual and/or interesting items offered…
When judges rate beers at competitions like the Great American Beer Festival, they are typically looking for how well a particular brew fits its style definition. Does it taste, smell and feel like it is supposed to? Is it cloudy or clear? Does it have the right color, the right…
The swirling winds along South Broadway, which splits Denver in half, carry with them a lot of what makes up the city’s past and present, its culture and its vibe. The aromas of street tacos and marijuana float on those winds, as do the sounds of local bands, light rail…
It 5 o’clock somewhere, and during Great American Beer Festival week, it’s 5 o’clock all the time in Denver. This year’s festival runs from September 24-26 at the Colorado Convention Center, but the fun will begin long before that with dozens, if not hundreds, of events taking place all of…
Coloradans have it pretty good. We live in one of the best craft-beer states in the nation, both because our 300-plus in-state breweries are constantly turning out amazing creations and because out-of-state breweries like to try their hand here. Even so, we always thirst for more, and more is what…
The Great American Beer Festival has changed significantly over the past five years, as the numbers of craft breweries and craft-beer drinkers have increased exponentially. To keep up with demand — and changing trends — the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which hosts the annual affair in Denver, has had to make…
The NFL season kicked off last week, meaning that the mania of fantasy football leagues is in full swing. But football wasn’t the only sport being debated in the fantasy realm. The porchdrinking.com blog also held its annual Fantasy GABF Brewery Draft on Sunday, in which a bunch of beer…
Like an out-of-control locomotive, the Great American Beer Festival is on its way to Denver. But the train is already beginning to jump the tracks at spots all over town, where delicious beers are being spilled with no regrets. Breweries, beer bars and restaurants have lined up all sorts of…
Upslope Brewing, which got its start in 2008 in a tiny office-park space on Lee Hill Road, plans to open a huge new brewpub in central Boulder in 2017, at which time it will also close its original location. The 11,000-square foot facility, at 34th Street and Valmont Road, will…
Tickets for the sixteenth annual Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival went on sale this morning — and they will be gone quickly! This iconic fest, which takes place January 7-9 at the Vail Cascade Resort in Vail, includes a major tasting of high-gravity beers, along with a couple of intense…
