Coors has been a part of the Great American Beer Festival since its ragtag beginnings in 1982 in Boulder. The brewery won its first medals — for Killian Irish Red and Coors Extra Gold — in 1988, a year after the festival held its first competitive judging. In the decades…
In the same month that Ska Brewing released one of the lowest-alcohol beers to be canned in Colorado — the 4.5 ABV Rudie Session IPA — Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards released one of the most potent: the 10 percent ABV Lawyers, Guns & Money. Labeled as a barleywine, the…
With a population comprised mostly of day-trippers, folk musicians, and the selectively employed, Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is a fertile breeding ground for good happy hours. Even before a discounted menu became practically mandatory in Colorado restaurants, a veritable Murderer’s Row of legendary happy hours on Walnut Street — those…
Is it fall yet? Almost. A pair of seasonal beers from two Colorado breweries are hitting shelves around town right now. They include Grimm Brothers Brewhouse’s Farmer’s Daughter, a 6.1 ABV German Style Oktoberfest beer with a creamy mouthfeel and toasty aroma, and New Belgium’s Tour de Fall, a new…
While there’s no end to the bottomless mimosas suddenly pouring out at brunches around town, Panzano has just introduced another sweet option: the Lychee Sparkler. Bartender Jodi Dolph created the concoction for an in-house contest that called for creating summertime drinks featuring Zonin Prosecco, the Italian sparkling wine. See also:…
Just three years after opening in a former garage on Platte Street, Denver Beer Co has just tapped a huge new production facility in the Sunnyside neighborhood, making the brewery a perfect symbol for the rapid rise of craft brewing’s third wave. Denver Beer Co’s Canworks in located inside a…
Now, this is more like it: a real happy hour at last. The legendary Charlie Brown’s in Capitol Hill is well known to the city’s bar-crawlers and chain-smokers, but also to a new generation of students and hipsters who appreciate a place with cheap drinks — and food served all…
When Tom’s Urban 24 opened on Halloween night 2012, it lit up the corner of Larimer and 15th streets that had gone dark when the Samba Room closed. Last week that space went dark again — but only temporarily — so that owner Tom Ryan could introduce some changes. When…
The Daily Meal released its annual list of the 50 Best Craft Breweries in America — as voted on by readers — last week, and it included seven in Colorado. They are: New Belgium Brewing (ranked 7), Oskar Blues (ranked 9), Avery (ranked 12), Epic (ranked 16), Great Divide (ranked…
Is Ben Carrington Denver’s most creative bartender? The people have voted — over 500 of them, who all jammed onto an outdoor patio at the Four Seasons hotel and selected Carrington’s cocktail as the winner at Monday’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition. The annual event, sponsored by Bombay Sapphire and GQ…
Three former Avery Brewing employees who left earlier this year to form their own venture, Call to Arms Brewing, have signed a lease at 4526 Tennyson Street in the Berkeley neighborhood. The brewery will be located in the back half of an 8,253-square-foot building/development called John’s Garage, which used to…
Denver’s unusually humid air had me craving my former Los Angeles home, where — toes in the sand — we’d drink homemade blended margaritas (because you can’t afford to go out in L.A.). I was pining for a sandy vacation when my friend invited me to Adrift, Denver’s quintessential tiki…
A decision by the National Labor Review Board last week determined that McDonald’s is responsible for employee wages at all of its U.S. restaurants. Previously, the corporation had held that wages were controlled and set by each individually owned restaurant franchise, and therefore the company was not responsible for wage…
If it weren’t for that blasted Cuban embargo, I wonder if eateries like Cuba Cuba Cafe & Bar wouldn’t be everywhere. Thankfully, the delightful Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria shops appear to multiplying rapidly, and there are places like Frijoles and Buchi to satisfy any lechon craving, but an evening at Cuba…
It’s not that the guys who work at Ska Brewing don’t want to get drunk. It’s just that they don’t want to get drunk as fast, says company co-owner Dave Thibodeau. “There’s been a lot of hype about session beers, but that’s not why we made it. We made it…
Dude’s Brews, the packaging arm of Dad & Dude’s Breweria in Aurora, has started canning two new beers: Leaves of Lemongrass, a light-bodied wit bier brewed with lemongrass, coriander and orange peel, and Riot Red Rye Ale, a spicy red infused with Lampong peppercorns from Indonesia. They should be available…
Tickets to the Great American Beer Festival, slated for October 2, 3 and 4 at the Colorado Convention Center, go on sale to the general public today at 10 a.m. and will likely sell out within seconds. The festival itself, run by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, continues to grow while…
Coffee at The Point, has a new look: Owners Ryan and Donovan Cobbins installed an 800 square-foot patio on the East 26th Avenue side of the restaurant last week. The addition was a good move for the cafe, which is on a busy Denver intersection in Five Points but partially…
Sierra Nevada Brewing didn’t provide the double rainbow that arched across the sky above Civic Center Park last Friday. But the Chico, California-based brewery certainly took care of all the other details at Beer Camp Across America, a roving seven-city festival that will end in Mills River, North Carolina, on…
People watching is more than just a way to pass time while sipping drinks; it’s a form of entertainment, a game even — if done right. One of the benefits of public patio lounging is people watching — but you have to choose the right location to get a quality…
Upslope head brewer Alex Violette, who has been making beer for the Boulder brewery since early 2009, is leaving his post there to start his own place in Vietnam. It’s an unusual career choice to leave the center of this nation’s brewing universe for a country where craft beer is…
His motorcycle broke down last week on a road trip from Denver to Louisiana, but Sean Kenyon kept moving. He shipped the bike home from Memphis, hopped in a car and pushed on. He was headed to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, an annual five-day convention that draws…
