Left Hand Brewing Company will release a new IPA for a good cause next month. The beer — which is brewed with orange zest and aged with maple Louisville Slugger baseball bats — is a collaborative effort from nine craft breweries throughout the country. Each brewery will brew the same…
In March, Mary and Pat Scanlan and Mark Kleckner of Woody Creek Distillers opened the doors of their 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art distillery and tasting room in Basalt, unveiling five ultra-premium American spirits, each distilled and bottled in the Aspen Valley using spring water from Basalt and locally grown produce from the…
Denver barman Matty Durgin is from Boston, which means the bombings at the Boston Marathon last Monday hit close to home. In fact, one of the victims who was killed was a friend of his and a beloved member of the hospitality scene. To celebrate his friend’s life and to…
Several small Colorado breweries that only sell in-state have recently signed on with distribution companies in order to get their beer inside more mouths. Dry Dock in Aurora, Trinity in Colorado Springs and Eddyline Brewing in Buena Vista are all working with Western Distribution, while Telluride Brewing recently signed on…
Nick Nunns, the owner of TRVE Brewing, likes the song Dopesmoker by Sleep, the now-disbanded metal band. And why not? Brewing beer takes a while, and this guitar-heavy anthem lasts for a brain-addling one hour and three minutes. “We play it all the time. It’s one of those things. If…
Odell Brewing in Fort Collins recently began opening its taproom on Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., which means more beer (including taproom-only specials like Wee Willy Winkie, Easy Elephant and Monarch Saison) and more brewery tours. In fact, Odell now offers tours seven days a week at 1,…
Echo Brewing, which celebrated its first anniversary this past weekend in Frederick, has decided to straddle I-25 and open a second brewery in Old Town Erie. Until that’s ready, though, Echo will also serve as a jumping-off point for a second brewing company that plans to open in Erie: Atom…
Nine local bartenders — Justin Lloyd (Star Bar); Joe Hines (Williams & Graham); Adam Hodak (Bonanno Concepts); Pat Ruberto (Gaetano’s); Brandon Meyer (Crave Dessert Bar); Melissa Durant (Old Major); Anika Zappe (Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink); Les Baker (Tom’s Urban 24) and Randy Layman from Ace, who’s pictured…
Downtown Denver will soak up another brewery this fall when Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery opens at 20th and Lawrence streets, next to the 20th Street Café and just blocks from Great Divide Brewing and several other breweries. Two years in the planning, Jagged Mountain (named for a peak in the…
Here’s a strange fact about Colorado’s every-increasing number of breweries: head south out of Golden or west from Lakewood along Colorado Highway 285 and it will be a while — about 115 miles — before you find one. The 285 corridor between Lakewood and Buena Vista, a very popular route,…
Colorado’s first all-female collaboration brew went so well that an expanded group of women has decided to do a second one — this time on the Western Slope. Nine women from nine different breweries around the state will convene at Kannah Creek Brewing in Grand Junction on April 21 to…
Colorado craft breweries have remained steady on the Boulder-based Brewers Association’s annual list of the top fifty craft-beer makers in the country. New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins is still the third-largest craft brewer in the nation, while Longmont’s Oskar Blues rose from 29th on the list to 27th. See…
River North Brewery, which has been working on getting approval for a patio for quite a while, finally got the go-ahead just before the Colorado Rockies home opener. And although it’s a little chilly out there today, the new space should be a great place to hang out all spring…
Colorado breweries continue to open at a rapid pace in 2013 — and they’re typically swamped the minute they open by beer fans eager to sample their brews. But breweries-in-planning don’t usually get a chance to put their products in front of customers (paying customers, anyway) ahead of time. That’s…
Stapleton doesn’t have its own neighborhood brewery (yet), but the locals will get a way to try out beers being made by small breweries all over the state beginning this summer, when the Stapleton Tap House opens in The Shops at Northfield. The 1,500-square-foot spot, located near Harkins Theatre in…
The Taste of Vail, a multi-day food and wine festival that uncorks each year in Vail Village and on Vail Mountain, is still — even after 23 years — one of the state’s most fantastic culinary spring flings. Herewith, a few observations and photos from the weekend revelry. See also:…
Hoping to capitalize on both baseball season and the popularity of Denver’s burgeoning taproom culture, MillerCoors and the Rockies have decided to give the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which is inside of Coors Field, a facelift — and then open the brewery to the public even on…
Ah, spring. The beginning of a new baseball season is always so full of hope, so full of life, so full of chances to turn over a new leaf. Perhaps you should start with your beer? If that’s the case, here are five ways you can celebrate the season and…
Tom’s Urban 24, which I review this week, isn’t a chef-driven restaurant. The bar is where the real personalities reside, with seven mixologists bringing their own craft and spirits (pun intended) to upscale, round-the-clock libations. Last month two of them, Les Baker V and Chris Clewell, shared the spotlight by…
For the first time in more than a decade, the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which has been open only to Colorado Rockies ticket-holders — and then only on game days — will be open to the public on non-game days beginning May 2. The news means that…
WINNER UPDATE: The correct answer to our contest question — How many one-ounce pours did Great Divide serve during the three-day Great American Beer Festival, held in Denver last year? — is 20,343 one-ounce pours. The person who came the closest to that number without going over is d.m.c, who…
Update: Denver Comic Con and Breckenridge Brewery have selected The Caped Brewsader, submitted by Nathan Bowker as the name for the new beer. And the world is safe again. There are evil villains on the loose, trying to twist a naming contest for the special beer that is being brewed…
