Three ways to put beer on your body rather than in it

The Great American Beer Festival is coming, and you want to make sure you’re properly tubbed and scrubbed, but ordinary ablutions aren’t going to cut it — not for the biggest beer festival in the world. For that, you are going to have to put beer on your body as…

Culinary calendar: Beer season has begun

Oktoberfest kicked off last weekend on Larimer Street, and today another version of the annual festivity will debut at the Lowry Beer Garden, 7577 East Academy Boulevard. The space’s inaugural, three-day celebration naturally includes beer, brats and other German delicacies…

Four fall-worthy red wines to fall in love with

What makes a red wine fall — or should we say, fall in love — worthy? Given the record-setting quantities of rosé we consumed over the past few months, you might assume that getting us to loosen our death grip on pink wines would equal a Herculean feat…

Photos: West Flanders is brewing on Pearl Street in Boulder

West Flanders Brewery opened its doors over the weekend at 1125 Pearl Street in Boulder, in the former home of BJ’S Restaurant & Brewhouse (which has relocated to 1690 28th Street in Boulder). The brewpub is one of several new breweries tapping into that town, including J Wells, Wild Woods…

Crooked Stave Barrel Cellar ordered to stop selling draft beer

The Update, September 28: Crooked Stave is now serving draft beer again after having come to resolution with the Department of Revenue’s tobacco and liquor enforcement division. It turns out that Crooked Stave owner Chad Yakobson, who has researched Colorado’s odd liquor rules, had asked Funkwerks Brewing in Fort Collins,…

Once is enough for Bar Louie

Happy Place: Bar Louie, 8332 East 49th Avenue, 303-457-5900. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $3 draft beers; $4 wines by the glass; $5 martinis; half-priced select appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…

Five of the most annoying wine trends we’ve seen on TV

Seems like no matter what channel we tune into lately, we’ve spotted a character or two drinking wine. Which is something you’d think we’d applaud — if the wine-related antics on the particular handful of shows we stumbled upon hadn’t ranged from mildly annoying to downright depressing. But before we…