Zephyr Brewing Opening in River North Tomorrow

A lot has happened since early 2013, when three Colorado friends — Brian Wood, Rich Wisniewski and Tyler Shuey — decided to open a brewery in River North. The neighborhood has grown quickly and now includes eight breweries within walking distance — while their project, Zephyr Brewing, has suffered through…

Happy Hour at La Cour: Bohemian Rhapsody

True sophistication can be in short supply at happy hour. We usually go for early evening snacks and drinks for a taste of what a restaurant has to offer, not for an all-consuming experience. La Cour Bistro & Art Bar, a French restaurant with a distinct lack of pretension, offers…

Trinity Brewing Returns Silver Medal Because It Won for the Wrong Beer

When Trinity Brewing owner Jason Yester first envisioned a series of beers designed to highlight the differences between various wild yeasts and souring bacteria, the goal was to educate consumers, brewers, beer writers, and even beer judges about flavor profiles. “There is a lot of confusion,” he said then, about…

Oskar Blues Debuts Pinner Throwback IPA — a Lower-ABV, Session Beer

The challenge for Oskar Blues was to make a hoppy, low-alcohol “session” beer that wasn’t a “watered down Dale’s Pale Ale,” says Oskar Blues spokesman Chad Melis. And the result, Pinner Throwback IPA, will hit liquor store shelves in six-packs of twelve-ounce cans later this month in Colorado and North…

Happy Hour at The Corner Office: Working Overtime

The Corner Office shouldn’t work. It’s over-active, over-designed, over-achieving. Its menu covers dozens of different cuisines, from Greek htipiti dip to fish tacos. There are disco balls in the bathrooms. But rather than being a vile yuppie wonderland, the Corner Office is interesting and satisfying. Its happy hour, running from…

Punk Rock Inspiration: Lux & Ivy, by the Kitchen’s Dustin Lawlor

The Kitchen 1530 16th Street 303-623-3127 “I’ve always been a huge fan of Manhattans. That was kind of the base for it.” That’s Dustin Lawlor, head bartender at the Kitchen in downtown Denver, talking about Lux & Ivy, his latest whiskey cocktail. He’s also a huge fan of punk rock…

Happy Hour at Old Major: Animal Charm

To a restaurant, happy hour is many things: a way to fill up the slow early afternoon hours, an effort to build a loyal following in the neighborhood, and a means of offloading cheap food and liquor stock. But how do places with a holistic approach to cooking and dining…

Locavore Beer Works Opens in Littleton Tomorrow

Keeping it local. That’s the goal of Andy Nelson and Jason Reinhardt, who will open Locavore Beer Works on Saturday, November 15 in Littleton. “We use the concentric ring model and only go outside of that if certain goods or services aren’t available,” says Nelson, adding that the brewery is…

Fermaentra Brewing opens Saturday near the University of Denver

When people walk into Fermaentra, owners Brennan Mann and Spencer O’Bryan want them to know they’re in a brewery. “Otherwise, you’re just in a bar in LoDo,” Mann says. That’s why beer drinkers at Fermaentra, which opens its doors for the first time on Saturday, will be able to look…