It’s been a busy six weeks at Denver’s Strange Brewing Company. Between a major brewery expansion project, the threat of trademark infringement lawsuit and the Great American Beer Festival, where Strange won a medal for the second year in a row, owners Tim Myers and John Fletcher have had their…
The Rocky Mountain French American Chamber of Commerce will host the fourteenth annual Beaujolais and Beyond Food & Wine Festival at Infinity Park Event Center, 4400 East Kentucky Avenue, tonight from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. The fundraiser features more than twenty local restaurants, and participating chefs will take part in…
There’s a certain cadre of wine drinkers who anxiously await the arrival of a very special Thursday in November for their chance to eat and drink (wine, natch) until they fall into a pleasure-induced stupor. If you’re reading this and thinking to yourself, “Yeah, that’s called Thanksgiving,” then think again…
Winner update: Congrats to evamarie.perron, who came the closest with her guess of 1,500 pints. The actual answer is 1,571 pints. Craft brews were the big draw at last month’s Great American Beer Festival, but a portion of the beer bonanza was also devoted to beer-and-food pairings, which, in the…
There are a lot of ways to open a bottle of beer. There are keychains and iPod cases with bottle openers embedded in them. There are openers on flip-flops and baseball cap bills, wall-mounted openers, countertops, knives and even a beer bottle stick. But a Denver photographer and part-time inventor,…
Oskar Blues and Ska Brewing finally released some details about the collaboration beer they made to celebrate the Longmont brewery’s tenth canning anniversary. The smoked IPA is called oSKAr the G’Rauch because: 1) you can’t spell Oskar without Ska, and 2) it was made in the smoked rauschbier style. It’s…
Your holiday shopping just got a little better. Earlier this month, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey opened a new General Store and Tasting Room inside the distillery at 200 South Kalamath Street. See also: – Whiskey bottling at Stranahan’s — A Westword Slide Show – Breckenridge Brewing lands exclusive rights to use…
Deerhammer Distilling Company, a whiskey distillery located in Buena Vista, is spreading some holiday cheer with its limited-edition Buena Vista Brandy. The holiday drink was made in conjunction with Vino Salida and distilled in Colorado with all local ingredients. Only one barrel was made, and the bottles are now on…
Great Divide Brewing has continued to shake up its beer roster, announcing the addition of two major new seasonal beers: Orabelle, a Belgian-style trippel that will debut in January as an annual seasonal, and HeyDay, a Belgian-style white that will be available from April through June. Great Divide also says…
Metro-area fans of Trinity Brewing will be making an Oh Face this month as the small Colorado Springs brewery begins distributing a few of its beers to a handful of craft beer-focused liquor stores in the area. Prior to that, bottles of TPS Report, Oh Face and other Trinity beers…
Wine never tastes better than when matched with its perfect food-based soulmate. So when the annual Pairsine -The Taste of Elegance Chefs’ Food & Wine Pairing Competition rolls into town, we clear our calendars and start fasting — because we know that it’s about to go down. See also: -…
When Odell Brewing Co. partnered with Cafe Society on a contest in honor of our upcoming 2012 Denver Web Awards, we knew the results would be great. At the ceremony, which will be held at RedLine on Thursday to honor the best and brightest minds in digital Denver, the brewery…
Something strange is going on. In September, as Denver’s Strange Brewing was gearing up for a small expansion as well as the Great American Beer Festival, owners John Fletcher and Tim Myers got a letter from a lawyer demanding that they change their name. See also: – De Steeg Brewing…
Some cuisines are easier to pair with beers than others. Mom’s brisket, for instance, works really well with a big stout, while a platter of garlicky mussels is going to play nicely off a Belgian saison. IPAs work with fried pub fare, like onion rings and fish ‘n’ chips, while…
Last week, we told you about Boulder Beer Company’s cameo in an episode of Parks and Recreation — but this wasn’t the only Colorado brewery to get a little air time. A can of Dale’s Pale Ale made it into a reenactment scene in SEAL Team Six: The Raid on…
No matter who you were pulling for in last night’s Presidential contest, if you were on the losing side, you undoubtedly heard more than a few of your disgruntled peeps threaten to move to Canada in protest. Well, before you start packing your bags, we thought it only proper to…
Will one of Colorado’s craft breweries dare to make a pot-infused beer now that Amendment 64 has passed? Probably. After all, cannabis and hops are cousins in the plant world and there are plenty of Colorado types who enjoy both vices. But there are already a couple of beers that…
When Sarah Henderson got the job as assistant brewer at Golden City Brewery eighteen months ago, there was more than a little fate involved. “I had just posted my resume on ProBrewer.com,” says Henderson, a Colorado School of Mines grad. “And literally, the day I called him looking for a…
While the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy continues to swamp the Northeast, several Denver restaurants are doing their bit to help provide aid. Jax Fish House will be hosting a weekend scallop special featuring produce caught by fishermen affected by the storm; Central Bistro and Bar is serving free drinks to…
Happy Place: Tony P’s, 240 Milwaukee Street, 303-355-1177 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. and again from 9 to 11 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 9 to 11 p.m. The Deals: $5 domestic pitchers; $10 craft beer pitchers; $2…
Tony Pasquini has returned to 17th Avenue with a new/old pizzeria. The latest Pasquini’s will open at 11 a.m. today in the former J.R.’s space at 777 East 17th Avenue. See also: -Pasquini’s will open a pizzeria and bar in the old J.R.’s space -Pasquini’s changes name of Cherry Creek…
In September, Westword brought you “Is Everyone Hoppy,” the farm-to-plane-to-kettle story of hop farming in Colorado and of Left Hand Brewing’s Warrior IPA, a beer that is part of the fresh or wet-hopped category. To make these beers, breweries pick their hops and get them into the brewery within 24…
