Highland Tap and Burger caters to a lot of different neighborhood groups, but owner Katie O’Shea has made a point of frequently hosting a large group of women in her restaurant who have one thing in common: a love for beer. At those gatherings of the Craft Ladies’ Beer Club,…
Details were sparse when we heard Mile High Spirits was going into a space on 29th and Larimer Streets — we knew the new distillery would be making vodka, and we knew it was tentatively slated to open in January. Owner Joe Vonfeldt confirms that January is still looking good…
When Mitch Abate, Matt Causey and Andy Causey opened Downslope Distilling three years ago, they didn’t just start working on the variety of vodkas, rums and whiskeys that comprise their regular line. Almost as soon as they got their license, they set up a one-off and also put together a…
Crabtree Brewing has never canned its beers and doesn’t own a canning line; its owner, Jeff Crabtree, doesn’t even think craft beer belongs in a can. Nevertheless, the Greeley brewery’s Eclipse black IPA will probably become the first Colorado beer to be packaged in sixteen-ounce cans…
The wine topic that everyone seems to be obsessed with this week is what goes best with turkey (Thanksgiving is next Thursday, or hadn’t you heard?). Not us. There’s still plenty of time to tackle that topic, and if you tend to procrastinate as much as we do, then you’ll…
The holiday beer releases came early and often this year, and there are now dozens of them on the shelves and on tap at bars where you can get your cheer on. The Falling Rock Taphouse, in particular, knows how to get into the spirit, wrapping its tap wall in…
Colorado’s distilleries will get their due in the New York Times travel magazine on Sunday. And the piece, in “Blithe Spirits,” has already been posted on the web. The article celebrates this state’s burgeoning spirits scene, describing distilleries ranging from the Boulder Distillery to Peach Street Distillers to Leopold Brothers,…
In the past few years, attention-seeking breweries like Sam Adams, Scotland’s BrewDog and Germany’s Schorschbock have been engaged in a battle over who could make the highest-alcohol beers in the world — turning out concoctions that weighed in at 40, 50 and even 60 percent alcohol by volume. But back…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part five of this series: I like to blame my line of…
We’ve taken the cooler days as our cue to indulge in the flavors of fall, shoving cinnamon-ed apples, pumpkin anything and heavy stews into our mouths whenever we can. Two of our very favorite seasonal delights are whiskey and salted caramel — and now we know where you can get…
Happy Place: Boulder Café, 1247 Pearl Street, 303-444-4884. The Hours: Daily from 3 p.m. to close. The Deals: Half-priced beer, cocktails, wines by the glass, and appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Taprooms and food trucks are a perfect match: the taprooms need good grub to feed their customers, and the food trucks need to find good spots with a lot of hungry people. Over the past few years, it’s a combination that’s worked well for more than a dozen breweries in…
The news these days is enough to drive you to drink. That’s why we asked a local barfly, Schmitty, to take on the task of creating a shot to go with the hottest story in the news. His debut offering? The Joe Paterno Shot…
Breckenridge Brewing doesn’t always release limited-edition, barrel-aged beers, but when it does, there’s a big to-do about it, complete with a party. On Saturday, the brewery, located at 471 Kalamath Street, will offer 240 hand-numbered 750 ml bottles of Summer Cab Ride, Breck’s Summerbright golden ale aged in cabernet sauvignon…
While 2011 may have been the year of the small brewery in metro Denver — which has so far toasted the arrival of six new ones — 2012 may be even bigger. Black Shirt Brewing, 3719 Walnut Street, and Prost Brewing, 2540 19th Street, have both announced plans to open…
Blind tastings: They’re not just for sommeliers anymore. It’s true. A significant part of becoming an advanced level sommelier involves learning to identify wines the hard way — by relying 100 percent on the wine’s appearance in the glass, smell and taste. Given that you are probably not, nor are…
It may be winter, but the Cherry Kriek is flowing fast at Strange Brewing, which is finally able to make enough of the taphouse favorite to supply a few bars, including the Rackhouse Pub, Ale House at Amato’s and Freshcraft, where it goes on tap this weekend. Strange Brewing replaced…
One of the owners of Brauns on Blake plans to open a new brewery next spring that will rely on no-nonsense German-style beers and forty-year-old brewing equipment shipped from a brewery in the world-famous beer region of Bamberg, Germany…
Breckenridge Brewing will break ground this week on a new annex to its facility at 471 Kalamath Street, where it will house six massive 300-barrel fermentation tanks. The first two tanks are scheduled to arrive on December 15; the other four should be here by February or March…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part four of this new series: It is impossible to overstate my…
Happy Place: Row 14 Bistro and Wine Bar, 891 Fourteenth Street, 303-825-0100. The Hours: Sunday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to midnight. The Deals: $2-$3 beer specials; $4 specialty cocktails; $5-$10 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company has had some fun over the past year naming some of the one-keg-only beers that it serves as part of its Firkin Friday program. Remember Weiner’s Wood Oak-Aged IPA, which the brewery named for a certain former New York Congressman? Now you can try something with…
