New Belgium releases two new Lips of Faith beers this week, Abbey Grand Cru and Super Cru, which celebrates the Fort Collins brewery’s twentieth anniversary. Super Cru is a double version of Fat Tire, meaning it has twice the malt and twice the hops; it has also been enhanced with…
Double the pleasure, double the fun: That will likely be the sentiment of downtown denizens residing in the Prospect neighborhood, just west of Coors Field, if liquor licenses are approved for Tavern Prospect and Metro Liquor, both of which have posted separate liquor-license application signs on the cavernous, two-tiered, vacant…
When news about the hottest beer in the world, Ghost Face Killah, went national, the staff at Boulder’s Twisted Pine Brewing was a little nervous. After all, they’d named the beer, which is made with ghost peppers, after rapper Ghostface Killah from the Wu-Tang Clan without asking for his permission…
We knew something was up when we noticed Denver-area wine shops stocking up and tasting customers on the 2010 rosés a good four weeks ago. And by “something,” we mean the notion that maybe — just maybe — dry rosés have finally kicked that monkey of pink wine-prejudice off its…
If Senate Bill 60 passes out of the House, “on-premises” liquor licensees — meaning restaurants and bars, and restaurants and bars only — would be free, free to pour any beer they want to, even the 3.2 beer they’re now prevented from serving by the state’s archaic liquor laws, which…
Back in March, we warned you that 1Up Arcade & Bar had planned to score big in LoDo. And that seems to be the case for the subterranean arcade/bar/restaurant on Blake Street (See photos from a recent Saturday night at 1Up), which is packing in the crowds. On Saturday night,…
Chad Yakobson has a master’s degree in beer. And like most academics, he’s putting that degree to use for the greater good, namely by researching different kinds of yeast strains — primarily brettanomyces, which is used in certain styles of “sour” ales — and brewing beers based on what he…
Happy Place: Vesta Dipping Grill, 1822 Blake Street, 303-296-1970. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $3-7 Colorado beers and spirits; $2-6 small plates. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
As Gandalf says in The Return of the King, “It’s the deep breath before the plunge.” Colorado Beer Week, Denver Beer Fest, American Craft Beer Week, the Great American Beer Festival. For some, it’s hard to keep them all straight. But for the state’s brewers and their loyal followers, too…
I absolutely love a good game of poker; it’s one of the most pleasurable pastimes in life. I love discreetly sneaking a peek at my cards and pretending not to care about them, I love competing against like-minded players, and I love placing a bet. It’s such a brash thing…
You’re a wine lover. You love our planet. So how many bottles of organic wine did you drink on Earth Day? Oh, yeah, that’s right — zero. And if our guess is correct, it’s not because you didn’t want to; it’s because you had no idea how to drink organic…
Boulder’s Twisted Pine Brewing Company is bottling fire. The brewery, which is fond of adding unusual flavors to its whimsically named beers, will release Ghost Face Killah in twelve-ounce single bottles for Cinco de Mayo. It’s the first time this very hot (very hot!) cult beer has been sold in…
Copper Kettle Brewing, a new brewery on the border of Denver and Aurora, opens today at 3 p.m. with five beers on draft — a saison, a pale ale, a helles, a summer ale and an altbier — and a beautiful 52-seat living room-like tasting room. Owned by Jeremy Gobien…
Happy Place: Shells and Sauce, 2600 East Twelfth Avenue, 303-377-2091. The Hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $2-4 beers; $4.50 wines by the glass and well drinks; $4.95 antipasti. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
It’s been a busy spring for Troy Guard and Leigh Sullivan-Guard, who opened TAG | RAW BAR in a below-ground spot in Larimer Square just before they became operating partners at Madison Street, the Larimer Associates project over on 12th Avenue and Madison Street. And now, they’ve announced a couple…
Strange Brewing will celebrate a bittersweet anniversary Saturday, April 23, with a slightly sweet beer, a Belgian trippel that has been waiting for a year. The brewery actually opened on May 19, 2010, but owners Tim Meyers and John Fletcher brewed their first Strange beer a few weeks earlier, called…
What started as girlish gossip between Ashley Routson, a California-based beer blogger better known as the Beer Wench, and Jess Hunter, a Denver Off the Wagon booze blogger and beer aficionado, quickly became a discussion among female beer geeks nationwide focused on answering this burning question: Who is the most…
AC Golden Brewing, the tiny MillerCoors-owned beer maker located inside the Golden factory, will begin packaging its signature Colorado Native in cans for the summer; it will be sold in twelve-packs starting May 1. “Our retailers and drinkers have been requesting cans, especially for summer, so they can take Colorado…
Batch 19, a Coors-made lager that is brewed based on a recently rediscovered pre-Prohibition recipe, is finally coming home to Colorado. The recipe for the beer was discovered in an old log book at the Golden brewery in 2004, after a small flood in the basement. The book — and…
American Craft Beer Week starts in a little less than three weeks, but the nine (yes, nine!) breweries in Fort Collins have already banded together to brew a collaboration beer that celebrates the seven days that Congress dedicated to the quaffing of craft brew. C.B. & Potts, Coopersmith’s, Crooked Stave,…
Mexican-style craft-brewed lagers are set to make a splash in Denver this summer, with a couple of new ones joining the fiesta in the run-up to Cinco de Mayo. Because of its lighter, more mellow profile, Mexican lager isn’t a style that’s common among craft brewers, who typically push the…
