Liz Thomas lives on the trail. An extreme athlete, she is one of the most accomplished long-distance hikers in the United States, traveling fast and traveling light. Over the past ten years, she’s backpacked more than 15,000 miles and completed the the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, and the 3,100-mile Continental…
I have to confess, St. Patrick’s Day snuck up on me this year. I figured the main festivities for one of America’s favorite drinking holidays associated with another country would be happening over the weekend. After all, this year, St. Patrick’s Day itself falls on a Friday, but I thought…
For the first time in its history, Boulder’s Avery Brewing is listed among the fifty largest craft breweries in the nation, according to the Brewers Association. There are five Colorado breweries in the top fifty. The list has changed significantly over the past few years as several large craft brewers…
Colorado Craft Beer Week, an annual celebration of Colorado’s single greatest industry, kicks off Saturday, March 18, with a variety of events continuing through the week until Collaboration Fest, which takes place March 25 at the National Western Complex. The beery week is organized by the Colorado Brewers Guild and…
With 112 beers on the menu, it’s going to be extremely difficult for the giddy attendees of the fourth annual Collaboration Fest to know where to begin. This year’s version of the event, which takes place March 25, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the National Western Complex, is the…
The IPA is still king in the craft beer world. Although some beer writers and brewers continue to bemoan the style’s popularity, the truth is that it represents more than 25 percent of all craft beer sales. No other style even comes close. And rather than declining, IPA’s power is…
Please excuse the dust at Black Shirt Brewing: The nearly five-year-old River North Brewery has finally converted its manufacturing license into a brewpub license — a process that took more than a year — and is working on its long-anticipated kitchen, one that will focus on artisan pizza, salads and…
As I have previously mentioned, I will eventually run out of bars to profile if I don’t get out to the ‘burbs every so often. A friend of mine who lives in Westminster invited me to one of her local spots, the Bar & Grill, at 9975 Wadsworth Parkway in…
Four years ago, when I was researching a story profiling ten women brewers in Colorado, it was hard to find at least ten. While there were plenty of women in other facets of the industry — from marketing and management to finance and front-of-the-house — there just weren’t that many…
The new owners of Durango Brewing and Joseph James Brewing (of Las Vegas) are getting ready to open Dean & Co., a new brewery in the small town of La Junta that will serve as a production facility for a major brand push and eventually as a taproom for the eastern…
Arvada’s first craft brewery, the Arvada Beer Company, closed just over a year ago, becoming one of the only Denver metro area breweries to shut down in the past decade. Since then, however, the beer scene in this northwestern suburb has flourished rather than faltered: There are now four thriving…
After a long, hot hike in the mountains, most people just want a shady tree and a comfortable rock where they can sit (a sit’n rock) — oh, and a cold beer. That’s idea behind Zuni Street Brewing, which is testing out its systems this week before hosting a grand…
No, those beer drinkers aren’t letting swine sip their suds. These pot-bellied pigs were hanging out at Resolute Brewing in Centennial on March 1 for National Pig Day. While humans enjoyed beers on the brewery’s patio, rescued pigs from Hog Haven Farm in eastern Colorado paraded their pot bellies and…
When I was in school at the University of Denver, Hanson’s Tavern & Grill was one of the main spots around for patio drinking and eating appetizers, playing pool, or going to graduation parties. I’ve always found it to be more comfortable, at least to me, than other establishments on…
Left Hand Brewing in Longmont and River North Brewery in Denver are both releasing major new beers in their year-round and seasonal portfolios over the next few days and weeks. Left Hand will debut three seasonals. Hard Wired Nitro is part of the brewery’s nitrogenated bottle series and has flavors…
This could be the most Colorado story you’ve ever heard. Skier Jake Minturn was flying through the trees near Radical last winter at Arapahoe Basin when he emerged onto the High Divide Terrain Park and slammed directly into snowboarder Doug Hyndman, who was bombing the hill. “We took each other…
As Colorado begins to emerge from the long, cold (short, mostly warm) winter, the festival season is stirring, and there is no better way to wake up than with Collaboration Fest, the state’s marquis event. Hosted by the Colorado Brewers Guild, the fest features more than 110 beers, each made…
Ah, Streets of London. One of the places to go to get into trouble in Cap Hill back when I actually lived in Cap Hill, like hundreds of other twenty-somethings in the early 2000s, before the area’s rental market largely priced out anyone under thirty without a trust fund. Back…
After five years in Broomfield, Big Choice Brewing will pick up and hop across the freeway, opening a much larger tap room in a former Buddhist temple in Brighton. Although brewery owners Nathaniel and Andrea Miller are being forced to move because their current building is for sale, the couple…
Over its 23 years in Denver, Great Divide Brewing has seen a lot of beers come and go, with a lineup that has changed with the times. But some of those beers are missed more than others, and now the brewery is giving people a chance to vote on which…
I’ve always noticed the Dirty Duck Bar’s large sign displaying a cheerful, drunken duck on my way down Evans Avenue towards the I-25 on-ramps. Each time I drive by, I tell myself that I need to check the place out. I finally ventured in on a recent Sunday with a…
A pair of small breweries had some big news this week. Caution Brewing in Lakewood began canning and selling a beer called The Earl for the first time. An English mild, this taproom favorite is brewed with lots of Earl Grey tea and a small amount of vanilla. It joins Lao…
