My family is Polish; my grandmother was actually born there. But most of what I know about my ancestors from Poland involves eating pierogies. That’s one of my favorite things about Kinga’s Lounge at East Colfax Avenue and Marion Street: the delicious dumplings filled with cheese, cabbage, meat, and various…
Repairs are underway at Comrade Brewing, which was hit by a large pickup truck last week, smashing into the front of the building, destroying two garage doors, damaging the brewery’s beer tanks and rupturing the gas and water lines. On Tuesday, the broken doors were removed and the brewhouse was…
Colorado recycling bins, already stuffed with empty craft beers cans are going to be pushed to their limits over the next few months as a slew of breweries begin canning or add to their existing lineups. Some of the most anticipated offerings, though, will come from Lafayette’s Liquid Mechanics Brewing,…
Hall Brewing has closed its taproom at 10970 South Parker Road, posting a note on Facebook that it plans to reopen at a future date in downtown Parker. “Thank you for your support at our current location. Be sure to watch our Facebook page for our new brewery and Tap Room in…
If publicity was money, the owners of Dad & Dude’s Breweria in Aurora would be millionaires: the brewery has been the recipient of intense national media coverage since it received federal approval in September to make a beer infused with cannabidiol, an extract of hemp. Publications and web sites from…
Are we living in a beer-soaked brewery market — or is there still plenty of headroom for newcomers? Whether you think there are already too many beer makers in Denver or you’d like to see a craft brewhouse on every corner, brewmasters keep throwing open the doors and offering an…
Tiffany Fixter doesn’t know what to expect when she opens Brewability Lab tomorrow inside Caution Brewing’s old space in east Denver. She has a brand new brewer, an eager staff of developmentally disabled adults working the bar, and a location in a mostly industrial neighborhood off the freeway. The goal…
I’m not from Denver, but in the eleven years I’ve lived here, I feel like a local compared to the constant barrage of newcomers who have arrived within the past year or two or five. And I can’t help but remember the Denver I experienced when I first moved here:…
Crazy Mountain Brewing has opened a tasting room inside the trendy Latincity food hall in downtown Chicago. The Colorado brewery, which has operations in Denver and Edwards, “is partnering with internationally renowned chef Richard Sandoval to open a Crazy Mountain Cervezeria inside of Latinicity, a sprawling food hall featuring a…
Comrade Brewing took enemy fire yesterday afternoon when a large pickup truck smashed into the front of the building, destroying two garage doors, damaging the brewery’s beer tanks and rupturing the gas and water lines. The brewery was open at the time, but no one was hurt in the accident…
Like many people in our fair city, I have always referred to Don’s Club Tavern as “Don’s Mixed Drinks,” because that’s what it says on the neon sign outside the bar at 723 East Sixth Avenue. Despite the fact that I’d probably been there ten times or more, I only learned…
The village of Takayama sits in the heart of the Japanese Alps, a six-hour train journey from Tokyo. It was settled centuries before Christ, and it has long been known for its carpentry; many of Japan’s most famous temples are believed to have been built by craftsmen from Takayama. Today…
Tickets for the fifth annual Festivus — a festival for Denver-only breweries — went on sale last week; this year, more than 65 breweries have been invited to participate. Organized by Two Parts, the festival takes place December 17 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Lowry…
Four months after the Colorado Brewers Guild was ruptured by a dispute over leadership, membership and direction, the two sides have agreed, at leasts in principle, to reconcile their differences. But first, the CBG will need to get at least 51 percent of its 220 or so members to agree to the…
New breweries in Denver face a lot of peaks and valleys. But for 14er Brewing, which only began brewing and canning in July, it’s been mostly peaks: On Saturday, the brewery, which is still searching for a taproom location, won a gold medal for its chile beer at the Great…
The gang was all beer at the 35th annual Great American Beer Festival, a three-day, sold-out celebration of suds at the Colorado Convention Center this past weekend. By the end of Saturday, 60,000 people had poured through the festival, sampling 3,500 beers from 800 breweries. Photographer Brandon Marshall took it…
While the United States is doing more losing than winning when it comes to politics these day, the Great American Beer Festival, which wrapped up its 35th year in Denver on Saturday night, is a clear winner. The fact that a beer called Trump Hands, from Cannonball Creek, won a…
Elliot Strathmann, co-owner of Spuntino, at 2639 West 32nd Avenue, has been rooting around the woods of Colorado looking for specific ingredients, with the help of professional forager Graham Steinruck, founder of Hunt & Gather, a company that provides foraged mushrooms and other produce to Denver restaurants. Strathmann has been stocking…
Maybe this is your first time; maybe it’s your 31st. Either way, you are going to biggest, best beer festival in the world. This year, the Great American Beer Festival celebrates its 35th anniversary, and although many things have changed, many others have stayed the same. Here are few things…
Since taking over a spacious building on 38th and Walnut Street from Mexican bar Las Potrancas in 2010, Jake’s Sports & Spirits has become a steady fixture in a neighborhood that seems to be in perpetual transition. Jake’s is run by Andrew Feinstein, a fifth-generation Denver native who is a part…
Great American Beer Festival week in Denver is special to beer drinkers for many reasons, but one of the biggest is because they can sip suds from breweries from around the country — beers that aren’t sold in Colorado. In the past, you needed a ticket to GABF to get…
Every year author Joshua Bernstein leaves Brooklyn and makes his way to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. After all, trying all beers and learning about what’s new on the market is a big part of his job. This year Bernstein hits the festival with his third and brand…
