Ali vs. Frazer. Chocolate vs. Vanilla. Blue Ray vs. HD DVD. Jacob vs. Edward. They are the battles of our time. Now, add Beer vs. Wine. While wine has held the place of honor for hundreds of years next to fancy food and grub at well-set dinner tables around the…
Last week, Victoria’s Secret announced a way for men with football-hating significant others to really piss off their ladies: a line of branded clothing with the logos and colors of the Denver Broncos and a dozen other NFL teams. Okay, so the raciest things among the collection of T-shirts and…
Blue Moon, the Belgian-style wit beer that was created inside Coors Field in 1995, is apparently also highly valued for its calming qualities. First it was requested by James Crowley during President Obama’s August 2009 beer summit on racial relations on the White House lawn, and now it has turned…
Denver Broncos fans have been spoiled for a long time. Football games here sell out every year, so we don’t have to deal with the agony of TV black outs. Ask Chargers lovers in San Diego — where an ocean-full of games have been blacked out over the years because…
Public art has always been vigorously controversial Denver. Whether it’s the blue devil “Mustang” at Denver International Airport, the (naked alien?) Borovsky “Dancers” in front of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Big Blue Bear or “National Velvet” — a sculpture that some say looks like a stack…
Last week, the Denver Aquarium started a mermaid show in one of its tanks — a concept that is both strange and endearingly campy. Reminiscent of the mermaid shows that have been going on in Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida, for decades, the show has mermaids smiling and swimming, dancing to…
It’s hard to argue with the concept of the Party Bus. You can drink. You don’t have to drive (or park). And you don’t waste drinking time (precious) by driving (risky). While there have always been private rentals and party buses taking Broncos and Avs fans from various bars around…
Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Emily Osment is coming to Elitch Gardens for a free concert tomorrow night and my two kids, ages nine and seven, couldn’t be more excited. Why? Well, because I apparently have let them listen to Radio Disney a lot and watch…
The bikini barista coffee shop trend may have only begun in Colorado (for more on two stores in Colorado Springs, see below), but it has reached full, mature size in the Seattle area, where a “pop-punk” band called Quickie recently released a song and video dedicated to the java princesses…
In September 2009, Denver’s convention and visitors bureau decided to piggyback on the success of the Great American Beer Festival and this city’s reputation as a beer Mecca by throwing Denver Beer Fest, a hastily organized but all-encompassing ten-day extravaganza featuring beer-related events of all kinds. This year, Visit Denver…
The hot chicks at Hot Chick-a-Latte are decked out in their 911 Emergency gear today (the bikini barista coffee shop at 4736 East Colfax Avenue, has a different theme every day), but its the now-closed Perky Cups, which operated a similar business in Aurora until last month, that may need…
Do you feel a chill in the air? Jack Frost nipping at your nose? Hard to imagine on 90-plus degree days in the middle of summer, but the Bull & Bush Pub and Brewery will be celebrating the holiday season all this week by pouring a new specialty beer each…
When Grimm Brothers Brewhouse opens tomorrow in Loveland, it will be the town’s only independently-owned brewery. But it will also be one of several craft beer makers around the state that focus on a specific style of suds. “There are breweries in Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, Boulder, Estes Park, Lyons,…
Some hotels provide guests with a bottle of wine; some with a little champagne. But at Hotel Monaco, beer has entered the pantheon of beverages brought to your room. And it’s about time. The luxury boutique hotel, at 1717 Champa Street, rolled out its Denver Brew and You promotion this…
With more than ninety beers on tap from 35-plus breweries, tonight’s fourth annual Summer Brew Fest at Mile High Station is a powerful reminder of how many different kinds of beers there are to choose from, both in Colorado and in other states. And while the event is good practice…
The only thing better than drinking your favorite beer: wearing it. At least that’s what the founder of the Beer Buckle is hoping as he searches in Denver and Boulder for a place to open a new store dedicated to branded beer fashion. Jay Kriner founded the Beer Clothing Company…
“Oh My God! Oh My God!” What’s more amazing than a double rainbow? How about a double rainbow beer. “What does it mean??!!” Trinity Brewing in Colorado Springs has decided to brew Double Rainbow Saison, a Belgian-style beer based on the double rainbow YouTube video that went viral last week…
Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival, at the Colorado Convention Center September 16-18, are selling fast, but so are passes to two of most popular events that take place in conjunction with the fest. Tickets for the Boulder County Brews Cruise — which is sponsored by Draft magazine –…
Lola has been pouring “copious amounts of Mexican lagers” for years, says Bryce Clark, a spokeswoman for the Highland hot spot’s parent company, Big Red F. So have Lola’s Mexican-influenced sister restaurants, Zolo and Centro Latin Kitchen. “But we’ve never been truly happy with their taste,” Clark says of imported…
With a bar made from beetle-kill pine and a beer list that specializes in German styles, Elk Mountain Brewing became Colorado’s newest microbrewery on July 1 when it opened at 18921 Plaza Drive, Unit 104, in an industrial part of Parker. The brewery and tasting room – complete with a…
Two of Boulder’s successful small breweries are adding to their tasting rooms and helping to pump up the city’s already strong beer culture. Twisted Pine Brewing Company — which was founded in 1995 and moved into its current location at 3201 Walnut Street in 2003 — will expand its production…
Attention Broncos fans: Who wants to be the first to see Tim Tebow holding a clipboard? Don’t all talk at once. But just in case, anyone on the Denver Broncos Season Ticket Waiting List (population: 6) can buy a limited number of single game tickets starting at 10 a.m. today…
