Summer Guide 2010

2010 Summer Guide “For weirdness to flourish, it has to have the right compost made up of dramatic history, amazing environments, and truly unique, off the grid characters,” writes Charmaine Ortega Getz, author of Weird Colorado. “Colorado is blessed with all three.” She should know, because she’s been exploring the…

Oskar Blues runs out of beer! Everybody panic!

Remember the time you invited twenty people to a party and 150 showed up? As Kelly says in the Outlaw Josey Wales, “Yep, first the silver run out, then the people run out, then the whiskey run out, then the beer run out.” That’s sort of what happened to the…

Strange Brewing tapped its first kegs last night

Strange Brewing Company, Denver’s newest craft beer maker, opened for business Wednesday, pouring its Paint It Black Stout and Strange Pale Ale for friends, family and beer lovers who showed up to toast the place. Located in a business park at 13th Avenue and Zuni Street, Strange was founded by…

Ten ways to toast American Craft Beer Week

It’s American Craft Beer Week – seven days that Congress designated for an official celebration of microbrews, and only microbrews – and in Colorado, which has more than 115 breweries, this week is almost a state holiday. Here are ten ways to toast the occasion:…