Coloradans have it pretty good. We live in one of the best craft-beer states in the nation, both because our 300-plus in-state breweries are constantly turning out amazing creations and because out-of-state breweries like to try their hand here. Even so, we always thirst for more, and more is what…
Swagger Mai Tai at Metroboom As summer starts to slowly fade away, and the chilly evenings evoke thoughts of colder nights to come, we’re hastily quaffing our last glasses of rose before it’s time to switch to something more suitable to the snowy season. But at Metroboom, an innovative new…
Sure, you can dunk your cookies in a glass of cold milk, but come on, real adults steep their sweets in a frothy pint of beer. Of course, it helps to have an idea about what beer goes with what cookies, lest either be wasted. That’s where Kansas City writer…
Was it that long ago that Sputnik was ground zero for Denver’s outbreak of hipsterism? Were we really so young back then, when bearded men and yoga-panted ladies were perceived as a serious threat rather than an accepted occupying force? Back when Donald Trump was on TV in the boardroom…
The Great American Beer Festival has changed significantly over the past five years, as the numbers of craft breweries and craft-beer drinkers have increased exponentially. To keep up with demand — and changing trends — the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which hosts the annual affair in Denver, has had to make…
The NFL season kicked off last week, meaning that the mania of fantasy football leagues is in full swing. But football wasn’t the only sport being debated in the fantasy realm. The porchdrinking.com blog also held its annual Fantasy GABF Brewery Draft on Sunday, in which a bunch of beer…
It’s harvest time, and Front Range gardeners aren’t the only ones bringing in their crops. Colorado’s 120 vineyards are about to harvest their grapes, which will be used by the 130 wineries around the state. Unlike last year, the 2015 harvest is expected to be fruitful, since the state had…
Ben Parsons, founder of the Infinite Monkey Theorem winery in River North, just hosted a James Beard dinner on Friday night, but the event felt more like a celebration of the wineries recent achievements than a staid and stuffy formal dinner. Parsons has been busy expanding IMT into new markets…
Gardener’s Collins at Spuntino If you order a drink at the bar at Spuntino, and the bartender disappears, that’s a good thing. Chances are, you’ve ordered bartender Jason Randall’s garden-to-glass cocktail. Filling your order requires him to walk past you and right out the front door — to his street-side…
Le Central is coming to the end, Le Grand is long gone — Heck, even Le Chateau on 14th Street has passed on. Traditional French cuisine, the mother of meals, is becoming hard to find in the heart of the city. My heart beats thick Béarnaise to the rhythm of…
Like an out-of-control locomotive, the Great American Beer Festival is on its way to Denver. But the train is already beginning to jump the tracks at spots all over town, where delicious beers are being spilled with no regrets. Breweries, beer bars and restaurants have lined up all sorts of…
Upslope Brewing, which got its start in 2008 in a tiny office-park space on Lee Hill Road, plans to open a huge new brewpub in central Boulder in 2017, at which time it will also close its original location. The 11,000-square foot facility, at 34th Street and Valmont Road, will…
From Park & Co. to P17 to Ace Eat Serve, a lot of my happy-hour adventures have taken place on East 17th Avenue. Coincidence? Conspiracy? Take a drive through Uptown and you’ll see for yourself the many bus tling patios and dining rooms, all filled with happy hours and their…
Tickets for the sixteenth annual Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival went on sale this morning — and they will be gone quickly! This iconic fest, which takes place January 7-9 at the Vail Cascade Resort in Vail, includes a major tasting of high-gravity beers, along with a couple of intense…
Long before they even considered the fun part — making and serving delicious craft beers — most of the breweries that have opened in Colorado over the past five years began with a physical location, their own equipment and some tables and chairs. But that hasn’t always been the case…
Moulin Rouge at Highland Tap and Burger When Mike Kelly crafted the recipe for what has become the most popular cocktail on Highland Tap and Burger’s drink menu, he didn’t find his inspiration behind the bar. He found it in the kitchen. “It’s just like going into your kitchen and…
Ludicrous rent and breathtaking home prices have driven young creatives and professionals into the arms of Denver’s suburbs. A highway away from expensive coffee and fancy-pants bistros, these folks are making their own urban communities in the style they’ve been accustomed to back in the city. Little Edgewater feels like…
New Belgium Brewing will let a little bit of air out of Fat Tire this fall when it releases a lower-alcohol version of its flagship amber ale in packages for the first time. The beer will be 4 percent alcohol by volume, or 3.2 percent alcohol by weight, meaning it…
Mason Hembree wasn’t exactly surprised when people misinterpreted last week’s announcement that Dad & Dudes Breweria in Aurora planned to brew two beers made with cannabis extract and serve it at the Great American Beer Festival. After all, the Dad & Dudes press advisory was headlined, “Dude’s Brews to Release…
Fate is a funny thing. And in this case, fate it has determined that two companies, both called Fate Brewing, would end up in court. Just days after Arizona’s Fate Brewing opened a second major brewpub in the Phoenix area, Boulder’s own Fate Brewing has filed suit against the company…
When it opened in March 2012, River North Brewery set the pace for what was to come in Denver, not just because of its beer – but with its location and its name. In the three and a half years since then, another eight breweries have opened in the sometimes…
Forty-six years after the brew kettles dried up at the Tivoli Beer Company in Denver, the suds will officially flow again on Saturday, when the new Tivoli Brewing celebrates its grand opening inside the historic Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria campus. The Tivoli taphouse and restaurant will open the…
