Last week I stopped by My Brother’s Bar to honor the anniversary of the original release of On the Road — Jack Kerouac’s most popular novel about the beat generation and his travels across America, including time in Denver, the home of his buddy and fellow beat writer Neal Cassady…
When Breckenridge Brewery opens its $20 million, park-like beer campus on the banks of the South Platte River in April 2015, it will be unlike any other brewery in the state: The twelve-acre spot, tucked between two swaths of open space, Santa Fe Drive and the bike path along the…
For Hops & Pie co-owner Drew Watson, the trickiest part about changing up his popular pizza joint’s house IPA wasn’t saying goodbye to longtime provider Strange Craft Beer Company: “I love those guys. We still have a great relationship.” Rather, it was making sure that the new beer, brewed by…
Charcoal’s slogan is “Fine dining. Affordable prices,” but I can recall being nearly bankrupt a couple of times after ordering too much at this Golden Triangle establishment. When I saw Charcoal’s happy-hour menu, I was thrilled that I could pig out without having to make an uncomfortable phone call to…
Tickets to the fifteenth annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival, which takes place January 8 through January 10 in Vail, went on sale this morning — and some of the events have already sold out. Although the events, and the weekend itself, are expensive compared to many beer fests,…
Dry Dock Brewing has been running its 30,000-square-foot, forty-barrel production brewery and canning facility for 21 months in north Aurora, but co-owners Kevin DeLange and Michelle Reding are tired of keeping it to themselves. On Friday, September 12, they’ll open a somewhat rustic tasting room inside the former warehouse, with…
The Rosa Mia Inn could be the neighborhood bar on the corner that movies and TV always told you was out there. The service is as warm as the beer is cold, and there’s a feeling of nostalgia and bonhomie that no amount of reclaimed lumber or restaurant consultants could…
Two bi-partisan groups of Colorado lawmakers — a crew that is often woefully unfamiliar with this state’s craft-beer industry — will make their way to a pair of breweries this week as part of a program created by the Colorado Brewers Guild called Hop the Vote. A team of state…
Beer to go is nothing new in Colorado: Most breweries sell glass, plastic or stainless steel vessels, known as growlers, that they fill right from their tap lines. But some of those containers have developed a reputation for being too big, unwieldy or worse — for letting their contents go…
Summer’s end and a ripping hangover led me to a surprising, non-boozy patio this weekend. Back in May, my friends and I raved about our plans to go camping at least once a month this summer. Well, it’s nearly September and we’ve got one camping trip under our belt, so…
August is winding down and ingredients are changing with the seasons. Denver bartenders and brewers are gearing up for a seasonal shift in what we crave once the weather turns a tad cooler and days get shorter. It’s still Summer so there’s plenty of bright citrus and fun flavor combos,…
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since Comida Cantina opened in the Source — ingrained as the building has become in the Denver dining scene’s collective consciousness. Since then, the hulking industrial-age brick-and-steel space has become home to more restaurants, a butcher shop, a tap room and…
Chop Shop Casual Urban Eatery, which opened last month on a stretch of East Colfax where residents were hungry for more dining options, has now given people yet another reason to stop by: a happy hour that starts today. See also: Chop Shop, “a modern American grill with global influences,”…
North Boulder is now where folks weary of the yoga pants-squeezed bustle and hustle of downtown can still enjoy the Boulder lifestyle. Bacco Trattoria and Mozzarella Bar counts as its neighbors the delightful Pupusas Sabor Hispano, the neighborhood classic Restaurant 4580, and a non-delightful, non-classic Subway. It’s an odd space,…
Just three months after opening in the Platt Park neighborhood, Denver Pearl Brewing is changing its name in order to avoid confusion and the possibility of legal action from two other breweries, one local and one in another state. Denver Pearl has selected a new name — one that avoids…
Oskar Blues said last week that it has lowered the alcohol content of its newest and most unusual craft beer, Old Chub Scotch Ale Nitro, at the request of bars across the OB’s 35-state distribution network, where the beer will be rolled out in coming weeks. Old Chub will now…
When I told someone I was visiting Infinite Monkey Theorem’s (IMT) patio, they asked why, pointing out that it’s always empty and there’s not much to do. That was a few months ago, and very true at the time. See also: John Hickenlooper signs bill at Infinite Monkey Theorem, wine…
Adventurous Colorado beer drinkers didn’t have a lot of choices in the early 1990s. There were a few imports, but since microbrews were few and far between, anyone who was interested in branching out probably came across Oasis Brewery’s Tut Brown Ale. Founded in 1991 by George Hanna, Oasis was…
Coors has been a part of the Great American Beer Festival since its ragtag beginnings in 1982 in Boulder. The brewery won its first medals — for Killian Irish Red and Coors Extra Gold — in 1988, a year after the festival held its first competitive judging. In the decades…
In the same month that Ska Brewing released one of the lowest-alcohol beers to be canned in Colorado — the 4.5 ABV Rudie Session IPA — Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards released one of the most potent: the 10 percent ABV Lawyers, Guns & Money. Labeled as a barleywine, the…
With a population comprised mostly of day-trippers, folk musicians, and the selectively employed, Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is a fertile breeding ground for good happy hours. Even before a discounted menu became practically mandatory in Colorado restaurants, a veritable Murderer’s Row of legendary happy hours on Walnut Street — those…
Is it fall yet? Almost. A pair of seasonal beers from two Colorado breweries are hitting shelves around town right now. They include Grimm Brothers Brewhouse’s Farmer’s Daughter, a 6.1 ABV German Style Oktoberfest beer with a creamy mouthfeel and toasty aroma, and New Belgium’s Tour de Fall, a new…
