“I’ll have the chardonnay, thanks.” After overhearing this from a nearby diner during a recent restaurant meal, followed immediately by the withering response, “Seriously? A chardonnay?” from said diner’s snarky companion, we realized that chardonnay still has a bullshit reputation…
It’s beer festival season and the fiestas — from the high country to the plains — are going to come fast. The first two kick off this Memorial Day weekend, but they’ll be followed by new ones almost every weekend this summer. Enjoy — and keep some Advil around…
A year and a half ago, award-winning bartender James Lee gave up his post as bar manager of the Bitter Bar and beverage director of the Big Red F restaurants to embark on a journey that took him first to Salida and then Denver, where he’s worked with Troy Guard,…
Warm weather is here, and for Colorado brewers, that means it’s can season. This weekend, Twisted Pine Brewing in Boulder will become the latest beer maker to roll out the aluminum when it begins filling sixteen-ounce cans of Hoppy Boy IPA. The cans of the brewery’s flagship beer will be…
Ghost Plate & Tap has one of the most unique bar programs in the city, thanks mostly to the Coupe Bar, a second bar inside the restaurant where any local bartender can work a guest shift. And their cocktails often end up on the Ghost Plate’s regular drink list, where…
Happy Place: Hops and Pie, 3920 Tennyson Street, 303-477-7000. The Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $1 off draft beers and slices of pizza; $2 select drafts; $2 cans all night every Wednesday. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Amusement park lovers are going to find a few thrills this summer when it comes to the beer selection at Elitch Gardens — something that hasn’t always been true in the past. Beginning tomorrow, Elitch’s will be pouring two beers that Wynkoop Brewing made just for the park: Elitch Gardens…
Elevation Beer Company may be located in Poncha Springs, but the brewery’s four co-founders don’t think of their place as a local hangout. “We are more like a winery than a typical brewpub,” says Xandy Bustamante. “We could have done this from anywhere in country, so we figured, why not…
Strange Brewing, which opened during American Craft Beer Week two years ago this Saturday, will debut its new patio this weekend…
We are so ready for a vacation. With five full weeks to go before the official start of summer, the last few days of sunshine (especially after all that rain) have been damn near torturous. You could say that weather like this brings out the hedonist in us — and…
Longmont’s Oskar Blues Brewery has signed a letter of intent to open a new restaurant in Boulder’s historic train depot, it was reported this week, an interesting decision considering how many other brewpubs and brewery-centric restaurants are open or opening in town. The Boulder Beer Company and Twisted Pine already…
To commemorate American Craft Beer Week, Dry Dock Brewery, at 15120 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora, is tapping a new firkin everyday until Sunday. Today’s firkin will be Raspberry Porter. For the beer-novice: Firkins are used to condition and serve cask ales — beers that are unfiltered, naturally carbonated and…
The Vine Street Pub & Brewery will release its first-ever beer brewed on location in Denver today as part of American Craft Beer Week (get all your ACBW info here). Number One, a Belgian-style Trippel made with Golden Naked Oats and Belgian candy sugar, was brewed in early April. The…
Cafe Society has explored the benefits of beer-can chicken before, but we couldn’t pass up eating some at the kick-off party for Colorado Beer Week — which runs through May 19 — Saturday afternoon at Highland Tap & Burger in northwest Denver. Below are a few photos of the patriotic…
In this interview, Noah Heaney, Big Red F beverage purchasing agent and bartender at Boulder’s Bitter Bar, weighs in on the business card takeaway, the most unconventional thank you he’s ever received and the places he finds a great experience, no matter who’s behind the bar…
Dry Dock Brewing, the 2009 Small Brewer of the Year and a darling of the Colorado craft beer scene, will open a huge second brewery in north Aurora later this year. The company will also begin canning four of its most popular beers with a packaging system is has ordered…
Happy Place: Sushi Hai, 3600 West 32nd Avenue, 720-855-0888. The Hours: Daily from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $3 draft beers; $3.50 well drinks; $5 saketinis; $2-5 house wines and sake; $2.25-$4.50 food specials. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
When the owners of the soon-to-open Prost Brewing bought a 72.25-barrel brewhouse in Germany late last year, craft beer-industry watchers wondered what they’d do with that much capacity. After all, most recent start-up breweries have opened with just a fraction of that kind of beer-making brawn, anywhere from one to…
Update: Make that eleven and counting. Read this post throughout to find other updates on each brewery. The gang’s all beer in Colorado these days, with at least ten — count ’em, ten — brewpubs slated to start pouring before the end of summer. Two opened north of town in…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Marczyk’s just received…
Each year Food & Wine releases a cocktail guide, which, in addition to being an anthology of recipes both classic and creative, is a window into the minds of some of the country’s best bartenders and a reflection of current drink trends. This year’s guide — Food & Wine Cocktails…
Imagine a magical tool that would bring together — in a single location — myriad information sources that fuel your passion for wine. An online (or mobile, for that matter) destination that collects on your behalf all manner of insightful information designed to keep you up to date — on…
