Do you like hops? Hate them? Do you know what they look like, smell like, feel like? The Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery will elevate hops appreciation today by carrying mugfuls of beer’s most-loved ingredient right to the table and allowing customers to experiment with its subtleties and its…
When Justin Lloyd inked the deal on Star Bar almost two years ago, he hadn’t been behind a bar for fifteen years. His bartending skills, he admits, were a little rusty. “I bought Star Bar because I wanted to be in charge of my own destiny, but without being on…
Happy Place: Marlowe’s, 501 16th Street, 303-595-3700. The Hours: Daily from 3 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $4 cocktails, martinis, and wines by the glass; half-priced draft beers; and $2 off all appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
The beer-happy bunch at the Wynkoop Brewing Company has a New Year’s Resolution for 2012: put a few sacred cows out to pasture. “The goal,” says brewery spokesman Marty Jones, “is to rock the status quo and to shake up the beer list with new offerings.” To that effect, the…
In a show of solidarity (not to mention some penny-wise fiscal management) four small brewers are putting in an order for new brewing equipment and tanks in a move that will save them all a chunk of change and help them expand. Copper Kettle, Renegade, Strange Brewing and Caution are…
Our wait was finally over. Last night, exactly 365 days after our first, utterly unforgettable evening with eight über-talented winemakers known as the Pinot Posse, we saddled up and ventured into the wilds of the Denver Tech Center for another wine-drenched homage to pinot noir. And believe it when we…
Breckenridge Brewing has joined fellow Colorado breweries Odell, Great Divide and Oskar Blues in offering four-packs of some of its limited-release beers. The brewery will start with 471 IPA and 72 Imperial, a double chocolate cream stout made with chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; it’s the first time 72…
There’s good beer in Boulder and good beer in Denver, but what about in between? Tyler Ruse and Nathaniel Miller, who both grew up in Boulder County, hope to fill the craft-beer gap along the Highway 36 corridor this April when they open a tap room called Big Choice Brewing,…
Steve Ballas tried more than fifteen barbecue sauces before picking the one he now serves on his Memphis Dog at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, so it’s no surprise that he’d spend just as much time deciding on the beer that will bear his name. Steve’s Snappin’ Ale, which will be brewed…
Renegade Brewing, a neighborhood spot in the Santa Fe Arts District, plans to take advantage of a new mobile canning operation to get its beer out to more people. Owners Brian and Khara O’Connell will begin canning their top-selling beer, Ryeteous Rye, this spring or summer with help from Mobile…
Michael Cerretani, barman at Boulder’s Bitter Bar, has been bartending off and on for about a decade, but he didn’t start down the craft-cocktail path until he landed a job at Bitter Bar a few years ago…
Happy Place: Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge, 930 Lincoln Street, 303-839-5100. The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $2 bottled beer; $3 draft beer; $4 martinis and well drinks; $5 wines by the glass, $5.75 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Denver’s West Highland neighborhood is one of many hip parts of town that has been ripe for a brewery for years. Now that time has come. Hogshead Brewery, serving English-style beers, plans to open in March in a renovated service station at 4430 West 29th Avenue. The four owners, all…
Great Divide Brewing puts on some great throw-downs, especially during the quarterly release parties it typically holds to fete its seasonal beers, three at a time. But the brewery will take a time-out this month even as it puts its first quarter seasonals — the new Nomad pilsner, Espresso Oak…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company is in the midst of expanding its brewing capacity for the first time in thirteen years — since the days when brewery co-founder Mayor-turned-Governor John Hickenlooper was still slinging suds at the LoDo landmark. In November, the brewery moved its four original twenty-barrel fermenters to the…
Something’s been bugging the hell out of us lately. We can’t understand why, come the first frost, people suddenly become allergic to drinking white wines. While you might think it horribly uncool to wear white after Labor Day, there is absolutely zero reason to stop drinking white wines once the…
You could say that 2011 was the year that Denver’s men and women matched its mountains when it came to beer culture. Seven new breweries opened in the metro area and stayed so busy that all seven have already expanded — or are considering it. But good beer can also…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part ten of this series: Ow, every single part of my body…
Upslope Brewing will answer the prayers of some its loyal drinkers this week when it releases a limited quantity of its Foreign Style Stout in a can. The dark beer, at 6.9 percent ABV, had previously only been available on tap in Boulder and Denver. It is the first limited…
The owners of Denver’s Caution: Brewing Company plan to add a tap room to their existing operation this summer by expanding into the space next door…
Happy Place: Stoney’s Bar and Grill, 1111 Lincoln Street, 303-830-6839. The Hours: Daily from 4 to 7 p.m. The Deals: Two-for-one draft beers, well drinks, margaritas and house wine; $5 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
If you’re looking for a proper tiki drink in Denver — you know, a Polynesian-themed sour rum cocktail that soared to popularity in the 1940s and 1950s — Matty Durgin, barman at Madison Street, is your man. He’s built a fan following for his tiki drinks, which he showcases once…
