Four (possibly) surprising factors fueling Denver’s fernet fever

Something interesting happened at the delicious end of three recent meals — at Root Down, Frasca Food and Wine and twelve restaurant — everyone at our table enjoyed a round of Fernet. We’ll admit it: Denver’s seemingly boundless fascination with fernet is kind of blowing our minds. Seems like sometime…

That was fast: #GABF tickets sell out in record 45 minutes

Update: Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival sold out in a jaw-dropping 45 minutes today, smashing last year’s record of seven days, which, in turn, crushed the previous year’s rate of several weeks. Craft beer, it appears, is now as popular as a Justin Beiber concert. But the Boulder-based…

Four essential terms every wine lover needs to know, demystified

Wine — just like every sport, art form, hobby or leisure pursuit — has a language all its own. And while someone just learning to cook would likely realize that the intimidating task of understanding what terms like “sauté” or “chiffonade” mean is simply another step in that process, why…

Could go-cups be in Denver’s future? Drinkers would rejoice

Almost everyone who’s ever bar-hopped has, at one time or another, accidentally walked out of an establishment with their drink in hand. And on almost every one of those occasions, said drinker has been stopped by a bouncer, waiter, security guard or friend since, sadly, you can’t take your booze…

Flagstaff House wins an award as big as its wine collection

Flagstaff House has won the Wine Spectator’s Grand Award; it’s one of only 75 restaurants to win the award this year. But more remarkably, Flagstaff House has earned the coveted Grand Award every year since 1983. “The Wine Spectator is the first and most prestigious wine magazine,” says restaurant co-owner…

Help pick the hops crop at Arvada’s Voss Farms

Arvada’s Voss Farms is looking for volunteers to harvest its hops — and whoever shows up will be able to brag about how they helped supply some serious flavor for Black Shirt Brewing (opening in September), Wynkoop Brewing, Strange Brewing and Arvada Beer, all of which will use the hops…