Great American Beer Festival tickets went on sale today (here), and although they are $5 more this year, $60 is still worth the price of admission. After all, there will be 450 breweries serving 2,200 different beers at the fest, which runs September 29 through October 1. What else is…
When Jess Graber and George Stranahan founded Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey back in 2004, it was a micro-distillery crafting a very small run of the spirit culled entirely from Rocky Mountain barley and local water. But Stranahan’s has grown, and grown fast. Two years ago, it relocated from the Ballpark neighborhood…
Breckenridge Brewing is supposed to get its new canning today or tomorrow. The automatic system should enable Breckenridge, which merged its finances and operations with Wynkoop Brewing earlier this year, to package both company’s beers at a rate of at least 36 cans per minute — a significant upgrade from…
Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival’s thirtieth edition go on sale to the general public tomorrow, and even at $60 a pop, the biggest beer fest in the world is still worth the price of admission. Although most things will be the same this year — both the good…
What does Colorado taste like? Sunshine and cherries and whiskey, according to Marnie Ward, who created “Tree Line,” the winner of the inaugural Colorado Cocktail Contest. “I love to go to the farmers’ markets through the summer and find great fresh produce, grab something and make cocktails with it,” says…
Congrats to Marnie Ward, bartender at Avenue Grill and maker of the Tree Line, which nabbed first place in the 2011 Colorado Cocktail Contest last night. Below are a few highlights from the shindig, which took place at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. You can check out the full…
On Saturday I was in Globeville looking for the White Owl, a bar that took over a sixty-year-old Slavic speakeasy named the Portulaca Cafe in 2008. The Owl had a reputation as a super-friendly, cash-only bar without food but with PBR on tap. As it turns out, the White Owl…
Last week we celebrated the official first day of summer, and the veritable heat wave that followed only served to drive the point home. Several days of 90+ degree temps later, we found ourselves forced to confront what surely must be the most pressing question of the season: What sort…
At first glance, we nearly peed our pants. The sign plastered on the front door of the former Walk-in Burgers, which shuttered in late April in Edgewater, announced that Nobu — NOBU! — was applying for a liquor license, which, if true, would have meant that Nobu Matsuhisa, the genius…
What does Colorado taste like? We’ll finally know tonight, as the ten finalists in the Colorado Cocktail Contest pour out their creations at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, 1485 Delgany Street. The festivities run from 5 to 9 p.m. and admission is $40 (industry discounts are available); for more…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany Street, on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. Dozens of bartenders submitted entries in the Colorado Cocktail Contest; the ten finalists will pour…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany, on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. We’ve already profiled many of the bartenders who’ve submitted recipes for the contest; the ten finalists…
The Place: La Sandia Cantina, 8340 Northfield Boulevard, 303-373-9100 The Hours: Daily from 4 p.m. to close The Deals: $5 cocktails; $3 Mexican beers; $3 small plates Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. We’ve already profiled many of the bartenders who’ve submitted recipes for the contest; the ten finalists will pour…
AC Golden, the tiny MillerCoors-owned brewery located deep inside the hidden corridors of the mega-brewer’s Golden plant, will put three unusual beers on tap tonight only at Star Bar, the tiny Larimer Street watering hole known for its craft beer selections. The beers are all ales, which marks a major…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. On Sunday, Colorado distillers will be at the MCA to pour their products, while learned lecturers talk about…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. We’ve already profiled many of the bartenders who’ve submitted recipes for the contest; the ten finalists will pour…
Wings and beer is one of the most perfect combinations in edible history. But what about wings and craft beer? Do big, bold flavors help or hurt Buffalo’s spicy gift to the world? The Wing Hut in Aurora is going to try to answer that question — along with another…
MillerCoors celebrated the first day of summer by kicking off a summer sweepstakes that will send one winner and four friends deep into the heart of the Blue Moon Brewing Co. @ the Sandlot where they can hang out with the brewmasters and spend the day making beer with them…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
New Belgium Brewing celebrates its twentieth anniversary — and two decades of spreading the word about better beer — next Tuesday. Founded in Fort Collins in 1991, the brewery has gone from the basement of a house to become the third largest craft brewer in the nation, and it now…
If beer is art, then the next great gallery is about to open in the Santa Fe Arts District. Renegade Brewing, at 925 West Ninth Avenue, will roll up its garage door this Sunday at 2 p.m., welcoming people who appreciate the finer things in life — things like craft…
