August 19 was the deadline for breweries across the country to submit samples of their beers to the Boulder-based Brewers Association for judging at this year’s Great American Beer Festival, which will be held September 16-18 at the Colorado Convention Center. And the pressure is on — especially for Dry…
When I was a teenager looking for trouble in Denver, I had relatively few choices downtown. There was always Larimer Square, though, where I got into more than my fair share of shenanigans at Soapy Smith’s Double Eagle Bar, the Bratskellar and Josephina’s. Today Larimer Square is more popular than…
The Place: Brasserie Ten Ten, 1011 Walnut Street, Bouder, 303-998-1010 The Hours: Daily from 3 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: Food specials, $2 to $6; cocktails, draft beer and wine, $3.25 to $6…
FreshCraft, which quietly opened its doors last week, held a grand opening last night, complete with a horse-drawn beer delivery from the Wynkoop Brewing Company — which has its Tut’s Royal Gold on tap at FreshCraft — giveaways and other events. The LoDo restaurant, at 1530 Blake Street, uses the…
Today is the 200th birthday of the can, and the Can Manufacturers Institute is inviting Americans to “by acknowledging its consistent relevance in our past, present and future.” The can was born – according to CMI — on August 25, 1810, “when Englishman Peter Durand was granted a patent for…
Over the past few years, Boulder has become rife with wine educators, serving as the home for a high percentage of the country’s few master sommeliers. And that is, in large part, due to Wayne Belding and Sally Mohr, owners of the Boulder Wine Merchant, 2690 Broadway, and among the…
EatDenver’s Harvest Week, taking place now through Friday, celebrates Colorado’s local bounty, and it doesn’t get any more local than Andy Brown’s back yard. Brown, the head brewer for the Wynkoop Brewing Company, has whipped up a couple of kegs of the pub’s Wixa Weiss aged with crushed apricots from…
For two years I’ve been wondering when Coors would decide to start canning its once-formidable-but-now-somewhat watered-down Blue Moon. The Belgian-style wit beer is perfect for summer, falling somewhere between standard canned beer fare like Coors, Bud and PBR and heavier canned micros like Dale’s Pale Ale, Fat Tire and Ska’s…
“It just depends on what they smell like, to be quite honest with you.” That’s Justin Lloyd, one of three new owners of Star Bar, 2137 Larimer Street, the subject of this week’s Drunk of the Week. “They” are the less-than-desirables who used to frequent the original Star Bar (and…
A refrigerated Budweiser warehouse isn’t normally the kind of thing that would make a hop-headed craft beer geek salivate, but for the next couple of weeks, the facility at 62nd Avenue and Franklin Street in Denver is every beer geeks dream. It’s where the craft breweries from around the country…
“I just need something strong in my veins,” she says, tapping the underside of her forearm with two fingers. “What’s homemade? What can I get a taste of?” She’s dressed in jean shorts and a simple black blouse, with a black leather purse slung over her right shoulder; her brown…
Drunk of the Week columnist Drew Bixby just profiled Star Bar, and all the changes that have taken place since the old owner left and the new owners took over. Here’s a nightlife tour by photographer Eric Gruneisen not just of Star Bar, but the other bars along that strip…
The Place: Bridgewater Grill, 800 Eleventh Street, Golden, 303-279-0100 The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6 p.m. and from 9 p.m. to close The Deals: Appetizers are $2 off; all draft beer, wine and well drinks are half-price…
Does craft beer deserve a place at the dinner table next to — or instead of — wine? That’s a question that guests at TAG sought to answer last night during a fantastic Beer Vs. Wine dinner hosted by Troy Guard’s restaurant at 1441 Larimer Street, as well as master…
When you stop in at Heaven Dragon, the popular Thornton eatery that served President George W. Bush on three separate occasions, you’ll likely notice two things missing. One is Dan Tang, the restaurant’s workaholic owner, since on Monday he went to prison to start an eighteen-month sentence for his part…
Avery Brewing began canning its first beer, Joe’s Premium American Pilsner, yesterday and plans to have four of its brews in cans and on liquor-store shelves by September 1. The Boulder company had planned to start canning on June 1, but was delayed by its supplier, Crown Cork & Seal,…
Ali vs. Frazer. Chocolate vs. Vanilla. Blue Ray vs. HD DVD. Jacob vs. Edward. They are the battles of our time. Now, add Beer vs. Wine. While wine has held the place of honor for hundreds of years next to fancy food and grub at well-set dinner tables around the…
Just because summer’s winding down to its inevitable end doesn’t mean that your rosé-filled days (and evenings) have to. Even if you aced this year’s rosé-drinking challenge with flying colors and have flown through cases of the five best rosés of summer 2010, no need to remove those rosé-colored glasses…
Blue Moon, the Belgian-style wit beer that was created inside Coors Field in 1995, is apparently also highly valued for its calming qualities. First it was requested by James Crowley during President Obama’s August 2009 beer summit on racial relations on the White House lawn, and now it has turned…
Boulder is about to go even greener. At the end of this month, Absinthe House will open in the former Foundry space at 1109 Walnut Street. “We want it to look like an absinthe house that’s been around before the ban on absinthe ninety years ago, but with an updated…
While I have my “go-to” cocktails, I often want to break out of my cocktail rut. And when I do, I have go-to bars where I know the mixologists can work magic. I’ll tell the bartender the spirit I want to imbibe, answer a few questions about the degree of…
It may not have all the amenities of Las Vegas or New Orleans, but the Colorado State Fair is starting to look more and more like Sin City and The Big Easy in the alcoholic beverage department…
