Bars & Breweries

Two years ago, Renegade Brewing founder Brian O’Connell posted a treatise on his website calling for an end to the use of the word “craft” to describe, well, craft beer. “The moniker of craft is now being used as a tool by the macro brewers to marginalize and set aside…

As part of the ever-growing trend to use as many local products as possible, the upcoming Dry Land Distillers is planning a whiskey made with Colorado heirloom wheat and a spirit made from prickly pear cactus. Those will be the first to roll out of the Longmont distillery when the…

Brewers carefully craft their beer recipes so that when someone drinks the finished product, they notice specific flavors, aromas, textures and colors. If the beer is paired with food, other flavors can come out, or the beer can bring out new flavors in that food. But for the most part,…

The Colorado-founded C.B. & Potts Restaurant and Brewery chain has closed its longtime location in Broomfield, leaving behind the building and all of the restaurant and brewery equipment. “We are unfortunately closing our doors at Flatiron Crossing and want to thank all of our loyal team members and guests for…

“The cocktail culture in Denver is alive and vibrant, and brunch is no exception,” shares Jason Snopkoski, Avanti Food & Beverage bar manager. The food hall, with seven distinct vendors under one roof at 3200 Pecos Street, is popular after-work and evening staple among in-the-know Mile High food seekers, but…

I took me three tries to finally get a drink at the White Horse Bar (or Lounge, depending on whether you believe the sign on top of the building or what the internet tells you). Last winter, I tried to visit the White Horse (5130 West Alameda Avenue) with a friend who…

Sometimes you have to go back to go forward, left to go right, east to go west. That’s the case for Leadville’s Periodic Brewing — the highest-elevation brewery in North America and the second highest in the world — which has taken over the 5,000-square-foot space and bought the brewing…

Two small, homegrown breweries — both founded in Denver in 2012 — have teamed up on a new distribution arrangement. TRVE Brewing, which started a distribution arm last year to help sell beer for some of its brewery friends in other states (like Burial Beer, Finback Brewry and 7venth Sun),…

Plug the address 1380 Horizon Avenue in Lafayette into Google Street View and you’ll see little other than a vast, grassy hill with views of the surrounding countryside and the Rocky Mountains to the west. The plot of land is one of the highest points in the area — and…

The craft-beer industry prides itself on collaboration and congeniality, so it’s always disheartening to see two small companies, especially those in Colorado, go after each other in court. But in the end, business is business. On November 3, Epic Brewing, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, filed suit in US. District Court…

The lights flashed on the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater. A soft melody began to play, echoing in the dark, empty space. The only other sounds came from the clinking of glass and murmurs of marvel drifting up from the small group of bartenders, media and other lucky folks who…

I found myself at Sancho’s Broken Arrow (741 East Colfax Avenue) with a friend on a recent Saturday afternoon and realized that the last time I had been in was quite a while ago — too long ago, really. The bar was comfortingly familiar and seemed somehow untouched by the hands…

The Colorado Brewers Guild is hosting the first Colorado Craft Brewers Summit, a conference and trade show on Monday, November 13, at Metro State University. The goal is to get brewers to learn from each other, as well as from experts in fields with which they may not have much familiarity.

Two Colorado breweries landed on Outside Magazine’s annual list of the 100 Best Places to Work this year, and while New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins has been in the list before, this is the first time for Durango’s Ska Brewing. The company, which has 72 employees making an average…

Renegade Brewing, which was founded in 2011 amid a wave of new taprooms, has sold a large stake of its business to an investment company called Silver Fox Partners, run by former Xerox CEO Ann Mulcahy. The change will allow the brewery to expand its barrel-aged beers offerings, add to…

Frisco’s Backcountry Brewery, which has been a fixture in Summit County for more than two decades, closed its doors last week, just as the ski and snowboarding season began. Charlie Eazor, who has owned the brewpub since 2010 with his brother, Joe, told the Summit Daily that he is thinking…

In an inauspicious strip mall in Parker, Croatian winemaker Marko Copic is reviving the ancient practice of making wine in clay amphorae — and the results are exquisite. Purgatory Cellars (18921 Plaza Drive) makes thirty traditional and amphora-aged wines for consumption in its cozy Old World tasting room and for sale…

Down an alley between Larimer and Walnut streets, past flowing street-art murals, there’s an inconspicuous doorway that could be the back entrance to an office or kitchen. No sign tells you that you’ve arrived at Greenlight Lab, but if the green light is on above the door, you’ll know that…

Wait, what? I could swear it was just the middle of summer and I was drinking juicy IPAs. But, no, we’ve blazed right through pumpkin-beer season, fresh hops and Oktoberfest, landing squarely in the realm of dark beers: winter, that is. But November may be one of the best months…

The Zephyr Lounge, the legendary bar at 11940 East Colfax bar in Aurora, turns seventy years old this year. If you haven’t made it to this unique neighborhood spot that provides just the right ambiance with a mix of wood paneling, random art, thrice-a-day happy hours, karaoke, live music, neon…

Lady Justice Brewing, the tiny Mountain View brewery that donates the majority of its profits to organizations that support “the status of women and girls” in Colorado, is introducing a new series of American strong ales that will be sold through the brewery’s membership model. Lady Justice will sell 150 memberships…