Opinion | Calhoun: Wake-up Call

Another round of Wynkoop stories

Adman Lew Cady sent in the following memory of the early days of the Wynkoop Brewing Co.: The night Rock Bottom opened, John Hickenlooper and I (and you) were there and I asked Hickenlooper what he was going to do now that there was a second brewpub in town. "Crush...
By Patricia Calhoun
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Adman Lew Cady sent in the following memory of the early days of the Wynkoop Brewing Co.:

The night Rock Bottom opened, John Hickenlooper and I (and you) were there and I asked Hickenlooper what he was going to do now that there was a second brewpub in town.

“Crush ’em like a little bug,” he said, demonstrating the technique with the thumb on one hand and the palm of the other.

Today there are Rock Bottoms all over the place, from San Diego to Boston.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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