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Savvy beer fans know that May 12-18 is American Craft Beer Week, in which breweries nationwide offer deals, brew special batches and participate in festivals. And though the event was conceived by the Boulder-based Brewers Association, signs of American Craft Brew ...

If you’ve ever doubted that Americans are seasonal shoppers, just ask a barista at Starbucks how many pumpkin spice lattes she whipped up during...

Like Enstrom Almond Toffee and Hershey’s Kiss cookies, it’s just not the holidays without a few signature ales. Here are four to get you started, but...

Let’s put a pair of leather chaps in the mash, or cactus or tumbleweed.” That was the first idea Jason Buehler, head brewer of Oskar Blues in Lyons, had for Hi*Beams Honky Tonk Ale, a collaboration beer made not with another brewery, but a honky tonk band. No chaps ...

few years back there was a heated debate over whether plant-based beverages like soy or almond milk could be advertised as milk, which is...

Weeks before we even conceived of a tour of Boulder County’s breweries, I made an uncomfortable discovery: When the Boulder Weekly staff goes out to eat — which is pretty often as we’re all wealthy and have tons of time — we’re the loud table...

There is something magical about the great American Midwest. Sure, driving across it can seem like an endless sea of flatland constantly unfolding before...

There’s a new gunslinger in town: Payette Brewing Company — Idaho’s biggest brewer, according to Bob Hubler of Boise Beer Culture — and its...

Sometimes, it just seems like the bartender can’t stand you. You’ve made your usual endearing jokes, you’ve kept the outright flirting tasteful and you’ve...

Sunday, March 4 marks the 90th Academy Awards ceremony and, apparently, Boulder Beer has a dog in the fight because both of their pubs...

Jim Sonn, owner of the Pearl Street Pub, had every reason to be apprehensive on July 16. The downtown bar he owns was up for the annual renewal of its liquor license. Normally, it can be handled by mail. But after Boulder’s Beverage Licensing Authority (which ...

“We brew beers that 50 percent of the people are going to love and 50 percent of the people are going to hate, and...