Drink
The year in beer
“This isn’t a blip; it’s
the new normal.”
So said Bart Watson,
chief economist for the Brewers Association — the Boulder-based trade group
representing craft breweries — at...
Good beer is no accident
Boulderites love to travel, but I think it’s fair to say the North Denver suburbs aren’t typically a prime destination. Northglenn and Thornton probably have a few undeserved negative associations around Boulder, whether for being too suburban or too flat or too ...
Tour de brew: Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Do we have everything we could possibly want from Oskar Blues?” the waitress asks the table. She means it too.
These days, things are a...
Tour de brew: Mountain Sun’s Stout Month part 2
As we discussed last week, Mountain Sun’s Stout Month — a month-long celebration of the dark arts — is a Boulder institution at it’s...
Tour de brew: Boulder Beer Company
I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one.” — Capt. Benjamin Willard in Apocalypse Now
Go forth and drink, young man!”...
The pig that saved Avery
Stay in one place long enough, and you’ll see things come and go, only to come back around again. It’s been over 40 years...
Sports and wine
About 50 million cases of beer were purchased on Super Bowl Sunday. It’s no wonder Anheuser-Busch, America’s largest brewer, purchased three and a half minutes of ad time during the big game...
Drink what you love — and what you don’t
Brewery taprooms are one of the very few places — dentists’ offices being the other I can think of — where people often ask for things they won’t like...
A rare whiskey in the wild of Colorado
Once, at a high-end whiskey bar in Chicago, a friend of mine spent $100 on a flight of Pappy Van Winkle, one of the...
Tempting FATE
In the nearly two years since FATE Brewing has been open and brewing they have garnered numerous accolades, including being named one of 10 New Breweries to Watch by Bon Appétit in 2014, and winning a gold medal for their Laimas Kölsch Style Ale at this year’s Great ...
Vapor Distillery is going big time
Boulder County lost one of its most highly decorated distilleries at the beginning of April, and that is a good thing...
Secrets at Sanitas
We all enjoy being in on a good secret. I mean, if it’s a harmless, fun kind of secret, not the other kind. We all like knowing about the shortcut home, the secret menu item, the password, where the unmarked door will lead...
