Drink
Tour de brew: Bootstrap Brewing
Do you remember the beer that made you fall in love? Was it the Coors Light you snuck out of your Dad’s beer cooler?...
Copper Kettle’s Mexican Chocolate Stout is still a winner
Let’s all agree that this past snowstorm was the last throe of winter. In exchange for politely ushering winter out the door, we’ll drink...
Colorado beer takes the world by storm
On May 6, the beer world held its version of the Oscars. Every other year the World Beer Cup doles out its prestigious awards...
Colorado Craft Beer Week
Though every day in Colorado is essentially a celebration of craft beer, we still have a special part of the calendar set aside to make a fuss...
Profiles in brew: Denise Jones of Fate Brewing Company
Earlier this month, Fate Brewing Company announced that Denise Jones — formerly of Moylan’s Brewing and Distilling Company and Third Street Aleworks, both located...
The beer battles
There’s a lot of sharing on our beer tour. When I describe six of a brewery’s beers in this column, I didn’t order six beers. I just brought five people. We pass everything around, and even trade or give away beers we don’t care for...
The burden of history
I miss the Walnut Brewery.
It wasn’t fancy, and it wasn’t hip, but the Walnut was my kind of place to swing by for a...
The sweet science
It sounds like the setup to a bad joke — two scientists decide to make their own booze — but it’s not. It actually is happening right here in Boulder. And what excellent liquors they are making...
Profiles in brew: Ashleigh Carter of Bierstadt Lagerhaus
Backcountry Pizza & Tap House, one of Boulder County’s premier establishments for craft beer consumption, is an embarrassment of riches. With 68 brews on...
Tour de brew: Powder Keg Brewing Co.
"Sorry, but we’re kind of in a dark beer season,” our server tells us as he set five tasters of brew on the table....
‘There’s always room for great beer’
Without sounding too hyperbolic, COVID-19 was the largest disruption to the brewing industry since Prohibition: government-mandated stay-at-home orders, no on-premise consumption, no crowding of...


















