Drink
Dispatch from the loud table
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...
Summer sipper
With warmer weather and longer days well on their way, we start to crave beverage options that are lighter, fruitier and more refreshing. That’s right where Decadent Saint Sangria from What We Love The Winery comes in...
Drink This: Rice Beer @ Hapa Sushi
Did you know Boulder Weekly has an Instagram? Twitter and Facebook, too. You can find ’em all @BoulderWeekly, and you really should because you’ll...
Tour de brew: Open Door Brew Co.
Everyone has their specialty. If you’re Coors, it’s banquet beer. If you’re Odd13, it’s hazy IPAs. If you’re Open Door Brew Co., then it’s...
Know your brew: Stout
Trying to pin down exactly what makes a stout is no easy task. We know they originated in Britain during the 18th century, are...
‘A stealth history of Colorado over a couple of beers’
There are a lot of lenses through which to look at Colorado’s history: the gold rush and mining, oil and gas, agriculture.
But none, Sam...
The booze boom in entertainment
Craft brewing has been around for 500 years. In the past decade, though, it’s taken off — especially in the United States. The appeal is obvious. Smaller batch sizes and creative recipes lend the craft brew flavors (and identities) that Budweiser can’t match. ...
Sunset sipping
The heat seems to be breaking. Mosquitoes and ticks have mostly succumbed to their well-deserved deaths. Nights are still long, but a hint of coolness touches the edges. Summer is winding down. At this point, that mojito is perhaps not as refreshing as at the start ...
Fake wine takes a toll on everyday consumers
Two years have passed since a federal jury convicted Rudy Kurniawan, a prominent wine collector, of fraud for selling counterfeit wines. When the FBI raided Kurniawan’s home in March 2013, they discovered thousands of fake wine labels and hundreds of bottles and ...
Spirit Hound noses out another fine whiskey release
Like many fine things in life, making good whiskey takes patience and time. Spirit Hound Distillers’ latest release, a five-year-old Colorado rye whiskey, proudly...
Profiles in brew: Gravity Brewing and Gastronauts
No business goes it alone. It takes a village, and few area breweries
illustrate that point quite like Louisville’s first tap house: Gravity Brewing
— which...


















