Drink
‘A hobby gone berserk’
Back 25 years ago, covering the beer scene wouldn’t have taken too long. Boulder Beer was well-established on Wilderness Place, Walnut Brewery and Oasis...
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...
Behind the beer: Avery Brewing Co.’s Liliko’i Kepolo
There are two types of beers in this world: the kind you drink after 5 p.m. and those you drink well before. And Avery...
Getting the word out on Mortal XXX
"I thought that Mortal Kombucha was trying to be a hard kombucha, probably from day one,” Becca Schepps tells Boulder Weekly. You know Schepps: she’s the...
This is 40: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
It was 5 a.m. on November 15, 1980, when Ken Grossman flipped on the lights in his small converted warehouse in Chico, California. Before...
Westbound & Down Brewing Company
Westbound & Down Brewing Company, the Idaho Springs-based brewery that was dubbed the Great American Beer Festival’s 2019 midsized brewpub of the year, is...
Know your brew: Czech lager
The beer world is replete with traditions: American IPA, English cask bitters, Belgian abbey ales... But none have the distinction, nor cast a longer...
Know your Brew: Russian Imperial Stout
It’s another February afternoon in Boulder. The crisp winter air nips at your lips while the sun slips behind the snow-dotted Flatirons. Not exactly...
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...
Know your brew: German-style heller bock and maibock
Much like with the seminal Oktoberfest brew, märzen, there is a bit of ceremony that goes along with ushering in maibock drinking season. The...
Deep roots
There’s a plot of land in Northern Colorado, somewhere between Berthoud, Loveland and Johnstown, where the Olander family has been farming since 1926. For...
