Drink
Autumn alternates
Like the leaves on the trees outside, beer aisles have turned orange over the last few weeks with every Tom, Dick and Harry’s take on pumpkin beer. I’ve got nothing against pumpkin beer and enjoy it to excess like everyone else, but the ubiquity of the variety seems ...
Tour de brew: Walter’s Brewery & Taproom
Maybe airplanes aren’t the way to go right now, but there’s plenty of Colorado out there to discover via the open road. And about...
Brewing with coffee
It’s not unusual to start your day with a coffee and end it with a beer. I do it all the time. They are...
Tour de brew: Nitro Fest
He handed me the taster and I watched as the fine nitrogen bubbles rushed up the beer to the surface, spreading out along the...
Drink this: Twisted Pine Brewing Co.’s Billy’s Chilies
It’s hard out here for a beer, and your favorites need your loyalty. Forget tasting your way through a slew of seasonals and small-batch...
A drink to celebrate
The lore is that the sazerac is the oldest American cocktail. The story goes that in the mid-1800s, the owner of the Merchant Exchange Coffee House in New Orleans sold the place to start importing liquor. One of his imports was a cognac called Sazerac-de- Forge et ...
Why your bartender hates you
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...
Colorado’s beer scene is getting crowded
When Upslope brewing opened its doors in 2008, it was the first new brewery in Boulder in over a decade. Its approach was simple: wellcrafted approachable beer served in cans; the labels simply stated the style: pale ale, IPA, craft lager, etc. It has grown to one of...
The tale of Champagne Charlie
Husband-and-wife writing team Don and Petie Kladstrup have written about wine and Champagne in a few bestselling books, including Wine & War: The French,...
Embracing the Rhone Rangers
Raise your hand if customers regularly come in and ask for a good Cabernet.”
I recently issued this directive to a group of 40 sommeliers,...
Rich in whiskey
"I tell people that we’re rich in whiskey, but poor in cash,” jokes Boulder Spirits (5311 Western Ave., #180, Boulder) owner and founder Alastair...


















