Drink
The sweet tooth has come home to roost
Craft beer is certainly headed into some rather odd territory.
At least that was one of the takeaways from last week’s Collaboration Beer Festival, the...
A new wine frontier emerges
Finger Lakes’ wine pioneer Hermann Wiemer released his first wine 35 years ago. While his wines helped the New York region gain critical acclaim, he never curried much favor with local winemakers. And he had little patience for collegiality. In a 1985 interview with...
Espresso exceptionalism
You can make a barista-quality cup of coffee at home—with a little practice
Wishful drinking
Let’s try this again.
Back in 2020, the Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG) was set to host one of the Centennial State’s signature beer events: Collaboration...
Tour de brew: Mountain Sun’s Stout Month
February is here again and for dedicated drinkers along the Front Range, that can only mean one thing: Mountain Sun’s Stout Month. This yearly...
360 breweries and counting
Beer Here! Brewing in the New West is the latest exhibit to open at the History Colorado Center in Denver, and it tells the...
Are modern sommeliers educators?
I was out past midnight one recent Wednesday, despite a meeting early the next morning. When I headed home, my route took me through Washington,...
Speaker for the dead
Yes, Colorado may be the state of craft beer but when one thinks of Colorado breweries, one towers over the rest like a snowcapped...
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...
Tour de brew: Gordon Biersch Brewery
There’s a little bit of globetrotting going on every time you knock back a beer from the Gordon Biersch Brewery. Started in Palo Alto,...
New in brew: Sours, sessions and stouts
For those of you who participated in “Dry January,” welcome back to flavor country. Beer’s been brewing while you were away; here’s a few...
Regular won’t cut it
few years back there was a heated debate over whether plant-based beverages like soy or almond milk could be advertised as milk, which is...