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Brewed for summer
For those of us looking to scratch that itch for a new spring and summer brew that isn’t bogged down by sweetness or fruit, the wait is over. Upslope Brewing Company has rereleased their limited summertime-only brew they call the Thai Style White IPA...
Tour de brew: Vine Street Pub & Brewery
When the good people at Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery opened their doors back in 1993, they had a different approach to the restaurant...
Craft Sabbath
Beer and heavy metal are pretty obvious bedfellows. When one pictures the average headbanger, there’s usually a tall boy in his or her hand. While wine and spirits often have a pretentious veneer around them, beer is refreshing, satisfying and cures what ails you...
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?...
New in brew: Fruity goses abound
When the Delaware-based Dogfish Head Brewery released SeaQuench Ale in early 2016, it wasn’t exactly on the tips of drinkers’ tongues. Winter isn’t usually...
Extra special
Once upon a time — like five years ago — all a craft microbrewery needed was an empty warehouse and a good recipe for an IPA, and it was ready to roll. Of course, that’s still true, as startups like Wild Woods, J Wells and Bootstrap have proven...
Whiskey straight up
Whiskey, the spirit that fueled the Wild West, is hot again, with global sales topping $3 billion last year, creating a run on all styles of the spirit. Fortunately for Coloradans, distillers are popping up across the state creating their own unique versions of this ...
Profiles in brew: Jeff Joslin of Left Hand Brewing Company
For Jeff Joslin, a career in craft beer didn’t come with an aha moment.
“It was more an organic love for beer,” he says.
No one...
SMaSh Brew
Making beer at home doesn’t have to be a daunting task. If you’ve ever made a pot of soup, chances are you already have...
Drink this: Primitive Beer’s So Last Season
Primitive Beer’s bottle-conditioned offerings are a thing of beauty, and So Last Season is no exception. It’s a 2-year-old, spontaneously fermented beer, refermented on...
Lordy, lordy, look who’s 40
Nearly 40,000 beaming faces filled every corner of the Denver Convention Center Oct. 6-8 for the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). The event marks...


















