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Profiles in brew: Brandon and Lisa Boldt of Primitive Beer
We want to bring it back to the land,” Lisa Boldt of Primitive Beer says. “Bring it back to being creative, being fulfilled in...
Know your brew: Brettanomyces
If you’re a dedicated craft beer drinker, it’s going to happen sooner or later. No matter your poison, be it India pale ale, stout...
Tour de brew: Rails End Beer Co.
Outside, the sun burns through the clouds but the air remains cool. The calendar read August but it feels more like late September without...
Drink this: Oskar Blues Brewery’s Oskar the Lion Sour Ale
On April 23, 2020, the Denver Zoo welcomed two new African lion cubs to the pride. Nature waits not for a pandemic, nor does...
The saga continues
Jim Sonn, owner of the Pearl Street Pub, had every reason to be apprehensive on July 16. The downtown bar he owns was up for the annual renewal of its liquor license. Normally, it can be handled by mail. But after Boulder’s Beverage Licensing Authority (which ...
Festival season is coming
It’s possible the seemingly week-in, week-out slate of 2017 summer beer festivals conditioned you to crave the unique experience of tasting dozens of brews...
Drink this: Seedstock Brewery’s Horner Beer
Starting Aug. 28, Denver’s Seedstock Brewery will have a real treat on hand: Horner beer, made with 100% oats, Saaz hops and a little...
Finally, a definitive guide to Napa Valley
When Kelli White, one of the nation’s most impressive sommeliers, realized that her bookshelf lacked a definitive guide to Napa Valley, she simply wrote one...
Tour de brew: Backcountry Pizza & Tap House
There are more than 6,300 breweries in the U.S., according to the Brewers Association, a nonprofit that counts and supports craft breweries. And while...
The return of Left Hand’s Nitro Fest
Few breweries throw a party quite like Left Hand Brewing. Not only has the Longmont staple consistently put out top-shelf beer for the past...
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,...
Sabrage: Almost as impressive as a keg stand
Beer pong. Flip cup. Quarters. For beer guzzlers, there’s no shortage of ways to make drinking fun. Even if college is solidly in the rearview mirror, most of us can bank on one friend — or several — attempting to shotgun a beer at some point every summer...