Drink

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,...

In the nearly two years since FATE Brewing has been open and brewing they have garnered numerous accolades, including being named one of 10 New Breweries to Watch by Bon Appétit in 2014, and winning a gold medal for their Laimas Kölsch Style Ale at this year’s Great ...

We all enjoy being in on a good secret. I mean, if it’s a harmless, fun kind of secret, not the other kind. We all like knowing about the shortcut home, the secret menu item, the password, where the unmarked door will lead...

Two years have passed since a federal jury convicted Rudy Kurniawan, a prominent wine collector, of fraud for selling counterfeit wines. When the FBI raided Kurniawan’s home in March 2013, they discovered thousands of fake wine labels and hundreds of bottles and ...

Recently, New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins added Snapshot to their year-round lineup, which is billed as a citrusy and tart wheat beer. Although not listed on the bottle, Snapshot utilizes a mixed-fermentation which includes lactobacillus (a yeast strain which can...

Finding Shane Finley was easy. Via email, we planned to meet for lunch at Bourbon Steak in Washington, D.C., a restaurant that’s housed at the...

Pumpkin ales are as highly anticipated as any seasonal beer, neck-and-neck with Christmas ales...

When I was in college, we drank beer. When my sons were in college, they drank draft beer. But when my granddaughter was in...

I don’t know when the word “accessible” became a dirty word, but read any movie/music/book review and it always seems like a slight. The snoots...

This week’s column will say goodbye to BW beer writer Steve Weishampel, who has moved on to Chicago, presumably to take his beer writing career to the next level by joining the SNL Superfans, or if that doesn’t work out, stalking Oprah...

In 1990, Frank Day had a vision to create craft beer and great food, all served in one location. So Day created Walnut Brewery in the heart of Boulder...

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 ...