Drink

The other alchemists

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Stout Month. Sourfest. Rocket in My Beer Fest (yes, that’s a real thing). Even when they’re almost comically hyper-specific, Colorado isn’t exactly short on beer festivals. And though, years ago, Joanne Knipmeyer used to help stage one of those beer events in Vail, ...

Ship off to a rum-drinker’s paradise

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Swaylo’s Tiki is, first and foremost, an experience, an homage to a different era and a temple to all things tiki. It will take...

Upslope kicks into high gear

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Upslope is trying to get their beer to the people with a just-announced list of upcoming spring and summer events. Boulder teetotalers will be tempted with a music festival, beer and food truck pairings, the chance to make earrings out of cans and tutorials on bike ...

The tale of Champagne Charlie

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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,...

‘Beer doesn’t just go with chicken wings and a pretzel’

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Now in its eighth year, Chef & Brew Festival is one of Colorado’s premier beer and food events — a flourishing segment in culinary...

You and me and the beer makes three

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It started like every other beer fest: throngs of thirsty patrons marching toward the threshold, their arms raised high to show the gatekeepers their...

Prince-worthy findings at Smiling Toad

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My brewery tour companion and I approached the door to the Smiling Toad Brewery in Colorado Springs with expectations that were ... let’s call them modest. When I spotted the sign from the street, a little A-frame by a skinny sidewalk that read “brewery” and drew ...

‘A hobby gone berserk’

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Back 25 years ago, covering the beer scene wouldn’t have taken too long. Boulder Beer was well-established on Wilderness Place, Walnut Brewery and Oasis...

With wine, endless treasures await

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On January 12, 2007, one of the world’s greatest violin players set up shop in the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington, D.C. Wearing...

Drink This: Barquentine Brewing Company’s Goat Got Out Again Farmhouse IPA

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The 2020 version of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is underway, which means if you haven’t picked up your GABF passport yet, you...

Tour de brew: U Turn BBQ

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Food and beer, just like peanut butter and chocolate, taste great together. Pairing the two certainly isn’t rocket science but even the most dedicated...

Deep roots

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There’s a plot of land in Northern Colorado, somewhere between Berthoud, Loveland and Johnstown, where the Olander family has been farming since 1926. For...