Drink
Tour de brew: Powder Keg Brewing Co.
"Sorry, but we’re kind of in a dark beer season,” our server tells us as he set five tasters of brew on the table....
Tour de brew: 4 Noses Brewing
An important disclaimer: You probably don’t want to go drinking with your children, especially if they are under the legal age limit. Besides, it...
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...
Deep roots
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...
Know your brew: IPA
What’s in a name?
Historically speaking, it’s India pale ale partly because English colonialists craved a bitter beverage to pair with India’s spicy curries —...
Drink this: Upslope Brewing Company India Pale Ale
Upslope was the first brewery in the state to stick its IPA in a can (second in the nation by its estimates), and the...
Tour de brew: Oskar Blues Brewery
There is plenty to discover at Oskar Blues Brewery, but glass bottles aren’t one of them. Here, cans are king and have been for...
Know your brew: Märzen 2019
According to the
calendar, fall doesn’t begin until the autumnal equinox (Sept. 23), and
Oktoberfest doesn’t start until 10:45 a.m. on the third Saturday in September
(Sept....
New in brew: Payette Brewing Company
There’s a new gunslinger in town: Payette Brewing Company — Idaho’s biggest brewer, according to Bob Hubler of Boise Beer Culture — and its...
Rethinking the tasting note
This first wine is a fighter; he’s loud. The second wine is pensive; she has a dark side.” As I led a recent seminar,...
Tour de brew: Boulder Beer redux
It’s been a little over a year since we started this tour of Boulder County breweries. Back then, 51 breweries and brewpubs dotted the...
