Drink
Colorado Craft Beer Week is here
From March 16-23, Colorado breweries will celebrate the state of craft beer with the seventh annual Colorado Craft Beer Week, a celebration of all...
Boulder breweries team up to help those impacted by the King...
Last year ushered in an unprecedented amount of collaboration between local food and beverage businesses. It was a necessity — few could go it...
Ales and lagers are beers, but what’s the difference?
To the casual sipper of suds, there are only two types of beer: The kind you like and the kind you don’t. Am I...
How wine idealizes reality
Sixteen years ago, Stephen Tanzer, one of the world’s leading wine critics, described the cabernet sauvignon from Ridge’s 1991 harvest in Monte Bello Vineyard...
Rich in whiskey
"I tell people that we’re rich in whiskey, but poor in cash,” jokes Boulder Spirits (5311 Western Ave., #180, Boulder) owner and founder Alastair...
It’s medal time
The first Great American Beer Festival (GABF) was held in the Harvest House Hotel in Boulder in 1982. The motley collection of 22 breweries brought 40 beers, and the 800 people in attendance can say they sampled the beginning of the craft beer revolution...
Regular won’t cut it
few years back there was a heated debate over whether plant-based beverages like soy or almond milk could be advertised as milk, which is...
Custom fit
Miss the 34-minute window to snag a Great American Brew Festival ticket this year? Still lamenting its move from Boulder to Denver 30 years ago? Fear not, for Boulder Downtown, Inc. is introducing the inaugural Boulder Craft Beer Festival, going down Aug. 23 on the ...
Drink what you love — and what you don’t
Brewery taprooms are one of the very few places — dentists’ offices being the other I can think of — where people often ask for things they won’t like...
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 ...
New in brew: Hard kombucha
Colorado drinkers are awash with options. That’s quite a shift considering 10 years ago Colorado’s Blue Law kept liquor stores closed on Sunday. Now...
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...
