Drink
Brewing with coffee
It’s not unusual to start your day with a coffee and end it with a beer. I do it all the time. They are...
Farewell, Planet Porter
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...
Tour de brew: 12Degree Brewing
The holidays aren’t here yet but the temperature has dipped, lights decorate Louisville’s Historic Downtown District and the ice rink is chilled and ready...
Tour de drink
Memorial Day weekend, to many, represents the start of summer. In Boulder and eight other cities, it also means the start of a summer of imbibing all across town with a pocket-sized booklet, or “Passport,” that invites you to explore bars, restaurants, wineries, ...
Embracing the Rhone Rangers
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,...
Boulder Beer relaunches with new look and talk of a new...
Boulder Beer has some staying power. Despite management of Colorado’s first independent craft brewery switching hands last year, and despite the closure of its...
Two great tastes that taste great together
2020 might be a dumpster fire, but this year’s International Beer and Pizza Day will be Friday, Oct. 9 — it’s high time this...
Know your brew: Lambic
Few brewing nations hold a special place in brewers’ and drinker’s hearts quite like Belgium. From sour Flemish ales to high-octane Trappist brews, Belgium...
‘A hobby gone berserk’
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...
Water, water everywhere
After four days, six breweries and 13 beers, my conclusion on Northeast Ohio beer is that there’s something in the water. I’m not a chemist, but I am blaming the water for the little differences in the taste of the beer...
Profiles in brew: Dr. J. Nikol Jackson-Beckham
"I want you to stop thinking about diversity,” Dr. J Nikol Jackson-Beckham told the crowd at 2019’s Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in early April...
A career in beer
Every homebrewer remembers their first. For Julia Herz, the year was 1991, and the brew was a Scotch ale.
“It was just the best thing...











