Drink

So, in math, multiplying two negatives equals a positive. However, conventional wisdom says two wrongs don’t make a right. Given that we can’t use arbitrary precedent, how do we determine if combining two food trends is good or bad...

Oskar Blues’ latest venture is, at first glance, a rather odd mash-up: Bikes, tacos and tequila. Oh, and beer, of course...

Famed Colorado yahoo Mojo Nixon once sang, “Everybody knows that beer ain’t drinkin’.” Apparently the folks at downtown Boulder’s West Flanders Brewing Company agree a bit, as they will be launching a new brunch series in which the beer is there for altogether ...

Some people just don’t know when to stop; they keep on trying despite the roadblocks that are tossed in their path. Spirit Hound Distillers in Lyons is full of people like that. In their quest to create perfect Colorado Straight Whiskey they have faced and overcome ...

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NEW EARTHY BREWS RELEASED BY WEST FLANDERS...

"Do they still have the watermelon?” Jeff asks excitedly. They do. Decision made. As the tour of Boulder’s breweries is now at its end — by the time you read this, Boulder Weekly’s editors...

It’s just like some fake mom referenced on a sitcom used to say: “If you make that face too much, it will stick that way.” And if you’re here in Boulder, that face might be a smile from all this sunshine. Boo! No one wants to look like The Joker. Sounds like you need...

At face value, the Bourbon and Bacon Fest, which was held at the McNichols Civic Center in Denver on a late January Saturday afternoon, is what shows up in the dream catcher. It’s two hours of unlimited samples of about 50 bourbons, and variations on bacon ranging ...

The more of his rum I drank, the more he looked like Bill Gates. Greg Starr leads our little group of reporters around his new distillery in Gunbarrel, eagerly explaining the process by which he produces white rum. Starr has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, owns 25...

While we Americans like to think we are leading the world toward a new golden age of brewing — and we are in some respects — there is still much we can learn from the Old World masters. For example: The Trappist monks have been brewing beer since the Middle Ages...

At a recent wine tasting in Boulder, there was a rarity being poured. We were all assured of it. The wine was made from 100 percent bobal grapes, a red varietal that is rarely seen in the U.S. on its own and is often used in blends. It’s mostly grown in Spain, where ...