Drink
The burden of history
I miss the Walnut Brewery.
It wasn’t fancy, and it wasn’t hip, but the Walnut was my kind of place to swing by for a...
Drink of the Week: Westbound Coffee Porter @ Westbound and Down...
February is typically the time of year when we talk about stouts, but don’t sleep on stout’s predecessor, porter, when it comes to dark-beer...
Tempting FATE
In the nearly two years since FATE Brewing has been open and brewing they have garnered numerous accolades, including being named one of 10 New Breweries to Watch by Bon Appétit in 2014, and winning a gold medal for their Laimas Kölsch Style Ale at this year’s Great ...
Big beers and food fixes
We didn’t have much hope for food in Gravity Brewing’s Louisville warehouse. They’ve got a billion-foot-long bar and pool and pingpong tables, but there’s no sign of dining until we smell someone else’s fries. We grab menus, which we’ve already read carefully. Not a ...
A multi-roaster coffee shop that’s a gateway, not a gatekeeper
Whiskey, beer and wine aren’t the only things we like to drink in Boulder County. What about the coffee and tea purveyors that keep...
New in brew: Boulder Beer Company
Story time: A tried and true Boulder craft drinker peruses the shelf at his favorite liquor store. With a tongue for hops and a...
New in brew: Boulder Beer, Left Hand, Odd13 and Upslope
Sunday, March 4 marks the 90th Academy Awards ceremony and, apparently, Boulder Beer has a dog in the fight because both of their pubs...
‘We will recover from this.’
“We were fortunate,” Tom Horst says in an email. Horst and his wife Kristy own Crystal Springs Brewing in Louisville, and though a few...
Know your brew: Barley wine
Right off the bat, barley wine confounds drinkers. Is it beer? Is it wine? Is it both? And is it spelled as one word...


















