Drink
Local brews (and one cider) for the holiday season
We scoured the seasonal section of our local beer store to round-up some of the best holiday beverage options Boulder County (and a little...
From their hand to yours
In the glass, it’s a thing of beauty. Inside a crystal clear liquid, the color of harvest straw, a swirl of tiny bubbles gathers...
Autumn alternates
Like the leaves on the trees outside, beer aisles have turned orange over the last few weeks with every Tom, Dick and Harry’s take on pumpkin beer. I’ve got nothing against pumpkin beer and enjoy it to excess like everyone else, but the ubiquity of the variety seems ...
Profiles in brew: Keith Villa, Ph.D.
Few people get to be at the forefront of something special. Keith Villa has been there twice.
“They said I was one of the major...
New in brew: Bell’s Brewery & Brooklyn Brewery
If shelf space at your liquor store wasn’t already crowded enough with Colorado craft galore, two out-of-staters have arrived, ready to vie for your...
Avery’s tequila barrel concoction
In the mood for something different, I grabbed one of the latest releases from Avery Brewing Co.’s barrel-aged series, the Fiel al Estilo, a...
‘Beautiful chaos’
Back in the first half of the ’80s, I took my first sip of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Upon finishing what tasted like a...
Austrian reds: Difficult to pronounce, but easy to drink
Blaufrankisch. St. Laurent. Zweigelt. The names of these Austrian red grape varieties do nothing to put consumers at ease. Wine is intimidating. And consumers...
Tour de brew: The Boulder Passport Program Summer Edition
Ah, to be in Boulder in the summertime; so much to do, so much to see, so much to drink. Whether you reward yourself...
Fake wine takes a toll on everyday consumers
Two years have passed since a federal jury convicted Rudy Kurniawan, a prominent wine collector, of fraud for selling counterfeit wines. When the FBI raided Kurniawan’s home in March 2013, they discovered thousands of fake wine labels and hundreds of bottles and ...
Drink beer made here
Even before the final awards were handed out, Good Beer Hunting encapsulated the spirit of the 37th Great American Beer Festival with a single...


















