Cuisine
One loaf leads to another
Longmont has become a true tasters’ destination. From Skeye Brewery to Anvil Distillery to St. Vrain Cidery, artful, award-winning adult beverages are plentiful. They...
Drink this: Primitive Beer’s So Last Season
Primitive Beer’s bottle-conditioned offerings are a thing of beauty, and So Last Season is no exception. It’s a 2-year-old, spontaneously fermented beer, refermented on...
Try this week: Catalan Sandwich @ Le Frigo
Le Frigo is a delightful Euro-style deli and market, with a walk-in cheese refrigerator, shelves filled with imported goodies like olives, sauces, jams, pastas...
Brown rush
Few things in the culinary world are anticipated annually as much as the release of Pappy Van Winkle. Colorado gets its share of the esteemed bourbon whiskey typically later than the rest of the country, and so November and December are prime Pappy-spotting months in...
The Protein Bar out-Boulders Boulder
The PR and marketing department for the newly-opened The Protein Bar has been lobbying BW for its approval, sending over a catered lunch and emailing this reporter offers to set up an official tasting, as if there existed some alternate universe in which the grizzled...
Can’t complain
As applied to restaurants no less than to novels or films, the adjective “critic-proof ” is usually a backhanded compliment, acknowledging the consumer savvy rather than the craftsmanship of the producer in question. There’s just no point in arguing with the easy ...
The booze boom in entertainment
Craft brewing has been around for 500 years. In the past decade, though, it’s taken off — especially in the United States. The appeal is obvious. Smaller batch sizes and creative recipes lend the craft brew flavors (and identities) that Budweiser can’t match. ...
The joy of failure, with Black Cat’s Eric Skokan
Eric Skokan had no idea how difficult it would be to grow a carrot.
“Literally something as granular as a carrot seed causes so many...
Drink this: Green Mountain Beer Company’s Whiskey Barrel-Aged Rauch Bock
The 2020 version of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is underway, which means if you haven’t picked up your GABF passport yet, you...
Try this week: Smothered Burritos @ Tierra Y Fuego Taqueria
North Boulder’s Tierra Y Fuego is a great spot to grab a bite to eat with friends and family this summer. Its outdoor patio...
Brewing change
Some breweries make beer. Some make beer... and change.
Team Left Hand, a group of employees and supporters of Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing, recently announced...
