Cuisine
Zesty liqueurs and alcoholic alchemy
Building a bar is more than just your favorite bottles of booze and some canned mixers. Getting into the territory of cocktail enthusiasts and...
TASTE OF THE WEEK: Mell Vodka & Palisade peaches @ home
It’s clear that Mell Vodka is different as soon as you see the non-label on the plain, clear glass bottles. According to the minimal...
Drink this: Oskar Blues Brewery’s Oskar the Lion Sour Ale
On April 23, 2020, the Denver Zoo welcomed two new African lion cubs to the pride. Nature waits not for a pandemic, nor does...
Picnics with bison
I hate to be a bummer, but there are only 144 shopping days until Christmas. More importantly, there are only four weeks left until summer...
What can’t kombucha do?
Imagine being able to brew up a magical elixir that can cure a hangover, reverse hair loss and help promote a healthy gut? Well,...
Cannabis pro Omnibus
For Keith Villa, it started about a decade ago, when Colorado legalized recreational cannabis.
“At that point, I started doing some home experiments,” Villa says....
Fingers roasting on an open fire
While writing this column I took a break to do some dinner prep. As I chopped onions, I put my chef’s knife too close...
‘There’s always room for great beer’
Without sounding too hyperbolic, COVID-19 was the largest disruption to the brewing industry since Prohibition: government-mandated stay-at-home orders, no on-premise consumption, no crowding of...
Pass the compassion
After 2020’s safely distanced Thanksgiving Day gatherings, large groups of family and friends are reuniting to break bread this week in Boulder.
We look forward...
Ginning up
Let’s start with some fun facts: 70 percent, at least, of the gin produced in the U.K. comes from Scotland. Three of the world’s...
Tour de brew: Coda Brewing Co.
Your brother-in-law is back in town. You love him, sure, but the guy is a bonafide beer geek, and he’s always looking for something...
