Cuisine
Drink of the Week: Twisted Pine Brewing Co.’s Hoppy Boy
Back when Gordon Knight
released Hoppy Boy, the clarion gold color, the snappy grapefruit citrus of
Cascade hops, and the strong backbone of bitterness (65 international...
Clint and MaryKay Buckner on raising animals for meat
I was sitting in Blackbelly one afternoon when a rock star walked in. The butchers dropped their tools and shook hands with the man...
Shape-shifting pasta
This may be a little too personal but seriously: How’s your pasta life?
If you’re like most Americans, pasta night is fairly bland and predictable....
Know your brew: Malt
It’s been said that if
beer didn’t already exist, no one would have invented it. That’s probably true;
for all its simplicity, beer involves a series...
Drink of the Week: The Big Molé Imperial Stout
Though he hasn’t opened
his Boulder taproom yet, you ought to be familiar with one of Aaron Uhl’s ales
— especially if you’re a hophead digging...
How to eat chocolate
You might think that tasting chocolate is the one life skill you’ve fully mastered, but chances are you’re doing it wrong. For one thing,...
On barbecue… with Georgia Boys Nick Reckinger and Matt Alexander
"Love is time,” says Georgia Boys co-founder Nick Reckinger. He’s talking about meat. If that’s not obvious, he continues: “Love is good spices and...
Tour de brew: Ale throughout history
With 30 beers to choose
from, a visit to Avery Brewing Co.’s taproom can be either a daunting
proposition or an endless array of excitement —...
Drink of the week: Endo Brewing Co.’s Comfortably Numb
Brewing a big beer can
be a tricky thing. You could double the malt and produce more fermentable
sugars, dumping in a ton of hops to...
Moxie’s Andy Clark on using heirloom grains and his forthcoming Boulder...
Andy Clark, the two-time James Beard Award semifinalist and head baker and owner of Moxie Bread Co., is scraping and molding a viscous, bespeckled...
Waste makes taste
Sometimes you need to put aside the recipes and cook with the food you have on hand. Such was the case when I found...
Then and now: Flagship beers
Stepping into Lyons’
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew is like stepping into the past. Wood dominates;
the décor is cluttered, cozy and a little dusty. Stickers...