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The pig that saved Avery
Stay in one place long enough, and you’ll see things come and go, only to come back around again. It’s been over 40 years...
New in brew: Hard kombucha
Colorado drinkers are awash with options. That’s quite a shift considering 10 years ago Colorado’s Blue Law kept liquor stores closed on Sunday. Now...
Then and now: Longmont
As far as the economists
are concerned, Longmont’s beer scene is a “cluster:” a dense network of
companies and institutions concentrated within a specific geography. You’ve
heard...
The best of Colorado wines
Colorado may be known around the country, maybe even the world, for both its macro and micro brewing industry. But let’s not forget, the...
In memoriam: Boulder Beer Co.
It was standing room
only at Boulder Beer’s pub on Wilderness Place. Those seated at tables and
along the bar had been there a while, and...
A rare whiskey in the wild of Colorado
Once, at a high-end whiskey bar in Chicago, a friend of mine spent $100 on a flight of Pappy Van Winkle, one of the...
Tour de brew: Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Do we have everything we could possibly want from Oskar Blues?” the waitress asks the table. She means it too.
These days, things are a...
‘A hobby gone berserk’
Back 25 years ago, covering the beer scene wouldn’t have taken too long. Boulder Beer was well-established on Wilderness Place, Walnut Brewery and Oasis...
Profiles in brew: Aaron Uhl of Uhl’s Brewing Co.
Any day I walk back into the brewery with beer, it’s a sad day,” brewer Aaron Uhl says with a sly grin. “Even if...
Getting the word out on Mortal XXX
"I thought that Mortal Kombucha was trying to be a hard kombucha, probably from day one,” Becca Schepps tells Boulder Weekly. You know Schepps: she’s the...
Is this the end of craft beer?
Don’t worry; beer ain’t going anywhere. Neither is small and local, but craft beer — as a whole and as a movement — could...
Tour de brew: Walter’s Brewery & Taproom
Maybe airplanes aren’t the way to go right now, but there’s plenty of Colorado out there to discover via the open road. And about...