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The future of brewing in Boulder County
On March 16, 2020, Bart Watson, chief economist for the Brewers
Association (BA) — the Boulder-based trade group representing small and
independent breweries — posted a...
Know your brew: Water
Water: it’s what puts
the spring in Golden, the snatch in Burton and the sparkle in Pilsen. It’s the
essential ingredient in any beer, and the...
Drink of the Week: Ska Brewing’s Malbec Stout
Grape versus grain? Who cares, Ska Brewing has the best of both in one
beverage: Malbec Stout.
Brewed with both Cluster hops and malbec grape must,...
Tour de brew: Collaboration Fest 2020
Editor's note: In a statement issued on March 12, the Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG) has cancelled Collaboration Festival 2020 indefinitely: After careful deliberation and...
Drink of the Week: Finkel & Garf Brewing Co.’s Dry Hopped...
Breweries aren’t the
only ones who get in on the collaboration game. Restaurants do too, and in
Denver’s Washington Park district, Uncle has been serving up...
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...
Drink of the Week: Left Hand Brewing Co.’s Nitro Milk Stout
Beer fests are fun. If
you’re an attendee. Working one is a different story. It involves a good deal
of patience, and unflappable faith that the...
Profiles in Brew: Gordon Knight
If you’re a dedicated
craft beer drinker, you’ll probably recognize the names of Adam Avery, Sam
Calagione, maybe even Ken Grossman. But what about the names:...
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...
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...
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 —...