Drink
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...
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...
Drink of the week: Mountain Sun’s Bourbon Barrel-Aged Chocolate Thunder Imperial...
There are barrel-aged
beers, and then there’s Mountain Sun’s Bourbon Barrel-Aged Chocolate Thunder
Imperial Stout: brewed with over nine malts, two hops, milk chocolate, dark
chocolate and...
Fade to black
Though it’s the shortest
month of the year, February in Colorado can be a long and lonely affair.
Luckily, Mountain Sun Pubs and Breweries have an...
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...
Knowledge, creativity, experience
Started by Bill and Laura Lodge 20 years ago in Vail, Colorado, Big
Beers, Belgians and Barleywines has become one of the year’s premier beer
festivals....
Requiem for a brewery: Wild Woods Brewing Company
It’s always sad to see a
friend go. Sure, they’re off to do new things, probably great ones too, but it
still stings a bit when...
Then and now: Craft spaces
Craft beer has never been about just the beverage. It’s about history
and tradition, ingredients and flavors, and, maybe most importantly, it’s about
community.
For centuries,
communities of...
The year in beer
“This isn’t a blip; it’s
the new normal.”
So said Bart Watson,
chief economist for the Brewers Association — the Boulder-based trade group
representing craft breweries — at...
Know your brew: Kveik
When it comes to taproom
lists and liquor store shelves, nothing sells quite like new. Even pedestrian
drinkers are willing to try something new, something catchy....
Tour de brew: Upslope Brewing Company — Flatiron Park
Snuggled between U.S. 36
and the multicolored pocket neighborhoods of North Boulder, Upslope Brewing
Company’s Lee Hill facility is just what you’d expect from a craft...
New in brew: Holiday beers
Like Enstrom Almond Toffee and Hershey’s Kiss cookies, it’s just not the
holidays without a few signature ales. Here are four to get you started,
but...
