Drink
Building a bar, one ingredient at a time
A negroni, that simple classic of gin, vermouth and amaro, is still a negroni if you swap out the gin (though sometimes you add...
Savoring growth at Abbott & Wallace
Cocktail menus can be a challenge for craft distilleries. There needs to be a balance between something delicious to entice customers through the doors...
First Sip boozes up a Boulder spring
For 15 years, First Bite Boulder has been celebrating the county culinary scene with tasting menus and dining deals. Now, the organization is trying...
A single-malt with echoes of Scotland
Scotland is famed for its single malt whisky, sought out by whiskey snobs all over the world, including this writer. Each distillery spread across...
Ship off to a rum-drinker’s paradise
Swaylo’s Tiki is, first and foremost, an experience, an homage to a different era and a temple to all things tiki. It will take...
Deviate off the beaten path for some unique tastes
Let’s set the stage: A small stone top bar, wild murals on the opposite wall and tree branches glimmering in the rafter of the...
It’s a whiskey business
You may have noticed a new byline on this column last week. The prolific and illustrious Michael J. Casey left a big growler to...
Spirit Hound noses out another fine whiskey release
Like many fine things in life, making good whiskey takes patience and time. Spirit Hound Distillers’ latest release, a five-year-old Colorado rye whiskey, proudly...
Goodbye to all of that
I’ve been writing the end for so long, but I never seem to get any closer to it.
If you’ve been following this column for...
The burden of history
I miss the Walnut Brewery.
It wasn’t fancy, and it wasn’t hip, but the Walnut was my kind of place to swing by for a...
Wishful drinking
Let’s try this again.
Back in 2020, the Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG) was set to host one of the Centennial State’s signature beer events: Collaboration...
