Since you’re reading a website devoted to beer talk, I assume you are keenly aware that the Great American Beer Fest is in just a short week’s time. For many of you, this will be your second, fourth, tenth, twenty-second, or maybe even thirtieth time at the craft beer red carpet. If you can be [...]
Colorado is, objectively, a cool place to live. I don’t mean to go so far as to say it’s better than any particular place, or that it’s the best place for (fill in the blank). But unless you’re a fun hater who just can’t stand outdoorsy things, sports, crisp air, artisnal drinks of all kinds, [...]
This article may be completely without relevance to you on two accounts: either you planted your hops on time and have already harvested your crop weeks ago, thereby rendering my article utterly without applicability, or you don’t grow your own hops, being neither of ample space or patience, which would make my article to you [...]
It doesn’t matter if you’re a saint or sinner, a reverend or a priest, a farmhand or a monk, or just a right good chap, you probably like Belgian beer. What is it about Belgian ales? Why do beer nerds, myself included, flock to these exotic styles from a faraway time and place? And how [...]
According to the Brewers Association, there is a new brewery opening every day across our amber-waves-of-grain and purple-mountain-majesty nation. There’s a lot to be said about the growth about the craft beer industry, the public’s awareness to better beer, and the rise of entrepreneurs in the face of a rough economy. And Denver knows about [...]
Craft beer has been notoriously hard to come by when it comes to live sporting events. In fact, America’s pastimes of football and baseball have been largely dominated, both commercially and culturally, by the fizzy yellow over-marketed stuff. And to an extent, I’m ok with it. Session beer is the name of the game when [...]
See also parts 1 and 2 I know it hasn’t been terribly long since my last batch of tasty treats featuring other tasty treats baked inside. But between work and play, let me suffice to say I have several articles in “draft” form. Which is to say, legitimate articles will be forthcoming soon. In the [...]
I’ve given “Lager” a bad rap over the years. There was a time in my craft beer infancy when I associated anything labeled as a lager as something light, fizzy, and tasted like it was made by a multinational corporation that sponsors professional sports. And even as I matured, I’m still a huge fan of [...]
See also: Part 1, Part 2 Being a Denver local and finding that the brews being put out by Great Divide Brewing Co are some of the most assertive and balanced around, finding perfect matches between some of their best works and cupcakes was the opposite of hard or tedious. Plus there is the added [...]
When you begin to think about it, music and beer have a ton more in common than just being a great pair at festivals and parties. It takes a tremendous amount of talent—more than I have—to create either. With equal helpings of passion and creativity, along with enough chutzpa to believe you can make something [...]
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