This week, all eyes are on Denver and the Great American Beer Festival. The list of breweries pouring at this year’s fest currently features 776 breweries from all over the country. Well, everywhere… Continue reading
The wet hop story is a race against time and decomposition. Once hops are harvested, there’s a 24-hour window to get them added into brew kettles before the flavors and aromas begin to… Continue reading
Considering hops and cannabis are part of the same family, it was only a matter of time once weed was legalized in Colorado that some byproduct of the plant would show up in… Continue reading
You’ll notice this week’s event listings are laden with Oktoberfest festivities. If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me why we celebrate Oktoberfest in September, I’d be well on my… Continue reading
A study released last week by the University of Colorado-Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and commissioned by the Colorado Brewers Guild revealed that Colorado’s craft beer industry has had an overall economic impact of… Continue reading
I’ve just gotten back from a week in California culminating in the latest of my many overambitious misadventures, a 100K (62.1 miles) run. Things are sore and my body is still recovering from… Continue reading
Good news! Further proof that the craft beer sky might not be falling comes this week from the Boulder-based Brewers Association and its chief economist, Bart Watson. In his estimation, “There aren’t enough… Continue reading
Is craft beer flying too close to the sun? While many have expressed concern over the rapid growth in the craft beer sector, when it comes from noted beer writer Lew Bryson, it’s… Continue reading
Did you miss it? Probably. Department of Justice announcements don’t get the same play as Donald Trump memes or the latest comic from The Oatmeal. But there it was, the DoJ agreed to a… Continue reading
Ah, the session beer. Codename for “beer I can drink a lot of.” Originally a British term to describe a marathon pint tippling period that didn’t leave one too inebriated, session beers now… Continue reading
