Colorado craft beer garden opens at Denver airport
A mini-Colorado beer festival started Friday in an unusual location: a concourse of the Denver International Airport. The "Beer Flights" -- get it? -- beer garden is offering tastings from 11 Colorado...
View ArticleScouting GABF 2014: John Frank on the Southeast
A look at the best craft breweries from the Southeast pouring at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival (GABF), which opens Thursday in Denver.
View ArticleGABF: A scouting report to great beers without the lines
From a survey of dozens of craft beer fans on GABF's first day, we gathered a few tips and a long list of breweries with great brews off the beaten path.
View ArticleFiction Beer Co, Lost Highway take inspiration from literature
Fiction Beer is one of two newer Denver breweries to embrace a trend in the craft-beer industry of taking inspiration from literature.
View ArticleAvery's brewery to close Monday, new location opens Feb. 16
Avery Brewing is preparing to open its long-awaited new brewery Feb. 16 -- but not before it taps a few more rare beers at its current location.
View ArticleDenver's Collaboration Fest offers craft beer fans a dream lineup
The idea is simple: Take a great Colorado brewery, team them with another great brewer and tell them to go wild. The result: Collaboration Fest 2015.
View ArticleOff-beat and delicious craft beers mark Collaboration Fest
The second annual Collaboration Fest showcased the potential when you put different brewers together and let their imaginations run wild.
View ArticleBreckenridge Brewery debuts its new Breck IPA
One of Colorado's legacy brewers is adding a new year-round beer that seeks to tap into one of the craft beer industry's most enduring trends -- the IPA madness.
View ArticleHow to cellar beer and common myths in aging craft beer
One of the hottest trends is aging craft beer. But not all craft beer is ready for the journey. To better understand how aging craft beer works, we chatted with local author Patrick Dawson, an expert...
View ArticleGABF sells out fast, even with more tickets this year
This year, the Great American Beer Festival in Denver offered more tickets than ever before, but it did little to ease demands as GABF sold out in just over an hour.
View ArticleGreat Divide Brewing opens taproom at new brewery in Denver
Inside Great Divide Brewing’s new taproom, it’s easy to see why they named it the Barrel Room. It opens Friday.
View ArticleRiver North Brewery to close Blake Street location in October
Denver’s craft brewery district in River North is losing its namesake brew house. River North Brewery will close at the end of October and open at a new location later this year.
View ArticleColorado lawmakers want your vote in GABF competition
For this year’s Hop the Vote competition at GABF, Colorado lawmakers brewed fan favorite IPA and stout to win bragging rights.
View ArticleScouting GABF 2015: John Frank on the Southeast region
When you trumpet southern craft beer, the good folks in Colorado and the Pacific Northwest often roll their eyes. But the Southeast region’s credibility and roster of great breweries is growing each...
View ArticleWhat the Funk, Beers Made by Walking draws GABF super fans
GABF starts Thursday but the real craft beer show took place Wednesday at Beers Made by Walking and What the Funk.
View ArticleA first day scouting report: What to know about GABF 2015
The bigger and berrier GABF 2015 debuted Thursday and left no doubt about one thing -- it’s huge. Here's the scouting report from the first night.
View ArticleSenate's Stout takes Hop the Vote competition at GABF
The Colorado Senate won the second annual Hop the Vote brewing contest Saturday, taking the trophy from the state House in a contest that drew 1,000 votes at GABF.
View ArticleWhat makes fresh hop beers special: A Q&A with Jon Cross
Ahead of the Fresh Hop Festival at Falling Rock Tap House, Call to Arms brewer Jon Cross helps explain what makes fresh hop beer special.
View ArticleDenver craft brewer declares: "Don't call us a craft brewery"
Renegade Brewing owner Brian O’Connell is putting forward a provocative idea that is sure to stir discussion. “DON’T CALL US A CRAFT BREWERY,” he writes.
View ArticleLeft Hand Brewing's Nitro Fest showcases popularity of nitro beer
In the November First Drafts beer column, we take a look at the rising popularity of nitro beer. The tiny bubbles that create a mesmerizing cascading effect and serve as the showcase at Saturday's Left...
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