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Black Shirt Brewing – Now Playing

Black Shirt Brewing, a red ale and music inspired brewery in RiNo/Five Points, starts a new event series on May 13th: BSB Now Playing. Two bands will play 3-5 songs each, and the entire evening will be filmed. There’s no cover, but you must reserve one of the 40 available tickets. Get your spot here: http://bsbnowplaying51313.eventbrite.com/. [...]

TRVE Slaughter is sold out, but here’s the menu anyway

A lot of events happen in this city. We get it. It’s hard for us to attend them all, and this is what we do. So here’s a tip. When Imbibe throws a party, just buy tickets. Go there and click sign up now, and you’ll get an email when new events are announced. And you’ll [...]

Mother’s Day Brunch Guide

We all love our mommas. The woman who raised you, loved you, or otherwise had some important role in your life. You know, your mom. And that annual tradition of showing this special lady just how much we appreciate her is once again at hand. This year, Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 12th. And Mother’s Day [...]

Denver crawls its way through “Cinco de Drinko”

The “Cinco de Drinko” bar crawl is perhaps the only socially acceptable occasion for both men and women to sport mustaches. Celebrating Cinco de Mayo a day early, nearly 900 people attended the festivities put on by Living Social. Participants split into four groups and visited five bars in downtown Denver. The day drinking began [...]

Rough Draughts: Odd13 Brewing, Opening This Summer

We in Colorado are incredibly lucky to have a fantastic beer culture that supports fantastic microbreweries. However, these paragons of deliciousness tend to spring up in the more urban areas. While understandable, this leaves many a suburban dweller with a long haul to their nearest brewery. This summer, at least one suburb will shake that [...]

Circle Up The Wagons – Openings and Horizons edition

It has been an absolute whirlwind of a week here at the Wagon. Hell, it’s been a bang-up week in general for loca craft beers and spirits. Chances are some of you are pretty wiped out from the first day of the South Denver Beer Festival, or you are slathering in sunscreen to enjoy the [...]

The Sandlot – open for business.

I have walked in the shadow of the valley of death, and I feared no evil.No evil, even though I was standing not five feet from Pete Coors. He said hi, and then went to find an empanada. The Sandlot at Coors Field has always been one of those places that remained a mystery to [...]

What’s In my Liquor Cabinet – Bourbon & Fernet Leopold “Julep”

I wrote earlier this week about what is not a mint julep, but in preparation for the Kentucky Derby, I thought it would be appropriate to showcase a little cocktail that contains bourbon and pays tribute to the mint. Let me first state my love for the combination of bourbons and amari. Both delicious in [...]

Earls Brings an East Coast Classic to Denver

I once thought that a well-made lobster roll could only be found in New England. After sampling the lobster and prawn roll from Earls Kitchen + Bar, I am willing to admit I was wrong – good lobster rolls can exist outside of New England, and we have a perfect example right here in Denver. [...]

Wazee Supper Club – a historic feel, a modern menu.

I receive an invite to check out the new cocktail menu at the Wazee Supper Club. Summer is coming and a new cocktail menu has been rolled out to welcome it. Last week I was invited in to try out the new menu and a few of the cocktails (and, let’s face it, the beers) [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – May 3-5

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Star Wars and horses. That is the theme of this weekend. Sprinkle in a half dozen beer festivals and some Cinco de Mayo, and we’ve got a party. All the details are after the break. What’s your plan this weekend?   Friday Saturday Sunday High: 58˚ [...]

Free Beer Friday, Courtesy of Illegal Pete’s

Guess what beer is pictured below. It’s a brewery that is on tap at at least one of the Illegal Pete’s locations. Send your answer and your mailing address to contest@denveroffthewagon.com. The first 10 people to respond correctly will receive in the mail a voucher for a free pint at any of the 5 Illegal Pete’s [...]

Start your Friday off right with a St Julien Terrace Party

Boulder’s St. Julien Hotel is beautiful. This is a fact. It’s also fun, delicious, outdoorsy, well located, and overall a good place to do things besides sleep. With multiple bars and restaurants on the property and crawling distance to Pearl Street, it’s a pretty great option for a night away from Denver, or a place [...]

Malt: The Seed Of Tasty Things

We hear about it all the time. Malt liquor. Single-malt scotch. Malted milk balls. Chocolate malts. Michelob made a big deal a few years ago about bringing back an “all-malt” recipe. We use the term to describe other beverages. I love a black tea with a malty nose, myself. I am giving all of these [...]

Derby Day: What Is And What Is Not A Mint Julep

It is safe to say that you already have a floppy hat picked out. You may also be trying to memorize the lyrics for that song they sing right before they let the doggies loose at Churchill Downs. It’s OK. No one knows the fucking song- and it makes me cringe when I see Joey [...]

Sam’s Cans and the grand pretentious taste.

This week certain markets will start seeing cans of Sam Adam’s Boston Lager hit their shelves. Colorado might see some of these cans first since we have some of the bigger canned craft market (Oskar Blues did pilot that shit, and they host an event every year celebrating it). However, before they set to the [...]

Coming Soon: Bark Bar, Denver’s First Dog Park Bar

Picture this: It’s a bluebird 78˚F Colorado afternoon, a perfect day to be outside with your furry friend, so you go to the dog park. After the small talk with other dog owners has subsided, you find yourself alone on a bench watching Fido and his friends revel in the sunshine – suddenly you are [...]

New Belgium puts on bigger pants, expands brewing and sales

Local craft juggernaut New Belgium Brewing has nearly completed their 140,000 barrel expansion project in Fort Collins to support expansion while completing their new facility in Asheville, North Carolina. By the end of the expansion, the facility will have: 400 metric tons of added malt capacity Four 2200 hectoliter bright beer tanks Twelve 2200 hectoliter fermentation vessels [...]

May 2013 Holiday Drinking Guide

Obscure Holiday Drinking Guide – May 2013 Am I the only one fucking sick of scraping the ice off my windshield? Or driving behind some incredible idiot going 5 miles an hour because there’s an inch of snow on the SIDEWALK? Or maybe just being unable to take my motorcycle out for a spin because [...]

Renegade Brewing’s New Publik House

Since opening two years ago, Renegade Brewing Company has gained a reputation for pushing the boundaries on beer, which has proven to be popular with local hopheads. With success in the brewing world secured, the brewery is set to apply its aggressive and experimental mindset to pizza with the opening of Renegade Publik House this [...]