Denver off the Wagon

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 [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – April 26-28

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Water levels are back up to normal. Temperatures are spring-esque. Festival season approaches. Themed race season approaches. And today is Arbor Day! Celebrate! The new RTD W line opens this weekend, with various parties and free rides. What are some of your favorite spots along the [...]

GABF 2013 ticket prices announced

Everyone’s favorite beer holiday, the Great American Beer Festival, has posted ticket prices for the 2013 sessions today. Briefly - I’d start sewing up the holes in your pockets as prices took a bit of a jump this year over last – $75 per evening session and $65 for AHA members-only session.  The festival takes place this year [...]

2013 SourFest tickets on sale tomorrow morning (Friday, April 26)

There isn’t much to say about SourFest. Is it the best festival in existence? Probably. Will tickets sell out in minutes? Most likely. Should you try to get them? Absolutely. Will we tell anyone if you tie up your friend who got tickets when you didn’t, steal his tickets, and leave him with a dog [...]

DStill behind us, a whole industry ahead.

Denver recently played host to DStill –  a festival of spirits at the McNichols Center. It was a refreshing bite to our otherwise sud-centric city that allowed the craft distillers to show that beer isn’t the only thing that is making a go of it here in Denver. Of course, it is difficult to pay [...]

Linger Introduces Brunch: Inspired Street Food & $3 Cocktails

Move over bottomless mimosas and Bloody Mary’s, there’s a new brunch cocktail in town: The Coconut Fizz. Only available at Linger (2030 W 30th Ave), this cocktail is beverage director Mike Henderson’s take on the New Orleans favorite Ramos Gin Fizz, mixing Monopolowa gin (potato based so it’s gluten-free), coconut milk, simple syrup, and soda [...]

Rough Draughts: Nazareth is big, wet, with a sweet side.

There was only one word floating around TRVE Brewing’s “Nazareth” – the double IPA that made its 4/20 debut on Saturday evening – and that word was “dank.” A fitting term, given the various cannabis-centric activities Denver was playing host to this weekend. Albeit, a “dank” weed-inspired beer had me a bit nervous since I [...]

Meet the new holiday, same as the old holiday

This year April 20th pretty much became a holiday for Denver. Now that weed is pretty much legal in every circumstance around the state April 20th celebrations have gone from celebratory protests to flat-out flaunting by the more questionable residents of the Denver suburbs. At least, that’s what it seemed like from my weekend perch [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – April 19-21

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Whelp, it’s 4/20. Let’s just get it out in the open. Here it is. If you’re into partaking in this holiday of holidays, there are plenty of events this weekend. Method-Man and Redman have two back to back shows at Cervantes, the Alamo Draft House celebrates [...]

8 Reasons to Go to Adrift Today

I unabashedly love Adrift, the Tiki bar at 218 South Broadway. A primer for those who have never been to a Tiki bar: based around a too-good-to-be-true Polynesian or more generic ‘island’ theme, these places were most popular in the 1930s and 40s. They developed their own culture and cocktails during their heyday. As the [...]

Former Future Brewing Company hosts swanky beer tasting at The Oxford Hotel

Imagine a swanky party in a turn-of-the-century hotel suite; resplendent with thick, frilled draperies, dark wood cabinetry, an ornately-carved four-poster bed, and a fireplace in the corner. Imagine a penthouse with a view of a downtown urban area, hardwood floors, plush, leather seating, and decorative molding on the wall. The setting is chic, the partygoers [...]

Circle Up The Wagons – The edition of Delicate Dining

Happy Sunday, my band of weekend-warring wagoneers! This week you may be feeling a little more off kilter than usual since we seemed to not only double up on rich beers, but also found ourselves in quite the food coma this week. On Monday Kelly regaled us with tales of her experience at the Breckenridge [...]

If heaven was a four course dinner… Vonnegut’s evening at Wynkoop

Poe-tee-weet, Sharoooook, Barooong! So it goes, Wynkoop knocks another beer/food pairing dinner out of the park. This time featuring a pork-centric line up to feature the rarely-brewed Vonnegut Mile High Malt beer. April 11th was abuzz with this memorial event (Vonnegut died on April 11th, 2007, so it goes) which left me satisfied, but not [...]

Weekend off the Wagon – April 12-14

Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday The snow is melting (before it falls again), the mountains are mostly closing this weekend, and festivals are starting to roll in. Both Copper and Vail have a bunch of free shows (Matt & Kim, Sublime, O.A.R…) and fun events this weekend. Need a ride to [...]

TOMORROW: The Most Mouthwatering Combination Beer Dinner Ever Created

Beer. Coffee. Tender Belly Pork. As the images of all the different varieties of each of those items runs through your head and your stomach growls with the volume of a fire truck going down a narrow road with tall buildings on either side, we’ll get to the details. Tomorrow night, Wynkoop Brewing is having a [...]

Upcoming Event: DAM Uncorked, Friday April 12th

If you’re looking for something different to do this weekend, join me for the DAM Uncorked Wine Tasting and taste from the more than 300 wines from vintners around the world! This Friday marks the 13th annual Uncorked event at DAM, and serves as the museum’s largest fundraiser, which supports exhibitions and programming. The event, [...]

All Firkin Beer Dinner with Breckenridge at Root Down

Last night we attended Root Down’s first ever beer dinner, served up with firkins from Breckenridge Brewery. The event came to be through a series of one-upmanship between Breck’s Todd Thibault and Root Down’s Daniel Asher. Who could come up with the craziest offering for the pairing? Thibault suggested a firkin-only affair; Asher cooked up [...]

A Tingling Journey for Your Mouth: Tingala

The story of Tingala – a liqueur made from the Ting flowers which has a natural tingling taste, available at Mile High Spirits – is a family affair. Tingala was first crafted here in Colorado using the tingflower, a native flower to the Amazon River basin of Brazil and Peru that has a natural tingling [...]

Breckenridge Beer Festival – where even angels seem to have a good time

Let’s get a couple things out of the way before I start. Colorado loves to throw beer festivals. Some weekends, there can even be too many to choose from. I don’t drink IPAs. If you wanted to read about hoppy beers, read a different article. I was drinking from a beer mug, not a tasting [...]

New Parry’s Pizza Location Brings Beer to the People

If you like pizza, beer and live in the Greenwood Village area, there is a new joint for you to check out. The popular New York-styled restaurant, Parry’s Pizza, has opened a fourth location to provide beer and food to your face without having to drive across town. I was lucky enough to be invited [...]