What’s the highpoint of a brewer’s career? Winning a medal at Great American Beer Festival? Maybe. But what about winning a medal at Great American Beer festival and receiving a free congratulatory beer? Thanks to Breckenridge Brewery, the Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG), and CBG member breweries, the best of the best at this year’s GABF [...]
Drinkin’ booze and ridin’ trains through rural America—no, it’s not the Hobo Convention, it’s the Rails & Ales Brewfest (sponsored by the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad) in Alamosa/La Veta, wherein the general public can enjoy the tramp lifestyle, drink finely-crafted local beer, enjoy the musical stylings of Chuck Pyle and The Rifters, and do it all in [...]
Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday You’re going to have to put on your big boy (or girl) pants this weekend and make some difficult choices. There’s something awesome happening just about every minute, and it’s not going to be an easy decision. For example, look at the tap lists at Star [...]
American Craft Beer Week and Colorado Beer Week are here! Declare your craft beer independence, patronize the hell out of your local, and drink some good stuff. Let’s do this. We’ll keep this list updated as the week progresses. Know something we missed? Super stoked about a particular event? Were we slydexic in our [...]
Not that we need a reason to drink a lot of beer, but Chris Rippe’s wife leaving town for ten days is as good a reason as any. Today we embark on our heroic journey to bring Wagon readers all that is noteworthy from breweries in our great city. Ok, so we added a couple [...]
The holiday season is upon us and, once again, we are bombarded with sanguine messages of faith, family, and charity. Bah, humbug! My thoughts turn elsewhere: to commercialism, to estranged relatives forced to be civil at Christmas dinner, to ice-related traffic accidents. Oh, my mind goes to dark places. It is, however, in the dark [...]
Your Weekend Forecast* Friday, June 17th Isolated Thunderstorms High: 76˚ – Low: 55˚ Precip: 30% Saturday, June 18th Isolated Thunderstorms High: 79˚ – Low: 56˚ Precip: 30% Sunday, June 19th Mostly Cloudy High: 79˚ – Low: 56˚ Precip: 0% * This is Denver. Bring a swimsuit and ski jacket at all times. And now [...]
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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