Photos by John Mogos Sundays are best served up with a side of bacon, beer and football. The first annual Denver Bacon & Beer Festival at Mile High Station on Sunday brought 900 pounds of bacon, 25 chefs, 20 breweries and 800 people together for the ultimate Sunday Funday. The best compliment to bacon is [...]
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Join us on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30pm when we find out just who reigns supreme: Grapes or Hops? It’ll be a battle of the titans when we pit beer, Ryan Conklin (Euclid Hall), and wine, Kevin Burke (Colt & Gray), against one another to find out which alcohol truly pairs better with chocolates. Highland Tap & [...]
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
You may not know him. He may have served you a great cocktail, or you may have never set eyes on him before. But Nico Eymar – aka Nico the Frenchie – has been a pillar of the Denver food and beverage industry, slinging drinks at Rioja for the past seven years. Last Friday, Nico [...]
Thursday, October 4, 2012
On the surface, beer week doesn’t appear to offer much opportunity in the realm of cocktails. Beer is literally everywhere and in everything, all over the city from your cheese soup to someone’s soggy Lederhosen. Our stance on GABF, is that it’s actually the best time to enjoy a cocktail- in between all that beer [...]
Thursday, October 4, 2012
It’s 10pm. GABF is over. A tubby and annoyed security guard just calmly pushed your drunken ass out into the street. You are starving. What are you going to do? Well, first and foremost, remain calm. Remember that you have a smart phone device and have saved this handy dandy list I have prepared for [...]
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
March 3. Go to a bar in Denver. Ask for a beer list. You’ll find something awesome, and probably something new. November 18. Go to a bar in Denver. Ask for a beer list. You’ll find something awesome, and probably something new. Maintaining the status quo for beer in this town equates to never standing still, [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
On the 2nd day of GABF, join the crews from Avery Brewing Company and Denver Off the Wagon for a crazy crawl among five of Denver’s premier pubs! At each stop, you will get a 4oz. pour of a rare, barrel-aged sour beer, a 6oz. pour of a palate cleansing beer, and a playing card. [...]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Euclid Hall is rolling toward GABF starting tomorrow with their Road to GABF. Every Thursday, from tomorrow till the festival, join Euclid for a series of intimate craft beer dinners. The dinners are $50 each (including tax and tip), and will be paired with a different brewery every week. 9/6 Strange 9/13 Avery 9/20 Prost [...]
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
[Press release] Famed Chicago brewing pioneer, Goose Island Beer Co. is finally bringing their legendary brews to Colorado with a release event at Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen on Monday, August 20th, 2012. The event opens to the public at 8 p.m. when Goose Island brewer and innovation manager Tom Korder will be at Euclid [...]
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
International Lefthanders Day – yes, this is a real thing. There’s a Wikipedia article about it. – is August 13. Left Hand Brewing Company – also a real thing – would like to celebrate this holiday with you. Left Hand Brewing Company and Euclid Hall have teamed up to present a multicourse beer dinner celebrating [...]
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Today is the day. We are officially 1 year old. Jonathan Shikes wrote a great writeup on our first year for Westword today. Check it out for some history and awesomeness. We’ll focus on the year ahead starting next week. And mind you, it’s going to be awesome. We’ll talk about the past year tonight [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
So here it is again…this magically amazing or awful day. I put Valentine’s Day in the same category of New Year’s in terms of holidays. There is usually no in-between: it’s either the best day of your life or unspeakably lonely, embarrassing, and/or drunk. People either love it (and take extreme offense if you do [...]
Monday, January 23, 2012
Upslope Brewing Co. – Foreign Style Stout [We'll share some beer porn every Monday to get your week started off right. Have some of your own? Leave a link in the comments!]
Monday, January 16, 2012
Join Euclid Hall and Upslope Brewing Co for a special beer release and tapping Wednesday, January 18th at 5pm. They will be celebrating the limited release of Upslope Foreign Style Stout and brewery representatives will be on hand to discuss this specialty small batch beer. Upslope describes their Foreign Style Stout as a roasty but [...]
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
There’s always something amazing happening at Euclid Hall. It’s one of my favorite spots downtown and they’ve given me a whole mess of delicious craft beer reasons to come in during the month of January. Euclid Hall’s in-house Certified Cicerone®, Ryan Conklin, has put together a killer line up of freshly tapped beers every day [...]
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
As ashamed as I am to admit it, this was my first visit to Vail despite being a Colorado native. This picturesque mountain town offered the perfect getaway after a hectic work week. We arrived on Friday night with plenty of time to spare before the Cigar Pairing event at 10pm, so we took in the [...]
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
This Week in THE LIQUID DIET: like most of you, I was enchanted by the spell of the Holiday Season! Which, like most of you, means that I was in the mood for booze. There is something about this time of year that evokes a passionate drive to drink (responsibly of course). Is it the [...]
Friday, December 23, 2011
I’ve always considered every month “beer month”, but I also may have liver issues… Anyway. Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen celebrates beer every day but January has been deemed Beer Month at the 14th Street temple of brew. Daily beer tappings at 5:00 p.m. feature new and unusual beers. Every Tuesday through the month we will [...]
Monday, December 19, 2011
Great Divide Brewing Co. – Hercules Double IPA [We'll share some beer porn every Monday to get your week started off right. Have some of your own? Leave a link in the comments!]
Friday, December 16, 2011
Given my consistently hectic and perpetually awful work travel, my feelings of homesickness are never far. However, after spending a month in Washington watching my favorite aunt die, my dad fall apart and a community come together to grieve, homesickness was a plague I could not shake. As soon as I was wheels down at [...]
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