Join the dark side. They’ve got great beer! No, I haven’t been spending time with Darth Vader and my soul is no more corrupted than usual. In fact, my propensity for darkness helped raise $14,000 for Metro CareRing, a local food pantry, during Wynkoop Brewing Company’s Parade of Darks. Parade of Darks is Wynkoop’s annual celebration [...]
Monday, September 24, 2012
You haven’t seen Olympics until you’ve seen the Brewer’s Olympics. Track and field? What is that? Screw synchronized swimming, and screw Michael Phelps…no really, I would like to screw Michael Phelps. Where was I? Oh yeah, Brewer’s Olympics! For the second year in a row, Vine Street Pub hosted a veritable shit-show of a field [...]
Monday, September 10, 2012
Beer geeks are, whether they know it or not, social activists. Do you enjoy drinking at your hometown brewery? You’re supporting small businesses. Do you like fresh-hopped beers? You’re supporting local farmers. Have you ever enjoyed a Silverback Pale Ale from Wynkoop? You’re raising money for gorilla conservation. You don’t have to boast nasty-ass dreadlocks, [...]
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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 [...]
Thursday, June 21, 2012
On Saturday, Great Divide Brewing Company celebrated their 18th Birthday at the brewery with a good ol’ fashion block party. They busted out plenty of silly beers to go along with other Great Divide year-round and seasonal beers. 1500 people attended the sold-out event to celebrate as Denver’s largest brewery transitioned into adulthood. We had [...]
Monday, June 18, 2012
Happy 18th Birthday Party, Great Divide! Check back later this week for a full recap of the event. Hint: it was awesome. [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 30, 2012
Great Divide Brewing Co. – Espresso Oak Aged Yeti [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, January 27, 2012
You, the readers, have spoken. You told us your favorite beers and if we learned anything, it is that our readers have a very broad (and good) taste in craft beer. A total of 72 different beers from 24 breweries were nominated throughout the voting process. Luckily, there were enough of you that thought alike that [...]
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!]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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 [...]
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
As the Great American Beer Festival approaches (28 days!), I’ll be highlighting some of the beer styles you are likely to encounter and what makes them unique. Today we’ll be covering the barley wine (or barleywine depending on how you want to spell it). This big beer is easily one of my favorite styles and [...]
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