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 [...]
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 [...]
You may be wondering why beer competitions exist outside of the Great American Beer Festival in the US… and I’d otherwise agree with you. However, the US Open Beer Championship is a little different. It is the only beer competition to pit professional breweries and award-winning homebrewers against each other in the same class. Over [...]
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 [...]
[PRESS RELEASE: Left Hand Brewing Company and DRAFT Magazine hold Nitro Pour contest: Fans upload videos of Nitro Pour before May 25 for chance to win GABF tickets, year subscription to DRAFT Magazine, and luggage provided by Mountainsmith.] LONGMONT, CO (April 2012) – Left Hand Brewing Company is inviting all craft beer fans to show off [...]
Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday [Insert politically correct salutation here] To whatever you celebrate, or don’t, cheers. We hope you have a job, and that you get some time off from it this coming week. There’s not too much going on. A bunch of places have special hours this weekend. Check out our [...]
Total Bev up in good ol’ westy has announced that there are still tickets left for their recently announced Longmont beer tour bus. Last year I had the privilage to go on their Boulder beer bus and I must say that it was an amazing afternoon. If you are free Sunday I would highly reccomend snatching up a [...]
Do you like food? Do you also like Lorenzo Lamas? Well, renegade, do we have a party for you. Originally slated for April 30 and rescheduled due to crappy weather, the Denver Food Truck Renegades are throwing down this Friday, May 27, at 4pm on 9th and Bannock. It is rain or shine this time [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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