Post has been edited to include New Belgium’s first TV commercial from 2005, “Tinkerer” You may have noticed something familiar as you settled up to watch the series finale of The Office last night or while you were catching up on The Morning After on Hulu today – New Belgium Brewing has a series [...]
Saturday, May 11, 2013
American Craft Beer Week is upon us. Started in 2006 as a way to give Craft Beer fans (and noobs) more chances in more places to savor the brews that have kept this country chugging along (well, maybe not single handedly, but it’s a nice thought). There are numerous events going on across the state [...]
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Local craft juggernaut New Belgium Brewing has nearly completed their 140,000 barrel expansion project in Fort Collins to support expansion while completing their new facility in Asheville, North Carolina. By the end of the expansion, the facility will have: 400 metric tons of added malt capacity Four 2200 hectoliter bright beer tanks Twelve 2200 hectoliter fermentation vessels [...]
Sunday, April 14, 2013
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 [...]
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Happy Hungover Sunday to you, dear Wagoneers! If you’re anything like me there is a foot of snow at your doorstep and you have little desire to do anything more than drink warm whiskey and abuse your Netflix account. No shame in this at all! Hell, here at the Wagon we have had a heckuva [...]
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Colorado Craft Beer Week is almost here, and the events are pouring in. Between a Colorado beer tap takeover at Falling Rock and Hops & Handrails at Left Hand, this week celebrates Colorado beer like none other. Jonathan Shikes over at the Westword wrote about the history of this week and some changes this year brings. Here [...]
Friday, January 25, 2013
Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday What up, Denver? Welcome to summer summer summer time. With that said, check out the Art of Winter down on Larimer Square. But wear a t-shirt. Because weather. Anyway. There are some cool events this weekend, like cheap booze! City Wine has an 18th Anniversary super sale, [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
[Press Release] ESOP purchases remainder of founder’s shares as company looks to future (FORT COLLINS, CO) January 15, 2013 - New Belgium Brewing is excited to announce that the company’s Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) has purchased the balance of company shares, making it 100% employee-owned. New Belgium, brewer of a wide variety of award-winning beers [...]
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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 8, 2012
It’s been a wonderful year for New Belgium’s Lips of Faith; a series that has provided numerous fruitful collaborations (pun slightly intended) with companion breweries. To end out the year, New Belgium announced last week the last two Lips of Faith beers for 2012: the Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout and the Biere de Garde – [...]
Monday, November 5, 2012
New Belgium / Alpine Brewing Super 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!]
Monday, October 15, 2012
Anybody who doubts Denver beer geeks are among the most devoted of all brew lovers wasn’t at last Saturday’s Chipotle Mexican Grill-sponsored Cultivate Festival. Who, besides we burly, mile-high suds-guzzlers would endure hours of sub-freezing temperatures in City Park simply to get our frozen fingers on a sample of local beer? Who else would wrap [...]
Thursday, October 4, 2012
This Saturday, October 6th, the Chipotle Cultivate Festival, an event specially-made for socially-conscious foodies, will be held in City Park from 10am to 6pm. The festival is a celebration of food, farmers, artists, freethinkers, and musicians in an effort to bring “awareness about food’s impact on society,” and best of all, entrance is absolutely free! [...]
Friday, September 21, 2012
Last weekend was the first annual Downtown Aquarium Wine Fest and in great pioneering fashion, I chose to spread my beer soaked wings and ventured out to my first ever wine festival. While Denver Off the Wagon has some great connoisseur, wine writers who could have provided a great recap of the primary, secondary and tertiary [...]
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, [...]
Monday, August 6, 2012
Wynkoop Brewjolais Nouveau - For more information on this collaboration beer between Wynkoop, New Belgium, and Infinite Monkey Theorem Winery head over to the Wynkoop blog. [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!]
Thursday, June 28, 2012
SCIENCE: Style: American Wild Ale ABV: 7.5% OG: 21 TG: 4.7 IBU: 23 SRM: 5.5 Hops: Target, Sorachi Ace, Nelson Sauvin Malt: Pale Yeast: Brettanomyces HISTORY: This beer is actually an indirect product of a beer brewed back in 2004. That year, Peter Bouckaert of New Belgium and Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey got [...]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
[Press Release - Source: BeerPulse.com] (Snowmass, CO) – Visitors to Snowmass will soon experience New Belgium Brewing’s version of fun, folly and fine craft beer when the maker of Fat Tire rolls into town as a partner in the renovation of the Wildwood Snowmass hotel and the New Belgium Ranger Station, a new slopeside bar and [...]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Danny’s Gold Mine Ale - A collaboration beer brewed at Funkwerks with Crooked Stave, New Belgium, Odell, and Ska in honor of the late Danny Williams. More on this beer here. [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 [...]
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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 [...]
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