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 [...]
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! [...]
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, July 12, 2012
[press release] When owner Dave Thibodeau of Ska Brewing Company received a call from Adam Avery of Avery Brewing Company, he didn’t hesitate to say “yes” to a very unique invitation. Avery wanted to get to know his fellow brewers of western Colorado, and thought a bike ride from his brewery in Boulder across the state [...]
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The World Beer Cup is so last week (literally). At the prestigious event, medals were practically being thrown at Colorado brewers like dollar bills at a Shotgun Willies car wash. So it’s time to move on to the next competition. The Ameri-CAN Canned Craft Beer Fest will be held on May 19th at the Scottsdale [...]
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Our own Bess Dougherty has been playing in a bigger sandbox as of late. Moving up from her homebrew system, Bess has been lending a helpful hand over at Wynkoop, as well as a few out of town jaunts to places like Ska. A few weeks ago, after helping out with the Malt Madness specialty [...]
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Science: ABV: 6.8% IBU: 65 SRM: 7 (Standard Reference Method measures beer color intensity; a 7 falls between deep gold and pale amber) Boil Hops: Centennial, Cascade, Columbus Dry Hops: Cascade, Columbus History: Referred to as the ‘Old-Man Bitter’, Modus began as a collaborative effort of the entire Ska Brewing Co. staff. As they were [...]
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
In honor of the late Danny Williams, five Colorado breweries (Funkwerks, Crooked Stave, New Belgium, Odell Brewing Co. and Ska Brewing) have united to brew ‘Danny’s Gold Mine Ale’. The beer gets it’s name from Danny’s 8 acre mine just outside of Boulder, Colorado where he stored and aged over 2,500 beers. If you aren’t familiar [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Toasters are coming to town on their 30th Anniversary tour. That tour essentially started in Durango last September. Ska Brewing Company and the Toasters celebrated with a combined anniversary party, and brewed a beer together. Ska Toasters / Shebeen is a Black India Pale Ale. There will be a reunion of sorts this Thursday [...]
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
For the second year in a row, Team Teledu and the #DenverTweetup are joining forces to raise money for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis. And they are doing it with free beer! Well, almost free beer. Thanks to the generous and highly awesome sponsors at Ska Brewing, anyone donating $5 or more (more please!) will get [...]
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Ska Brewing Company Ten Pin Porter & Decadent Imperial IPA Here’s just one of the highly inappropriate but awesome poses from the Ska Brewing Co. barbies at Big Beers Festival last weekend in Vail, Colorado… with a little help from a fellow boozer. [We'll share some beer porn every Monday to get your week started off right. [...]
Friday, October 7, 2011
Great American Beer Festival is no stranger to beer events a’plenty, just as Denver Off The Wagon writers (and readers) are no strangers to drinking beer a’plenty. Combine the two, along with a kick-ass Denver event called Ignite Denver, and you’ve got yourself a bomber (or 5) of a good time. As part of GABF [...]
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Renegade Brewing Co. is another newcomer to the Denver craft beer scene. Located in the Santa Fe Arts District, they opened a little over three months ago to very positive reviews. In that time they’ve already taken home 2 medals at the Colorado State Fair (silver and bronze). If you’re in the mood for big, [...]
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Well everyone, you’ve made quite the statement by voting with your dollars. So far we haven’t sold a single ticket to Ignite Denver off the Wagon that didn’t include the two beer tickets. Based on this we’ve come to a decision. In the spirit of the Great American Beer Fest, we’re changing what your tickets [...]
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Here’s some news from breweries around the area. If you like knowing the nitty gritty details of every brewery in the state, updated every day or so, check out our friend Chipper Dave over at FermentedlyChallenged.com. Now, on to the updates, straight from the horse’s mouth. Or.. the brewers’ emails. Avery Crazy Mountain Crooked Stave [...]
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Each Wednesday in this column I post my insights about one of the thousands of beers brewed in the great state of Colorado. Feel free to shoot me an email with your suggestions of Colorado beers you’d like me to feature – Lee Williams at hoptopia@gmail.com – or leave your ideas in the comments. Mexican [...]
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Well folks, it’s time for the big reveal. We’ve been dropping some hints here and there about a big event we’re planning with the Ignite Denver folks, and we’re ready to let you all in on the secret! Here’s the lineup we’ve managed to pull in: Greg Koch – CEO, Stone Brewing Dave Thibodeau – [...]
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