Let’s be honest, Denver isn’t lacking in the celebration department when it comes to exalting craft beer. We are all too familiar with the likes of the Denver Beer Fest, Winter/Summer Brew Fest, and the incomparable Great American Beer Festival to name a few. But when it comes down to it, none have really put [...]
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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 [...]
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
You’ve likely heard the news: it seems that our local Strange Brewing Company and some homebrew store in Massachusetts are having a little bit of a legal twist-up over the name “Strange” followed up by some iteration of the term “Brew.” I am going to be up front. Where lawyers are involved I generally try [...]
Monday, October 8, 2012
Worried you don’t have enough beer options this week? Tonight, get some Strange with this highly economical and delicious sounding beer pairing dinner at Strange Brewing. Presented in cahoots with the yummy Worldwide Vittles food truck, a staple at Strange, $40 gets you a four course dinner complete with beer pairings, and live music from Fourth [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Friday, May 11, 2012
Weekend off the Wagon in your inbox, every Friday Mother’s day is Sunday. You’re welcome. Now go buy your mom some flowers and take her out to brunch. It’s also the start of Colorado Beer Week and American Craft Beer Week. We’ll have a guide out shortly with all the events going on around town. [...]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
[PRESS RELEASE: Catalyst is made with Colorado malts & hops, yeasts strains from seven Denver breweries] Denver, Colorado– On May 8 at 5 PM, Wynkoop Brewing Company will release a brand new beer brewed especially for Create Denver Week, a series of events held May 10-13 that showcases Denver’s creative community. The beer – Catalyst [...]
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Check out this beer tasting for a good cause. Tickets are only $10 for GA and $15 to include a pint glass and help out a little more. With either ticket you’ll get libations from Avery Brewing, Wynkoop Brewing, Strange Brewing, Copper Kettle Brewing, Downslope Distilling, Republic Tequila, Denver Beer Company, Oskar Blues, Del Norte, [...]
Monday, November 7, 2011
We live in a culture of constant flux. Permanence is gone. New technologies become obsolete within days. Our professional athletes change teams like they change jock straps. Celebrities marry and divorce quicker than four frat boys killing a pitcher of beer. This weekend, my girlfriend and I tried to visit Los Oasis Latin Grill & [...]
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
International Stout Day is upon us. Tomorrow, revel in the dark. Here are a few places celebrating #stoutday. If you know of others, let us know in the comments and we’ll update this guide. Star Bar 2137 Larimer Draft: Great Divide Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Great Divide Belgian Yeti Odell Bourbon Barrel Stout New [...]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
This Saturday, May 21st from 1-4:30pm, Wynkoop is rolling out a fantastic beer event, The United Tastes of Belgium. With a list like this (below), it’s a great way to feel around the Belgium beer style, try some new breweries, and at a great price. There will also be a short list of Belgian dishes [...]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
[Skip to the event list] American Craft Beer Week is in two weeks. While many of us live the American Craft Beer Life™, this is a week when all of America joins us in celebrating craft beer. Spearheaded by the Brewers Association and organized by pubs and breweries around the country, thousands of beer newbies, [...]
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