It is safe to say that you already have a floppy hat picked out. You may also be trying to memorize the lyrics for that song they sing right before they let the doggies loose at Churchill Downs. It’s OK. No one knows the fucking song- and it makes me cringe when I see Joey [...]
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, January 20, 2013
The West is a special place, and it’s events like the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) that remind us we really are rugged, well dressed and true to the spirit of the folks who tamed this land. It amazes me that cowboys made their way, spanning back over a hundred years, and the culture which [...]
Thursday, October 11, 2012
A couple of months ago I told you cats about a secret I had been keeping regarding a Colorado collaboration of epic proportions. With the arrival of GABF it is time to share with you all of the (not so) gory details. It all started with an invite from Mr. Moose of Peach Street Distillers [...]
Friday, October 5, 2012
Leaf peepers, pay attention. I am currently racing to get this published before the latest edition of Weekend Off The Wagon goes out, because you should be making plans for consuming craft spirits in the mountains and not have any other distractions. The town of Breckenridge is hosting an amazing event highlighting the hooch of [...]
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
It’s that time of month again… Denver Whiskey Club time! Jameson isn’t just a popular drink, or a historic brand. In Ireland, it’s practically a way of life. So when Kate Flanagan talks about telling her father back in County Louth that she’d joined the company as a Brand Ambassador for the U.S., you can [...]
Thursday, May 17, 2012
As anyone who knows me can attest to, I love my birthday. Like really, really love my birthday. However, after a series of unfortunate events, including a birthday-spirit-crushing bout of pneumonia, I was pretty much over it. Right up until the point when the wonderful folks over at Stranahan’s Whiskey invited me over to experience [...]
Friday, March 9, 2012
It’s that time of year again, where everyone is a bit Irish–and this definitely rings true for the Denver Whiskey Club. For this year’s March meeting, the talented Mr. Robert Sickler will walk the group through some fine Irish whiskey. The meeting will be held at Scruffy Murphy’s, Tuesday March 13, with pre-meeting hangout starting at 7:30pm [...]
Friday, February 24, 2012
What do Denver and my mouth have in common? Wrong, and get your mind out of the gutter. We are both extremely happy when overflowing with craft spirits. The Denver craft spirit scene (and my mouth) are about to get a huge boost with the opening of Mile High Spirits Distillery and Tasting Room, located [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The fact that St. Valentine’s Day falls during the middle of the week this year got me thinking. What drinks go best when playing video games? I know, I know. You are thinking this is the bitter “I hate V-Day” post. I am not a curmudgeon or anything. In fact, I like the sentiment of [...]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Friday Jan. 27th at 6:00, meet Todd Leopold, head distiller. Denver’s very own Leopold Brothers Distillers is racking up quite an impressive protfolio of craft made spirits. All based on one simple platform: quality has to come first. Nine different versions of liqueurs make up the foundation of that portfolio. They can stand on their [...]
Sunday, December 25, 2011
I come from a long lineage of Irish drinkers (please note: I did NOT say alcoholics, I said “drinkers”) so drinking at the holidays always seemed normal. Being given a half glass of beer or a taste of this or that was never unusual but about the time I turned 12 or 13, I had [...]
Friday, December 23, 2011
While I come from a predominately beer-centric family, we do mix things up a little during the holidays by cracking open the hard stuff. Since I was a kid and into the present, two of my aunts (both nuns) have made Christmastime synonymous with a special type of cocktail that you don’t drink—you eat. Called a Bourbon [...]
Friday, December 16, 2011
Given my consistently hectic and perpetually awful work travel, my feelings of homesickness are never far. However, after spending a month in Washington watching my favorite aunt die, my dad fall apart and a community come together to grieve, homesickness was a plague I could not shake. As soon as I was wheels down at [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
This Week in The Liquid Diet: We celebrate an honored American holiday rich in heritage and history. The final Thursday of every November we pay homage to our past and get together with family and friends. This day has a different meaning to all of us and unique traditions that play out from one household to the [...]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
By: PJ Hoberman, Jess Hunter, Kevin Burke, and Jennifer Fowler Thanksgiving. Just reading the word sparks thoughts, memories, smells, tastes, panic attacks… Picking what to drink is a difficult task. Between the turkey, cranberry, stuffing, volcano of mashed potatoes and gravy, green been casserole, pumpkin pie, bread rolls, and your toothpick, it’s hard to pick [...]
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The folks at Downslope Distilling are up to something fun. They’re releasing their Special Limited Release Single Malt Whiskey on November 25. See the below press release for details: Limited release of Downslope Distilling Special Limited Release Single Malt Whiskey on 11/25 Only 200 bottle of a single cask malt whiskey will be released for [...]
Thursday, November 3, 2011
This certainly gives us reason to rejoice. The delicious nectar of the gods (whiskey), in the Peach Street Distillers‘ Colorado Straight Bourbon fashion is now released statewide via Southern Wine and Spirits. Here’s the press release for more details: Colorado’s First Bourbon Sees Statewide Release When Peach Street Distillers released Colorado’s first bourbon in 2008, [...]
Monday, October 17, 2011
Those crazy cats over at the Denver Whiskey Club are up to some shenanigans this month, calling the event “Whiskey in Disguise.” The only information they are offering is time, date, location, and cost (8:00pm, October 18th, Scruffy Murphy’s, $10, respectively). That’s all we get. So I suppose we shall just show up expecting a [...]
Thursday, September 22, 2011
By Jess Hunter, Josh Rapp, Jim Halligan, and PJ Hoberman I look at the clock. Noon. It’s well-past 5 o’clock in London; the Queen would be sipping her gin, so I can too, right? I sigh and step up to the check-in at Rackhouse Pub on Sunday. Chris Rippe, owner and the impetus behind the [...]
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