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Mixed packs from Oskar Blues and Bootstrap
Oskar Blues Brewery and Bootstrap Brewing Company have been keeping Longmont hoppy for some time now, but with a new mixed-pack apiece, beer drinkers...
Drink this: Green Mountain Beer Company’s Whiskey Barrel-Aged Rauch Bock
The 2020 version of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is underway, which means if you haven’t picked up your GABF passport yet, you...
Rethinking the tasting note
This first wine is a fighter; he’s loud. The second wine is pensive; she has a dark side.” As I led a recent seminar,...
Local distillers produce whiskeys that highlight the breadth of the spirit
St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner, and if you participate in any festivities on the day, chances are you’ll find yourself staring into...
Drink this: Oskar Blues Brewery’s BA20 Vol. 1: All Monde
The first in what will hopefully be a lengthy series of barrel-aged imperial stouts, Oskar Blues’ BA20 Vol. 1: All Monde is exceptional. Aged...
Going hopless
Even on the last leg of our Boulder County beer tour — a trip up to Nederland to visit both Wild Mountain and Very Nice breweries — we’re learning something new, courtesy of Very Nice co-owner Susan Green...
Not fade away
“I don’t know how this is going to work,” Laura Lodge, cofounder of the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival, says matter-of-factly. “We have...
Knowledge, creativity, experience
Started by Bill and Laura Lodge 20 years ago in Vail, Colorado, Big
Beers, Belgians and Barleywines has become one of the year’s premier beer
festivals....
What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do? Homebrew!
You’ve been sheltering in place, locked down from the rest of the world, and your thumbs are sore from scrolling through endless Facebook rants....
To tap or not to tap?
The contrasting mission of college academics and college sports is about to be highlighted at the University of Colorado on Saturday, Sept. 13 with the Buff ’s first home game of the season...
‘To benefit the industry’
It wouldn’t have happened without the pandemic.
“I would have been too busy with events,” Laura Lodge says. “And Candace probably wouldn’t have even had...
