I’ve been looking forward to this year’s Great American Beer Festival since, well…last year. But I really started planning it in the Spring when I got my brother and his friends to come out from Florida to attend this year’s festival. My brother joined the AHA and we got our tickets for the Saturday Members-only [...]
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Going to the Great American Beer Festival this year? Check out the Great American Beer Festival Calendar created by yours truly: http://hops.me/7cu This is a Google Calendar embedded into a web page, but is directly linked to a calendar I created on Google. So, it’s live. If I add an event, it will display in this [...]
The beer is Buddha Nuvo. It’s a Saison with an ABV of 12%. Buddha Nuvo was bottled at Rockyard Brewing, but is a collaborative effort between 14 Colorado breweries including Elk Mountain, Strange, Black Fox, New Belgium, Ska, Funkwerks, Trinity, Crooked Stave, AC Golden, Pumphouse Brewery and Rock Bottom (incomplete list). The breweries involved did everything [...]
I’ve been hearing about and following the status of Beer Culture: The Movie for the past few months. The movie is about the craft beer movement in Colorado and explains everything from the history of Colorado beer, the struggles of starting/running a brewery, the politics surrounding beer in Colorado and craft beer culture in general. I bought [...]
Puerto Rico, the land of white sand, palm trees, high humidity, bad driving, salsa music and rum. When it comes to drinks, rum is definitely king on the island and can be found in a number of drinks, including rum punches and piña coladas. But a beer drinker can only handle so much sweet drinks. So what [...]
Great Divide Brewing Co. held their 17th Anniversary party on Saturday, June 11, 2011. The party took place at the brewery located in the ballpark neighborhood, near Coors Field in downtown Denver. They blocked off the street, had bands playing throughout the afternoon, and had 4 local food trucks serving up delicious food. Oh yeah…and [...]
On May 5th (Cinco de Mayo), Twisted Pine Brewing released Ghost Face Killah, a piping hot chili beer with an ABV of 5%. The beer is brewed with 6 different peppers; anaheim, fresno, jalapeño, serrano, habanero and bhut jolokia. Bhut jolokia is commonly referred to as “the ghost pepper” and was once the hottest pepper in the [...]
Copper Kettle Brewing Company, one of a handful of new breweries opening in Denver this year, celebrated its opening night on April 22, 2011. This new brewery is located a few miles outside of downtown Denver, on the border of Aurora, a Denver suburb. The location of the brewery is interesting; it is in a small office park located [...]
Some surprising news came out this morning that some Alabamians are boycotting a number of Colorado craft breweries; Avery, Boulder, Durango, Great Divide and Tommyknocker. Specifically, the organization known as Free The Hops is boycotting Anheuser-Busch and “all products from their distribution network”. They will continue this ban until the Brewery Modernization Act becomes Alabama law, [...]
This is the final post in “The Long Island Chronicles” series. In previous Long Island Chronicles posts, I visited Greenport Harbor Brewing Co, Southampton Publick House, Blue Point Brewing Company and discuss other elements of the Long Island and NY beer scene. In this last post, I’m going to discuss future brewery openings and the future [...]
