Cartoonist Drew Litton captures sports futility in a single image: As Rockies season draws to a close, Dinger could sure use a cold one — and it looks like the Broncos’ beleaguered Miles has a head start.
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Keeping hops alive: The Colorado farmers giving beer a local taste
While the state isn’t known for growing hops, these farmers are infusing local ciders, beers and spirits with flavors from just down the road
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New Belgium Brewing prepares for industrial heat pump that could cut its greenhouse gas emissions
Fort Collins-based AtmosZero is using brewer to pilot a drop-in heat pump system that could help reduce the carbon footprints of other similar companies that account for 7% of U.S. greenhouse gases.
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Proposition 126: Should Colorado restaurants be allowed to sell to-go cocktails forever?
Proposition 126 also would let third-party delivery services, like Uber Eats and DoorDash, deliver alcohol
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Proposition 125: Coloradans will decide whether grocery stores should be allowed to sell wine starting next year
Proposition 125 comes from a citizen initiative that is supported by major grocery stores.
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Colorado’s craft brewers are stuck with the tab as global can shortage shakes up beverage industry
Talbott’s Cider Company used to package its hard cider mimosas in colorful cans purchased for 12 cents each from a Westminster supplier. But a monthslong supply crunch has forced the Palisade cidery to get creative: Now, the cans come blank from Korea and are wrapped by hand in a waterproof label — more than doubling […]
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Can televised Russian face-slapping save Denver’s sports bars?
When cardboard cutouts filled the stands and the real fans were at home on their couches, Tom Ryan and his team were plotting the rebirth of Denver’s sports bar scene. Banking on corked-up demand, they prepared for this summer’s launch of a new 14,000-square-foot pub in downtown Denver, with high-definition video screens, immersive, room-size video […]
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Small liquor stores in Colorado felt pinched by new alcohol laws. Now more changes are coming.
Days into the new year, the owner of Morgans Liquor in Denver sat down with his financial books. The pandemic gave him a small boost in 2020 sales, but a troubling slide continued: His customer count continued to decline. “My dollars were up, the rings (on the register) were bigger, but my customers were still […]
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It’s the time of year for barrel-aged beers in Colorado, but not all are turning to the dark side
WHEAT RIDGE — Skyler Weekes holds the zebra striped barrel on its side and leans his nose close to the opening. “Oh man,” he says, “have a smell of that.” Boozy raisin and vanilla aromas, touched with a soft fruit note, explode from the French oak barrel that aged cognac for 27 months. All around […]
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As virtual GABF arrives, craft beer industry faces difficult moment confronting racism and pandemic
The craft beer industry — like much of America — is facing a reckoning on two levels right now: A pandemic ended more than a decade of growth well short of the industry’s goal to become 20% of the national beer market by 2020 and a racial justice movement highlighted craft brewing’s dominant white male […]