A year after Denver was founded in 1858, the city’s first brewery opened. The local newspaper declared the first batch of beer from the Rocky Mountain Brewery “the best we ever tasted” — surely in part because of the free keg delivered to its offices. Today, the history seems quite fitting given that Denver now […]
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The new breweries at DIA combine to make the most unlikely beer crawl in Colorado
The most unusual brewery crawl in Colorado is about 2-miles long with more than a dozen escalators and one sobering security check. It also is timed, at least if you want to make your flight. The venue is Denver International Airport, where four local breweries launched outposts in the past eight months and combine to […]
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Colorado’s forgotten beer boom 160 years ago shows parallels to today’s industry
The pinnacle of Colorado’s beer culture didn’t arrive in 1979 when the state’s first craft brewery opened in Boulder, nor in 1988 when the first brewpub began pouring pints in Denver. The moment actually came generations earlier in the late 19th century — a forgotten era when lagers like Walter’s Gold Label Triple Brew and […]
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Behold, the almighty can is the new king of craft beer
Inside the brew house on the Metropolitan State University campus in Denver, brewing program students Kyle Warren and Chris Thibodeau offer a step-by-step demonstration on how to can beer. First, the cans are rinsed clean and purged with carbon dioxide. Next, beer fills the cans and foam cascades to the rim. Then, the cap is […]