Inaugural Boulder SourFest at Avery

Do you like sour beers? Have you tried more than a handful? Want more sour in your life?
Well pucker up buttercup.
The Inaugural Boulder SourFest was at Avery last weekend, and it was amazing. Tickets were very limited, but not very expensive. The first round sold out in a few weeks. Avery convinced some more brewers [...]

Storing Beer

Drink faster.
That’s what one friend told me once, when I was researching different ways to store beer, or “cellar” beer. Let’s look at some alternatives.
First off, not all beer is meant to be stored long-term. Beers with “fresh” ingredients, such as a super fresh hopped IPA, generally aren’t as tasty two years down the road. [...]

Pints Pub

“Hey, I need to write a blog post. Let’s go get beers.”
So starts my weekly need to visit a beer-related establishment.
This week we visited Pints Pub. It was a Wednesday night, and relatively quiet. Pints is a great pub, with about a dozen beers brewed in house, and a whiskey selection to make your head [...]

Cheeky Monk

Last night a few friends and I visited The Cheeky Monk, a Belgian beer cafe on Colfax. This wasn’t the first visit for me, and it won’t be the last. The Cheeky Monk boasts an impressive selection of Belgian beers on tap, and a just as impressive assortment in the bottle. They also have a [...]

Blends

Last November, I had the privilege of attending San Diego Beer Week with some great friends. I won’t get into the details, but it was amazing. The Beer Wench has a nice write up on her blog all about our time there (all three posts can be found here).
My second night in town, we went to Stone [...]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Labels.

A few weeks ago I talked about judging beer by it’s cover. I thought it would be fun to look at some labels that people suggested were really good or really bad. Or just plain ugly. Remember, this is a commentary on the label, not the beer.
Personally, I enjoy simplicity, most of the time. A [...]

Starting to homebrew

I love beer. I really love really good beer. You might even consider me a beer snob. Or at least a beer geek.
And I’m a homebrewer. I brew really good beer (says me). And I really enjoy brewing.
In my beer exploration adventures, I’ve come to realize that not all beer geeks are homebrewers, and not [...]

Event Recap: Vail Big Beers, Belgians and Barley Wines 2010

This past weekend, some friends and I drove to Vail, Colorado, for the Big Beers, Belgians and Barley Wines Festival. After a lazy morning and a stop for some food, we arrived at the 8,150 feet about sea level base village. We had secured a hotel room at the Lionshead Inn on VailOnSale.com (definitely check [...]

I like beer. It makes me a jolly good fellow! (Rackhouse Pub Review)

Before reading this post, I highly advise you start playing this song. It was on the jukebox Wednesday night at Rackhouse Pub, and should be an excellent addition to your blog reading activity. If the link doesn’t work for you, search Tom T. Hall – I Like Beer.
Wednesday night, after work, I went to Rackhouse [...]

Home of warm beer, bad food and grumpy owner

Happy New Year!
This week we’ll look at a beer bar outside of the normal Mile High view. We’ll travel across the country to Ludlow, Vermont, home of Okemo Mountain Resort. We’ll look at a bar that I’ve been to more than any other bar. A bar that, over the past ten days, I’ve visited more [...]