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Funkwerks lands out-of-state distribution
Funkwerks’ Deceit took GABF gold (brewery Facebook) The saison masters at Funkwerks in Fort Collins have a lot going on – bragging rights as the best small brewery in the country, new brewing equipment...
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Year in Review: Andy Parker of Avery
Andy Parker in the famous Avery barrel room (photo courtesy Joe Osborne at Avery) Editor’s note: As 2012 draws to a close, we’re asking leading figures in Colorado brewing to reflect on the past year...
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Year in Review: Andy Brown of Wynkoop
Andy Brown in his element (Denver Post file photo) Editor’s note: As 2012 draws to a close, we’re asking leading figures in Colorado brewing to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2013. Our...
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Crazy Mountain drops Maori term for red ale after Funkwerks controversy
Eric Gorski, The Denver Post The name and label Crazy Mountain settled on for Boohai Red Ale Crazy Mountain Brewing in the Vail Valley dropped plans to use a Maori term for its new red ale brewed with...
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Year in Review: Ska’s Dave Thibodeau
Dave of Ska (photo provided by Dave of Ska) Editor’s note: As 2012 draws to a close, we’re asking leading figures on Colorado’s beer scene to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2013. Next up,...
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Year in Review: Brian Dunn of Great Divide
Great Divide Brewing Co.Great Divide owner and founder Brian Dunn. Editor’s note: As 2012 draws to a close, we’re asking leading figures on Colorado’s beer scene to reflect on the past year and look...
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Year in Review: Julia Herz of the Brewers Association
Julia Herz (photo provided by The Brewers Association) Editor’s note: As 2012 draws to a close, we’re asking leading figures on Colorado’s beer scene to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2013....
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GABF sellout, Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout top most-read blog posts in ’12
Denver Post Great Divide's GABF medal haul Tis the season for lists. With that, we give you another: the Top 20 most-read blog posts on First Drafts this year. Of note: - The Great American Beer...
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Funkwerks, Crooked Stave take top honors in First Drafts 2012 Beer in Review
Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post Dry Dock’s Hefeweizen For the past couple of weeks, First Drafts has surveyed Colorado brewery owners, brewers and beer bar owners about the beer year in review and...
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Introducing Post Beer Night
Denver Post file Kevin Delange’s Dry Dock Brewing just underwent a huge expansion Some cool happenings at First Drafts: as part of The Denver Post‘s community engagement efforts, we’re hosting a...
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Front Range female brewers to release collaboration for Craft Beer Week
Wynkoop Brewing Company Bess Dougherty, an assistant brewer at Wynkoop Brewing Company, is collaborating with six other lady brewers on a brew for Craft Beer Week. What happens when seven ladies get...
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Dry Dock Brewing to can Vanilla Porter, reconsidering out-of-state distribution
YourHub file photoKevin Delange at Dry Dock's original location. Dry Dock Brewing co-owner Kevin Delange shared a couple of pieces of news last night at First Drafts’ craft beer roundtable at Wynkoop...
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Colorado brewers debate the craft boom and more at Denver Post Beer Night
Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post At last night’s inaugural Post Beer Night, representatives of three of Colorado’s top breweries weighed in on the Front Range’s growing craft beer market, where they see...
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Elevation Beer Company puts ‘perfect pint’ in a bottle
[media-credit name="Eric Gorski, The Denver Post" align="alignright" width="270"][/media-credit]Elevation Beer Co's First Cast IPA in pint bottles. The bottles stand out – thick and weighty, wedged...
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Funkwerks scales down the alcohol with traditional saison summer seasonal
You read that ABV right. The chalkboard at the Funkwerks tasting room is filled with big numbers. The average alcohol content of seven of the eight beers on tap now at the Fort Collins saison paradise...
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Second Post Beer Night explores the art of opening a new brewery in Colorado
Prost’s Bill Eye leans heavily on beautiful copper equipment imported from Germany (Denver Post file). There are almost as many breweries in planning in Colorado as there are breweries. The state is...
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Your guide to a tough get: 2013 Great American Beer Festival tickets
Even if you do everything right, this might not be you. Tickets go on sale next week for the Great American Beer Festival, and all signs point to another lightning fast sell-out. Last year, tickets to...
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Mile High Wine and Spirits lures beer geeks with killer global lineup
André Dimattia has helped make the back cooler beer-geek paradise (Eric Gorski, The Denver Post) This marks the third installment in our Better Know a Bottle Shop series profiling area liquor stores...
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Scouting GABF 2013: Emily Hutto on Rocky Mountain breweries
Emily Hutto (provided by the author) This is the seventh installment in a series of previews of breweries pouring at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival, which opens tonight. We’ve invited beer...
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Our favorite beers of 2013
Beer is good. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post) It’s an amazing time to be drinking beer in Colorado. From the continued excellence of established brewers to the maturation of more recent arrivals and...
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