Beer and charity - a wonderful combination. While being a rare, seasonal treat, Bristol's Venetucci Pumpkin Ale also helps benefit the Venetucci Pumpkin Farm. The Beer Drinker's Guide to Colorado has captured the Pumpkin Beer process, from harvesting to bottling. Watch as the brewmeisters over at Bristol turn the notorious orange squash into a delectable brew.
An hour or two passes, the lines grow longer, the noise level intensifies, and you have sipped your share of suds. You long for a brief respite, a place to pause, if such a place exists. Speak no more, look no further. You wander down to the end of the hall, pass through the heavy double doors and enter The Farm to Table Pavilion at the GABF.
The 6th Annual Foam Fest, sponsored by the Colorado Institute of Brewing and the Colorado State Fair, judged a vast array of foamy libations from microbreweries in Colorado and around the nation.
There's a reason the event, held Saturday July 11, is called a rendezvous rather than a festival, it's an event that sets the bar high for all other beer events for the year.
The right glassware can greatly enhance the enjoyment of beer. It showcases the color, effervescence, head, lace and wonderful aromas of a good beer. Pouring beer into a glass helps to bring a beer back to life.
It began with hundreds of people gathering on the midday Capitol steps in what was thought to be the largest crowd yet assembled to protest a bill in the 2009 Colorado legislative session.
We present for your consideration a Beer Drinker's Guide to Colorado
Special Report concerning House Bill 09-1192, which proposes to eliminate
3.2 from your grocer's shelves, and replace it with "full beer". Part One
discusses the history of 3.2 beer, and describes how the bill might effect
the craft beer industry in Colorado. Part Two examines opinions on the
bill.
Longing for something rich and thick to warm the body after relentless assaults of frigid air and snow-strewn skies? If so, look no further than your local brewer. Many breweries across the state release fermented concoctions so dense with spices and malts, they're practically guaranteed to enrich your spirits.
The 2009 All Colorado Beer Festival was a success, according to organizer Randy Dipner. The attendance was down slightly from last year, but given the tough economic times, Dipner felt they did really well.
A fashion show in Milan it ain't. But, those clad in such interesting attire aren't "dressed to impress". These wonders of social curiosity wear shirts, costumes, and other facinating contrivances in solidarity with the foamy libation they all might sell their mother for - craft beer..
At this year's Great American Beer Fest Colorado breweries accumulated more awards than any other state! In fact, Colorado gathered six more awards than California, a state with thirty-one-million more people, and a slightly higher number of breweries. A rather gratifying accomplishment for the 38th state of the republic..
These days you would have to be living in a cave to be unaware of the importance of renewable energy, conservation of natural resources and reducing our collective carbon footprints.
The Beer Drinker's Guide to Colorado Beer Map has been Updated and Revised. It's still loaded with all the same great information, plus current Brewery and Brewpub listings, and coupons for Free Beer, Free Food, Free Glassware, and Discounts on Merchandise and Homebrewing Supplies across the state! Buy it now, and become a beacon of beer and travel information in Colorado!
