Verboten Brewing, which will open its doors this weekend in Loveland, takes its name for the German word for “forbidden,” and is a reference to German beer-purity laws, or Reinheitsgebot, which forbade brewers in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries …
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Verboten Brewing’s story has a happy ending
“We found out about it right around the Great American Beer Festival…so, we met with two lawyers who said we’d have to change our name,” says Angeline Grenz, who owns the brewery along with her husband, Josh, and another couple, Joe and Keri Akers.
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Do bacon and beer really go together? Find out at the Denver Bacon and Beer …
Event planning company Eat Boston, along with Forkly and Denver Off the Wagon, hope to deliver a guilty verdict on December 9, though, when they host the Bacon & Beer Festival, a greasy, hoppy fiesta that will include 25 Denver/Boulder area chefs, who …
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Lucky Pie and Yak & Yeti kick off Thanksgiving weekend in craft beer style
Last week, we wrote about the numerous connections between the ski and snowboard industries and Colorado’s craft-beer makers that will take place this year. And now you can add another one to the list: Denver Beer Co and Denver’s Grace Skis are …
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Photos: Long lines and cold beer at Odell mean beer festival season is here
By Jonathan Shikes Tue., May 29 2012 at 4:01 PM Odell Brewing kicked of the summer beer festival season on Saturday with its popular Small Batch Fest in Fort Collins. And although it’s only May, the heat and the turnout made it feel as if Colorado is …
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Ska Brewing will debut a new series of seasonal canned stouts
… Lori Midson By Laura Shunk By Jonathan Shikes By Jonathan Shikes Tue., May 29 2012 at 11:38 AM Ska Brewing is known for being stout: its Steel Toe milk stout won gold at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival and again at the World Beer Cup in May.
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Colorado beer calendar: Odell’s Small Batch kicks off festival season
By Jonathan Shikes By Lori Midson By Lori Midson By Laura Easley By Jonathan Shikes By Lori Midson By Lori Midson By Jonathan Shikes By Jonathan Shikes Wed., May 23 2012 at 12:48 PM It’s beer festival season and the fiestas — from the high country to …
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Five growler-free ways to get fresh Colorado craft beer to go
By Jonathan Shikes Thu., May 24 2012 at 2:06 PM Just because you walk out the door of your favorite brewery doesn’t mean you can’t take the good times with you. The majority of Colorado’s craft brewers sell growlers — 64-ounce brown glass bottles, …
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Colorado beer calendar: Odell’s Small Batch kicks off festival season
By Jonathan Shikes Wed., May 23 2012 at 12:48 PM It’s beer festival season and the fiestas — from the high country to the plains — are going to come fast. The first two kick off this Memorial Day weekend, but they’ll be followed by new ones almost …
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Strange Brewing opens biergarten, talks about expansion
By Jonathan Shikes Thu., May 17 2012 at 7:53 AM Strange Brewing, which opened during American Craft Beer Week two years ago this Saturday, will debut its new patio this weekend. The outdoor biergarten consists of four long, beautifully made wooden …
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