Colorado

Beer Birthday: Paul Gatza

July 25, 2011

Today is also Paul Gatza’s 47th birthday. Paul is the Director of the Brewers Association in Boulder, Colorado. He’s held numerous executive positions with the BA and its previous incarnation, the Association of Brewers. An avid homebrewer, Paul is great face for the BA and a terrific person. Join me in wishing Paul a very [...]

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Beer Birthday: John Bryant

June 14, 2011

Today is my good friend John Bryant’s 45th birthday. I first met John when he was with Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon. A few years ago he migrated to Odell Brewing in Fort Collins to work his magic on them, and then a couple of years ago he joined Dale at Oskar Blues in nearby [...]

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Beer Birthday: Adam Avery

May 30, 2011

Today is also Adam Avery’s 45th birthday. Adam, of course, founded his eponymous brewery, Avery Brewing, in Boulder, Colorado. Since 1993, Adam’s been making some increasingly hoppy and big, challenging beers that are also quote wonderful, too. Join me in wishing Adam a very happy birthday. At a Collaboration Beer Dinner with Bruce Paton, center, [...]

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The Birthplace Of Craft Brewing: Colorado?

March 17, 2011

I should say at the outset that I love Colorado. I go there at least once a year, have many beer friends and colleagues there. There are many, many great breweries there and their beer culture should be celebrated. Of that, I believe there can be no doubt. And in fact, a new documentary film [...]

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Brew Minions, A Brew Masters Parody

March 5, 2011

The folks at Ska Brewing, from Durango, Colorado, have made a hilarious spoof of Sam Calagione’s Discovery Channel series Brew Masters. In fact, Sam even makes a cameo appearance in the 22-minute video. The plot of the video involves making a special commemorative beer for the 30th anniversary of one of their favorite ska bands, [...]

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Phil Farrel Wins 2011 Beerdrinker Of The Year

February 26, 2011

When I saw Phil Farrel during SF Beer Week I congratulated him for being nominated once again for Beer Drinker of the Year and told him I thought “it was his year.” It turns out I was right, as earlier today he emerged as the 2011 Beer Drinker of the Year. From the press release: [...]

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“Beer Culture” Film To Showcase Colorado Brewing Scene

December 13, 2010

I’m starting to think we’re about to enter a period of time replete with films about beer, the “Golden Age of Beer Films” perhaps? There seem to be an awful lot in production right now, and I keep hearing about another one seemingly every other day. The latest is “Beer Culture,” which will be a [...]

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Please Help JB Shireman

December 10, 2010

My friend and colleague Harry Schuhmacher of the Beer Business Daily wrote yesterday about his feelings for the beer industry: This industry has been very good to me. I love this industry as if it were a treasured relative: I love it’s idiosyncrasies, I love the product itself, but most of all I love the [...]

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Beer Nation’s Farm To Table Video

November 30, 2010

Beer Nation, a “web-based series exploring the craft beer revolution,” recently posted a great overview video of the Farm To Table side event that took place during the Great American Beer Festival for the second time this year. You can watch the video below or at the Beer Nation website.

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Colorado To Make Session Beers Illegal In Bars & Restaurants

November 29, 2010

This should give anyone who loves session beers or groups trying to keep people from getting blotto a case of apoplexy. A new law in Colorado, actually a bill amended last spring, “now requires the state to enforce license restrictions to a T.” The law requires to-the-letter enforcement of the state’s existing beer regulations. Bars, [...]

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Beer Birthday: Chris Swersey

October 18, 2010

Today is the 46th birthday of Chris Swersey, who’s on the staff of the Brewers Association as the Competition Manager for both the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup. He coordinates all the judges, volunteers and the thousands of beers needed for each festival. It’s a big job and Chris seems to [...]

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Native But Unnatural

April 17, 2010

Earlier this month, AC Golden Brewing — a wholly-owned subsidiary of MillerCoors — announced their newest project, Colorado Native. AC Golden is essentially just the Coors pilot brewery located inside Coors’ massive brewery complex in Golden, Colorado. Pretending they’re a small, separate, independent company may work on paper, for legal purposes, but I’d like to [...]

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The True Joy Of Homebrewing

March 22, 2010

Congratulations to Charlie Papazian, and his wife Sandra, on the birth of their daughter, Carla Vitoria, born March 19. Charlie, of course, is the founder and president of the Brewers Association, and the author of The Joy of Homebrewing. According to a recent tweet, mother and daughter are doing fine. Join me in wishing Charlie [...]

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Beer In Ads #40: Coors’ Rocky Mountain Spring Water

February 9, 2010

Tuesday’s ad is for Coors because it’s the anniversary of their merger with Molson five years ago. This ad is from 1977, the year I graduated from high school, and Coors was still considered a “cool” brand because we couldn’t get it on the east coast. It looks so amateurish now, and I love the [...]

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Hickenlooper Running For Governor

January 12, 2010

Last week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, who many believed might make a run for governor of Colorado, announced he would not run, instead endorsing Denver mayor John Hickenlooper. For several years, Hickenlooper has been urged to seek the governor’s office, but has said he didn’t want to be governor. Today, the Denver Post [...]

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Hickenlooper Gubernatorial Run A Possibility?

January 7, 2010

For those of you, like me, who’ve known Wynkoop founder John Hickenlooper for a number of years, this is potentially great news. By all accounts, he’s been a very effective mayor for Denver, and has for some time been urged to run for Governor of Colorado, though so far he’s declined. The most likely candidate [...]

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