This Memorial weekend, I had the pleasure of attending a beer festival focused on limited-release and one-off brews during the Small Batch Festival hosted by Odell Brewing. When you get a chance to attend this festival, do it. For the price of a ticket, this festival continues to deliver outstanding brews, awesome music, commemorative cups, free parking and bike racks, and food trucks year after year. How do I begin to describe one beer when there were over 40 beers this year? Furthermore, which one deserves a shout-out more then another?  There is no shortage of amazing-ness at this festival.... Read More

Colorado breweries are a bit of a destination tour these days. Snowbank Brewing is one not to miss while in town. The location makes it easy to get to by foot since you’re likely to already be going to other breweries nearby, like for instance, Odell Brewing, Funkwerks, and Red Truck (coming in July). Did you get that? This is a beer tour you can walk.         In 2014,  Snowbank Brewing was opened by a group of homebrewers whose shared a passion of amazing beer, Colorado’s adventurous outdoor activities, and the welcoming of a collaborative community – all this was the... Read More

Horse and Dragon is the coffee stout you’re craving In the northern lands of our fine city, there lies an oasis where pandas and horses and dragons call home. It is here where the craft beer lover will fall whimsically in love with the beer culture and the smooth prominent flavors of coffee, vanilla, and dark chocolate of this mystical brew. Where the creator makes up words like #pandamonium which means nothing of chaos or mayhem. Sad Panda is a full-flavored Coffee Stout that is so easy to drink, so rich with dark chocolate color and creamy foam that you’ll be craving it by the end of this... Read More