I stood among towering tanks filled with fermenting wort. It was January, and snow was falling around a group of about 7 or 8 of us. A man in gold shoes explained some technical jargon about how the device in his hand worked. He called it a Pig Tail. He […]
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Beer n’ Loathing on the Final Night of GABF
I can’t be certain, but I’m fairly sure I’m stumbling down Blake Street in downtown Denver. I have to pee. Terribly. The blurry-faced man I’m wandering around town with is not from Denver and I know for a fact I’m relying on him for directional knowledge of our destination. We […]
Beer n’ Loathing in Denver: Left Hand’s Big 2-0
I stood in the elevator and watched the numbers tick up. I was in the Denver Grand Hyatt during the week of the Great American Beer Festival, trying to pop my ears as we ascended to the 38th floor where Left Hand Brewing Company was celebrating their 20th anniversary. I […]
Beer n’ Loathing at the Great American Beer Festival
I stood in the middle of what could only be described as a fire hazard. Hundreds of people shuffled around me, while thousands more milled and writhed within the several thousand acre space we had been confined to. All 13,000 of us had to have thanked our lucky stars that […]
Beer n’ Loathing in Denver: Tour de Fat
Photography by Peter Storbridge I stood in the hot Colorado sun, surrounded by thousands of costumed people, as a young woman on stage divorced her car and married a bicycle. I wasn’t on drugs, I wasn’t hammered and I certainly wasn’t dreaming. This was real life in the middle of […]
Beer n’ Loathing Denver Breweries: River North
I moved to Denver for two things: the Rocky Mountains and the awesome beer scene. Eventually, I plan on visiting every brewery in Denver, and for those of us who enjoy a well-crafted adult beverage, that’s like trying to say you’re going to eat all the finest candy in a […]