SERVING UP THE COLORADO EXPERIENCE
Vol. 3, No. 5 July-August 2018
BACKCOUNTRY LIBATIONS WHAT YOU NEED TO HIT THE TRAIL & BRING YOUR BEVERAGE TOO
GRANDOOZY
GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS TO TAKE THE STAGE
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GREAT LAKES TO VISIT
UPTOWN 19th & Logan
70 Colorado Craa Beers
BALLPARK 1920 Blake Street
100 Colorado Spirits
70 Colorado Beers
100 Colorado Spirits
American Alpine Fare
Two Denver Locations
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LIBATIONS BEYOND
Join us for Tour of Colorado It’s still the dog days of summer and hopefully everyone is enjoying the outdoors. But we also are looking ahead to fall, when Thirst Colorado will host the Second Annual Tour of Colorado event in Denver. The fundraiser for the Colorado Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association kicks off at Tap Fourteen’s Ballpark location on Sept. 18. We are passionate about this cause because the terrible disease will impact another half-million Americans in 2018 alone. A group of incredible people will help with the Tour of Colorado event. Breweries, distilleries and other craft enthusiasts from across the state team up with Thirst Colorado to throw the party, featuring a wide range of collaboration beers and cocktails. We’re looking forward to working with the brewers, distillers, owners and other team members who help generate the state’s amazing craft scene. The Tour of Colorado is dear to our hearts and gives us the opportunity to raise money for a very important cause. Alzheimer’s and dementia have affected the lives of our staff’s families and friends. If you’ve felt the impact, please consider supporting the Tour of Colorado by attending. In addition to great libations and food from Tap Fourteen, there will be a silent auction with incredible items such as custom skis, backpacks and arts and entertainment packages. The local Alzheimer’s chapter provides free services to those with the disease and the donor-funded agency is always in need of additional support. Their major fundraiser, The Walk to End Alzheimer’s, will be held in five cities statewide in 2018. The Boulder walk is Aug. 11, the Fort Morgan walk is Sept. 8, and the Denver, Colorado Springs and Cortez walks are on Sept. 15. For more information, visit alz.org. We hope to see you on Sept. 18. As always, live your passion and thirst responsibly.
ADVISORY BOARD Jean Ditslear Owner, 300 Suns Brewing Bess Dougherty Head Brewer, Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe and Brewery Sean Smiley State 38 Distilling
Kimberly Naslund Owner, Dancing Pines Distillery Alan Laws Owner, Laws Whiskey House Charlie Sturdavant Owner, Golden City Brewery
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INTERSECTIONS
18 Strange Brew
A mid-summer’s night calls for Barrels & Bottles’ dreamy brew
32 Untapped
You’d better get tickets to these events – the hottest of summer
34 Prime Pairings
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A classy cocktail and savory bacon straight from Breckenridge
36 Culinary Delights
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You don’t have to leave the Rockies for southern hospitality at Low Country Kitchen
46 Art of Brewing
Palisade Brewery’s small-town vibes lead to big-time fun
52 Pack it in 55 Brewers’ Favorites
True tales from the backcountry
What the experts are drinking and why
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We’ll help you find great drinks wherever you end up in Colorado
ADVENTURES
8 Cool Off
Ten bodies of water to wet your summer appetite
Made in Lyons, these traditional rods provide the magic touch
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Local Spirit
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Colorado band gets a set at Denver’s Grandoozy festival
Palisade fruit pears up with Peach Street spirits
What you need to keep the libations flowing on your next outing
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Bamboo Fly Rods
Rock On
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Don’t miss Colorado’s gorgeous golf scene this summer
Brews from the Range
Mountain Cowboy brews up craft beer and coffee in Frederick digs
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Dive into the of Colorado’s waters By R. Scott Rappold
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hen it comes to stunning Rocky Mountain scenery, nothing can compare with an alpine lake. The pure, crystalline water – sometimes bright blue or shades of green and typically as cold as melted snow (which it is) – reflects towering mountain peaks or a verdant pine forest. Whether you want to catch some trout, set up a tent for the night, paddle a kayak, take a hike, capture some photos or just enjoy a beer while you drink in the scenery, a visit to a Colorado mountain lake can be an unforgettable summer experience. We’ve compiled this list of Colorado lakes to add to your summer travel itinerary. You can drive right up to some of them, while others require trekking into the wilderness. See them now, because summer is short and winter is long in the Rockies.
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LAKE SAN CRISTOBAL, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS
Colorado’s second-largest natural lake is a water lover’s paradise located in a stunning valley in the San Juan Mountains near Lake City. There are public boat ramps, lakeside
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accommodations and campsites, plus all the rainbow trout you can imagine. Rent a boat or bring your own and when you’re done on the water, spend some time exploring the area’s famous Jeep roads or climbing one of the nearby 14,000-foot peaks.
VALLECITO RESERVOIR, FOUR CORNERS
Located 15 miles northeast of Durango, this huge reservoir is a crucial link in the water system of the Four Corners region and a must-see for boaters and anglers. You can bring your own craft, from stand-up paddleboards to power boats. Or rent one
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“Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams Seeking grace in every step he takes His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake” - John Denver, Rocky Mountain High
Ice Lake from the Vallecito Marina. There are several U.S. Forest Service campgrounds around the lake as well as commercial campgrounds and lodges. And the mighty Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado’s largest, borders the area, making it a great base camp for longer adventures.
ELKHEAD RESERVOIR, ELKHEAD STATE PARK
The high desert of northwest Colorado has few opportunities for water recreation, which makes Elkhead State Park a welcome oasis. It offers 900 acres for boating, swimming, fishing, wildlife viewing and a new campground overlooking the lake
Day hikes
EMERALD LAKE, GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST
It’s tough to imagine a more scenic bang for your hiking effort than Emerald Lake, with a roundtrip hike of just 0.75 miles. It’s located 12.5 miles up Gothic Road from Crested Butte (high-clearance vehicles recommended) near timberline. Be sure to follow the better trail above the lake to get a better view of the namesake emerald waters.
MOHAWK LAKES, WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST
These lakes are located in the Tenmile Range near Breckenridge, reached by an 8.5-mile in-and-out hike that starts near Colorado Highway 9. Follow the Spruce Creek Trail three miles to a waterfall, then 0.4 miles to the first lake. Climb above timberline as the trail continues another mile or so to the upper lake. You might wonder what all the pipes and pumping stations are for. Colorado Springs acquired these water rights
Vallecito Reservoir decades ago to pump the water beneath the Continental Divide.
BLUE LAKES, UNCOMPAHGRE NATIONAL FOREST
Near Ridgway you’ll find these rare gems – stunning wilderness lakes that are reachable by a relatively short three and one-half-mile hike. The trail begins at the end of Dallas Creek Wilderness and quickly enters the Mount Sneffels Wilderness. Most hikers stop at the first lake, which features the bluest waters this side of the Caribbean, and amazing campsites. You can continue on to two more lakes and all the way to the summit of 14,150-foot Mount Sneffels, though that ascent is not for the faint of heart.
ICE LAKE & ISLAND LAKE, SAN JUAN NATIONAL FOREST
High up in the San Juan Mountains near Silverton, find the stunningly beautiful Ice Lake Basin. Accessible via a seven-mile, roundtrip hiking trail, Ice Lake is situated at 12,270 feet in a basin surrounded by 13,000 foot peaks. Wildflowers, rushing streams and high-alpine views abound. If you’re up to the task, bring an inflatable paddle board to get out on the water. A short jaunt above Ice Lake is the aptly named Island Lake. Its knobby island sticks out of cool turquoise waters, giving the whole scene a surreal appearance. July-August 2018
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Overnight backpack trips GORE LAKE, WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST
The mighty Gore Range – the jagged mountain ranges seen from the front side of Vail – is known for stunning, hard-to-reach lakes. Gore Lake may be the prettiest, with a hike that begins in Vail. The trail is moderate for four miles, then the spur to the lake becomes steep for another one and onehalf miles before the lake, ringed by jagged peaks, comes into view. It’s in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, so your only company will be wildlife and other hikers, and you’ll be glad you brought a tent to stay a while.
BROWNS LAKE, SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST
This lake is located just south of fourteener Mount Antero in the Arkansas River Valley, a popular summer destination. But the six-mile hike each way keeps all but the hardiest day hikers away. Be sure to check out the waterfall two miles in and continue up a beautiful valley to the lake. You can find camping at the beaver dam where the lake empties, as well as on the far side, though you may encounter ATVs. You’ll feel like you are a long way from the busy valley below.
Blue Lakes
LAKES OF THE CLOUDS, SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST
Gore Lake
The Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado have no shortage of pretty lakes, but these may be the best. The three lakes each boast their own views and personalities. Starting at the Gibson Creek Trailhead near Westcliffe, follow the multi-use Rainbow Trail until the turn-off for Lakes of the Clouds. You’ll reach the first lake after a good two and one-half steep, rocky miles. Resist the urge to make camp immediately and explore the two upper lakes – reached by turning left or right above the first lake – and find your private campsite in paradise. The Sangres preside over these lakes like forbidding rocky spires. R. Scott Rappold is the former outdoor recreation reporter for The Colorado Springs Gazette and a full-time ski and mountain bum who writes when he needs money for skiing or beer.
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RANDOOZY SEPT. 14-16 • OVERLAND GOLF COURSE • 40 + ARTISTS By Mary Anderson enver’s music scene is rising to new heights with the first festival of its kind in the city: Grandoozy. Headliners Kendrick Lamar, Florence + The Machine and Stevie Wonder will take the stage at Overland Park Golf Course. “We couldn’t be happier with the lineup and believe it’s a great balance of some of the hottest names in music, legendary performers and even some great local bands,” Richard W. Scharf, president and CEO of Visit Denver says. Put on by Superfly, the co-creators of Bonnaroo and Outside Lands, the festival will give local bands a national platform to promote themselves and the city. This national spotlight is expected to amplify Denver as a music destination.For participants, it will be a weekend unlike any other. “It’s gonna be different than most experiences people have in Denver,” executive producer of the event and long-time executive director of Denver Theatre District David Ehrlich says. “We really pride ourselves on the experience at our events. We do not just throw up a bunch of stages and port-a-lets.”
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According to Kerry Black, co-founder of Superfly, “We really try to create mini-worlds within the festival for a full entertainment experience.” The experiences will include nearly 40 musical acts in addition to food, craft beer, art and outdoor events. With Denver’s biggest chefs like Jennifer Jasinski and Tommy Lee, the Devour Denver event will feature some of the city’s most celebrated food. The Arts & Crafts event will be curated by Steve Kurowski of the Colorado Brewers Guild with the help of Chad Michael George, partner at The Way Back, Wayward and American Grind. It will feature tons of craft beer, spirits and local artists. Bringing it all together, the Backyard event will feature a 1980’s ski lodge and a range of outdoor brands, a nod to our state’s active lifestlye and love for everything outdoors. “We’re combining a really deep neighborhood and community effort with a kind of sense of fun and outgoingness,” Ehrlich says. And for the music scene, “I think this was the missing piece,” he adds.
Florence + The Machine Kendrick Lamar Stevie Wonder Logic
The Chainsmokers
Sturgill Simpson
Gasoline Lollipops
Kendrick Lamar Dragondeer
For more, visit grandoozy.com/lineup All photos courtesy of Superfly
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August 25TH Main Street • Central City 1PM - 6PM 25+ Breweries Live Music by the Rick Lewis Project Food and More! Tickets: $ 40 in Advance $ 45 at the Door $ 60 = VIP (VIP includes early admission plus amenities)
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GASOLINE LOLLIPOPS FRONTMAN EXPLAINS HIS BAND’S MIX OF FOLK, PUNK AND COUNTRY By Mary Anderson
oulder’s Gasoline Lollipops will be right at home on the Grandoozy stage. Much like some of the headliners that will hit the stage, Gasoline Lollipops, one of the top-billed Colorado acts in the festival, blends styles, including folk, punk and country. Growing up, lead singer and founder Clay Rose split time between his songwriting mom in Tennessee and his truck-driving dad near Jamestown and Ward. “Music was a big part of everywhere I went as a kid. Especially in Colorado, every Saturday night they would have a bluegrass jam up at the Millsite Inn, which is this little pizza bar up on the Peak to Peak Highway. Everyone would bring their instruments and just jam. That jam would go until like two, three in the morning sometimes. I’d fall asleep on the rawhide booth,” Rose said.
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In the South, there was more of a folk element. “It’s more about the story you’re telling. These songs that they would sing down there, they’re hundreds of years old,” Rose says. They would play on homemade and unconventional instruments such as spoons and the washtub bass. According to Rose, instruments were simply there to frame the story. It was rough, but authentic. “When I was in elementary school, I was made to start playing classic piano, violin and flute. And I didn’t like any of it,” he said. “That was not my idea of music. From what I had witnessed as a kid, music was something that was either in you or it wasn’t. And if it was in you, it was going to find a way out of you.” It wasn’t long before music found its way out of him. Rose spent a summer in the backwoods
of Nova Scotia with no power or running water and only candles for light. With nothing else to do, he began mastering five chords his dad taught him. “That was the first time that I was really just hooked,” Rose said. “I was just writing and writing, filling up notebooks every week with lyrics. And I never thought about playing these songs for anyone. I just played because I couldn’t not.” Even when he did play those songs for a crowd, he didn’t plan for it. One day, when Rose and his dad stopped in a small town for the night, they stumbled upon an open mic session in a barn. “I got up there and I played a song,” he recalls. “The crowd erupted and they wanted another. So I played them another. And then a guy jumped up from the audience and started playing congas with me. And on the next
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song, a guy jumped up on fiddle, and started playing fiddle with me. And that was my first gig.” Rose later grew into a mindset of rebellion, following a bad record deal that put him out of the game for two and a half years. His heroes were early protest singers like Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, along with more recent punk rockers NOFX, Rancid and The Distillers. In 2006, while living in punk rock mode and listening to country music, Rose formed Gasoline Lollipops. “Over the years, band members changed and I grew up a little,” Rose says. “Our sound refined. I calmed down. I wasn’t making music just to annoy people anymore. There was a period of time when that was my sole purpose. The Gasoline Lollipops still retain that punk rock spirit a little bit. But I’m not playing for the purpose of rebellion anymore.” The reason for that change tracks back to a desire to unite, not destroy. “I think change can come in the form of evolution, and it’s much gentler and more creative. We don’t have to destroy anything, we can just turn it into something new,” Rose says. “I spent a long time as a satellite in a really big universe. That gets lonely. But you still look around and there’s the phenomenon of life all around you. You are a part of it. So in that, we’re never alone. I think that’s a message worth amplifying.” Rose is the last original member of the band. But the guys that play alongside him are special in their own ways, as are their initial encounters with their lead singer and acoustic guitarist. After seeing Don Ambory play at the Gold Hill Inn, Rose invited the guitarist to the Lollipops’ weekly gig at the Waterloo. He’s been playing with them ever since.
“I’m grateful to alcohol for a few things. One is that I never would have had the courage to approach my wife, if I hadn’t been drunk. And two is I never would have had the courage to approach Donny Ambory if I hadn’t been drunk,” Rose recalls, laughing. The rebellious Rose also went through a few bass players in the early days. “Finally, I was auditioning bass players and this kid shows up, his name is Bradley Morse. He shows up to audition wearing a cardigan, khaki slacks, wingtips and these glasses,” Rose recalls, laughing. “But the boy could play. Tongue in cheek, we’ve named him Bad Brad. Baddest dude I know. And he’s still with us. That was four years ago.” Morse also introduced Kevin Matthews to the group as a new drummer. “I’m looking forward to this new incarnation,” Rose says. Looking to Grandoozy, the band is “dazed” and excited to play at a festival with artists like Sturgill Simpson, who also plays at the edges of rock, country and folk. “I’m really excited. I am really starstruck by Florence + The Machine. That’s the main thing I’m thinking about. Like can I sit backstage and watch her sing?” Rose says humbly with a chuckle. Check out gasolinelollipops.com to learn more about the band before their performance at the inaugural Grandoozy Festival.
MORE ABOUT CLAY ROSE
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Rose’s mother Donna Farrar co-wrote “Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning,” which was a hit for Willie Nelson. At those Millsite Inn jam sessions, Rose played with other musicians who joined Leftover Salmon and the Yonder Mountain String Band. Rose’s musical heroes as a child were Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, “early rock and rollers that pushed the envelope and were raw, like the bluegrass I was raised on.”
Mary Anderson is a freelance graphic designer and writer currently based in Denver. When she is not designing logos or writing magazine stories, you’ll most likely find her in the mountains.
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STRANGE BREW
FLYING THE FREAK FLAG(SHIP)
Barrels & Bottles turns unusual ale into year-round favorite By Steve Graham
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Company and Sleeping Giant Brewing Company, a contract brewery that helps small breweries get more beer into cans and bottles. Sleeping Giant expects to exceed 60,000 barrels of beer this year. Moore scaled down substantially to the small operation at Barrels & Bottles. “I’ve always liked the smaller end of it,” Moore said. “I did the Sleeping Giant because I wanted to see the production end of it, but I enjoy the smaller scale and the more personal stuff. I like the idea of having the freedom and autonomy to do whatever I want.”
He also appreciates being part of a smaller community and a smaller brewery market in Golden. Barrels & Bottles draws a consistent crowd of locals and tourists through the big, airy garage doors for 27 beer taps (about a third brewed in house and the rest are guest beers), 24 wines on tap and wine slushies — think Icee drinks for grownups. “People know us and it’s an easy community to be a part of,” Moore said. Steve Graham is a freelance writer and former newspaper editor who likes taking his two young boys biking, hiking and brewery-hopping in northern Colorado.
Orange Creamsicle Style: Ale with orange and vanilla Brewery: Barrels & Bottles Location: Golden ABV: 6 percent IBU: 10
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reg Moore knows better than to tell his customers what to drink. “The funny thing about flagship beers is you can decide all you want what your flagship is going to be, but sales are going to dictate what your flagship is going to be,” he said. Moore is the head brewer at Golden’s Barrels & Bottles Brewery, where customers have demanded year-round flagship-level production of what was once a one-off firkin of blonde ale flavored with orange juice, orange peel and vanilla beans. “The nice thing about being small scale is we can do lots of different stuff, and here we are always focused on the beer,” Moore said. “We aren’t worried about the trends. We’re just trying to do right by our beer and by our customers.” The orange creamsicle ale dates back to previous head brewer Cory Carvatt. He brought the recipe with him from Dry Dock Brewing Co. in Aurora, where he blended that original firkin. Moore said he maintained Carvatt’s process but tweaked the recipe. “I have manipulated it a bunch,” he said. “When I first got here, it was kind of like a big old vanilla bomb.” He admits he wanted to balance out the vanilla both to bring out the milder beer flavors and to save money. Real vanilla is expensive, and Moore isn’t interested in artificial ingredients. “I wait for it to finish fermenting, then I add real, actual orange juice in secondary (fermentation),” he said. “In the bright tank, I add vanilla beans and dried orange peels to try to round out the orange flavor in there.” He also added some wheat to his standard blonde ale recipe. The result is a favorite among regulars, and a draw for newcomers. Most customers want to try the beer even if it’s not their favorite style, he said. Returning customers complain when it runs out, but Moore hopes that won’t happen this summer. “We’re ramping up into the summertime,” Moore said. “This is when everything gets a little crazy and it’s non-stop brewing.” Moore worked at ever-larger breweries: Rock Bottom Brewery, Wynkoop Brewing
LOCAL FRUIT AND SPIRIT PEARS NICELY By Neill Pieper
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ocal. If there is one word that epitomizes rural Colorado it must be this two-syllable word. From packed farmers’ markets in the park to Keep It Local stickers slapped on the backs of ranchers’ pick-up trucks, Colorado communities know that supporting small business keeps the archetypal landscape alive. For Peach Street Distillery, it’s not hard to stay local. Nestled in the sleepy town of Palisade, Peach Street was founded in 2005 by a couple of guys that found their love of spirits through beer. Bill Graham and Dave Thibodeau, co-founders of Ska Brewing, found that starting a distillery seemed to be a natural, albeit difficult, progression from the brewery that they already brought to fruition. Looking to incorporate Palisade’s homegrown fruit produce into craft spirits, they joined up with longtime friend Rory Donovan and began the trial and error process of creating a craft distillery. The location of Peach Street seems to have fueled many of their outside-the-box products. The fertile ground surrounding Palisade is blanketed by a quilt of small orchards and vineyards that make up the area known as the Grand Valley. Palisade’s geography gives its community of artisans a terroir unlike any other in Colorado. Cool snow run-off flows from the mountains, culminating in the meandering Colorado River that flows through town. The river fuels the growth of peaches, pears, grapes and a multitude of other fruits and vegetables. The distillery takes advantage of the fertile ground to produce apple, peach and pear brandy, plum eau de vie and muscat grappa, among other offerings. Peach Street’s current head distiller, Dave Lindig, started “brewing” up one of their more unique offerings in about 2010, after the distillery had excelled in everything from its Jackalope Gin to brandy made from local fruits. Doing a little product research, Lindig found that across the Atlantic, the French had been growing pears inside glass
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bottles, before filling them with brandy. Back in Palisade it was an easy decision: “We produce award-winning brandy. We’re here and we might as well do this,” Lindig said. So, in the spring of 2010 Lindig and a few Peach Street employees coaxed a local pear farmer into letting them hang a few bottles on tree branches. Around harvest time the bottles were removed from the trees (about 85 percent of the pears grew in the bottle) and were filled to the brim with craft hooch. The result: a whole ripe pear bobbing ever so slightly, enveloped by pear brandy – a message in a bottle from Palisade. Fast forward to the spring of 2018, Lindig and the crew were back at it, hanging 300 bottles on pear trees at a local orchard. Without a doubt, it’s a tedious process. Roughly four people spent up to seven hours hanging bottles. Young, healthy pears are chosen and each bottle is hung upside down, attached to the branch in two places. “Growing in groups of three, each threesome has a king pear,” explains Lindig. The king is the healthiest and is the one that survives and winds up in the bottle. All this work yields a brandy that is delicious and local, local, local. Each bottle of brandy is made using 20 pounds of ripe pears, plus the single pear inside. The pear inside slowly leeches fresh juice into the brandy, imparting more flavor and sweetness into the final product. It’s dangerously smooth. And there’s something intoxicating about watching the pear bounce around inside a bottle with a neck that is one-fourth the size of the pear inside. The final question: What do you do with the pear once the brandy’s all gone? Lindig slowly grins and says, “I’ve only seen a few that have tried to remove the pear … and they were drunk off their ass.” Neill Pieper uses his considerable thirst for the craft beer scene to provide editorial, marketing and photography at Thirst Colorado.
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OUR GUIDE TO IMBIBING ON YOUR COLORADO ADVENTURES By Steve Graham
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olorado offers some of the world’s best outdoor craft beer and spirits, and some of the most enticing backcountry adventures. A lot of us live here because we can enjoy both — often together. But how do you enjoy responsibly while hiking, biking, rafting, fishing and playing around the state? In addition to controlling consumption, responsibility in this case is about minimizing the burden on your back, keeping your drinks cool and making sure you can pack out what you pack in. Here’s
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how to choose, carry and consume your adult beverages in the Colorado backcountry.
Choose it
My first rule when choosing backcountry beverages is no glass: it weighs too much, you have to carry it all back out, it’s too fragile and many parks don’t even allow glass. Oskar Blues Brewery is credited with launching the canned craft beer revolution in 2002, so include some classic Dale’s Pale Ale in one of your summer adventures just for
old times’ sake (oskarblues.com). Of course, there are plenty of other canned craft choices these days. Even many small breweries without canning lines have crowler machines for filling oversized cans with fresh craft goodness. Or invest in a ManCan or another aluminum growler. Many even come with CO2 regulators for keeping the beer carbonated (mancan.beer). And with all the great canned Colorado craft out there, you can find a beer for every type of adventure, such as Great Divide’s
Silipint makes virtually indestructible BPA-free silicon pint glasses in a wide variety of colors and whimsical designs. They also make stemless 14-ounce wine glasses and 12-ounce cocktail tumblers (silipint.com). To add some insulation, check out the Hydro Flask insulated stainless steel pint glass, available in 10 colors (hydroflask.com). To get more serious with your insulation, check out the 24-ounce stein from Stanley, the famed Thermos company that has been keeping your drinks cold and your lunch hot for decades. It looks like an Oktoberfest vessel, complete with latching lid, and will keep your drinks frosty for up to 9 hours (Stanley-pmi.com). Enjoy your summer adventures. Drink responsibly. And whatever containers you use, don’t forget to pack them out. Bear Creek west of Morrison is a great place to test a Yeti Hopper and your favorite beverages. Photo: Neill Pieper
Roadie, a grapefruit radler that honors the road warriors pedaling our mountain passes. Or if you’re headed up to take in Colorado’s highest peaks, consider a Mt. Massive IPA from the appropriately named 14er Brewing. Of course, Upslope’s Rocky Mountain Kolsch covers all adventures in our mountainous terrain, as does the Mountain Livin’ Pale Ale from Crazy Mountain Brewery. Wineries and distilleries are also getting into the aluminum game. Infinite Monkey Theorem in Denver is leading the admittedly smaller canned wine revolution, and makes a variety of high-quality, single-serve wines in creatively designed cans (theinfinitemonkeytheorem.com). If you’re partial to other local craft wine, the Platypus hydration pack folks have you covered. They make a 27-ounce PlatyPreserve, a sturdy plastic bladder that keeps your vino fresh without the weight and hazards of a glass bottle (platy.com). Mile High Spirits in Denver claims to have sold the first craft Moscow Mule in a can. The Punching Mule is made with the company’s own Elevate Vodka and ginger beer, along with natural lime flavor. At 7 percent ABV, it’s a great backcountry option for non-beer fans (punchingmule.com). The Wheelhouse Canning Co. in Denver produces tasty cocktails that are mixed up locally and sold in four packs. Try the Mint Cucumber Elderflower Lime & Vodka drink for a refreshing thirst-quencher (wheelhousecocktails.com).
Carry it
Steve Graham will be stocking up on crowlers at his Fort Collins neighborhood breweries on his way to family camping trips and multi-day bike rides this summer.
So, you have your indestructible aluminum growler full of beer or your case of canned wines and mules. Now what? How are you getting it to the campsite and keeping it cool? One great option is Rollr wheeled coolers from Colorado-based Rovr Products. They are known for the giant 9-inch punctureresistant tires and bear-proof latches, but they also have a pop-up bin for hauling extra gear, a bike attachment kit, and perhaps most importantly, they will keep your drinks cold for up to 10 days (www.rovrproducts.com). If you need even more portability, there are a few reliable cooler backpacks. One of the best in the industry is the Yeti Hopper Backflip 24, which can hold up to 20 beer cans or 25 pounds of ice, although you probably want to carry some combination of both (yeti.com). Also keep in mind that you can chill your beverage cans or a well-sealed growler in about 30 minutes in a cold mountain stream.
Drink it
So you got the booze, you hauled it to your fishing spot or your campsite. But it’s not practical to drink straight from the growler, and as much as we love canned craft beer, we still suggest pouring it into a cup — the bulk of taste is actually related to smell, so you’re mostly tasting aluminum when your nose is up against that pull tab. We have three good alternatives to traditional drinking glasses. July-August 2018
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he shingle outside reads South Creek Limited. The gold stenciled lettering on the glass of the small, unassuming storefront on Main Street in Lyons names the store again, as well as proprietor Michael D. Clark. It also spells out his craft and trade: handmade custom bamboo fly rods. Inside, the shop is equal parts showroom and workshop, and entering could bring tears of joy to riverfolk who didn’t think places like this existed anymore – places their grandfathers might have sought out. Up front in glass and darkwood cases are all the tools of the flyfisher’s trade: reels, lines, flies from renown flytiers and books by established fishing writers. The walls are lined with racks of bamboo rods, some South Creek’s own and some from other craftsmen who still ply the bamboo trade in the graphite era. Sticks of raw bamboo stand near the door in bundles, curing and degreening right in the shop. Artist renderings of trout and other game fish add natural color. But the workshop in back is where the real work gets done. Here Clark handcrafts each bamboo fly rod that bears the South Creek name, a trade he’s practiced since 1979. Entirely self-taught, Clark got into the craft because, well, necessity is the mother of invention. “I was working in the construction industry and I decided I wanted a bamboo rod,” he says in his laconic way. “I was married and had a kid. Had a house payment. And there just wasn’t the money to buy one. So, I thought I’d just build one.” The first attempts, he admits, were flawed. They were like “broomsticks,” he said. But with time, he learned the materials, began understanding tapers and improved incrementally, until, fortuitously, fate came knocking on the door. Or rather, walking into the garage. “Guy come walking into my garage one day where I was working and asked me how much one of my rods went for. I thought, ‘You mean I can sell these things?’” he said, chuckling. “That was the beginning of that.”
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Clark describes himself as a manufacturer or a craftsman, and his shop is emblematic of that profession. On a workbench that commands the room, his steel planning form is calibrated to grade out the various sections of the bamboo to precisely the right measurements.
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Pointing to the planning form with a caliper that he uses to tune it, Clark said, “You can see here that it’s set to 30 one thousandths here, 79 one thousandths here. This one should be 58 but it’s measuring 59. Need to adjust that.”
To call it precise is an understatement. Clark’s dedication to quality production is evidenced in his willingness to scrap a rod that doesn’t measure up. “If it doesn’t test right on the water, it goes right into the garbage can,” he said. Asked for favorite stories about custom requests, Clark tells of a father requesting two duplicate rods for his two sons from the same materials as those put into his own rod years ago, creating a trio of family heirlooms. Or the customer who sent him a block of wood from an apple tree which, for years, had stood outside his family home. The wood will be fashioned into the spacers and wood accents on a new rod. My personal favorite is about a gent from the United Kingdom who had his accents, spacers, stripper, and ferrule covers all wrought from a block of jade. In the winter, when there’s ice on the water and in the air itself sometimes, Front Range flyfishers can be short on fishing, but long on storytelling. He smiles and says, “They just want to swill coffee and tell lies.” During those chilly months of more fishy tales than fish, Clark changes his shop hours to concentrate fully on production. Clark estimates he’s hand crafted more than a thousand rods in his career, averaging 30 to 40 per year now. At any given time, about seven rods are in the various stages of planning, gluing, polishing or refining. The demand is high, as is the wait: ask for a rod today and it will be ready in about three years. But then fishing is often all about waiting. Waiting for the right season, the right hatch, the right cast in the right place, and the rise of a fish to the right fly. Waiting for the right fly rod made at the hands of Mike Clark just seems right, too. South Creek Limited is located at 415 Main Street in Lyons. Summer hours are Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit the website at southcreekltd.com for more information. Kyle Kirves is a solid dude who believes drinking beer should be a five-senses experience.
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6TH ANNUAL ARISE MUSIC FESTIVAL AUGUST 3-5 Loveland
The ARISE Music Festival is taking place at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland. This diverse threeday festival features seven stages of music, yoga, camping workshops and more. ARISE offers a widely diverse lineup of performers, this year headlined by Slightly Stoopid and Thievery Corporation. arisefestival.com
WINE ON THE ROCKS AUGUST 4 Morrison
A warm summer day, 180 wines to sample, music, food and shopping while overlooking Red Rocks Amphitheater in the heart of Morrison — what more could you ask for? cowineontherocks.com
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS HOT AIR BALLOON RODEO JULY 14-15 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
The Hot Air Balloon Rodeo and Art in the Park have been staples of Steamboat Springs for
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4TH OF JULY EVERGREEN MUSIC FESTIVAL JULY 4 Evergreen
Enjoy 14 performers, including FACE Vocal Band and The Burroughs soul band, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Park. There will also be free children’s activities and a car show. evergreenmusicfestival.org
22ND ANNUAL COLORADO BREWERS RENDEZVOUS JULY 14 Salida
Venture to Salida’s Riverside Park for this one-day beer roundup, featuring up to 300 beers from more than 75 Colorado breweries. Each ticket includes a commemorative glass and unlimited samples. salidachamber.org
7TH ANNUAL RIDE MUSIC FESTIVAL JULY 14-15 Telluride
Enjoy handpicked talent against a breathtaking Telluride backdrop. Since debuting in 2012, the RIDE Music Festival has garnered a reputation for its thoughtful performances. This year’s lineup includes the String Cheese Incident, Sheryl Crow and more. ridefestival.com
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decades. Get to town in the morning to watch more than 30 hot air balloons dot the Yampa Valley sky, while some attempt to kiss their baskets off the surface of Bald Eagle Lake.
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2018 KEYSTONE WINE AND JAZZ FESTIVAL JULY 14-15 Keystone
Keystone’s Wine and Jazz Festival brings more than 300 varieties of red, white and bubbly wine to your palate. Check out the Warren Station Reserve Wine Tasting on Friday evening, and top off the weekend with educational wine seminars and free smooth jazz shows. keystonefestivals.com
21ST ANNUAL BLUES AND BBQ FESTIVAL JULY 21 Edgewater
Gather at Citizen’s Park in Edgewater to enjoy great local music and food and to raise money for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. The event includes amazing bands, food vendors, artisans and local breweries. bluesnbbq.com
SPRINGS BEER FEST JULY 21 Colorado Springs
The 12th annual Springs Beer Fest will be hosted at America the Beautiful Park. With food vendors, beer-related arts and craft vendors and more than 120 beers, this is a can’t-miss event. springsbeerfest.com
9TH ANNUAL WINTER PARK BEER FESTIVAL AUGUST 4 Winter Park
Located in Hideaway Park in downtown Winter Park, the event includes more than 40 craft breweries, local vendors, great views and rocking music. winterparkbeerfestival.com
DENVER BURGER BATTLE AUGUST 2 DENVER
The goal of the Denver Burger Battle is simple: determine the best burger in Colorado. Head over
SAVE THE ALES BEER FEST AUGUST 9 Denver
Whether it’s snow on our mountains, ice in rivers or water flowing through faucets, Conservation Colorado works to protect our water. Raise a glass with friends as you help raise money for beer’s main ingredient — water. conservationco.org
HOPS IN THE HANGAR AUGUST 11 Denver
Hops in the Hangar hosts dozens of Denver breweries at the Wings Over the Rockies Aerospace Museum. Tickets include unlimited beer tastings, access to games, activities, aircraft cockpits and a complimentary meal. wingsmuseum.org
VELORAMA FESTIVAL AUGUST 17-19 Denver
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Velorama combines two of Colorado’s favorite pastimes – live music and bicycling. The festival will feature the start and finish of the second annual Colorado Classic pro bicycle race, as well as several other competitive races, live performances, and an interactive bicycle expo with test tracks for road, dirt and e-bikes. veloramafestival.com to the Tivoli quad on Auraria Campus to sample burgers from 20 different restaurants and vote for your favorite.
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A TASTE OF COLORADO SEPTEMBER 1-3 DENVER
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THE GREAT CENTRAL CITY BEER FESTIVAL AUGUST 25 Central City
PITMASTER BBQ & MUSIC FESTIVAL AUGUST 18-19 Avon
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The 5th Annual Boulder Craft Beer Festival brings together breweries from around Boulder County and beyond. The festival includes beer tasting from more than 30 breweries, live music, free yard games and a chance to meet brewers. boulderdowntown.com
The Pitmaster BBQ and Music Fest brings national award-winning pitmasters to Colorado in a backyard setting. Activities include culinary classes, family backyard games and a variety of music genres. pitmasterbbqfest.com
COLORADO STATE FAIR AUGUST 24-SEPTEMBER 3 Pueblo
Bring your appetite to the Colorado State Fairgrounds for Pueblo green chiles, funnel cakes, deep-fried Snickers and other fair fare. With competitive livestock events, concerts, rodeos, a carnival and other attractions, the state fair is an event for everybody. coloradostatefair.com
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will be free concerts from more than 25 local and national artists, 175 arts and crafts booths, 50 food vendors, and entertainment for the whole family.
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You won’t want to miss pours from 18 craft breweries and live music from Parkside and Jewel & The Rough on this summer afternoon in Central City. There will also be a cemetery crawl and bus service back to the Denver metro area. centralcitybeerfest.com
This homegrown running and beer-sampling event will have races and activities for all comers, ranging from the competitive running athlete to the family that would like to jog or walk the racetrack at Pikes Peak International Raceway. All activities will take place within PPIR’s 1-mile oval racetrack and entertainment grounds. ppir.com
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Prime Pairings Flutterby Potion Breckenridge Distillery Restaurant (BDR) brings unique flavors from Chef David Burke and mixes them with good company in a relaxed mountain setting. Using whole animals as much as possible, BDR flavors are big and bold, yet remain rooted in traditional American cuisine. When Burke was designing the menu, he wanted to give people local, seasonal and approachable dishes: American food that complements the fantastic spirits of Breckenridge Distillery. In this case, the Clothesline Bacon paired with the Flutterby Potion provides a sweet flavor of summer. The hidden citrus flavors in the Clothesline Bacon brings out the lemon zest in the Flutterby Potion. The citrus flavors help with digestion by essentially cutting the fat and giving a fresh taste.
Ingredients 1 ½ oz Breckenridge vodka 1 ½ oz butterfly pea flower/Himalayan sea salt syrup 1 ½ oz fresh lemon juice Garnish/edible butterfly 2 cups sugar
Directions Start by creating the butterfly pea flower syrup. Over medium heat, add four cups of water and one ounce dried butterfly pea flower, and then stir. Let cool until the color turns blue. Strain out the flower and add one-quarter teaspoon of Himalayan sea salt and two cups of sugar. Stir until dissolved. Pour Breckenridge vodka and butterfly pea flower syrup into a 10-ounce collins glass. Add crushed or pebbled ice. Pour lemon juice over the top.
Pair with Clothesline Bacon The BDR Clothesline Bacon is applesmoked then cut extra thick. The thick pieces are roasted then glazed with maple Dijon citrus. Salt and pepper are added to the bacon and it is then hung on a clothesline. When the process is complete, the bacon is served with dill pickles and lemon wedges.
Billie Keithley, eight-year distillery veteran and Breckenridge Distillery’s liquid chef, uses locally and seasonally sourced ingredients to craft their cocktail menu. Her deep passion for hand-crafted cocktails exceeds the boundaries of creativity. “If it is edible, I can create a delectable cocktail with it,” said Keithley.
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August 25, 2018 EVENT SCHEDULE 1:00 pm: Gates Open and Track Available for Warm-Ups 3:00 pm: Beer Garden, Live Music, and Family Fun Activities Begin. Headliner BOSTYX at 7 pm and activities end at 9 pm. • Family Fun Zone • Face Painting • Corn-Hole • Participant Costume • Go-Kart Rental Contest (ages 12 and up) • People’s Choice Best • Team Relay Races Beer Competition & Challenges and More! $39.50 Includes Event T-shirt, Mini Mug and Access to Brew Fest. Youth and Concert Only pricing also available.
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CULINARY DELIGHTS
LOW COUNTRY BRINGS SOUTHERN CHARM, SAVORY RECIPES TO COLORADO
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rian and Katy Vaughn, co-owners of Low Country Kitchen locations in Denver and Steamboat Springs want to paint the Rocky Mountain region with broad, chicken-fried strokes. The husband and wife team has strong ties to a handful of Southern states, and successfully merges a medley of familiar flavors to create a downhome setting for summer staples. “Low Country cuisine is more of the Carolina coastline, the low country of Charleston,” Brian said. “We kind of take liberties, so it ranges from Creole and Cajun all the way to the Carolinas.” Although the menu is “bits and pieces from all over the South” the fried chicken is the main attraction and the perfect seasonal meal, especially coupled with their solid selection of sparkling wines. The Vaughns say they helped lead the widely-embraced trend of partnering the acidity and lightness of bubbles with supremely juicy and crispy breaded bird. “We kind of stumbled upon it,” Katy said. “When we opened, the concept wasn’t totally fried chicken-centric. It just became the superstar so we thought ‘how can we feature it even more.’” The best-selling entree is available on brunch, dinner and happy-hour menus, with options to enjoy solo or share family-style with five to six hearty pieces and a bottle of brut cava. “I love it because it’s elevating comfort food,” Katy said. “It’s fancy and casual all at the same time.” Low Country’s sought-after American indulgence is not attributed to a special blend of seasoning or a coveted family recipe, but
instead utilizes preparatory procedures to lock in lusciousness. The all-natural, organic and Colorado-sourced chicken spends 24 hours in brine, then 24 hours in buttermilk and hot sauce before it’s ready to take a dive into the fryer. “It’s not so much a secret spice or anything. It’s just time,” Brian said. “We take a long, long process when we marinate it. Then we have some different proseccos and splits of champagne that all pair really, really well.” The recent opening of Low Country’s rooftop patio at the Denver LoHi location adds front-porch appeal, with zydeco music in the background and views of the Denver skyline. “Fried chicken and bubbles, summertime patios,” said Brian, who agrees that the framework simply mandates that folks have a good time. On Wednesday nights during the summer, a crawfish boil up top and inside the restaurant also offers an authentic experience. Mud bugs, potatoes and corn are strewn over a blanket of newspaper much like on a traditional Louisiana Saturday night. “We missed the food from our homes so we thought it would be something fun and there’s not a lot of Southern restaurants in Colorado,” Brian said. The food menu is not just a one-trickpony. It extends to other favorites that include Memphis-style, dry rubbed ribs, an openfaced fried green tomato BLT with a 48-hour sous-vide pork belly and a slice of heaven that arrives in the form of Grand Marnier pecan pie. Katy time-hops when she refers to the shrimp and grits as an opportunity to reflect on her “first really exciting food memory in Charleston, from when I was seven or eight years old.” “You eat and it just brings you back to your childhood,” said Katy, who credits the Anson Mills antebellum grain for “a really nice, rich, thicker texture” that disproves that grits are runny and unpalatable. The Vaughns acknowledge some subtle differences in the menus in each city, which they attribute entirely to their “hyper-local” mentality. Low Country’s honey and dairy products are sourced in Steamboat Springs. Peaches, tomatoes, okra and corn are from Palisade. During the warmer months, they shop for additional produce for the Denver
location at the nearby Union Station farmer’s market. “We source as much food as we can from Colorado while still keeping it Southern cuisine,” said Brian. The cocktail program is also consistent with the Colorado craft focus and leans heavily into whiskey, a nod to Brian’s preferences and a Kentucky lineage that traces back to Makers Mark. Clever names for handcrafted drinks include The Devil You Know and The Hemingway. “It’s just something we always had growing up,” said Katy, of the inevitable choice to bring Southern cuisine to Colorado. “It was a natural concept because it was already so close to home for us.” Low Country Kitchen is at 1575 Boulder St., in Denver, and 435 Lincoln Ave., in Steamboat Springs. Dionne Roberts is the editor of the Rocky Mountain Food Report, rockymountainfoodreport.com
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Get Your Swing On at These Colorado Gems By Dylan Hochstedler
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ARROWHEAD
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rom the eastern plains to over 9,000 feet above sea level, Colorado offers golf courses to challenge everyone from the struggling duffer to the PGA contender. Blast one off a towering cliff at Arrowhead Golf Course or tee up in the city while enjoying views of the Denver skyline and the Continental Divide. According to the Colorado Golf Association, of the 223 courses in Colorado, 144 are public, while 55 courses are private. There are 16 resort courses, meaning you have to stay at the resort that houses the golf course to have access to the greens. Additionally, there are five semi-private courses and three military courses.
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BUCKET LISTING There are numerous courses you should take a swing at this summer, but here are a few of the most challenging favorites.
PUBLIC COURSES Red Sky Ranch, Wolcott The Broadmoor (stay and play), Colorado Springs The Ridge at Castle Pines North, Castle Pines The Golf Course at Redlands Mesa, Grand Junction
PRIVATE COURSES Castle Pines, Castle Rock Ballyneal, Holyoke Cherry Hills, Cherry Hills Village Colorado Golf Club, Parker Maroon Creek Club, Aspen Roaring Fork Club, Basalt Catamount Ranch & Club, Steamboat Springs
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With the help of Chris Thayer, the 2016 Colorado Golf Association Mid-Amateur Player of the Year, and former pro Steve Irwin, we’ve compiled some ideas to add to your bucket list as you explore Colorado’s links. Remember, there’s an overriding theme in the state that the Colorado Rockies learned about long ago. “I’ve played a bunch of courses in Colorado and there’s a lot of really good public ones,” Thayer said. “The one thing in Colorado that’s fun – but also a bit of a challenge -- is that the ball flies further than it does at sea level, with a slightly different trajectory.”
HAYMAKER GOLF COURSE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS With a spectacular Mount Werner backdrop, this Yampa Valley golf course offers alpine views of the Flat Top mountain range and other scenery native to the wetlands. “Haymaker Golf Course is one of the wonderful courses I’ve played in the mountains,” Irwin said. “You can’t beat the views. Steamboat is a great town and Haymaker is one of my favorite Colorado courses,” he said.
MARIANA BUTTE GOLF COURSE LOVELAND “We did a survey with our CGA members and asked them their favorite courses to play around the state and a few of them stood out,” said Ryan Smith of the Colorado Golf
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Association. “Headed north, the course that our members said was their favorite is Mariana Butte, in Loveland.” With elevated tees and challenging holes that border the Big Thompson River, Mariana Butte is the proud recipient of the 2018 Reader’s Choice CAGGY Award for Best Front Range/Northeast Course by Colorado AvidGolfer.
IRON BRIDGE GOLF CLUB – GLENWOOD SPRINGS Combining elements of a country club and a public course, this semi-private community in the Glenwood Springs area offers the complete package. The front nine plays like a meadow course, with flat terrain and water hazards, while 10-13 offer a stretch of mountain- and canyon-type of terrain. By the time you climb up to the 14th tee box and play the remaining holes, you’ll feel like you’ve played three entirely different courses.
ARROWHEAD GOLF COURSE LITTLETON Long a favorite for those looking to experience a mountain course just 30 minutes from Denver, Arrowhead Golf Course is as beautiful as it is relaxing. Surrounded by red sandstone, the greens are perfect from morning to evening. Wildlife might break your concentration at times, and holes like the continued on page 44
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13th will force you to pause as you look down a steep hill and see that small green just 174 yards away. It’s a breathtaking par 3.
LAKOTA CANYON RANCH & GOLF CLUB - NEW CASTLE This challenging course is highlighted by impressive views and meandering fairways that are suitable for all levels of players. The course was designed by renowned architect James Engh and features numerous elevated tee boxes for grand views of the course and nearby mountain vistas. Lakota Canyon is easily accessible in the I-70 corridor, which is a quick getaway option from Vail, Aspen and even Grand Junction.
THE GOLF CLUB AT BEAR DANCE - LARKSPUR At Bear Dance, you’re in for a serene experience. Every hole is set apart, making it feel as if every stroke is putting you further and further from the hustle and bustle of city life. Equidistant from Denver and Colorado Springs, this course delivers 18 holes of championship golf amid great views of the Front Range. Towering Ponderosa pines enclose many of the holes. Wildlife watching is never out of the question. Think of the course as 7,726 yards of peace of mind.
TELLURIDE GOLF CLUB - TELLURIDE Where else can you tee off at 9,417 feet amidst wildflowers and a 14,000-foot peak? Telluride Golf Club features an 18-hole, par-70 course set on the picturesque Turkey Creek Mesa. Three distinct mountain landmarks make for a trifecta of viewing pleasures as you swing from one hole to the next. The Sneffels Range, San Sophia Range and Mount Wilson provide a backdrop of sweeping forests of aspens and glades of wildflowers. Don’t forget to keep an eye on the ball because it could end up deep in the timber. With 300 days of sunshine each year, there is an opportunity to play every course in Colorado in the upcoming year. Forget about jobs and other obligations. Hit the links! Recent Metro State University of Denver graduate Dylan Hochstedler enjoys exploring and writing about the Colorado scene.
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ART OF BREWING
SHAKIN’ THE SOUL OF A TOWN
Palisade Brewing embraces, reflects culture of a crafty Western Slope town By Kyle Kirves
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he good people at Palisade Brewing knew what they were doing when they named their company after the city they call home. You see, that name is not about where they are as much as who they are. Since 2010, Palisade Brewing has been an intrinsic, almost elemental extension of the
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surrounding community – a community built on homegrown and handmade specialty goods, produce and industries. As the town’s only craft brewery, Palisade crafts beers that embody that culture, with a very specific purpose. “Beer that makes you smile,” says Danny Wilson, head brewer at Palisade Brewing, repeating the company motto. “That notion is really our message and mission. Beer, to us has always been about being in a fun, freeing
environment in a place where you feel at home and comfortable trying new things with people you know.” Palisade (the brewery) and Palisade (the town) embody that experimental, pioneering spirit. It’s a theme that runs through the brewers’ philosophy and the community they serve. The brewery is always formulating progressive, flavorful beers that the locals greet with a reciprocal amount of resident pride and enthusiasm. “It’s one of the community’s core values: openness to trying new things,” Wilson said. “When we create a new beer or try something divergent from our established line, we find that the local Palisade community embraces that and is willing to try it.” You’ll find little nods to the curious community that is Palisade (the town) in Palisade (the brewery)’s can art, too. Dirty Hippy, Palisade’s flagship American dark wheat ale, is one such homage. The logo depicts the titular character in full ’60s regalia, fleeing a shotgun brandished by a local farmer. The image is intended to be a tongue-in-check reference to Palisade’s “diversity.” “It was a tribute to the place we live in,” Wilson says. “The kind of culture clash that’s part and parcel of a place where you have liberal hippies on one side, conservative farmers on the other. Thankfully, at the end of the day, they both end up meeting here at the
brewery and political views kind of get washed away.” The label equally emphasizes Palisade (the town) and Palisade (the brewery)’s love of another locally produced product: music. “We love being a venue for music,” Wilson says. “We have people come in all the time from town and those even just passing through who stop in for a beer and perhaps a house specialty smoked meat sandwich, and end up staying through the set because of the music.” And it’s a come one, come all venue. “We get traveling musicians, locals, new folks looking for that first place to play. It’s a very welcoming space for performers and audiences alike,” Wilson says. Soul Shakin’, Palisade’s Imperial Red, would seem to be inspired by a musical bent. Bound in a bright yellow can and labeled with silhouetted dancers against a night sky beneath a funky, psychedelic font, the artwork definitely reflects a passion for the pulse. Todd Young, longtime friend of the brewery, serves as the graphic consultant and artist and created the Soul Shakin’ imagery. “When Danny brings me an idea, or a rough sketch, I take those ideas and sometimes simplify it down, or expand on it. We try to collectively make something fun that’s eye catching enough to take off the shelf. Or make the drive out to Palisade and try it at the brewery.” Asked if he has a personal favorite label, Todd picks “Porter of Love,” which features a silhouette of a couple (Todd’s wife and himself) on a porch swing. About the evolution of Soul Shakin’, Wilson said, “I tried the beer and then I heard this song later and both of them made me feel good. And I thought they made a natural fit together.” It seems “fitting together” is something of a theme at Palisade Brewing, and something they have learned to do quite well after years of practice. Consider the “Let it Grow” line of IPAs. Wilson said the themed brew varies by month. “(Let it Grow) is a hop progression double IPA that changes every season,” he said.
“Each season has its own unique profile highlighting what we think that season should taste like. So in winter, it’s fruity and juicy. In spring, we bring in softer notes. Summer has all the piney flavor you might expect of a west coast brew. And fall has a maltier profile.” Each season’s can art sports a different color, but keeps the consistent image of a ranch hand tending to a line of hops. With a geographical footprint that extends out only about 150 miles from the brewery proper, Palisade produces beers locally, mostly to be consumed by locals, and the people feel good about the beer because they know it’s been made fresh and hasn’t been mothballing for weeks or months. “Everybody has tough days, weeks, maybe even seasons. But at the end of the day, the people of Palisade know they can come here, kick back, relieve a little stress, and have a beer,” Wilson said. “That is beer that makes you smile.” So if you’re ever in need of a grin in a glass, and you’re on the Western slope, make a point of stopping in at Palisade Brewing. You may not be a local yourself, but you’re sure to be treated like one. Kyle Kirves is a solid dude who believes drinking beer should be a five-senses experience. July-August 2018
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MOUNTAIN COWBOY BREWS UP BEVERAGES FOR EVERYONE By Kyle Kirves
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f any place in town can call itself the downtown “living room” of Frederick, Colorado, it’s Mountain Cowboy Brewing Company. Walk in the door and you will almost certainly feel right at home. The aptly named brewery’s décor melds high-country lodge-living with that of a rustic ranch. You can plop down in the cozy leather couches and chairs by the fireplace. Or belly up to a bar with an ornate woodburned scrollwork tribute to the fabled hop. Look a little closer and you’ll find the word “hygge,” inlaid in the wrought ironwork — a concept any Dane will tell you suggests quiet, satisfied, comfort.
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The kind of place you’d love to be on some chill winter night watching the snow fall. Or, in the warmer months, sitting outside in the beer garden under soft lights watching the sun dip behind the silhouetted front range. It’s a carefully curated experience that owners Ron and Michelle Yovich have put a lot of thought into. “We’re both Wyoming natives and UW Cowboy alums,” Ron says. “But we’ve lived in Colorado since 1993. So the name reflects both our home state and our adopted one.” “It’s also a melding of what our values are,” Michelle adds. “The outdoors and the environment and atmosphere of the
mountains and kind of the hard-working integrity of the cowboy.” Located smack-dab in the middle of town just off Clark Plaza, the brewery resides in a big red barn building that you simply cannot miss. And with 15 beers on tap, all produced in-house by Ron and head brewer Liam MacFarlane, why would you want to? At any given time, Mountain Cowboy might have five more offerings fermenting, in addition to the fabled 15 taps. It’s a virtual guarantee there’s something for everybody, including some experimental flavors and combinations you won’t find anywhere else. If you’re a fan of a certain bicycle-themed beer
from up north, maybe try the Ella J Amber, which Ron describes as an estate beer, different every year. Fan of the ubiquitous India Pale Ale? Consider the tropical IPA, one of many of Mountain Cowboy’s IPA lines. When asked about popular favorites or flagship beers, Ron will tell you that it will be up to the people of Frederick to determine by voting with their glasses. “What we all like and what the people choose as favorites are often two different things,” Michelle adds. “We were surprised that our best-selling beer is a saison. So that will be coming back for sure.” Whatever you choose, know Mountain Cowboy Brewing prides itself on its intimate relationship with beer’s signature ingredient: the venerated hop. It is Ron and Michelle’s favorite flowered flavor agent. Longtime owners of Longmont’s Ella J Farm, they pride themselves on cultivating hops grown right here in Colorado – in fact, they are the largest hops farm on the Front Range. Some they source out to other local breweries like 300 Suns, Twisted Pine, Wibby and Wynkoop, among others. But more importantly, they use their own hops in their beers and the result is, truly, the equivalent of a “farm-to-table” experience for the beer-inclined. “We certainly believe that there is value in putting as much Colorado in every beer as we can. Up to 90 percent of our beers are all-Colorado product,” Ron proudly explains. “All of our malts are sourced here in Colorado. All of our yeasts come from Denver.” That kind of care and craft goes into everything Mountain Cowboy serves, whether that’s beer or foodstuffs from the kitchen. Michelle handcrafts all of the items on the small but serviceable menu – showing her dedication to doing just a few things, but doing them well. The whole experience at the brewery is best summarized in that word you find at your feet when you stand at the bar: hygge. Find yourself at Mountain Cowboy and you’ll find yourself almost instantly at ease, in a place dedicated to that warm and welcoming spirit. Reach Mountain Cowboy by phone at 303-952-4433, or find them on the web at mountaincowboybrewing.com or on Facebook at mountaincowboybrewing. Kyle Kirves is a solid dude who believes drinking beer should be a five-senses experience.
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Dedicated to craft, Mountain Cowboy Brewing crafts just about everything they can in-house. They are in an historic building at 318 Fifth Street in Frederick. While the menu is certainly worth your time, you’re also not far from legendary pizza and barbeque restaurants in downtown, and you’re welcome to bring in outside food. The brewery is open seven days a week until 9 p.m. during the week and 10 p.m. on weekends. Not just a brewery, Mountain Cowboy offers a full coffee bar and light pastries as well, with service starting at 7 a.m. The brewery space can be reserved for special occasions. Call 303-726-9288 for details.
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TRUE TALES FROM THE LYING LOG By Bufford T. Clapsaddle
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cout was a legend and we suspect he was aware of it, but disguised his fame pretty darned well. The little (for a horse) black gelding provided leadership on the trail for Clapsaddle more than 25 years, performing like a creature multiple times his size and weight. (Those of you who have bonded with a favorite dog, cat or equine over the years will appreciate the kinship in Scout’s biography.) Clapsaddle and Scout connected for the first time in the early 1970s, while preparing for a Rotary pack-in to the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. We came up short an animal when one of our horses greeted us lame, following an overnight stay in Yampa. Subsequent to a phone call, a nearby rancher trailered to us this twoyear-old undersized black gelding, with a warning that the horse had never been ridden, but he had packed cow salt to the high country “a time or two.” Throughout the next four days and nights, Clapsaddle was corralled by the intelligence and attitude of this juvenile cayuse. Enough so, upon returning to Yampa I queried the owner about a purchase. “Naw, can’t do it, ’cause his mare mamma died during foal birth, and I inherited him from a neighbor to raise.” Regardless, we left him with a Clapsaddle business card. My phone jingled in late March the following spring. “You the feller who wanted to buy that little black gelding last fall.” We talked price. “Four hundred dollars sounds about right to me. He’s not registered and I don’t really know his dad or mom.”
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In his mind, Clapsaddle had already mentally purchased – and named him – a half dozen times since last September. “I will be up to Yampa Saturday to get him.” A telephone handshake, always authentic 50 years ago. “Naw, for that price I’ll bring him to you first of the week.”
A 1950s Dodge Power Wagon with a four-horse trailer parked on the street across from my office. The rancher sat across the desk and removed his sweat and manure-stained, functionally broke-in Stetson. “Been bothering me all the way down the mountain… ’fore you write a check, I need to tell ya something.”
That previous Fall, big game hunters failed to close a gate on the backside of his ranch. All 12 of his ranch horses were marooned in the high country by a 40-inch November snow storm. Only Scout survived. The wry-faced rancher desired to begin anew, putting together an entirely new remuda. It was his opinion the young horse would totally recover. (Clapsaddle had already written the check!) Grazing on lush spring grass (now home to Water World) the emaciated animal began the road back. Within a month, a college-aged family friend cinched a saddle on Scout and rode him around the pasture without utilizing any “break-in” techniques. She taught him basic reining. In July, he took the lead on a four-day excursion with Clapsaddle seated behind his withers, and two experienced pack horses in tow. Scout possessed an extremely fast pace for such a short-legged dude. He was keenly aware of his surroundings and quickly gained the respect of the other horses in the pack string. He maneuvered downed timber and bogs with uncommon savvy, extraordinary instincts and relaxed ease. For many years and dozens of packins, Clapsaddle had a new buddy who contributed immensely to the safety and pleasure of high country expeditions. His trail prowess and disposition were becoming legendary (including the subject of
a sermon in a large church congregation). At home in the pasture, Scout was without question the Alpha horse supreme and superior. When it was time for any kind of haltering and collection all Clapsaddle needed was a loud “come Scout.” Wherever he was dining in the 50-acre field the boss man would begin moving to the barn, accompanied by the 18 or so companions. Even better, Scout was not a bully, but it required only a few hours for him to gain the esteem of any animal new to the herd. Yes, he did possess a character flaw. He detested spitting llamas, and if any were encountered on a backcountry trail, Scout would have to be ridden a football field’s distance away to avoid a confrontation. During his sunset years he carried a light pack load and whenever there was stoppage in the travel, Scout would lie down and scrutinize the activity. As riders began re-mounting he would, on his own, be on his hooves ready to go. At age 31 (that’s 124 in human years) the geriatric pardner commenced losing strength in his rear quarters and back legs. It was pure fortuity that the vet school at Colorado State University called to ask Clapsaddle if he owned any horses that could be a candidate for an international spinal nerve conference. He would be humanely euthanized thereafter. Following some trailer-loading ingenuity we were carefully on the highway to Fort Collins. Once in the parking lot there was no ramp or ditch bank to level his unloading. Leaving the back gate partially open, Clapsaddle moved a couple of steps to signal for advice or assistance. He turned just in time to watch the disabled trail companion bound out to the asphalt parking lot like a puma on steroids. Two hundred feet away behind an eight-foot chain link fence lingered an unsuspecting llama. Dragging his rear legs, Scout made it to the fence before his owner. He came up with three noble, familiar and commanding snorts, a coping reminder that legends never die. Bufford T. Clapsaddle (aka Wilbur Flachman) is a retired newspaper and magazine publisher who has guided hundreds of horse pack trips into the Rocky Mountains for family, friends and business associates during the past 45 years. Majority of his tales are revealed only at timberline.
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There are many reasons why this beer is special to me. Not many Americans have even been exposed to the characteristics of young, unaged lambic-inspired beer. It’s very different from the gueze-like qualities that most American spontaneous brewers emphasize and it’s very drinkable. This beer is just barely even tart with the acid profile only beginning to show at one year in. To boot, the bag in a box is brilliant, it’s novel and it’s actually pretty damn practical for their purpose. Brandon Capps, Owner/Brewer, New Image Brewing Co.
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New concoctions like New England IPAs are fun but equally interesting are historical beers, ones associated with certain time periods and specific regions, such as Kentucky commons and pre-Prohibition American pilsners. Waverly Tulip from Square Peg Brewerks, a Dutchstyle Kuyt, is one such beer. Light in color and brewed with oats, wheat and sweetgale, Waverly Tulip is approachable to casual drinkers but interesting enough to keep beer geeks satisfied. Christopher Bruns, Co-Owner/Head Brewer, Factotum Brewhouse - Compiled by Dylan Hochstedler
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I chose two because they’re meant to be enjoyed together. Black Project’s Atlas and Thor are made from a spontaneous red ale base blended with black currant and plum, with ratios mirrored between the two (75% black currant for Atlas, 75% plum for Thor). They taste fantastic individually and even better together, with contrasting flavors that alternate between sour, sweet, and back to sour. The remarkable aspect of Atlas was the finish, as the flavors lingered in the back of my throat and into my nostrils to create a truly unique experience. Judd Belstock, Owner/Brewmaster, Dos Luces Brewery
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With so many amazing beers across the flavor and style spectrum in Colorado, sometimes I just need a clean, crisp pilsner. Kirk at Zwei Brewing in Fort Collins has spent the necessary time, sourced the proper ingredients and kept his system and process in line to produce the best German-style Pilsner I have had in the United States. Subtle biscuity notes, proper bright carbonation and a nice clean finish make this a favorite of mine year round. Tim Cochran, Co-Owner, Horse & Dragon Brewing Co.
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When I think of great rye beers, Bridal Veil Rye Pale Ale by Telluride Brewing Co. is at the top of my list. This is, I think, the best of the rye beers out there. It’s well balanced, the spiciness of the rye isn’t hidden by hop bitterness, and it finishes clean and crisp without any lingering bitterness (surprising for a 60 IBU pale ale). This is the beer I reach for rain, shine, earthquake or hurricane and was the inspiration for me to start using rye in beer. Brewmaster Chris Fish and his crew have a winner here. Jeff Lockhart, Brewmaster, Dueces Wild Brewery
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Pilothouse Brewing Co pilothousebrewco.com 303.994.4971 4233 S Buckley Rd Aurora
CAÑON CITY AREA Florence Brewing Royal Gorge Brewing Co ●
Two22 Brew ● Ursula Brewing Co
BAILEY Mad Jack’s Mountain Brewery ● ● ● BOULDER AREA 12Degree Brewing ● Asher Brewing Co Avery Brewing ● Beyond the Mountain Brewing Co BJ’s ● Bootstrap Brewing ● ● Boulder Beer Co ● ● BRU Handbuilt Ales ● Cellar-West Artisan Ales ● Crystal Springs Brewing Co Endo Brewing Co Fate Brewing Co ● Finkel & Garf Brewing Co Front Range Brewing Co ● ● Gravity Brewing ● ● Gunbarrel Brewing Co Industrial Revolution Brewing Co J Wells Brewery James Peak Brewery & Smokehouse ● Kettle and Spoke Brewery Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co ● ● Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery ● Odd 13 Brewing Inc ● ● Oskar Blues Brewery ● ● The Post Brewing Co ● ● Redgarden Restaurant & Brewery ● Sanitas Brewing Co ● ● Southern Sun ● Twisted Pine Brewing ● ● Upslope Brewing Co ● ● Uturn BBQ ●
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BROOMFIELD/WESTMINSTER 4 Noses Brewing Co ● BJ’s ● C.B. & Potts Westminster ● Frolic Brewing Co ● Gordon Biersch ● Kokopelli Beer Co ● ● Rails End Beer Co Rock Bottom Orchard Town Center ● Rock Bottom Westminster Promenade ● Westminster Brewing Co ● ● Wonderland Brewing Co ● ●
CASTLE ROCK 105 West Brewing Co ● Burly Brewing Castle Rock Beer Co Rockyard Brewing Co ● CENTENNIAL/LONE TREE/ HIGHLANDS RANCH 3 Freaks Brewery ● Blue Spruce Brewing Co ● ● C.B. & Potts Highlands Ranch ● Grist Brewing Co ● Halfpenny Brewing Co Lone Tree Brewing Co Lost Highway Brewing Co Resolute Brewing Co Rock Bottom Park Meadows ● COLORADO SPRINGS AREA Atrevida Brewing ● BierWerks Brewery ● ● Black Forest Brewing Brass Brewing Co Bristol Brewing ● Cerberus Brewing Co Cogstone Brewing Co ● Colorado Mountain Brewery ● Dueces Wild Brewery ● Fieldhouse Brewing Co ● Fossil Craft Beer Co ●
Goat Patch Brewing Co goatpatchbrewing.com 719.471.4628 2727 N Cascade Ave Unit 123 Colorado Springs
Gold Camp Brewing Co Iron Bird Brewery ●
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Iron Tree Table & Tap ● JAKs Brewing Lost Friend Brewing Co Local Relic Manitou Brewing Co ● Metric Brewing Nano 108 Paradox Beer Co ● Peaks N Pines Brewing Co
Phantom Canyon ● ● phantomcanyon.com 719.635.2800 2 E Pikes Peak Ave Colorado Springs
Sandlot Brewery
Wynkoop Brewing Co ● wynkoop.com 303.297.2700 1634 18th St Denver
MILE HI/AURARIA Briar Common Brewery + Eatery ● Burns Family Artisan Ales Cervecería Colorado ● ● Denver Beer Co ● ● Little Machine Beer ● Seedstock Brewery Strange Craft Beer Co ● ● Tivoli Brewing ● Wit’s End Brewing Co Zuni St. Brewing Co ●
Red Leg Brewing Rock Bottom Colorado Springs ● Rocky Mountain Brewery Smiling Toad Brewery Storybook Brewing Trinity Brewing ● Ute Pass Brewing Co ● Whistle Pig Brewing Co
NORTHEAST DENVER Brewability Lab J. Moe’s Brew Pub ● Zephyr Brewing Co ●
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BAKER/SOUTH BROADWAY Alternation Brewing Baere Brewing Co Banded Oak Brewing Co Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales Declaration Brewing Co ● ●
Dos Luces dosluces.com
1236 S Broadway Denver
Grandma’s House Lowdown Brewery + Kitchen ● Novel Strand Brewing Co Platt Park Brewing Co ● TRVE Brewing Co
CAPITOL HILL/E COLFAX/ PARK HILL Alpine Dog Brewery Cerebral Brewing CO-Brew Fiction Beer Co ● Long Table Brewhouse Pints Pub ●
Bruz Beers ● bruzbeers.com 303.650.2337 1675 W 67th Ave Denver
Call to Arms Brewing Co ● De Steeg Brewing Diebolt Brewing Co ● ● Factotum Brewhouse Goldspot Brewing Co ● ● Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe + Brewery ● Hogshead Brewery ● Lady Justice Brewing Oasis Brewing Co Prost Brewing Co ●
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10 Barrel Brewing Co ● ● 10barrel.com/pub/denver 720.573.8992 2620 Walnut St. Denver
FIVE POINTS Spangalang Brewery Woods Boss Brewing
14er Brewing Bierstadt Lagerhaus● Black Shirt Brewing Co ● ● Blue Moon Brewing Co ● ● Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project Epic Brewing Co ● Great Divide Brewing Co ● ● Mockery Brewing ● New Belgium - The Woods at the Source Odell Brewing Co Our Mutual Friend Ratio Beerworks ● ● River North Brewery
LODO Denver Chophouse ● Great Divide Brewing Co ● ● Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery ● Rock Bottom Denver ●
SOUTHEAST DENVER Bull and Bush Brewery ● ● Comrade Brewing ● Copper Kettle Brewing Co ● Fermaentra ●
Station 26 Brewing Co ● station26brewing.co 303.333.1825 7045 E 38th Ave Denver
Thirsty Monk Brewery Vine Street Pub & Brewery ●
SOUTHWEST DENVER Black Sky Brewery ● ● Chain Reaction Brewing Co ● Crazy Mountain Brewing Co ● ● The Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project ● Renegade Brewing Co WHEAT RIDGE/EDGEWATER/ LAKEWOOD Brewery Rickoli ●
Colorado Plus Brew Pub ● ● coloradoplus.net 720.353.4853 6995 W 38th Ave Wheat Ridge
Great Frontier Brewing Co Green Mountain Beer Co Ironworks Brewery & Pub ● Joyride Brewing Co ● Landlocked Ales Westfax Brewing Co
DURANGO AREA Animas Brewing Co ● Bottom Shelf Brewery ● BREW Pub & Kitchen ● Carver Brewing Co ● Dolores River Brewery ● ● Durango Brewing Co ● ● J. Fargo’s Family Dining & Micro Brewery ● Main Street Brewery & Restaurant ● Mancos Brewing Co ● Ska Brewing Co ● ● Steamworks Brewing Co ● WildEdge Brewing Collective EAGLE COUNTY 7 Hermits Brewing Co ● Bonfire Brewing ● Crazy Mountain Brewing Co ● Gore Range Brewery ● Vail Brewing Co ● ● ENGLEWOOD AREA The Brew on Broadway ● ● C.B. & Potts Denver Tech ● Dead Hippie Brewing ESTES PARK Estes Park Brewery ● Lumpy Ridge Brewing Co Rock Cut Brewing Co FAIRPLAY South Park Brewing Co ● FORT COLLINS AREA Anheuser-Busch BJ’s ● Black Bottle Brewery ● C.B. & Potts ● Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing ● DC Oakes Brewhouse & Eatery ● Equinox Brewing ● Freedonia Brewing Funkwerks Gilded Goat Brewing Co
S TILLERY & CIDERY LINEUP Horse & Dragon Brewing Co Intersect Brewing Jessup Farm Barrel House ● Mash Lab Brewing Maxline Brewing McClellan’s Brewing Co ● ● New Belgium Brewing Co ● ● Odell Brewing Co ● ● Old Colorado Brewing Co Pitchers Brewery ● Prost Brewing Purpose Brewing Rally King Brewing Ramskeller Brewery ● Red Truck Beer Snowbank Brewing Soul Squared Brewing Co Three Four Beer Co ● Zwei Brewing Co ● ●
FRUITA Copper Club Brewing Co ● Suds Brothers Brewery ● ● GLENWOOD SPRINGS/ CARBONDALE/ASPEN Aspen Brewing Co ● Capitol Creek Brewery ● Carbondale Beer Works ● Casey Brewing and Blending Glenwood Canyon Brew Pub ● Roaring Fork Beer Co ● GOLDEN Barrels and Bottles Brewery ● Cannonball Creek Brewing Co ● Coors Brewing Co Golden City Brewery ●
Holidaily Brewing Co Holidailybrewing.com 303.278.BEER 801 Brickyard Cir., Golden
Mountain Toad Brewing ● New Terrain Brewing
GRAND JUNCTION AREA 4 B’s Brewery ● ● Edgewater Brewery ● Kannah Creek Brewing Co ● Palisade Brewing Co ● ● The Rockslide Restaurant and Brewery ● GREELEY AREA Brix Taphouse and Brewery ● ● Broken Plow Brewery ● Crabtree Brewing ● ● G5 Brew Pub ● Grand Lake’s 16th Street Tavern ● ● Green Earth Brewing
High Hops Brewery ● ● highhopsbrewery.com 970.674.2841 6461 Hwy 392 Windsor
Rocky Mountain Taphouse ● WeldWerks Brewing Co
Wiley Roots Brewing Co ●
IDAHO SPRINGS/EVERGREEN/ CENTRAL CITY Dostal Alley Saloon & Gambling Emporium ● El Rancho Brewing Co ● Evergreen Taphouse & Brewery ● Guanella Pass Brewing Co Lariat Lodge Brewing Co ● ● Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub ● Westbound & Down Brewing Co ● KREMMLING
Grand Adventure Brewing Co ● grandadventure.us 970.724.9219 207 Central Ave Kremmling
LAKE CITY Lake City Brewing LITTLETON AREA 38 State Brewing ● ● Blue Spruce Brewing Co Boggy Draw Brewery Breckenridge Brewery ● Coal Mine Ave. Brewing Co Living the Dream Brewing Co Locavore Beer Works Saint Patricks Brewing Co LONGMONT 300 Suns Brewing ● Bootstrap Brewing Brewmented Grossen Bart Brewery ● ● Left Hand Brewing Co ● Open Door Brewing Oskar Blues Brewing ● Outworld Brewing Primitive Beer Pumphouse Brewery ● Shoes and Brews Skeye Brewing ● Wibby Brewing ● ● LOVELAND/BERTHOUD Berthoud Brewing Co Big Beaver Brewing Co ● Big Thompson Brewery Buckhorn Brewers City Star Brewing ● Crow Hop Brewing Drätz Brewing Co Grimm Brothers Brewhouse Loveland Aleworks Rock Bottom ● Rock Coast Brewery Tilted Barrel Brewpub Verboten Brewing Co Veteran Brothers Brewing Co ● MONUMENT Pikes Peak Brewing Co ● ● NORTHEAST COLORADO Parts & Labor Brewing Co Tumbleweed Brewing Co
NORTHGLENN/THORNTON Mother Tucker Brewery Periodic Brewing ●
Pug Ryan’s Brewery ●
PAGOSA SPRINGS/ DEL NORTE/ALAMOSA The Colorado Farm Brewery Pagosa Brewing Co ● Riff Raff Brewing ● ● San Luis Valley Brewing ● Square Peg Brewerks Three Barrel Brewing Co ●
WINTER PARK AREA Hideaway Park Brewery Never Summer Brewing Co The Peak Bistro & Brewery ●
PAONIA Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer Paonia United Brewing Co Revolution Brewing ● ● PARKER Barnett and Son Brewing Co ● ● Downhill Brewing Co ● PUEBLO AREA Brues Alehouse Brewing Co ● ● PDub Brewing Co Shamrock Brewing ● Walter’s Brewery & Taproom SALIDA/BUENA VISTA/ CRESTONE/LEADVILLE Crestone Brewing Co ● Eddyline Restaurant and Brewing Co ● Elevation Beer Co ● Moonlight Pizza and Brewpub ● Periodic Brewing Soulcraft Brewing GUNNISON/CRESTED BUTTE Elk Ave Brewing Co ● ● High Alpine Brewing Co ● Irwin Brewing Co SOUTHWEST COLORADO Avalanche Brewing Co ● Colorado Boy Pizzeria & Brewery● Colorado Boy Pub & Brewery ● Golden Block Brewery ● Horsefly Brewing Co ● ● Ouray Brewery ● Ourayle House Brewery Red Mountain Brewing ● Smuggler’s Brewpub ● Telluride Brewing Co Two Rascals Brewing Co STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Butcherknife Brewing Co Mahogany Ridge Brewery & Grill ● Mountain Tap Brewery ● Storm Peak Brewing Co Yampa Valley Brewing Co SUMMIT COUNTY Angry James Brewing Co The Baker’s Brewery ● Breckenridge Brewery & Pub ● Broken Compass Brewing Dillon Dam Brewery ● ● HighSide Brewing Outer Range Brewing Co ●
TRINIDAD Dodgeton Creek Brewing Co
Rocker Spirits - Littleton Ski Bum Rum Distillery - Golden
Spirit Hound Distillers spirithounds.com 303.823.5696 4196 Ute Hwy Lyons
Squeal Rum - Aurora
State 38 Distilling state-38.com 303.895.1485
DISTRIBUTION ONLY AC Golden Brewing Co Acidulous Brewing Co Amalgam Brewing Atom Brewing Co Black Sheep Brewery Burgundian Brewing Centennial Beer Co Gemini Beer Co Good River Beer Idylwilde Brewing New Planet Beer Sleeping Giant Brewing
400 Corporate Cr. Ste. B, Golden
Stranahan’s - South Denver Strongwater Spirits & Botanicals - Denver Tighe Brothers Distillery - Denver Vapor Distillery - Boulder Weaver’s Spirits - Parker Western Gael Distillery - Arvada Whistling Hare - Westminster ●
SPIRITS DENVER/BOULDER 12 Point Distillery - Lafayette Altitude Spirits, Inc. - Boulder Anders’ Vodka - Parker
Archetype Distillery archetypedistillery.com 303.999.0105 119 S Broadway Denver
Arta Tequila - Englewood Bear Creek Distillery - Denver The Block Distilling Co - Denver Broken Arrow Spirits - Centennial Colorado Sun ‘Shine - Englewood Denver Distillery - Denver Deviant Spirits - Boulder Deviation Distilling - Denver Devil’s Head Distillery - Englewood Downslope Distilling - Englewood Elwood Distilling - Boulder The Family Jones Spirit House Denver Geek Spirits - Boulder
Golden Moon Distillery goldenmoondistillery.com 303.993.7174 412 Violet St. Golden
NORTHERN COLORADO Anvil Distillery - Longmont Art of the Spirits Colorado Whiskey Idaho Springs Big Fat Pastor - Loveland Black Canyon Distillery - Longmont Bouck Brothers Whiskey - Idaho Springs Coppermuse Distillery - Fort Collins Dancing Pines Distillery - Loveland Elevation 5003 Distillery - Fort Collins Elkins Distilling Co - Estes Park Feisty Spirits - Fort Collins
The Heart Distillery 970.674.6841 6461 Hwy 392 Windsor
Longtucky Spirits - Longmont Mobb Mountain Distillers - Fort Collins NOCO Distillery - Fort Collins Old Elk Distillery - Fort Collins Old Town Distilling - Fort Collins Still Cellars - Longmont Spring 44 Distilling - Loveland Steamboat Whiskey Co - Steamboat Springs ● Syntax Spirits - Greeley
SOUTHERN COLORADO 3 Hundred Days of Shine - Monument
Golden Moon Speakeasy goldenmoonspeak.com 720.638.1155 1111 Miner’s Alley Golden
Axe and the Oak axeandtheoak.com 719.660.1624 1604 S Cascade Ave Colorado Springs
Hogback Distillery - Wheat Ridge J & L Distilling Co - Boulder Ironton Distillery - Denver Laws Whiskey House - Denver Leopold Bros - Northeast Denver Local Distilling - Golden Mad Rabbit Distillery - Westminster Mile High Spirits - Lodo Rising Sun Distillery - Denver
Black Bear Distillery - Green Mountain Falls
Blue Fish Distillery bluefishdistillery.com 719.574.2038 5745 Industrial Place Ste A Colorado Springs
Boathouse Distillery - Salida
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Cockpit Craft Distillery - Colo. Springs Deerhammer Distilling Co - Buena Vista Distillery 291 - Colo. Springs Lee Spirits - Colo. Springs Mystic Mountain Distillery - Larkspur Sand Creek Distillery - Hugo Sangre Distilleries - Westcliffe Spirits of the Rockies - Pueblo Wood’s High Mountain Distillery - Salida
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WESTERN SLOPE 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Co - Vail 39 North Spirits - Eagle 808 Distillery - Eagle
Breckenridge Distillery ● breckenridgedistillery.com 970.547.9759 1925 Airport Rd Breckenridge
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CIDER Apple Valley Cider Co applevalleycider.com 103 Broadway #13 Penrose
Big B’s Juices and Hard Cider - Hotchkiss Branch Out Cider - Fort Collins C Squared Ciders - Denver ● Clear Fork Cider - Denver Climb Hard Cider Co - Loveland Colorado Cider Co - Denver Colorado Common Cider - Colo. Springs Colorado Plus Cidery - Golden Compass Cider - Fort Collins Golden City Winery - Golden Haykin Family Cider - Aurora The Ice Cave Cider House - Monument Old Mine Cidery & Brewpub - Erie Red Fox Cellars - Palisade Scrumpy’s Hard Cider - Fort Collins Snow Capped Cider - Cedaredge St. Vrain Cidery - Longmont Stem Ciders - Denver ● ● Stem Ciders Acreage- Lafayette ● ● Summit Hard Cider - Fort Collins Talbott’s Cider Co - Palisade Talisman Farm Cidery - Hygiene Wild Cider - Firestone
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2620 WALNUT STREET DENVER, CO. 80205
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