Thirst Magazine March-April 2020

SERVING UP THE COLORADO EXPERIENCE

Vol. 5, No. 3 March-April 2020

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EXPLORING DENVER’S PAST NEW VIBES, OLD STYLE

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As we head toward springtime, volatility in Colorado’s weather forces us to ponder our recreational choices. Let’s call it the season of transition.

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Two of the wettest months of the year, March and April, bring powder days and warm, adventure-filled afternoons alike. You know, skiing in the morning and golfing in the afternoon. If you haven’t done it, you know someone who has.

Design & Layout Michele Garner

But despite the inevitable mood and weather swings brought on by Colorado’s meteorological temperament, we continue to pursue our passions. The state is a magnate for creatives and in this issue, we highlight some of those people and their wares that are as impressive as a spring sunrise.

Whether it’s growing, harvesting and distilling grains and fruit on the Western Slope, carving outdoor experiences into beautiful works of art in Crested Butte or exploring the pioneers of jazz in Denver’s Five Points, Coloradans have been pushing toward perfecting their crafts in our Rocky Mountains for many decades.

Of course pushing the boundaries comes in many forms. For breweries such as Upslope in Boulder, just brewing quality beer isn’t enough. Their push for sustainability fuels their drive for beer-fection. Likewise, for the folk-pop band The 14ers, producing great music wouldn’t be complete without their love for Colorado’s landscapes and backcountry adventures.

So, if art, music, libations, food or the outdoors resonate with your idea of having a fantastic Colorado day, please read on. And if your idea of adventure isn’t found inside, let me know. We’re always open to suggestions!

As always, live your passion and thirst responsibly!

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President & Founder Wilbur E. Flachman Marketing & Distribution Neill Pieper Editorial Assistant Natasha Lovato Contributors Steve Graham, Kyle Kirves, Katie Coakley, Katie Lee, Monica Parpal Stockbridge, Angie Wright

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On the cover: Charles Burrell photo courtesy of the Charlie Burrell papers, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, branch of the Denver Public Library.

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By Kyle Kirves

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here is a certain ambiguous familiarity about the art of John Fellows. His renditions of nautical themes, mountain life and geography are descended from a long tradition of woodcuts and printmaking, for certain. Yet it is also clearly a 21st century take on the medium, imparting more movement than the medium often conveys. The images leap off the canvas — American modern and American mythic at the same time.

“In the old days, block printing was used to create artwork and mass produce it,” the Crested Butte-based artist says. “It is a very old style, but it is making a comeback in artistic circles.”

Fellows said the block printing method requires the artist to think in negative terms and in reverse. The artist must consider what they want the image to be on paper, cut from the block everything that isn’t part of the image, but also remember that what goes to paper will be the mirror-image of what’s cut into the block.

Fellows stands out among his peers for bringing that tradition back to the forefront, with work that uses familiar archetypal

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elements in fresh and often fanciful ways.

After training in design at Drexel University in Philadelphia — a process he described as more computer-driven and less hands-on than he cared for — he roamed extensively.

“After college, I traveled a lot and I’d always have a block of artist’s linoleum with me,” he says of his experiences traveling the East Coast and Europe. “And I’d make these postcards and send them home. So they were my own impressions of the places and people I met.”

He moved to Colorado in 2003. Like many a migrant artist to the square state, he served a few tours in Keystone doing linelevel jobs. Eventually, he graduated to sign design for the resort, which landed him more design gigs. Fellows created a portfolio of work that showcased his East-Coast rearing in nautical takes on familiar “Old Man and the Sea” concepts, while also working on mountain landscapes seemingly rendered from children’s dreams of snowy peaks: a kind of “Where the Winter Things Are.” Now in Crested Butte after 11 years in Denver, Fellows is finding that the accessibility and approachability of his artwork is generating its own friends.

“I did a lot of T-shirt designs and freelance work that I had to hustle for, but now companies looking for more organic and authentic images are contacting me,” he says.

Those companies include heavy-hitters with household names, at least in Colorado: SmartWool, Patagonia, and Huckberry, among others. Craft beer fans also will recognize Fellows’ work on the branding for Breckenridge-based Broken Compass Brewing.

“I’ve been working with Broken Compass since the beginning. A good friend introduced me to the two owners and we just hit it off great,” he says. Fellows’ handiwork is present in Broken Compass’ flagship logo, as well as their bombers, can labels and branded merch. “The creative freedom and professional relationship have both been great,” he adds.

It isn’t all corporate branding and design for the artist, though. The more commercial work affords the space for Fellows to explore his passions in his art — most notably river scenes and living the rafting life.

“There really wasn’t a whole lot of real river art out there,” he says. “There was good landscape photography and some of the more accessible stuff. But nothing that really

John Fellows creates pieces for events as well as for fun.

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Crested Butte provides inspiration for John Fellows’ work and his brewery art is well known around Colorado.

spoke to me or my friends about being on the river.”

Enter the latest in Fellows’ catalog of creations, one he counts among his personal favorites and his best work. “The Grand” is a tribute to the Grand Canyon. It is emblematic of his take on the established process — images laid over a palimpsest of antique maps or other topographical shadows. The art’s elements are as intimate and immediate as a photo, yet layering it over a map offers broader expanse and context. Who better than an artist who works in cutting away what is not part of the grander picture to capture

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a national treasure — itself formed by the erosive power of the Colorado River?

Fellows’ art is as varied and impressive as that of an accomplished storyteller.

Images of men at work and play, sea-faring and river-faring exploits, and the joys of mountain life are stalwarts in his portfolio, all of it easily recognized in his signature style.

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The rare commercial artist who also sustains a fine art career, John Fellows displays and sells his work at johnfellowsart.com. He occasionally shows in galleries regionally, but invites enthusiasts to contact him for tours of his Crested Butte studio to see his work. See more of his work at: instagram.com/jfellows56 and johnfellows.bigcartel.com.

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Duke Ellington autographed headshot. Photo: Courtesy of Leroy Smith’s scrapbook, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, branch of the Denver Public Library.

A trip to the historic landmarks and jazz joints of Five Points makes for a great day trip.

Local musician and teacher Isaac Pederson plays the trumpet outside of the Rossonian Hotel.

Photo: Natasha Lovato

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hen it comes to jazz — America’s music and its one truly native art form — certain destinations pop (or bop) to mind, both because of their association as root centers for the music, but also for their landmark venues.

One thinks of Preservation Hall in New Orleans, of course. Or the Blackhawk in San Francisco. Or Minton’s, Birdland, or any of the grand stages in New York. Rarely do you hear Denver numbered among the great jazz cities in America, but it belongs on the list.

Despite its shape, Colorado is not a state for squares, man.

You can’t talk jazz in Denver or Colorado without starting (and ending) in the Five Points district, nicknamed the “Harlem of the

West.” An epicenter of black life and pride west of the Mississippi, it was and remains a cultural way-station for jazz. Five Points’ own Rossonian Hotel (the Ross) was a legendary stop for jazz travelers making their way to and from the coasts. The Ross’ lounge became a haven for jazz musicians who gathered there and often played well into the morning. Not just session players, either. We’re talking jazz giants like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. Miles Davis, perhaps the single greatest innovator of jazz in American musical history, stayed at the venerated Ross.

So, the Ross has a reputation that is wellestablished and well-earned, but that street cred came about somewhat accidentally. Not welcome at white hotels in the segregated

Denver proper, black musicians stayed where they could. In this case, in the predominantly black neighborhood of Five Points.

In both the mind’s eye and ear, it’s easy to imagine the Ross gaining its reputation as a post-gig hangout slowly, via word of mouth.

It was a kind of musical speakeasy or secret garden capable of being found only by those who’d already been there. A few musicians gathered post-gig to jam, and that quickly evolved into the domain of the well-heeled, black and white alike. Once inside the lounge at the Ross, you were on the in…side.

The rich jazz tradition of Five Points fits hand-in-glove with that of the Ross. After being dormant for decades, the renovated hotel played host to the 2019 Five Points Jazz

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Above, Charles Burell. Photo: Courtesy of the Charlie Burrell papers, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, branch of the Denver Public Library.

Festival shows. It’s a tradition that is sure to continue as more improvements are made to the Ross, prepping it for the next Roaring Twenties.

The jazz roots of Denver’s Five Points stretch farther than just the Rossonian, though. Classically trained jazz violinist, bandleader and entrepreneur George Morrison is virtually synonymous with Denver’s musical history. A Missouri native, Morrison migrated with his family to Boulder in 1900. Despite a touring career with bands and orchestras, including his own 12-piece group, he would always call Denver home. He opened his legendary jazz club, the Casino Cabaret, in 1920. The venue has remained a draw for top talent. Modern Denver music fans know it as Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom, although the Casino Cabaret title still appears above the marquee.

Finally, to hear the local greats tell it, Lil’s Chinese Restaurant just outside Five Points was the place for after-hours fun and all-night jam sessions. The full history of Lil’s remains to be written, but would undoubtedly be as riveting as any pot-boiling page-turner.

A venue without talent is just an empty room, though. All ears perk up at the mention of Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong, but Five Points produced top-flight talent in its own backyards and schools. If we are judged by the company we keep, the musicians of Five

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Above, The Casino Cabaret, also known as Cervantes.

Photo: Natasha Lovato Right, Casino Ballroom poster. Photo: Courtesy of Leroy Smith’s scrapbook, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, branch of the Denver Public Library.

Points should be held in high regard indeed.

Charlotte Cowans, a light-touch finesse jazz pianist, is renowned for her skill and grace, and she counts Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Art Tatum among her collaborators. Joe Keel, another Five Points pianist, played with Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Beatty “B.C.” Hobbs’ saxophone work is regarded as equal to that of Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley by some jazz aficionados.

Denver jazz was a gateway, too, for other musicians to move into other styles.

Before becoming the first black symphonic performer in America (thank you, to the former Denver Symphony) famed bassist Charles Burrell came on the scene in the jazz joints of Five Points. In many ways, Burrell is to black symphonic musicians what Jackie Robinson is to baseball players.

A trip to the historic landmarks and jazz joints of Five Points makes for a great day trip. Plaques and guideposts inform visitors about the rich history of the district, including its musical legacy and much more. While you’re there, be sure to stop in to Spangalang Brewery (named for the rhythmic sound of a jazzy cymbal) and sample a jazz-themed beer such as “Birth of the Cool,” named for Miles Davis’ classic jazz must-have.

When you think of modern American music — whether it’s rock, blues, pop, rap,

Above left, Dancing the night away to the jazz beat. Caldwell African American Research Library, branch of the Denver Public Library. Above right, The Denver Post newspaper clip from May 25, 1949. Photo: Courtesy of NewsBank.

whatever — it is nearly impossible to consider its existence without the deep debt paid to the jazz greats who broke through in the early part of the 20th century. Similarly, it is difficult to imagine the city of Denver being as rich a

melting pot as it is without the contributions of the residents of Five Points, their musical culture, and the embrace of national and local musicianship that was, and is, jazz.

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t’s not much of a debate that Colorado is a mecca for winter recreation, not only for skiers and snowboarders, but for athletes in even the most unheard-of sports.

Welcome to the 14th annual Kayaks on Snow competition at Monarch Mountain.

Pulled up the slopes by Snowcat, boaters race head-to-head down through a banked course full of twists and turns before splashing into an icy pond. Picture ski-cross in a boat.

Although previous kayaking experience is recommended, anyone is welcome to

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race in the April 20 competition geared purely around fun, not fame. In rounds of four people at a time, contestants will race between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., depending on the snow conditions and the number of racers.

“It really depends on the snowfall. If it is icy, the colder weather course has more turns, if it is warm and slushier it is just straight,” said Eva Egbert, Monarch Mountain’s sales and marketing manager.

Monarch’s most anticipated event of the year has gained national attention from ski

publications and travel writers who can’t get enough of the crazy challenge that requires guts before glory.

Eva explained how snow kayaking came to the fore because of the community’s connection to the nearby Arkansas River.

“Almost everyone that lives around here in Salida, Buena Vista or Gunnison recreates on the river, that is why we live here,” Eva said. “So, come April, everyone is getting their kayaks and river gear ready. For us it is kind of a celebration of the changing seasons from skiing to kayaking.”

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The snow kayaking competition has always been a favorite spectator event for Eva and her husband, Glen. Last year it was a spontaneous decision for Glen to jump into the race and an even bigger surprise for him to win.

“I just did it for fun. I didn’t train or anything — it was definitely a surprise to win. I don’t know if weight helps but I’m sure it helped me,” Glen joked. “There’s a little strategy involved but people come out to have fun. It’s nothing serious, just a nice way to end the ski season.”

After suffering a spine injury from kayaking 10 years ago, Glen thought his kayaking days were coming to a close, but between surgery and rehab, he felt up to a little friendly competition.

“I was less inclined to participate and was worried about it but it was super fun. I don’t know why I haven’t done it before. I’ll do it again this year, too,” he said.

The gathering is meant to be more about fun than competition, and it’s certainly not scheduled to become an Olympic sport.

It is simply glorified, grown-up sledding

designed to make the end-of-season experience memorable.

Whether you plan on participating or spectating, the day will be full of celebration alongside the event. Enjoy vendors, drinks from local craft establishments like Elevation Beer Co. and Wood’s High Mountain Distillery, and commemorative swag and prizes for the entire family.

Native Natasha Lovato celebrates the Colorado lifestyle through hiking, biking or playing bingo while enjoying a sour ale or two.

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business work. Thus, Peas & Carrots PCS was born.

“Peas & Carrots represents an eclectic creative culinary experience focused on a visual display of colors, textures and tastes,” Grenier said. “It’s all about satisfaction with a kiss of comfort that always incorporates a sense of love between the food and people that makes you want to come back for more.”

One of the distinguishing characteristics of Grenier’s culinary style is its artistic nature.

“From the beginning, I really got involved with cooking and got inspired by all of this through art,” Grenier said. “So as you experience using my services or you’re eating the food or coming out to an event, you’ll definitely see eating with your eyes first is very important.”

Grenier has created magic for a variety of events from weddings, birthday parties and corporate events to pop up restaurants and intimate gatherings in homes. She’s always working to take the experience to the next level, whether that’s incorporating edible glitter or airbrushing to create “eye candy,” or stimulating the five senses by providing scented sticks to sniff before sampling.

Each menu is different and personalized for every client, allowing Grenier to push the boundaries and remain creative in her work.

Though much of her business with Peas & Carrots has been with larger events, Grenier said that she’s focusing on her weekly meal service and in-home, personal chef business.

Working with clients to create personalized menus and produce gourmet food that can either be enjoyed immediately or later in the week allows Grenier to a create a different level of culinary magic.

“I feel so fortunate that I do what I love to do,” Grenier said. “When it all comes down to it … Peas & Carrots is as fun as it gets.

Looking forward to the next event is really, really fun; an event that no one will forget is what you really want to shoot for.”

To learn more about Peas & Carrots PCS, visit peasandcarrotspcs.com, or call 757-254-1049.

sk Chef Carrie Grenier about her food and the ensuing conversation focuses more on feelings than on fish, fennel or figs. Grenier started Peas & Carrots PCS in 2013, creating unique and memorable experiences for special events, weddings, families and individual clients that fill more than just stomachs. A personal chef with experience in kitchens around the country, Grenier demonstrates that each meal is an occasion, whether it’s for a crowd of 400 or 4.

Originally from Wisconsin, Grenier’s culinary passions blossomed early. She received an associate degree in Culinary Arts while working full time at The American Club, a AAA 5-Diamond resort situated in the Village of Kohler, Wis. “I got to really sponge and grow with these amazing chefs and amazing experiences,” Grenier said. “I took on Garde Manger, which is just amazing, going from ice carvings to all the big seafood buffets and learning and experiencing the presentation and display of different buffets.”

Grenier then went coast to coast, searching for what she calls “hell’s kitchen,” getting into the trenches and working in the high stress, high reward kitchens of Michelin star chefs. It was intense, she said, but being able to push through and prove her worth and be the best that she could be was her ultimate goal.

“I (learned to) take all the good and leave the bad and that really helped me drive to be the chef that I am today,” Grenier said.

After stints on both the east and west coast of the country, Grenier made her way to Colorado and Splendido at The Chateau at Beaver Creek, honing her skills and reinforcing the “new school” chef she wanted to be: a member of the team, not an over-thetop tyrant like she had seen in other kitchens.

And though she enjoyed a season working at Beaver Creek Resort, she said she wanted to be a chef, which brought her to Boulder and the Boulder Country Club.

At Boulder Country Club, Grenier focused on high-end, specialty events, working as chef de cuisine up to executive chef in her seven-year tenure. After fulfilling several requests for private events, Grenier realized that though she loved working at the Boulder Country Club, she could make her own

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PEAK SPIRITS IS GROWING HOOTCH IN HOTCHKISS Where many farmers are concentrating on crops you can eat, Lance Hanson has created a place where the bounty is imbibe-able.

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n 2000, Lance Hanson and his family moved to Colorado’s North Fork Valley near Hotchkiss with what Hanson says is a simple mission — plant grapes and make estate wine from those grapes. Thus, Jack Rabbit Hill Farm (JRHF) was created. It was also the first certified organic vineyard in Colorado, which became a selling point when he entered the market.

Hanson said he remembers selling his first bottle of wine very clearly. It was a morning in June 2003 at the Aspen Farmer’s Market. Hanson had met the market’s founder, Jack D’Orio in Paonia. D’Orio felt that Hanson’s wine fit into the concept of the market because it was more of an agricultural product and JRHF, which is organic, was given a spot in the competitive space.

Hanson chatted with market attendees about organic farming and his vision of the farm and “that was when things came full circle and I realized, ‘Hey, we can actually grow something and then make something from that and somebody’s willing to pay money for it,’” Hanson said. “We’re viable.”

Hanson got into distilling in 2005 with the idea to treat it much like he did his wine — by working with orchards and growers who embraced the same philosophy and farming techniques that he did. His vision was to make interesting brandies that were true expressions of the fruit. Enter Peak Spirits, which launched with a line of Eau de Vies, clear brandies and old world-style grappa.

“Again, sort of believing that the key to all this wasn’t so much the tricks that we played in the cellar or the distillery,” Hanson said. “It was the quality of the fruit that we got from our grower partners. And believing that how they grew it had a huge impact on that quality. What they did in the ground was just as important — maybe more important — to the quality of our product than what we did in the cellar or the distillery.”

When customers started asking for more mainstream liquors, Hanson created CapRock organic gin and vodka. He always had a soft spot for gin, he admitted, and it seemed like a natural progression.

Over the years, Hanson kept diversifying

and evolving. Some ideas worked. He started New Avalon Grower Ciders in 2016 and the response to the single-origin ciders (made with fruit from biodynamic farms in Colorado and California) has been excellent. Some ideas did not. Hanson tried growing highquality hops using the same attention to detail that he does his grapes and realized that beer makers aren’t willing or able to pay the requisite price for the quality. But he’s still evolving; he moved on to growing hemp.

Though the original idea has grown and sprouted new branches (like WineTapistry, which creates custom blends for restaurants that can be poured from a tap), the key components remain the same. The best way to get good product, Hanson said, goes back to how it’s grown.

“In our experience, certain farming practices — good low-input farming practices, practices that are based on natural systems versus industrial system-based farming — produce great wine,” Hanson said.

Farming, production and libations are all part of the process at Jack Rabbit Hill Farm.

Photos: Courtesy of Jack Rabbit Hill Farm

Today, the 70-acre diversified operation grows 18 acres of grapes, as well as medicinal herbs. It also has pastureland with sheep and cows. The portfolio includes estate wines (JRH Farm Wines), customblended keg and box wines for restaurants (WineTapistry), craft spirits (CapRock, MEll Zero Waste Vodka) and single-orchard ciders (New Avalon Grower Ciders).

But at the heart of it all, Hanson is a farmer.

“The (wine making) is important because that is our link back to farming,” Hanson said.

“In all these other things, the wine making, the cider making, the spirits that we do, it all pays for the habit. I can’t make this work farming alone, but getting involved in these other things, the value-added products, that pays for the habit.”

Consumers aren’t complaining. As long as Hanson and Jack Rabbit Hill Farm continue to produce tasty beverages that we can feel good about drinking, we’re happy for Hanson to be a farmer first.

Katie Coakley is a Denver-based freelance writer who focuses on craft beer and spirits, travel and outdoor adventures — the best stories combine all three. You can see more of her work at katiecoakley.com.

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donations to benefit local schools, and enjoy unlimited pours in your commemorative glass. eventbrite.com

MILE HIGH BEER FEST MARCH 21 Denver

This year’s fest moves to the McNichols Building in downtown Denver, and benefits Minds Matter of Denver, which helps make college a reality for students in low-income environments. eventbrite.com

POUDRE POUR MARCH 28 Windsor

The Poudre Heritage Alliance hosts the festival to raise awareness of local water issues. The event includes tastings from local breweries and distilleries, appetizers, kids’ activities, live music from the Grace Kuch Band and more. poudreheritage.org Photo: Courtesy of Denver Kids

DENVER MASQUERADE BALL MARCH 7 DENVER

While the guests will be disguised, there’s nothing secret about the cause. All proceeds benefit Denver Kids and their efforts to empower

MARCH

10 BARREL HELLA BIG AIR MARCH 7 Copper Mountain

Watch the industry’s top athletes catch big air on a custom-built jump. Then grab a cold one and dance to live music from The Movement. Front Rangers can avoid traffic by catching the Brew Bus from the 10 Barrel Brew Pub in Denver.

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FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS MARCH 9 Grand Junction

Make your hands clap along to Fitz and the Tantrums at the historic Avalon Theatre. Their ubiquitous song “HandClap” was one of the biggest hits of the decade, so this is a concert you’ll want to be a part of. fitzandthetantrums.com

THE BREWERY COMEDY TOUR MARCH 12 & APRIL 9 Grand Junction

The kegs will be flowing and the crowd laughing during this nationwide comedy tour featuring topflight comedians performing at breweries across the country. The tour stops in March and April at Kannah Creek’s Edgewater Brewery along the riverfront trail. kannahcreekbrewingco.com

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more students to finish high school with a foundation for success. Enjoy all the glitz and glamour with signature drinks, entertainment, dancing and a silent auction.

denvermasqueradeball.com LEFTOVER SALMON MARCH 12 Durango

The Colorado natives and jamgrass purveyors known as Leftover Salmon are ready to put on quite a show at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. durangoconcerts.tix.com

ROCKY MOUNTAIN COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS MARCH 13 Greeley

iHeartRadio honors the best in regional country music at Monfort Concert Hall. Expect live performances and celebrity presenters. rockymountaincountrymusicawards.com

WHISKIES OF THE WORLD MARCH 13 Denver

This nationwide tour gathers more than 200 of the most interesting craft and established brands from around the globe for an unforgettable whiskey tasting experience. whiskiesoftheworld.com

DAY OF DORKS MARCH 21 Denver

Join Wynkoop Brewing Co. and dozens of other craft breweries for the annual Day of Dorks beer fest. Dress like a nerd, bring school supply

APRIL

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS APRIL 1 - MAY 17 Arvada

Watch the Agatha Christie classic “Murder on the Orient Express” come to life at The Arvada Center. This murder mystery involving a train full of strangers, a mysterious murder and an

JURASSIC QUEST MARCH 20-22 COLORADO SPRINGS

Gaze upon more than 100 true-to-size-and-detail dinosaurs in a walking dinosaur show. There is a lot

eccentric sleuth will have you wondering until the very end: whodunit? arvadacenter.org

FRONT RANGE SPLIT FEST 2020 APRIL 2-5 Winter Park

The festival is all about the shredding community coming together to support backcountry safety and education. Crash in your van in the parking lot and enjoy evening happy hours, educational guest speakers, raffles, movies and the opportunity to find new touring partners. frontrangesplitfest.com

COLLABORATION FEST APRIL 4 Denver

Join the Colorado Brewers Guild and more than 100 Colorado breweries in their collaborative efforts with out-of-state brewers to create more than 100 delicious beers you won’t find anywhere else. coloradobeer.org

HAUNTED ABBEY MONASTERY GHOST HUNT APRIL 4-6 Canon City

Just how brave are you? Walk through a maze of dark corridors in this historic monastery as part of a ghost hunt. Feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Investigate to uncover the secrets packed into Jurassic Quest, including dinosaur rides, digs, science stations, Jurassic jeeps, face painting and more.

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SAN JUAN RIVER FLOAT TRIP APRIL 19-25 UTAH

Embark on a six-day guided raft float and hike trip along the San Juan River. Camp by the river for and try to communicate with spirits who may still call The Abbey home. The hunt begins again several times between June and November, if you can’t make it in April. ghosthuntsusa.com

FREE DAY AT THE DENVER ZOO APRIL 9 Denver

Enjoy free access to the Denver Zoo for a day full of keeper talks, animal demonstrations, education and more. denverzoo.org

RATTLER TRAIL RACE APRIL 11 Colorado Springs

Runners welcome! Pick your pace in a 10K, 25K or 50K run through the expansive Palmer Park trail system. madmooseevents.com

BIGFOOT DAYS APRIL 17-18 Estes Park

Estes Park Bigfoot Days will feature activities, events, educational opportunities and entertainment for the entire family, all dedicated to Bigfoot lore. estesparkeventscomplex.com

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five nights and enjoy being immersed in nature and alongside a collection of archaeological treasures and displays of rock art.

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JACK HANNA’S INTO THE WILD LIVE APRIL 19 Fort Collins

Jack Hanna has explored the globe as one of the most visible and respected animal ambassadors.

Now he’s bringing his expertise to the stage, where wildlife fans of all ages can enjoy footage from his worldwide adventures. lctix.com

EARTH DAY CLEANUP APRIL 22 Louisville

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with other volunteers who will meet at the Louisville Community Park for a morning of cleaning up the area. Closed-toe shoes are required, and coffee, hot chocolate and morning goodies will be provided. louisvilleco.gov

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FURRY SCURRY 2020 MAY 2 Denver

The Dumb Friends League’s signature fundraising event will kick off at Washington Park with a pancake breakfast, followed by the two-mile walk/run. Expect a beer garden, picnic lunch, unique contests, a festival atmosphere and an array of pet-related vendors. support.ddfl.org March-April 2020

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BREAKFASTS WORTH RISING FOR

The Finest Ways to Start Your Day in The Mile High City

By Monica Parpal Stockbridge

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enverites love breakfast and brunch. They fuel our high-altitude adventures, get-togethers with friends and lazy weekend rambles. And luckily, there’s no shortage of breakfast-focused restaurants to explore in the Mile High City. Whether you’re looking for a jelly doughnut, legendary pancakes or bacon all day, every day, there’s plenty around town to sate your appetite. This spring, take a look at our favorite breakfast destinations for your next morning meal out.

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DENVER BISCUIT CO. denbisco.com

Denver Biscuit Company has earned a reputation in Denver and beyond. The moment the biscuits arrive at the table, many guests experience an instant, Instagrammable “wow” factor.

First, there’s the sheer size of the biscuits. You’ll need two hands to hold one, or just go in with a fork and knife. The Franklin — a biscuit sandwich brimming with buttermilk-fried chicken, bacon and cheddar cheese, then smothered in housemade gravy — is a popular choice. Each hand-rolled biscuit is served no more than 20 minutes after coming out of the oven, so you know you’re in for the freshest biscuit. On a typical weekend, any one of the five Front Range locations will sling more than 1,000 biscuits. The restaurant group, Atomic Provisions, also recently rolled out a new ice cream concept, Frozen Gold. So, if you possibly have room for ice cream after breakfast, you know where to go.

JELLY CAFE eatmorejelly.com

SASSAFRAS AMERICAN EATERY sassafrasamericaneatery.com

Sassafras first stole Denver diners’ hearts with its original Jefferson Park location, where each table was set with fabric napkins and characteristic salt and pepper shakers. It all looked like something out of grandma’s house.

They’ve since moved, and now have locations in the Highlands, Capitol Hill and Golden, where Sassafras is spreading delightful, distinctively southern eats throughout the metro area. Chef Colin Mallet expresses his Louisiana roots in dishes like the Breakfast Po’Boy, Breakfast Mac and Chicken Fried Eggs & Bison Hash. A new menu launch brought back the much-loved Eggs Sardou (creamed spinach, artichoke, scallion grit fries, fried oysters, poached eggs, diced sassafras bacon and smoked cayenne hollandaise), in addition to several vegan options alongside gluten-free and vegetarian choices.

With 10 different Bloody Marys and nine different mimosas on the menu, guests might feel compelled to sit and stay awhile.

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Photo: Courtesy of Sassafras American Eatery

Jelly Cafe brings out all the fun and whimsy of breakfast. The cheerful pink and orange decor and the vintage cereal boxes displayed on the walls are sure to conjure childhood memories of Saturday morning breakfast — or at least get you in the mood for a jelly-filled mini doughnut. The location at East 13th Avenue and Pearl Street in Denver’s Capitol Hill has been serving the neighborhood for 10 years; the University of Denver location has been open for seven. First-timers and regulars alike love Jelly Cafe for its fun atmosphere and delightful madeto-order mini doughnuts. Try the signature jelly-filled or the maple-bacon varieties. Savory staples such as the breakfast burrito topped with house-made pork green chili and the Haco Benedict with red chorizo chili also are constant crowd-pleasers. Newer to the menu, the Cauliflower Rice Hash is quickly becoming a favorite. It combines fried cauliflower rice with broccoli, edamame and onion, then is topped with two eggs any style.

BACON SOCIAL HOUSE baconsocialhouse.com

Bacon Social House opened in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood in 2015, much to the delight of bacon lovers throughout the metro area. A Littleton location opened just last year. Naturally, bacon is king at this high-spirited brunch-time destination. The bacon flight is a must, featuring six varieties of bacon (applewood, barbecue, candied, habanero, paleo and a rotating flavor) and a hardy pair of kitchen shears for easy snipping and sharing. The Bacon Shrimp & Grits is another customer favorite, featuring a polenta cake topped with shrimp, a flavorful broth, veggies and goat cheese. A garden omelet and other veggie-friendly entrées salute the non-bacon eaters. And for those who like suds with their brunch, a new beer collaboration with Tivoli Brewing Company helps wash it all down. The Sunnyside location plans to host more evening events this year, including the second annual pig roast on their killer outdoor patio. Plus, a new location is scheduled to open this year.

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SNOOZE

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Snooze first opened in Denver in 2006, and this playful pancake paradise can still draw a robust crowd on the weekends. That’s largely due to those legendary Snooze pancakes. The fluffy and flavorful cakes — they come in buttermilk, sweet potato or gluten-free varieties — start with a super-secret batter recipe, and are completed with extra special toppings. The signature Pineapple Upside Down pancakes have brown sugar in the batter, and caramelized pineapples, vanilla crème Anglaise and cinnamon butter on top. Today, there are four Snooze locations in Denver alone, and seven others around the state. Each location creates a pancake of the day, such as the savory “loaded baked potato” pancakes stuffed with bacon and topped with sour cream and chives. A flight of pancakes is perfect for sharing — or for when you just can’t decide. The menu changes seasonally, and a new winter menu will hit the tables this year. Snooze will soon open a location in Concourse B at Denver International Airport.

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LUCILE’S CREOLE CAFE luciles.com

Photo: Courtesy of Syrup

SYRUP

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Syrup first opened in Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, later launching locations downtown and in City Park, where guests can choose between a trendy atmosphere, buzzing urban experience or year-round patio and park views. A fourth Syrup restaurant will open this year (location TBD). At every Syrup, diners pour in for breakfast dishes like the Cherry Creeker Benedict (made with award-winning corned beef hash), the Nutella Stuffed French Toast topped with fresh bananas and strawberries, and the “Crack Bacon,” seasoned with a mix of brown sugar and black pepper.

Owner Tim Doherty’s previous career as a bartender inspired his syrup infusions.

Today, he uses fresh ingredients to come up with unique and interesting flavors such as butterscotch syrup, Kahlua syrup and coconut syrup. You can learn to make your own with the downloadable Syrup cookbook on the website.

Lucile’s is a Colorado institution, dating back to 1980 when it first opened in a quaint, pale yellow Victorian house in Boulder. The family dining destination — named for the owner’s mother, Lucile — still offers gourmet breakfast and brunch, but now operates six restaurants from Fort Collins to Littleton. Guests love the chicory coffee and fresh-squeezed orange and grapefruit juices. Bloody Marys from the full bar ease the substantial weekend wait times. The ambience and theme take inspiration from Creole cooking culture. Zydeco, jazz or Cajun music reminds Photo: Angie Wright diners of New Orleans, and you might see Mardi Gras beads as decoration. Choose from dishes like Pain Perdu (New Orleans style french toast), Eggs Pontchartrain (with fresh pan-fried mountain trout) or Shrimp & Grits with andouille sausage — and don’t forget to order a round of hot beignets at some point during your meal.

THE COOKERY AT MYRTLE HILL AND DEVIL’S FOOD BAKERY thecookeryatmyrtlehill.com

Photo: Courtesy of the Cookery at Myrtle Hill

Sometimes known as Devil’s Food Cookery, the Cookery at Myrtle Hill serves diners gourmet breakfasts and a bit of history in a charming space. In the 1890s, before Washington Park got its current name, the area was known as Myrtle Hill. Today, the Cookery and its companion business, Devil’s Food Bakery, occupy adjacent locations on Gaylord Street not far from the park. A breakfast here makes for a memorable morning, whether for pastries and coffee or for a full sit-down breakfast experience. Visit Devil’s Food Bakery for doughnuts, croissants, cookies and more, with hot drinks from a full espresso bar. Beautifying the bakery space is Fern & Lois, a division of Devil’s Food Bakery selling custom and ready-to-go floral arrangements. The Cookery at Myrtle Hill serves seasonal eats in a sit-down space, with a suggestion to leave your cell phone turned off. After all, a visit here means pocketing all distractions to simply enjoy your food — and your dining companions.

Monica Parpal Stockbridge writes about food, travel and technology in Colorado and beyond. Read more of her work at monicastockbridge.com.

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10 breweries less than 10 minutes from light rail Story and photos by Natasha Lovato

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t is a blessing and a curse to live in a metro area with nearly 100 breweries.

The overwhelming amount of hopped goodness is so easily accessible it’s understandably difficult to resist drinking at numerous stops. Luckily, the evergrowing light rail system around the Denver area makes it easy to visit your favorite craft breweries while avoiding the I-25 parking lot, saving fuel and avoiding a DUI. Here are 10 breweries you can walk to from a light rail stop in under 10 minutes. Challenge accepted?

UTE 3-MINALK WYNKOOP BREWING CO. W from Union Station

The light rail is an easy and inexpensive way to reach downtown, especially as a hub for those in Lone Tree, Golden, Westminster or Aurora. Start at Wynkoop to enjoy pool and a pint. Then meander your way to dozens of other LoDo bars and taverns.

UTE 8-MINALK TIVOLI BREWING CO. from Auraria West, Colfax, W

Sports Authority or Pepsi Center Stations

In just a brief walk toward the Auraria Campus, no matter which of the four stations you use, you’ll arrive at Tivoli Brewing. Also avoid elevated downtown parking prices by taking the light rail to any of these stops for your next Broncos, Nuggets or Avalanche game.

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RAICES BREWING CO. from the Decatur-Federal Station

One of the newest breweries in Denver also happens to be a short distance from the light rail stop, Empower Field at Mile High and the up-and-coming Meow Wolf. Enjoy food truck bites and Raices’ Latin-inspired beers before or after any future outings in the area.

UTE 7-MINALK DECLARATION BREWING CO. W from the Evans Station

You will want to enjoy more than one beer on the spacious and comfortable patio at Declaration, and taking the light rail makes session drinking easier. They offer 40 or so beers on tap, so you’ll want to stick around a while.

The train arrives at the 27th and Welton Street light rail stop outside of Spangalang Brewery.

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AND A FEW BONUS IDEAS UTE 5-MINALK ELEVATED SELTZER W from the

Olde Town Arvada Station

Mural just outside of Black Shirt Brewing Co.

UTE 4-MINALK BLACK SHIRT BREWING CO. W from the

UTE 7-MINALK DENVER BEER CO. from the W

Whether you’re on your way to or from the airport, the A-line light rail oh-so-conveniently stops close to Black Shirt. Stop in for a slice of their spent grain pizza and a brew before meandering around RiNo or taking the train to your next destination.

This stop makes the perfect beginning to an evening of strolling, shopping and sipping throughout Olde Towne Arvada’s businesses and taprooms. Enjoy a Princess Yum Yum or Graham Cracker Porter amid your Arvada explorations.

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Olde Town Arvada Station

UTE 5-MINALK NEW IMAGE BREWING W from the

UTE 2 -MINALK SPANGALANG BREWERY W from the

27th/Welton Station

Make a stop in the historic Five Points district for some great jazz music and beers

by Spangalang, so named in honor of the jazz history in the area.

UTE JACKASS HILL BREWERY 5-MINALK from the W

Littleton/Downtown Station

Jackass Hill offers a nice stop in downtown Littleton for enjoying a wide spectrum of brews and bites. Downtown Littleton is a lovely area to walk around any time of the year.

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Olde Town Arvada Station

The popular new seltzer culture is certainly an area worth exploring. Lowcalorie, gluten-free seltzers can pack a punch or give you just the right buzz in 5- to 10-percent ABV options. You’ll want more than just a taster, so it’s a good thing the light rail is just minutes away.

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ROCKER SPIRITS from the Littleton/Downtown Station

Famous for their rounded bottles, Rocker proudly serves whiskey, rum and vodka at this downtown Littleton spirit house.

UTE 5-MINALK WALDSCHANKE CIDERS W from the 41st/Fox Station

Waldschanke has exciting plans for the future, including their own ciders and European-styled coffee for their Swiss-based business. Right now you can hop off the light rail and try a wide array of other Colorado ciders and light snacks.

You can find it all at New Image, including beer, wine, liquor and a full food menu. It is a must stop on your Olde Town tour and it’s conveniently a next-door neighbor to Elevated Seltzer.

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EPIC BREWING from the 30th and Downing Station

The Big Bad Baptist series put Epic on the Colorado map but its 25 taps are more than enough to keep every palate happy.

After expanding from Utah to Denver’s RiNo area, the brewery has continued to grow its neighborhood presence.

UTE GOED ZUUR 2-MINALK W from 27th/Welton Station

Also located in the Five Points district is a taproom that specializes in sour beers. The Dutch name Goed Zuur translates to “good acid.” The acidy brews are paired nicely with charcuterie platters.

Native Natasha Lovato celebrates the Colorado lifestyle through hiking, biking or playing bingo while enjoying a sour ale or two.

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reen beer. … OK, I know I’ve already lost some of you.

Maybe those two words together evoke a regrettable experience with lukewarm keg beer dyed with food coloring on Saint Patty’s Day. Or worse, maybe green beer to you is some concoction colored like a neglected aquarium, brewed in your uncle’s garage in a carboy where exposure to light and heat is … irregular. But stay with me here. The phrase is not something you should be afraid of — in fact, I say embrace it.

Boulder’s Upslope Brewing Co. is giving a whole new meaning to what folks think of when they hear “green beer.”

“Sustainability at Upslope is about measuring and benchmarking our environmental and social impacts so that we can improve upon them. The Brewers’ Association’s Sustainability Benchmarking Program and B Lab’s B Impact Assessment are two tools we use to do this,” according to Lizzy Waters, sustainability coordinator.

Outdoor-themed approach backed up with B Corp status

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B Corp certified and that’s kick ass.’’

Photo: Jacob W. Frank

– Sam Scruby Upslope is a certified B Corporation and has been since May 2018. It’s a designation that recognizes a company’s dedication and commitment to high environmental standards and social commitment.

Head brewer Sam Scruby is a tad more blunt: “We’re B Corp certified and that’s kick ass.”

While the designation does signal some things “green,” it is more than that, including health, wellness, and inclusiveness. The company’s resolve is embedded in their culture — and always has been.

“The founders of Upslope have always supported and promoted outdoor recreation and outdoor conservation,” Waters says, speaking of founders Matt Cutter, Dany Page, and Henry Wood. “We have longstanding partnerships with non-profit organizations like Trout Unlimited and Leave No Trace. All three March-April 2020

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If you’ve lived in Colorado long, you know that the sun shines about 300 days of the year, which means utilizing the sun for energy is a no-brainer. So, throw together a few engineering nerds, some beer geeks and bada bing bada boom, you’ve got a solar-powered brewery.

Many Colorado breweries have committed to using solar power, including Denver Beer Co., Butcherknife Brewing, Tommyknocker Brewery, New Belgium Brewing, Colorado Boy Pub and Brewery, Ska Brewing, Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery, Left Hand Brewing, Odell Brewing and Upslope Brewing.

Co-owner of Namaste Solar Gerald Espinosa shared his expertise with the environmental and economic impact solar energy has. “I can nerd out on this stuff and can go on ad nauseum,” Espinosa joked. He explained that most of today’s power still comes from 19th century steam-driven turbines. While coal was the fuel of choice, natural gas has overtaken coal due to its cost-competitiveness.

Renewable, clean resources like wind, water, geo-thermal and solar result in less dependence on fossil fuels.

In addition to the environment, Espinosa said businesses need predictable energy costs. Solar allows owners to insulate their companies from ever-rising electricity expenses.

“Breweries understand more than most that their business depends on access to quality resources like hops and water,” he said. “This in part influences the conversation around going green. In addition to touting their artisanal crafts, community-orientation or local status, solar is another market differentiator that breweries are eager to broadcast.”

Denver Beer Co. found the benefits by having its Canworks facility run with 100 percent solar energy. Public relations director Diana Crawford proudly shared that 300,000 pounds of coal is avoided each year and DBCO will see a return in its solar energy investment in just five years. “ We believe in the importance of environmental stewardship,” she said.

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(owners) are avid outdoorsmen and it has been part of our culture and identity since the beginning.”

The B Corp designation is just the next logical step in more fully realizing that vision. The certification is a validation of the values the company already has, not that the company adopted the values in order to get certified. “We are performing well in energy and water waste — some of the key environmental metrics highlighted by both the Brewers’ Association and B Lab. We can and always will be improving prior to recertification in 2021,” Waters says.

Upslope is one Colorado brewer that is actually leading the way, not just in how they produce beer, but also in selecting whom they choose to do business with.

“For years, we have supported green organizations and initiatives outside of our company,” Waters says. “We created our sustainability program to turn that focus inward and begin looking at how to reduce the impact of our own operations and how to work with other providers and vendors in a conscientious way.”

Customers and potential employees alike are noticing the effort. “A lot of our recent interviews for new hires have mentioned the B Corp designation as important in applying at Upslope,” Scruby says.

“The more people realize that B Corp and sustainability initiatives are larger than just the environmental part, that it affects their benefits and how they are appreciated as an employee, the more interest there is,” Waters adds.

Still, in this day and age where competition seems to be coming from all sides, if you want to be sustainable as a brewery you have to make beer that stands out and keeps them coming back. Upslope does both.

“We laugh now because we used to say Boulder had a ton of breweries when we started (eleven years ago), and we had three beers on tap,” Scruby says. “The landscape has changed immeasurably. The expectation is now that you have a dozen offerings the day you open.”

If you’ve only seen Upslope on the shelf, that may sound puzzling: the brewery tactically packages only a limited number of their beers — the flagship offerings and a seasonal or two for stores — but the tap list is extensive, experimental and impressive.

Stop in at either the Flatiron Court or Lee Hill locations and you’ll be greeted by a chalkboard full of the exotic and the familiar, a catalog representing the breadth and depth of Upslope’s brewers’ talents.

“There wasn’t a whole lot of room for brewing a whole lot of beers in the early years.

We’ve expanded, experimentally, and we’re in control of it here. We can take bigger risks here,” says Scruby of the catalog hanging above the taps.

Upslope fans and prestige drinkers alike will want to be on the lookout for Upslope’s next Experimental IPA for 2020 brewed with orange blossom honey featuring a blend of hop varieties, including a strain called sabro, which Scruby likens to coconuts and rum. “It really works well with the orange blossom and the honey and makes for a complex beer.”

The commitment to environmental and social responsibility, and a keen awareness for what makes for great, complex, flavorful and sought-after beer — that’s the Upslope recipe for sustainability.

Kyle Kirves drinks beer, plays guitar, runs trails, and manages projects – all with varying degrees of success. While not a craftsman himself, he is quite content writing about the Colorado artisans who create such wonderful things and memorable experiences.

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GONE SQUATCHIN’ The annual Estes Park Bigfoot Days

By Natasha Lovato

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f you’ve ever heard unexplainable howls or the sound of sticks breaking outside your tent, you may have been closer to Bigfoot than you thought. The annual Estes Park Bigfoot Days will unearth the unexplained mysteries of this hairy legend for the whole family in day-long celebrations April 17 and 18 in the town’s Bond Park.

Bigfoot Days features activities, events, educational opportunities and entertainment, all dedicated to Bigfoot lore. Expect a fivemile race, Bigfoot-calling lessons, a danceoff, obstacle courses, a beer garden and presentations from experts.

Aside from loads of fun, get ready for goosebumps because world-renowned Bigfoot experts will present their knowledge and provide stories of past encounters with the beast.

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James “Bobo” Fay remembers watching Bigfoot in the once-ubiquitous PattersonGimlin film from the 1960s. The hazy footage shows a figure walking in an open area adjacent to a forest in northern California.

Since then, Fay says every life decision has reflected his search for Bigfoot.

Throughout the 1970s, Fay read every book he could find that would give him insight into the world of the unknown. Fay grabbed his first opportunity for a nationwide Bigfoot investigation while working as a roadie with the band Sublime. Touring allowed him to visit Bigfoot habitats and interview people across the country about the elusive creature. His first Bigfoot sighting was on an investigation with researcher John Freitas.

“On May 26, 2001, I saw my first one and since then I’ve seen half a dozen,” Fay said.

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“I saw one in daylight briefly once but most sightings are at night. I saw a good silhouette of one in 2004 but my best sighting was before I had good recording equipment. The only things I’ve gotten were blurry thermal footage and we knew from the sound what it was.”

You might recognize Fay from the 2011 Discovery and Animal Planet TV show, “Finding Bigfoot.” Since then, Fay has made his living as a commercial fisherman, always keeping an eye out for Bigfoot.​After years of tracking them, Fay says he’s able to pick up on the many idiosyncrasies about the elusive beasts. He explains he’s heard them imitate owls and other woodland creatures.

He believes they communicate with each other using bird calls, whistles and knocks.

Fay also said the Bigfoot will scream, roar and howl, which sounds like a mix between a howling monkey, lion and elephant.

“Their top priority besides eating is avoiding humans, so everyone assumes we are making it up,” Fay said. “They operate like paranoid ninjas. They are super stealthy, travel at night, stay hidden, avoid large groups of humans but yet, they will interact. When they choose to interact it’s always on their terms. That’s when you hear the knocks and the trees getting torn down.”

Fay further explained that based on physical descriptions and footprint evidence, Bigfoot is found globally in places like Australia, Nepal, Canada and throughout South America.

“I have seen them and I know they’re real,” Fay said.

Whether you’ve had experiences similar to Fay, an interest in the unknown, or doubts so strong you need to see it to believe it, the Estes Park Bigfoot Days celebration aims to solve the ongoing mystery.

Native Natasha Lovato celebrates the Colorado lifestyle through hiking, biking or playing bingo while enjoying a sour ale or two.

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STRANGE BREW

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City Star celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with Lucky Charms flight

By Steve Graham

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our neighborhood pub might serve bright green beer on St. Patrick’s Day, but a Berthoud brewery is taking it up a notch and also serving purple, orange and red beers for the big day.

For the third year, City Star Brewing will lean into the leprechaun part of the Irish holiday and craft a colorful and “magically delicious” Lucky Charms beer flight. And unlike the pastel breakfast marshmallows (or the green Bud Light, for that matter), there are no artificial dyes or ingredients involved.

“Enjoy tasting the rainbow, sampling exotic brews of varying hues, and … rest assured that all ingredients are natural,” City Star co-owner Whitney Way said.

City Star opened in 2012, when homebrewing enthusiast John Way left his job at Oskar Blues to launch the first craft brewery in Berthoud with his wife, Whitney. The couple still owns and runs the brewery.

“We’ve just kind of stumbled through it,” Whitney said.

The brewery is in a rustic brick building that used to be the City Star livery stable, and the Ways draw on that history for the horseshoe logo and the “Western, historical vibe.”

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City Star has five mainstay beers, including an IPA, a stout and a red ale, plus a range of seasonal specialties and barrelaged offerings on tap. Everyone at the brewery has input on the lineup.

“Anytime our staff has ideas, we try to incorporate that as well,” Whitney said.

Staff members also suggested ingredients for the Lucky Charms flight.

The beers are a surprise each year, but Whitney expects to add butterfly peaflower to a golden lager, which naturally imbues a bright blue or purple hue. Whitney also purchased bee pollen for making a dryhopped lager, and plans to revive a beet saison that was a taproom hit a few years ago.

“It’s kind of fun researching and exploring,” Whitney said.

Last year, John made an orange gingerturmeric beer and a green pandan leaf and coconut lager.

Whitney said the flights will be available just before St. Patrick’s Day, on Saturday, March 14, and she expects them to sell out in one day at their brewery party.

“People start to emerge from their winter hibernations, so St. Patrick’s Day is a fun day to go out and play,” Whitney said.

If you can’t make it to City Star in your green, another creative flight will be on tap for Labor Day in September. The brewery revived Berthoud’s historic Flap Jack Day with free pancakes, live music, a classic car show and, most importantly, a breakfastthemed beer flight that might include a mocha brown, a coffee stout, an orange marmalade IPA and a French Toast stout.

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.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH The 14ers play upbeat songs about the Colorado lifestyle

By Steve Graham

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yan Kirkpatrick was guiding a group up Mount Shavano in 2012 when one hiker took a phone call in what should have been a cellular dead zone. That’s how he learned about the Aurora theater shooting.

“The sun came up and beat our faces with beautiful rays as we let that ugly news sink in,” Kirkpatrick said. “I remember thinking that if anyone could experience the beauty of a Colorado sunrise from the top of a 14er, the world would have to be a better place.

They couldn’t do something that horrible (the shooting), right? … I’ve been trying to get as many people outside having a good time for as long as I can remember, and therefore my music is a reflection of that life.”

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Kirkpatrick is something of a full-time spokesman for the Centennial State.

The northern Colorado native is relentlessly upbeat, and has the everyman charm of Owen Wilson. He travels regularly with the non-profit guide company he started.

And he has plenty of potential Colorado theme songs recorded with his aptly named band, The 14ers.

Drummer Barry Bates said anyone can relate to the Colorado lifestyle in Kirkpatrick’s lyrics, and noted his pleasant surprise upon seeing several fans singing along with every word at the first 14ers show in Los Angeles.

“Even if folks haven’t experienced the Colorado mountains, or outdoors, I think just

about everyone wishes they had,” Bates said.

“It definitely connects.”

A highlight of the latest 14ers album is “Mountain Town,” which is clearly written by someone who has spent a lot of time in Telluride or Steamboat Springs.

“We hit the hill, it’s still coming down. It’s a good life in a mountain town,” Kirkpatrick sings. “Wake and bake, enjoy the ride, there’s a hot springs party on the other side. Taunt the night like a rodeo clown, it’s a damn good life in a mountain town. The winters bring us, and summers leave us all spellbound.”

Kirkpatrick writes many of his songs in his tent or in a gear trailer he takes into the backcountry for his guiding trips. While his

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customers sleep off a long, active day, he turns his meditations and outdoor bliss into lyrics.

Kirkpatrick’s guiding career started while he was earning a master’s degree and trail running at Colorado State University. He got a standing summer job at CSU’s Mountain Campus Pingree Park, where he started with making beds and cleaning bathrooms but soon was helping lead guided education programs for seniors.

“My running career kind of ended, I broke my foot and had an appendectomy, the onetwo punch,” Kirkpatrick said. “I got way into the guiding.”

He also got more serious about playing music, starting with The Kirkpatrick Project,

an acoustic band with his brother. After his brother moved away, he started The 14ers as a flexible collective.

“I didn’t know who was going to play on it; I just wanted it to be friends,” he said.

One of those friends, 14ers bassist and backup vocalist Stu Cruden, said it’s hard to keep up with Kirkpatrick, who never seems to sleep or run out of energy.

“It can wring you out but it’s the most fun you can have with your pants on,” Cruden said.

Kirkpatrick said he puts all his boundless passion into sharing the Rocky Mountain lifestyle with everyone he can, either through guided adventures or music.

“One by one on the trips I have gotten to show people the outdoors and watch them glow and enjoy themselves through their outdoor experience,” he said. “Not everyone can come take a week-long vacation with me though. I want our music to make people happy and showcase Colorado when possible.”

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.

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HEARD ANY GOOD LAWYER JOKES LATELY?

Troy Walker Steps Away from Law to Take Comedic Stage

By Katie Lee

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The rodeo was a topic that Walker raved rom Colorado cow town to the about when asked what he loved most about Hollywood stage, Troy Walker tossed growing up in Colorado. He was glad he went aside a career in law and instead used to rodeos during school trips, which was an his quick wit to entertain the masses. important part of his education (and potential The 34-year-old lawyer turned comedian comedic fodder). launched his career in Denver after attending “I couldn’t be prouder to be from Metropolitan State University of Denver and Colorado,” Walker said, “One thing that is then earning a law degree from the Sturm pretty consistent for people from Colorado is College of Law at the University of Denver. we’re all insufferably proud of it.”

While in school, he began hitting the Because of the competition along the standup scene in Denver to try out his stuff.

Front Range among comedians, Walker And although he still has a law license was determined to stand out by having a to fall back on, he found that making people lot of edge in his set, and by being louder laugh is his passion; his true vocation. He than most. says he constantly wants to create humor and As with other art forms, share it with others. comedy is tough. Making a He first made his I couldn’t be living as a standup requires a presence known at Comedy of homework and a delivery Works in downtown Denver prouder to be from lot that keeps folks laughing. “The and was twice named the material is new to the crowd, winner of the “New Faces” Colorado.One but it’s not new to you,” Walker contest in which more than thing that is pretty said, explaining a bit of the 100 jokesters compete process. throughout the summer in He most often draws on front of live audiences. He consistent for people past experiences, particularly has also performed at The from Colorado is ... from his time in Denver, to Aspen Rooftop Comedy come up with gags and keep Fest, Austin’s Moontower we’re all things fresh for the crowd. In Comedy Festival, insufferably one of his bits, Walker explains Nebraska’s Great American that musicians who perform in Comedy Fest, The proud of it.

Colorado always complain that Laughing Skull Comedy, they can’t breathe because Bridgetown Comedy, the – Troy Walker of the altitude, which prompts Telluride Comedy and as high-fives and cheers from a “New Face” at the Just the crowd. “That’s right, bitch, we live on the for Laughs Fest in Montreal. Absolutely no moon,” he blurts, as Denver’s Comedy Works rest for the wicked. He noted that he made crowd cracks up. And speaking of drawing on his television debut on The Late Late show the past to come up with new material, he said with Craig Ferguson before it went off the air. there’s “nothing more Colorado than being out Currently, he is based in Los Angeles, where in the mountains, around a fire, and getting he is performing standup and working on hammered with your buddies.” other yet-to-be-announced projects.

One of his strengths is the ability to fall flat Although his schedule keeps him hopping on stage and then come back strong the next in California, he still ponders coming home. night, which has happened to all comedians.

Walker says when he becomes Sometimes, for Walker, the next night is in a financially secure, he would love to move distant city and a long car ride gives him time back to Colorado. “It zens me out,” he says. to hone his current material and come up with “Colorado is home and always will be.” the next round of jokes.

Despite the influx of people and the major changes the state has undergone, he misses Katie Lee recently graduated from Wartburg College it. “When I grew up there, it was ... it was a with a bachelor’s in English and a graphic design different place.” It was much more of a cow minor. She enjoys spending time with her friends town, he points out. “When I was a kid, it was a and family and is constantly immersing herself in a book or writing a new story. cowboy hat and everybody went to the rodeo when they were in town,” Walker says with a laugh.

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Mash Lab Brewing

Green Earth Brewing

Pikes Peak Brewing Co ● ●

Mahogany Ridge Brewery & Grill ●

The Block Distilling Co - Denver

Mountain Tap Brewery ●

Broken Arrow Spirits - Centennial

Storm Peak Brewing Co

Denver Distillery - Denver

Yampa Valley Brewing Co

Deviant Spirits - Boulder

SUMMIT COUNTY

Deviation Distilling - Denver

Angry James Brewing Co

Devil’s Head Distillery - Englewood

The Baker’s Brewery ●

Downslope Distilling - Englewood

Breckenridge Brewery & Pub ●

Elwood Distilling - Boulder

Broken Compass Brewing

The Family Jones Spirit House Denver ●

Equinox Brewing ● Funkwerks

High Hops Brewery ● ●

NORTHEAST COLORADO

McClellan’s Brewing Co ● ●

Lonesome Buck Brewing Co

Parts & Labor Brewing Co

New Belgium Brewing Co ● ●

Mighty River Brewing Co

Tumbleweed Brewing & Wine Co

Maxline Brewing

Odell Brewing Co ● ● Old Colorado Brewing Co Pitchers Brewery ● Prost Brewing Co Purpose Brewing

WeldWerks Brewing Co Wiley Roots Brewing Co ●

IDAHO SPRINGS/EVERGREEN/ CENTRAL CITY/GEORGETOWN

Rally King Brewing

Dostal Alley Saloon & Gambling Emporium ●

Ramskeller Brewery ●

El Rancho Brewing Co ●

Red Truck Beer ● Snowbank Brewing

Soul Squared Brewing Co ● soulsquaredbrewing.com 970.829.1361 3740 Cleveland Ave Wellington

Sparge Brewing Timnath Beerwerks 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 ● Coda Brewing Coors Brewing Co Golden City Brewery ●

Holidaily Brewing Co Holidailybrewing.com 303.278.BEER 801 Brickyard Cir., Golden

Mountain Toad Brewing ●

NORTHGLENN/THORNTON Mother Tucker Brewery ● ● Periodic Brewing ● Satire Brewing Co ● ●

PAGOSA SPRINGS/ DEL NORTE/ALAMOSA

Dillon Dam Brewery ● ●

Evergreen Taphouse & Brewery ●

The Colorado Farm Brewery

Outer Range Brewing Co ●

Guanella Pass Brewing Co

Pagosa Brewing Co ●

Pug Ryan’s Brewery ●

Lariat Lodge Brewing Co ● ●

Riff Raff Brewing ● ●

Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub ●

San Luis Valley Brewing ●

Westbound & Down Brewing Co ●

Square Peg Brewerks

KREMMLING Grand Adventure Brewing Co

LA JUNTA Dean & Co Brewing

Three Barrel Brewing Co ●

PAONIA Chrysalis Barrel Aged Beer Paonia United Brewing Co

PARKER

LAKE CITY

Barnett and Son Brewing Co ● ●

Lake City Brewing

Downhill Brewing Co ●

LITTLETON AREA

Los Dos Potrillos Mexican Restaurant y Cerveceria ●

Blue Spruce Brewing Co Breckenridge Brewery ●

Welcome Home Brewing

Coal Mine Ave. Brewing Co

PUEBLO AREA

Jackass Hill Brewery ●

Brues Alehouse Brewing Co ● ●

Lariat Lodge Brewing

Reservoir Brewing Co

Living the Dream Brewing Co

Shamrock Brewing ●

Locavore Beer Works

Walter Brewery & Taproom

LONGMONT

Leopold Bros - Northeast Denver

WINTER PARK AREA

Local Distilling - Golden

Camber Brewing Co

Mad Rabbit Distillery - Westminster

Fraser River Beer Co

Mile High Spirits - Lodo

Hideaway Park Brewery

Mythology Distillery - Denver ●

Never Summer Brewing Co The Peak Bistro & Brewery ●

Rising Sun Distillery - Denver Rocker Spirits - Littleton

DISTRIBUTION ONLY

Santa Fe Spirits - Littleton

AC Golden Brewing Co

Spirit Hound Distillers - Lyons

Acidulous Brewing Co

State 38 Distilling - Golden

Amalgam Brewing

Stranahan’s - South Denver

Atom Brewing Co Barrel Dog Brewing

Strongwater Spirits & Botanicals - Denver

Beer by Design

Talnua Distillery - Arvada

Black Sheep Brewery

Tighe Brothers Distillery - Denver

Centennial Beer Co

Tingala - Denver

Ceria Brewing

Vapor Distillery - Boulder

Divebar Brewing Co

Weaver’s Spirits - Parker

Donovan Brewing Co

Whistling Hare - Westminster ●

Durango Brewing Co

NORTHERN COLORADO

Eddyline Restaurant and Brewing Co ●

Gemini Beer Co

Anvil Distillery - Longmont

Good River Beer

Elevation Beer Co ●

Big Fat Pastor - Loveland

Idylwilde Brewing

Moonlight Pizza and Brewpub ●

Black Canyon Distillery - Longmont

The Larimer Beer Co

Periodic Brewing

New Planet Beer

Bouck Brothers Whiskey - Idaho Springs

Soulcraft Brewing

Open Door Brewing Co

Coyote Gold Margaritas - Fort Collins

Pumphouse Brewery ●

GUNNISON/CRESTED BUTTE

Rustica

Coppermuse Distillery - Fort Collins

Shoes and Brews

Elk Ave Brewing Co ● ●

Sixteen Twenty Three Brewing

Dry Land Distillers - Longmont

Wibby Brewing ● ●

High Alpine Brewing Co ●

Sleeping Giant Brewing Social Order Brewing

Elevation 5003 Distillery - Fort Collins

Irwin Brewing Co

Grossen Bart Brewery ● ● Left Hand Brewing Co ● Mirror Image Brewing ● ● Oskar Blues Brewing ● Primitive Beer

Over Yonder Brewing

Berthoud Brewing Co

Avalanche Brewing Co ●

Big Beaver Brewing Co ●

Colorado Boy Brewery - Montrose, Ouray, Ridgeway ●

Palisade Brewing Co ● ●

Laws Whiskey House - Denver

Crestone Brewing Co ●

5030 Local ●

Mad Russian Brewing Co

Ironton Distillery - Denver

Crafty Canary Brewery

Collision Brewing ●

Ohm Brewing

Kannah Creek Brewing Co ●

J & L Distilling Co - Boulder

WALSENBURG

Bootstrap Brewing

SOUTHWEST COLORADO

Edgewater Brewery ●

Hogback Distillery - Wheat Ridge

300 Suns Brewing ●

LOVELAND/BERTHOUD

Dented Face Brewing Co

Golden Moon Distillery - Golden

SALIDA/BUENA VISTA/ CRESTONE/LEADVILLE

New Terrain Brewing ● ●

GRAND JUNCTION AREA

Geek Spirits - Boulder

HighSide Brewing ● ●

Big Thompson Brewery Buckhorn Brewers City Star Brewing ● Crow Hop Brewing Drätz Brewing Co Grimm Brothers Brewhouse

Golden Block Brewery ●

Elkins Distilling Co - Estes Park

Swole Beer

Feisty Spirits - Fort Collins

Syndicate Brewing Co

The Heart Distillery - Windsor

Uhl’s Brewing Co

Longtucky Spirits - Longmont

DISTILLERIES

Mobb Mountain Distillers - Fort Collins NOCO Distillery - Fort Collins

Horsefly Brewing Co ● ●

DENVER/BOULDER

Ouray Brewery ●

12 Point Distillery - Lafayette

Ourayle House Brewery

52Eighty Distilling - Littleton

Red Mountain Brewing ●

Altitude Spirits, Inc. - Boulder

Old Elk Distillery - Fort Collins Old Town Distilling - Fort Collins Still Cellars - Longmont

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Spring 44 Distilling - Loveland

Mesa Park Vineyards - Palisade

Steamboat Whiskey Co - Steamboat Spring ●

Peachfork Orchards and Vineyards - Palisade

Syntax Spirits - Greeley

Plum Creek Cellars - Palisade

Mountain Spirit Winery, Ltd. - Salida

Tower 56 Distillery - Greeley

Ptarmigan Vineyards - Grand Junction

Sette Dolori - Black Forest

Ram’s Point Winery - Grand Junction

Songbird Cellars - Beulah The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey Canon City

Blue Mountain Vineyards - Berthoud

Red Fox Cellars - Palisade Restoration Vineyards - Palisade

The Winery at Pikes Peak - Cascade

Decadent Saint - Boulder

Shiras Winery - Grand Junction

Vino Colorado Winery - Colorado Springs

River Garden Winery - Fort Lupton

Summit Cellars - Palisade

Vino Salida Wine Cellars - Poncha Springs

Snowy Peaks Winery - Estes Park

Talon Winery - Palisade

CENTRAL FRONT RANGE

Two Rivers Winery - Grand Junction

Allis Ranch Winery - Sedalia

Colorado Gold - Colorado Springs

Two Swedes Glögg - Grand Junction

Aspen Peak Cellars - Bailey

Deerhammer Distilling Co - Buena Vista

Varaison Vineyards and Winery Palisade

Balistreri Vineyards - Denver

Distillery 291 - Colo. Springs

Whitewater Hill Vineyards - Grand Junction

Black Arts Cellars - Littleton

SOUTHERN COLORADO 3 Hundred Days of Shine - Monument 1350 Distilling - Colo. Springs Axe and the Oak - Colo. Springs Black Bear Distillery - Green Mountain Falls Blackhat Distillery - Colo. Springs Cockpit Craft Distillery - Colo.

Springs

Lee Spirits - Colo. Springs

St. Kathryn Cellars Winery & Gift Shop - Palisade

Meridiem Spirits - Elizabeth

CENTRAL WEST AREA

Mystic Mountain Distillery - Larkspur

5680' - Paonia

Sand Creek Distillery - Hugo

Alfred Eames Cellars at Puesta del Sol Vineyards - Paonia

Sangre Distilleries - Westcliffe Spirits of the Rockies - Pueblo Wood’s High Mountain Distillery - Salida

WESTERN SLOPE 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Co - Vail 808 Distillery - Eagle Coal Creek Distillery - Crested Butte Durango Craft Spirits - Durango

Settembre Cellars - Boulder Stonebridge Farm Winery - Longmont Sweet Heart Winery - Loveland Ten Bears Winery - Laporte Turquoise Mesa Winery - Broomfield Viewpoint Wines - Boulder

Bigsby’s Folly - Denver

Vinnie Fera - Boulder

Blanchard Family Wines - Denver Bonacquisti Wine Company - Denver Carboy Winery - Littleton Colorado Sake Co. - Denver

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN Buckel Family Wine - Crested Butte Continental Divide Winery Breckenridge Monkshood Cellars - Minturn

Gaijin 24886 Sake - Denver

Evening Grace Vineyards - Hotchkiss

Golden City Winery - Golden

Steamboat Winery - Steamboat Springs

Jack Rabbit Hill - Hotchkiss

Golden Valley Winery - Denver

Leroux Creek Vineyards - Hotchkiss

InVINtions, A Creative Winery Greenwood Village

PLAINS

Vines at Vail Winery - Wolcott Winter Park Winery - Fraser

Claremont Inn & Winery - Stratton

Kingman Estates Winery - Denver

Mummy Hill Winery - Holyoke

Boco Cider - Boulder Boxing Brothers Cider - Colorado Springs Branch Out Cider - Fort Collins C Squared Ciders - Penrose ● Clear Fork Cider - Denver Climb Hard Cider Co - Loveland Colorado Cider Co - Denver Colorado Common Cider - Colo.

Springs Colorado Plus Cidery - Golden Fenceline Cider - Mancos Golden City Winery - Golden Haykin Family Cider - Aurora The Ice Cave Cider House Monument Locust Cider - Boulder Old Mine Cidery & Brewpub - Erie 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 Teal Cider - Dolores Waldschänke Ciders - Denver Wild Cider - Firestone Zanamiel - Centennial

MEADERIES Annapurna Mead - Colorado Springs

Qutori Wines - Paonia

Ladrón Cellars - Englewood

Reds Wine Boutique - Sterling

Stone Cottage Cellars - Paonia

Leap of Faith Winery - Wheat Ridge

FOUR CORNERS

Point Blank Winery - Centennial

Flying T Wine - Cortez

Colorado Honey Wine - Distribution Only

Purgatory Cellars Winery - Parker

Four Leaves Winery - Durango

Dragon Meadery - Aurora

Silver Vines Winery - Arvada

Fox Fire Farms - Ignacio

Honnibrook Meadery - Castle Rock

Spero Winery - Denver

Guy Drew Vineyards - Cortez

Hunters Moon Meadery - Severance

The Infinite Monkey Theorem Denver

Pleasant View Vineyards - Pleasant View

Meadery of the Rockies - Palisade

The Wine Barrel - Parker

Sutcliffe Vineyards - Cortez

Vino Passarelli - Lakewood

Yellow Car Country Wines - Cortez

Idlewild Spirits - Winter Park

Cottonwood Cellars/The Olathe Winery - Olathe

Peak Spirits - Hotchkiss

BookCliff Vineyards - Boulder

Endless Endeavor Winery - Paonia

Chill Switch Wine - Cedaredge

Peach Street Distillers - Palisade

Blendings at the Preserve - Fort Collins

Deep Roots Winery & Bistro - Denver

Honey House Distillery - Durango

Montanya Distillers - Crested Butte

Bad Bitch Cellars - Eaton

Black Bridge Winery - Paonia

DELTA & MONTROSE COUNTIES

Marble Distilling Co - Carbondale ●

Augustina’s Winery - Nederland

Creekside Cellars - Evergreen

Highlands Distillery - Grand Junction

KJ Wood Distillers - Ouray

Legatum Cellars - Canon City

NORTHERN FRONT RANGE

Azura Cellars - Paonia

Mesa Winds Farm and Winery Hotchkiss

39 North Spirits - Eagle

Le Fuselier Winery at Spring Creek Vineyards - Canon City

Garrett Estates Cellars - Olathe Mountain View Winery - Olathe Stoney Mesa Winery - Cedaredge Winery at Cedars Farm - Cedaredge

Water 2 Wine - Centennial

Stoneyard Distillery - Dotsero

SOUTH FRONT RANGE

Waters Edge Winery - Centennial

Storm King Distilling - Montrose

Byers Cellars - Cripple Creek

What We Love, The Winery - Boulder

Telluride Distilling Co - Telluride

D’Vine Wine - Manitou Springs

Wild Women Winery - Denver

Woodshed Distilling - Pagosa Springs

Evergood Elixirs - Palmer Lake

Wine & Whey - Denver

Woody Creek Distillers - Basalt

CIDERIES Apple Valley Cider Co Artisan Craft Cellars - Westminster Big B’s Juices and Hard Cider Hotchkiss

Black Forest Meadery - Colorado Springs

Mechalore Meadworks - Loveland Medovina - Niwot Miracle Stag Meadery - Loveland Queen Bee Brews - Denver Randy Buzz Meadery - Golden Redstone Meadery - Boulder

WINERIES GRAND JUNCTION AREA

PALISADE PALISADE

Avant Vineyards - Palisade Carlson Vineyards - Palisade Colorado Cellars Winery - Palisade

GRAND VALLEY BANK BREWS & CRUISE GRAND VALLEY BANK BREWS & CRUISE MAY & 9TH, 2020 MAY 8 &8 9TH, 2020

Colterris Winery - Palisade DeBeque Canyon Winery - Palisade

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