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Aaron Stueck of BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

If you don’t think a publicly-traded brewpub based out of California can be a hotbed of Boulder brewing research, then you haven’t been to BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse. Located in the Twenty-Ninth Street shopping center, BJ’s is the playground of Aaron Stueck: brewer, historian, and head of BJ’s research and development division. “It’s my job … Continue reading Aaron Stueck of BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Tour de Brew: BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Sudsy R&D at the Twenty-Ninth Street Mall ON TAP: BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse. 1690 28th St., Boulder, 303-440-5200. If you are a dedicated beer drinker in the Boulder scene, it is entirely possible you’ve never set foot in BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse. Sure, it’s hard to miss as you roll down 28th Street on your … Continue reading Tour de Brew: BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

This week in Drink — Aaron Stueck of BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Medal-wise, Aaron Stueck is having a phenomenal year. “Because the pale bock that came out of this rye whisky barrel won a gold at the North American Beer Awards,” Stueck says, patting the face of an American oak barrel from Spirit Hound Distillers in Lyons. “And then the honey whisky,” he continues, pointing to the … Continue reading This week in Drink — Aaron Stueck of BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse

Tour de Brew: Very Nice Brewing Company

Easy going mountain-town charm in a glass ON TAP: VERY NICE BREWING COMPANY, 20 Lakewood Drive, Suite 112, Nederland, Colorado, 303-258-3770. A visit to a brewery can range anywhere from magnificent to abysmal, with most falling somewhere in between. The average skews closer to the positive, but it helps when brewers sow the seeds of … Continue reading Tour de Brew: Very Nice Brewing Company

This Week in Drink — Jeffrey Green on Very Nice Brewing Company

We brew beers that 50 percent of the people are going to love and 50 percent of the people are going to hate, and that’s fine with us,” Jeffrey Green of Very Nice Brewing Company says. “We’re always going to be the guys who’re going to sponsor the little league team, keep people happy with … Continue reading This Week in Drink — Jeffrey Green on Very Nice Brewing Company

Jeff Joslin of Left Hand Brewing Company

Zen and the art of brewing For Jeff Joslin, a career in craft beer didn’t come with an aha moment.“It was more an organic love for beer,” he says. No one walks the same path, and chatting with Joslin, brewhouse manager at Left Hand Brewing Company, you get the impression that his career in beer … Continue reading Jeff Joslin of Left Hand Brewing Company

This week in Drink — 1265 Pilsner

In the glass, it’s a thing of beauty. Inside a crystal clear liquid, the color of harvest straw, a swirl of tiny bubbles gathers at the top of the glass. It would look like champagne if not for the mountain of pillowy white foam piling high above the rim. The nose is even better: aromas … Continue reading This week in Drink — 1265 Pilsner

This week in Drink — Oktoberfest 2021

It was the marriage of future Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese on October 12, 1810 that laid the foundation for Oktoberfest. All of Munich was invited to celebrate the nuptials. Horses were run, and beer was drunk—this is Bavaria we’re talking about. The people loved it. So much so that the following year they decided … Continue reading This week in Drink — Oktoberfest 2021

This week in Drink — Sporting Beers

Football season is back, and the Broncos are 2-0! When’s the last time that happened? (2018 )  Jabs aside, nothing is better for the beer business than a winning sports team. And here in the State of Craft Beer, drinking options to pair with your favorite team are endless. So whether you’re part of Broncos … Continue reading This week in Drink — Sporting Beers

This week in Drink — Dispatches from the Craft Brewers Conference

Beer is one of the most successful engines of social interaction that provides widely accessible avenues to innovation and opportunity for everyone everywhere,” Dr. J Jackson-Beckham told the audience at this year’s Craft Brewers Conference. “But the thing is, for the most part, we haven’t been innovating when it comes to the people part of … Continue reading This week in Drink — Dispatches from the Craft Brewers Conference