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How to drink without getting drunk: does the yeast method work? (Food & Drink Week)
Esquire blog discusses a famous brewer’s secret for staying (relatively) sober. We test it out. You may have seen Aaron Goldfarb’s recent Esquire blog entitled “How to Drink All Night Without Getting Drunk.” Great headline, and how cool would that be, right? I was skeptical, for obvious reasons, but it turns out that what is proposed is an idea developed
Read more10-second beer review: Elliott Bay Mashing Pumpkin
Tasty coppery ale with crisp pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg high notes and rich malt body.
Read moreMagic Hat vs. West Sixth brewhaha: will MH win the battle that costs them the war?
There’s a petition making the rounds on Facebook. The short version is that Vermont’s Magic Hat Brewing is suing Lexington, KY-based West Sixth Brewing for trademark infringement. West Sixth is asking the good citizens of Facebook to help them back Magic Hat off. You can read the post here, and it nicely explains the kerfuffle from West Sixth’s perspective. Have
Read moreSt. Patrick’s Day: wearing o’ the black
In a very real way, the celebration of St. Patrick is a celebration of cultural genocide.
Read moreAmerican microbrewers: can they be saved from Hopsessive/Compulsive Disorder?
I love microbrew. Ask any of my friends and they’ll tell you that I’m a proud beer snob and have been since first moving to Boulder in 1993. Colorado, along with states like Oregon and California, led the micro revolution in the ’90s and when I landed here I was absolutely staggered by the number and quality of local beers
Read moreThe Scrogue’s Guide to Denver and the DNC: beer and brewpubs
Colorado has, over the past 15 years or so, established itself as a genuine microbrew mecca, and just about every place you walk into either makes their own or is serving up something produced by one of our many local breweries. We host the Great American Beer Festival every fall, and while we tip our caps to all the great
Read moreS&R does Denver
We’ve just been informed that Scholars & Rogues has been credentialed to cover the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Frankly, we have no idea what the hell the DNC was thinking here, because if ever there was a crew you’d want to keep as far away from any kind of responsible proceeding as possible, it’s us. But hey, they made
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