Molson Coors sells 4 craft breweries to cannabis company Tilray

Molson Coors sells 4 craft breweries to cannabis company Tilray

Canadian cannabis company, Tilray, is making more moves in the craft beer space and this time it’s picking up brands from Molson Coors. On Tuesday, Tilray announced it has inked a deal with the beverage giant to acquire four breweries: Hop Valley Brewing Co. in Eugene, Ore., Terrapin Beer Co. in Athens, Ga., Revolver Brewing … Read more

Denver’s smoky-drinks fest, Fizz Fight, Unicorn World, and Golden Fine Arts Festival

Denver’s smoky-drinks fest, Fizz Fight, Unicorn World, and Golden Fine Arts Festival

The wide world of unicorns Saturday-Sunday. Interactive, all-ages experiences are often hard to get outside of museums and parks, but this weekend offers something for the whole family in Colorado Springs — provided that your family loves unicorns. Unicorn World will take over the Colorado Springs Event Center on Saturday, Aug. 10, and Sunday, Aug. … Read more

Denver’s Renegade Brewing to reopen in August with new owners

Denver’s Renegade Brewing to reopen in August with new owners

Despite being hobby homebrewers and longtime craft beer enthusiasts, Aaron Uhl and Dan Colbourne had never visited Renegade Brewing Co. in Denver before this spring. For months prior, the two Coloradans had been prospecting locations to open a new brewery. When they heard about Renegade’s plans to close, they decided it was time to pop … Read more

Colorado breweries win 38 medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship 2024

Colorado breweries win 38 medals at U.S. Open Beer Championship 2024

Colorado breweries raked in the hardware at this year’s U.S. Open Beer Championship, collecting 38 medals in style categories from American-style pilsener to imperial porter. The winners, announced during a live stream Monday night, were selected from a pool of more than 9,000 entries, competition organizers said. In all, Colorado beer makers scored nine gold … Read more

WeldWerks Brewing to launch canned cocktails with vodka, bourbon

WeldWerks Brewing to launch canned cocktails with vodka, bourbon

Since its founding in 2015, WeldWerks Brewing Co. has carved out a niche for itself with inventive flavors that push the boundaries of beer. Soon, however, the Greeley-based brewery will go beyond those boundaries as it ventures into the ready-to-drink cocktail space. In July, WeldWerks will debut two canned RTDs under a new brand called … Read more

Shelter Distilling opens massive new location in Montrose

Shelter Distilling opens massive new location in Montrose

When the founders of California’s Shelter Distilling began searching for a place to build a new location, they had a few prerequisites. The spot needed to be large enough to house a brand new production facility for making spirits and beer, it needed to be accessible enough to launch regional distribution, and, perhaps most importantly, … Read more

Cerebral Brewing sets open date for new taproom with 40 drafts

Cerebral Brewing sets open date for new taproom with 40 drafts

Cerebral Brewing’s second taproom is going from pop-up mode to permanently open. On June 28, the 9-year-old beer maker will welcome patrons to its new bar, located at the site of its production facility at 9990 E. Colfax Ave. in Aurora. There they’ll find 40 draft taps serving an array of Cerebral’s sought-after IPAs and … Read more

Kodiac Brewery Bar & Grill in Centennial closes after a year

Kodiac Brewery Bar & Grill in Centennial closes after a year

After a year-and-a-half, a Centennial brewery has closed its taps. Kodiac Brewery Bar & Grill at 7685 E. Arapahoe Road had its last day of business this past Saturday, May 18. The brewery announced the closure on its social media pages last week, but did not provide a reason behind it. Kodiac, owned by Raj Chiluka … Read more

Big Choice Brewing tinkers with its name, adds pizza kitchen

Big Choice Brewing tinkers with its name, adds pizza kitchen

Big Choice Brewing moved from Broomfield to Brighton in 2017 and added a pizza kitchen so that it would stand out in a crowd of Colorado taprooms. But it didn’t change its name because beer was still the big draw at the time. The pizza just made people stay longer. These days, things are different. … Read more

Verboten Brewing opens second location in Fort Collins

Verboten Brewing opens second location in Fort Collins

A new brewery with a familiar name is now open in Fort Collins. This week, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project debuted its second location at 1611 S. College Ave., in the space formerly home to Black Bottle Brewery. It will host a grand opening the weekend of May 3, said co-owner Josh Grenz. Verboten took … Read more