If you hear holly, jolly noises echoing from Concourse B at Denver International Airport this season, that’s just Santa and a few dozen of his closest friends. DIA’s Santa Layover Lounge is popping up for the 2024 holiday travel season with themed drinks, food and other festive offerings. (Jerrod Kazumi Popham, provided by DIA) “You … Read more
With hundreds of breweries and dozens of distilleries, Colorado’s craft beverage scene is overflowing with options. Choosing where to belly up can be tough when you’re oh-so-thirsty. While we highly recommend checking out the local libations wherever your journey takes you, these 10 beer and spirits producers are destinations in their own right with, drinks … Read more
By Rebekah Peppler, The New York Times Despite its name (and temperature), cold brew’s season extends far beyond summer’s last breath — especially when put to use behind the bar. It is just as easy — if more time intensive — to make your own cold brew as it is to make hot coffee. On … Read more
Savory cocktails aren’t new. You know this, of course, if your go-to brunch cocktail is a Bloody Mary with a slab of bacon. But what is intriguing is that bartenders are starting to explore savory cocktails in a nighttime setting, taking a more culinary approach as they do so, according to McLain Hedges, co-owner of … Read more
If you’re a cocktail drinker in Denver, you’ve likely tried a libation with a dash of creativity from Alex Jump and Stuart Jensen. Jump spent four years as the bar manager for Death & Co. in Denver before starting a consulting business and emerging as a leader in the low- and non-alcoholic beverage movement. Jensen … Read more
After searching for a standalone location for his playful eatery for five months, chef Bo Porytko and his team at Misfit Snack Bar have decided to return to their former space inside the Middleman, the cocktail bar, at 3401 E. Colfax Ave., that hosted Misfit for the previous five years. Porytko, who was nominated for … Read more
This year’s Great American Beer Festival allowed beverages such as cider and ready-to-drink cocktails to be poured during the event, and cider also was permitted in its prestigious competition for the first time. Colorado cideries made a showing by winning three medals before beer took centerstage, and local breweries once again proved why people from … Read more
When the temperatures drop, you might be inclined to curl up on the couch and hibernate until next spring. But that’s no fun. Instead, you should be out exploring Colorado’s vibrant culinary scene by attending these food- and drink-focused festivals around the state. Oct.10-12 Great American Beer Festival. This beloved Colorado festival and competition has … Read more
By Rebekah Peppler, The New York Times PARIS — Coconut in drinks can bring to mind hyper-creamy, often thick and sweet classics made with cream of coconut or coconut milk: painkillers, piña coladas, coquitos. But coconut water in drinks is lightly savory, nutty in flavor and rich in texture, and, as an ingredient, coconut water … Read more
When Alex Jump began bartending more than a decade ago, customers weren’t regularly ordering non-alcoholic cocktails and beers. It wasn’t because of a lack of interest, though, she believes, but rather because of a lack of menu options. Until recently, NA offerings weren’t widely available at bars. But that’s changing both in response to shifts … Read more
