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Fodor’s Go List 2024 includes Boulder for recreation, beer

Fodor’s influential “No List” discouraged travelers from visiting the American West in 2023, citing the increasingly dry Colorado River and the millions of residents who depend on its water. But for 2024, the company’s travel experts have recommended one place in Colorado that should be on every vacationer’s bucket list. Boulder is one of 24 places to land on Fodor’s “Go List” for 2024 and one of just two destinations in the United States. The other is Cannon Beach, Ore. Fodor’s praised Boulder’s accessibility to…

New Study Debunks Age-Old Assumptions

By Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich November 28, 2023A new study challenges existing assumptions about linalool, a key component influencing beer’s aroma. The research reveals that the odor threshold difference between linalool’s enantiomers is significantly less than previously thought, providing new insights into the development of beer’s aroma during the brewing process and storage.Hop-derived ingredients not only enhance the shelf-life and add a bitter taste to beer, but…

Joyride Brewing files for bankruptcy; claims financial malfeasance

Joyride Brewing, which has anchored the corner of 25th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard for the past ten years, said Friday that plans to file for bankruptcy protection. Brewery co-founder Dave Bergen said in a video on Facebook that he is making a very public announcement as a way to remain open and honest with customers. “Joyride will be filing for Chapter 11 reorganization due to suspected financial malfeasance from a former manager,” Joyride said in its statement. “This filing has nothing to do with Joyride’s ability to…

Madison Beer’s Brother Ryder Beer Drops Single ‘Can’t Take It’

Ryder Beer is kickstarting his own musical journey. Ryder, the younger sibling of pop star Madison Beer, released his debut single “Can’t Take It” Friday — and with it, he’s ready to take listeners into his own world. “So far, my musical journey has been trying to find a sound that felt authentic to me,” he tells Rolling Stone. “There are so many genres out there that I love, but just aren’t me so I took my time in the studio getting to figure out how I wanted to present myself to the world. I think it’s important…

Why does billionaire Robert F. Smith’s family own a Denver brewery?

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Spangalang Brewery was struggling. A tiny beer maker located in the former DMV office in Five Points Plaza, Spangalang had opened in 2015 and become a favorite for locals, but not the kind of regional draw that drives huge growth. So when brewery owners Darren Boyd and Taylor Rees got a major investment offer from their landlord, the Flyfisher Group, they planned to accept. Flyfisher, which owns or operates several properties and businesses in the neighborhood, would take a 40% share,…

Can Tequila Really Go Global? This Booze Boss Is Giving It a Shot

Updated Nov. 14, 2023 12:01 am ETListen to article(1 minute)LONDON—Shortly after taking the helm at the world’s largest spirits maker, Diageo CEO Debra Crew made a bold proclamation: She plans to take tequila global.Following a surge in popularity in the U.S., tequila is on track to become the country’s largest spirit this year, an extraordinary milestone for a drink once associated mainly with sugary margaritas and eye-watering shots. Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Newfound beetle has a penis like a bottle opener, is named after beer

Step aside, ducks, with your corkscrew phalluses: we have a new member of the animal kingdom sporting a penis that resembles a tool you’d more likely expect to see behind a bar than in a biological body plan.Among six newly discovered and named species from the rove beetle genus Loncovilius, this admittedly fairly dull-looking brown insect may not look that remarkable at first sight, but it soon stood out to the University of Copenhagen researchers.Upon closer inspection – after all, this beetle is around 1 cm (0.4 in)…

Madison Beer Breaks Down Her Favorite Snacks

First We Feast'sSnackedMadison Beer is a chart-topping singer-songwriter whose sophomore studio album, Silence Between Songs, is out now. But when Madison isn't belting out heartfelt pop bangers, she's snacking on a classic collection of treats from her childhood in Long Island, and beyond. From the joys of opening a box of Entenmann's chocolate chip cookies, to her undying love for Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Madison breaks down the dos and don'ts for snacking like a popstar on the rise. First We…

Gene-Edited Yeast Is Taking Over Craft Beer

While the startup cofounders considered hoppy-tasting but hop-free beer potentially beneficial to brewers and the environment—as Denby said in a New York Times story after the paper was published—some hop farmers felt threatened. They feared engineered yeast could end a farming tradition and hollow out the soul of brewing, a dance of microorganisms, farmers, brewers, and hops stretching back to the 11th century.Denby declines to talk on the record about the antagonism, which caught the company by surprise, but news of the…

Casa Bonita has its own house beer made by Ratio Beerworks in Denver

Visitors to Casa Bonita may be predisposed to purchase a margarita to pair with their Mexican food, but beer lovers also have plenty of local craft options, including a locally-made house beer available exclusively at the Lakewood landmark. The cleverly named Casa Beer, created by Denver’s own Ratio Beerworks, is a Mexican-style lager brewed with lime, balancing sweetness from corn in the mash bill with a pop of citrus. The 4.8% ABV brew is served on draft at bars throughout the restaurant, which reopened in a limited…