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One of Western Canadas most-decorated luxury scenic train lines, the Rocky Mountaineer, has launched its first U.S. route on August 15 through its namesake mountain range, running two-day, one-night trips back and forth between Denver, Colo., and Moab, Utah.

The United States railroad system is getting a boost from its northern neighbor.

  “My stance is that both coffee and beer are nuanced beverages, and I see no reason not to carefully and intentionally combine them.” The process of adding coffee to a brew can be a complex concoction, though these breweries share a few of the same traits to their infusions. SaltFire keeps it simple, adding the beans post-fermentation and steeping for 24–48 hours or until the flavor is where they want it. “We use Blue Copper beans, but other than that, we don’t use coffee in any u...

Denverite, the Denver site! Protests over racial inequity changed Denver. A year later, street art, fences and boarded up buildings remain. Boarded up windows and construction fencing around city landmarks are a familiar sight. So are signs in windows and on lawns reminding neighbors and passersby every day that Black Lives Matter. A "Black Lives Matter Blvd" sign posted above Broadway near the State Capitol. May 27, 2021. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite...

After a year of pandemic-induced closure, the Stranded Pilgrim craft-beer bar inside Frank Bonannos Denver Milk Market, at 1800 Wazee Street, has finally reopened for business Fridays through Sundays. The bar, with twenty taps, typically has had a well-thought-out selection of local brews, from light lagers to hazy IPAs, from saisons to stouts. Beers on tap the first week included WeldWorks Juicy Bits, New Image Passionfruit Dyad, Hogshead Chin Wag ESB, Tivoli Bo Girl Pilsner and Odell Peach S...

Lovelands homegrown Root Shoot Malting took home a medal last weekend in the Malt Cup, an annual competition hosted by the Craft Maltsters Guild. This is the third year in a row that Root Shoot has won a piece of hardware, making it the only small malt producer in the country to pull off that feat. The companys prize-winning grain was Genie Pale, which took bronze. "Genie Pale Malt starts as Limagrain Cereal Seed’s award-winning Genie 2-row, which Troubadour Malting also cultivates in its Gen...

Friday, January 22 Stranahans whiskey distillery is offering up the cheapest virtual cocktail class youve ever seen — sort of. From 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, January 22, Stranahans head bartender will run through how to make two drinks: the Snow Dance (whiskey, rosemary-infused grapefruit juice, lime and spiced coconut and pineapple nectar) and the Lady Soul (whiskey, simple syrup and orange). The class is a mere $10 per device —  if you already have all the ingredients and tools at home. You...

Availability: Early January Aged in Telluride Distilling whiskey barrels, this stout from Telluride Brewing "is best enjoyed at home... on the couch... in your underwear," the brewery says. It is, of course, based on the widely loved Finnish practice of staying home and drinking in your underwear — something that gained worldwide acclaim in 2020. Keep Westword Free... Since we started Westword, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we would like to keep it that...

Beer, wine suggestions for romantic New Year’s Eve dinner for two Updated Dec 28, 2020; Facebook Share Gatherings are verboten, so celebrations should all be on the smallest side possible. For many folks, that might mean two people, often you and your partner. So with that in mind, we decided to offer some suggestions for beer and wine pairings to go with whatever foods you and your significant other might be preparing for at least maybe a semi-romantic celebration to end a definitively unr...