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After a year of pandemic-induced closure, the Stranded Pilgrim craft-beer bar inside Frank Bonanno's 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 Stand Rambler. But you will also be able to find beers now or in the near future from Epic Brewing, ...

Loveland's 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 company's 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 Genie Pale and also won at the Malt Cup this year," Root Shoot says. "More flavorful than a tradition...

Friday, January 22 Stranahan's whiskey distillery is offering up the cheapest virtual cocktail class you've ever seen — sort of. From 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, January 22, Stranahan's 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 can add on a cocktail shaker and jigger set for $50 (not essential, especially if you have a sho...

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 way. Offering our readers free access to incisive coverage of local news, food and culture. Produci...

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 unromantic year. We tapped a few local experts to assist with these selections: Michael Quinlan, manage...