STEVE KUROWSKI Colorado’s chief beer promoter seems custom-made for the gig. Grew up in Littleton and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado. Lives to mountain bike. Adores beer, and knows a lot about it. Worked at Wynkoop Brewing Co. and Breckenridge Brewery. Laid-back, in the Colorado style? Oh yes, the very essence of laid-back. [...]
read more →Online Alcohol Merchants Fail to Check IDs
Many Internet alcohol vendors are lax at verifying that customers are of legal age, making it easy for teens to buy alcohol, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill asked eight volunteers between the ages of 18 and 20 to attempt to purchase alcohol from 100 of [...]
read more →Why Can’t the Post Office Ship Beer and Wine?
Why Can’t the Post Office Ship Beer and Wine? Source: TIME By Josh Sanburn April 30, 2012 The latest proposal to save the financially strapped United States Postal Service would allow it to ship beer and wine, overturning a Temperance-era law that has been on the books for more than a century. On Wednesday, the [...]
read more →Where Wine Lives: Cellar, Fridge-or Garage?
Where Wine Lives: Cellar, Fridge-or Garage? Source: WSJ By LETTIE TEAGUE Apr 26th THERE ARE PEOPLE for whom the wine cellar is every bit as important as the wine. The cellars of such people tend to be carpeted, mirrored and lit by chandeliers. They may also be accessorized with Old Master paintings, Roman statues and [...]
read more →3 Things You Should Know About Small Business
3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: April 24 Written by: Laurie Kulikowski 04/24/12 – 12:51 PM EDT Tickers in this article: SAM NEW YORK (MainStreet) – What’s happening in small business today? 1. How to get a cash mob into your store. A movement is underway to bring so-called cash mobs to local [...]
read more →Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries in 2011
Boulder, CO • April 17, 2012 – The Brewers Association—the not-for-profit trade group that tabulates production statistics for U.S. breweries—today released its annual lists of the top 50 craft and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on 2011 beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 36 are small and independent¹ craft [...]
read more →Beer Legislation Across the Nation
April 2012 A. FEDERAL / NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL Small Brewer Federal Excise Tax Legislation Update H.R. 1236, the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act (Small BREW Act) introduced by Representatives Jim Gerlach (PA-6) and Richard E. Neal (MA-2), now has 161 co-sponsors. S.534, companion legislation in the Senate introduced by Senators John Kerry (MA-D) [...]
read more →June 9, 2012; Colorado Urban Winefest
June 9, 2012; Colorado Urban Winefest The same folks who have put on the Colorado Mountain Winefest every third weekend in September for the past 21 years are bringing the fun and festivities to Sculpture Park, with the large, white dancing couple on Speer Blvd, next to the Denver Performing Arts Complex on June 9. [...]
read more →Drink Local Wine: 2012 Conference
2012 conference schedule At Metro State College, Denver, on April 28 • Seminars and Colorado Twitter Taste-off in St. Cajetan’s • Lunch and Colorado Blind Challenge in Adirondack Room Events • 8:30 a.m., conference registration • 9 a.m., Colorado’s Terroir and the Challenges of High Altitude. Moderator: Richard Leahy, national wine consultant. Panelists: Steve Menke, [...]
read more →Firkin Friday at Steamworks Brewing Co. to celebrate Spring
Firkin Friday at Steamworks Brewing Co. to celebrate Spring Unique “Spring Fever Firkin” to be tapped on Friday, April 6 DURANGO, Colo. – Spring has sprung at Steamworks Brewing Co., and the brewpub is set to celebrate during its monthly Firkin Friday, April 6, 2012, with a special “Spring Fever Firkin. The cask will be [...]
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