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Great Storm Brewing Grand Opening!

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:27:00 +0000

That's right, it's offical! Great Storm Brewing is set to open their doors in the next couple weeks. I've got all the information for you right here, so have a read. I'm copying directly from their press release: A New Brew on the Block: Neighborhood Microbrewery Opens Its Doors Great Storm...

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Beer Thoughts: Re-Look at Buddha Nuvo

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:01:00 +0000

Beer Info: The Buddha Nuvo was a collaborative beer with about fourteen Colorado breweries. The funds raised from sales go to the Colorado Brewer's Guild. This beer features Buddha's Hand fruit, pumpkin, spelt, oats, peppercorns, ten strains of Brettanomyces and Saison yeast, was aged in French...

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Beer Drinker of the Week #03

noreply@blogger.com (Grant) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:33:00 +0000

Beer Drinker of the Week is a new segment we're starting here at Focus on the Beer. This will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic...

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Recap of Coaltrain Barrel Aged Beer Tasting

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:19:00 +0000

The other night we attended the Coaltrain Barrel Aged Beer Tasting at The Warehouse. This event was very different than the beer dinners we've had at Trinity and Another Pint as it wasn't a proper beer dinner per say. There were three courses and about fourteen different beers in between all that....

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Interview on Bad At Sports

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:44:00 +0000

Yesterday I was featured on Bad At Sports, an online journal and blog about contemporary art. I was interviewed by Chicago art thinker and writer Bryce Dwyer as part of a series about artists who use beer in their art. The interview is a lengthy and provides a good look into what I do, why I do it,...

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Beer Events In Town This Week

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:14:00 +0000

A couple fun things going on this week from Rock Bottom, Phantom Canyon, Blue Star, and Bristol. Check it out! TUESDAY MARCH 6th / 6pm Fire Chief Ale Tapping at Rock Bottom Until April 15th, Rock Bottom will donate a portion of the proceeds from pints of the Fire Chief to local fire...

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Beer Drinker of the Week #02

noreply@blogger.com (Grant) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:09:00 +0000

What in the World Do We Call These Wild Beers Anyway?

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:53:00 +0000

I've been thinking a lot about Wild Beers lately, appreciating them more and more, and also wanting to stay educated about them. I've heard brewers say they don't want people going around calling all wild beers 'sour beers' because, well, they aren't all sour. Take Trinity's TPS Report, Oakshire's...

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Phantom Canyon releases 100 bottles of Methuselah Rookie Card

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Phantom Canyon's Methuselah Rookie Card will be available for at-home consumption very soon. This is a 'sour red ale with cherries, aged in French oak barrels for two years.' The name Methuselah Rookie Card comes from a Simpson's episode. The beer is bottled and...

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Beer Thoughts: Rockyard Olde BroAle

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:43:00 +0000

Beer Info: Olde BroAle is a part of Rockyard's Homebrewers Gone Wild program. They invite a Colorado-based homebrew club to make beer in a specific style, choose the one they feel is working best and then rebrew the beer on their commercial system, and the homebrew club gets to participate in the...

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Beer Drinker of the Week #01

noreply@blogger.com (Grant) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:11:00 +0000

Changes to the blog

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:03:00 +0000

Just wanted to direct your attention to the left side of the blog. You may have noticed already, this month we started accepting advertisements. These aren't just any ads though, these are from companies that we support and believe in, we wouldn't advertise a company that we didn't truly...

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Thank You Josh Osterhoudt

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:45:00 +0000

This week we received some sad news, "It is with a sad heart that I share with you the passing of a bright star in Colorado's craft beer industry. Josh Osterhoudt, General Manager of Bristol Brewing of Colorado Springs has passed." And from Bristol, "It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye...

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Beer Thoughts: Odell Footprint

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:34:00 +0000

Beer Info: There are ten states that make up what we (Odell) call our 'Distribution Footprint.' Each state made a unique contribution to Footprint. This artful ale is our tribute to these states in which our beer is available. The brewery sourced select ingredients from each of these ten states...

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Bierwerks' Winter Bier Fest is this Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:28:00 +0000

In case you didn't already know, this weekend Bierwerks is presenting their 2nd annual Winter Bier Festival. Looks like they'll have a slew of German beers from folks like AC Golden, Arvada, Bierwerks, Bristol, Del Norte, Dry Dock, Durango Brewing, KBKB, Odell and Ska. On Facebook it looks like...

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On Buying AC Golden's Beer

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:28:00 +0000

Earlier today I gave a recap on the Wild Beer and Wild Game beer dinner and I talked about an absolutely fantastic beer by Troy Casey of AC Golden called the Hidden Barrel Project Apricot. The beer, masterfully crafted had two pounds of apricots per gallon and had been aged for 10 months in...

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The Crowd Goes Wild: A Recap of the Wild Game & Wild Beer Dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:57:00 +0000

The Wild Beer & Wild Game dinner at Trinity the other night was a real work of art. There were six courses, each with an element of wild game, with the exception of the fondue and the dessert which used local ingredients. The beers, all 'wild' in that they used traditionally wild yeast strains...

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Fine Dining Beer Dinner with Oskar Blues at Summit

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000

For those of you looking for a finer beer dining experience in Colorado Springs, the Broadmoor is hosting an Oskar Blues dinner at the fine dining restaurant Summit. Five courses paired with five beers. The menu looks tasty, ranging from Ahi Tuna tartar to a honey spiced Muscovy Duck Breast. This...

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Beer Thoughts: Funkwerks Aurora

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:03:00 +0000

Beer thoughts: Funkwerks Aurora is perhaps Funkwerks' most striking bottle in terms of aesthetics and will turn the head of any person, giving them a 'What are you about to open' look on their face. It is a Belgian Style Ale, pouring golden orange with a beautiful long lasting lacing and head....

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Brewery Closings

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:52:00 +0000

In the past few weeks about six breweries have closed their doors. Some people have wondered if this will be a growing trend as we have literally hundreds of new breweries opening this year around the country. We have three new ones in Colorado Springs and about forty or so in the whole of Colorado...

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New 2012 Smokebrush Porter Is Out!

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:38:00 +0000

The new Bristol Smokebrush Porter is out! Big congratulations to Jeremy Grant, an artist that has had some work up at Modbo on winning the art/design competition. This particular piece seems to be robot meditating on beer. Yeah! Proceeds from this beer will go to Smokebrush Gallery. Cheers! - -...

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2012 Firkin Rendezvous Beer List Update

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:00 +0000

The Firkin Rendezvous is just about a week away and I've been given the list of some of the beers you'll get to try. Last year I posted a list as well, a very impressive list, and it ended up being about 2/3 of the beer at the festival. So, most likely there will be more beer than you see here....

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Coaltrain's Barrel Aged Beer Tasting

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:57:00 +0000

Coaltrain is pulling out the stops! They've got a ridiculously good looking barrel aged beer tasting coming up. This will be a great opportunity to have some rarities, just have a good time, and if you feel like it to also educate yourself a bit on different types of barrel aged beer, and the...

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1952 Video About American Beer Industry

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:56:00 +0000

I was planning to take a break from the blog today but when I saw this video I decided I couldn't do it. I'm too attached at this point! Supposedly from 1952 (although it's in color, so I highly doubt that date), this video is presented by the United States Brewer's Foundation Inc., and really has...

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Is There A Psychology of Hop Aversion?

noreply@blogger.com (Eric Steen) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000

Crazy Mountain Brewing I'll be making a big leap in this post...On my way to work the other day I was listening to a Science Friday podcast, as I always do on my way to work, and the topic of the 'psychology of sadism' came up. Steven Pinker, author of the book Better Angels of Our Nature: Why...

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