In case you missed the news this week, Colorado lawmakers approved a bill that will allow restaurants to continue selling beer, wine and spirits to go for another four years and possibly longer. Although the measure faced some opposition from liquor stores, it was overwhelmingly popular under the Capitol dome.
Prior to the pandemic, eateries weren t allowed to sell takeaway booze, but Governor Polis signed and then extended an executive order allowing them to do so as a way to help the restaurants survive while they weren t allowed to host customers on site or had limited capacities. The order expires on June 30.
The 7 Most Creative Colorado Beers You Can Drink This Spring
Taco seasoning? In a beer? It works.Brittany Anas •
May 12, 2021
Even with hundreds of breweries and seemingly endless rotating taps, Colorado brewers continue to take to their labs and ferment novel new beers that fall into the “who would have thunk” category. This kind of limitless experimentation is a cornerstone of brewing in our sudsy state, which is how Oskar Blues convinced us yellow mustard belonged in beer and how WeldWerks’ Spaghetti Gose gained a cult following.
In time for spring and at a point in history when we could all use a little more levity as we emerge from our COVID confinement brewers have dialed up the creativity with their spring releases. Yes, some of these beers are wild and wacky. Others sour or spicy. But one earns innovative marks for supporting social justice movements; and, at another brewery, a taproom manager’s saison is an exploration of his Cambodian roots.
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Craft Breweries are slowing down production, but more are opening
The Brewers Association s Craft Brewing Production report shows that small breweries struggled during the pandemic, but aren t closing their doors yet. Author: Ally Heath Updated: 9:43 PM MDT April 7, 2021
BOULDER, Colo. Small and independent breweries slowed down production for the first time ever in 2020. That s the first line in the Boulder-based Brewers Association s annual Craft Brewing Industry Production Report. Every year as we ve done since 1980s, we track the production (of) small and independent breweries in the United States. This year we measured that production down nine percent, said Bart Watson, the chief economist for the Brewers Association. That s the first decline we ve ever mentioned or ever measured and it means that it was a tough year for small brewers in the context of all the shifts that went on during COVID.