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Field of Dreams
“No estampan mi passport, por favor.” A customs official, who couldn’t have been more than 25, slipped a piece of paper into my passport, pounded a blue ink dolphin stamp onto it, and my friend Johnny Rev and I were…
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A Spirited Contest
It was 9:30 a.m. on a sunny and unseasonably warm Saturday in February when I settled down in front of four unmarked plastic cups of vodka in a windowless room in the bowels of the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield.…
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Blending Beer
First it was the increasing number of double-digit alcohol-by-volume beers, and then there was talk about how letting said high-alcohol beers age a year or more in wine, rum or whiskey barrels added all sorts of great flavors. And that…
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When is a Day no Longer a Day?
What is a day? Most would say “24 hours” or the length of time from midnight to midnight or 86,400 seconds. All these definitions are correct in as far as they go.
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The Strong, Silent Type
Winter and beer were made for each other. Sure, the crisp, bracing refreshment of a cold Lefthand Juju Ginger or Upslope Craft Lager in the summer is nice.
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For the Love of Education
God bless Rollie Heath. Despite having his thoughtful ballot question, Proposition 103, shot down by a 2 to 1 margin, he exhibited something sorely lacking in modern government: leadership and vision.
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Gifts to Open Twice
It pains me to write about Christmas when (as of this submission) we’re still two months out, but you don’t want to let opportunity slip by for the ones you love. Let’s face it, some people are hard to buy…
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Ski for All
I have already purchased my multi-mountain season ski pass, so I can assure you all we will have a crummy snow year. There will be massive dumps, yes, but they will come mid-week and shut down I-70 in both directions…
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Distillers Hit up Beer Fests
Second tier beer festivals in Colorado are growing, thanks to the success of the Great American Beer Festival.
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Double Duty
When I adopted Bart (short for Slartibartfast) from the Boulder Valley Humane Society, he was relatively young—about nine months—and without a name.
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