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Pikes Pub | An overdue goodbye to plastic rings
Beginning this year, Coors Light in the U.S. will join the global movement, shifting to a cardboard wrap-style packaging that’s “recyclable and sustainably sourced,” according to the company, which announced the change in early March. (Video by Stephanie Earls)
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LIFE | New Give Back Mix Pack at Bristol Brewing
Bristol Brewing Company’s annual Give Back Mix Pack now features a 12-pack containing 12-oz bottles (4 each) of the fundraising beers Bristol releases annually to help support local nonprofits, such as Friends of Cheyenne Canyon, the Smokebrush Foundation, and Venetucci Farm. (Video by Stephanie Earls)
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NEWS | How “beer detectives” solved a local brewery’s beer complications
When Biff Morehead, of Smiling Toad Brewery, suddenly began encountering a persistent issue with one of his flagship beers not turning out right, he bought new ingredients and tried again. When that didn’t do the trick, he considered pausing the taps and breaking down the system. Before he could do that, though, he learned about…
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VIDEO | Pikes Pub: How to shotgun a beer
Gazette editor Tom Roeder teaches reporter Stephanie Earls the proper technique when shotgunning a beer.
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Suds and duds: Dressing for a beer fest in Colorado | Pikes Pub
Hey outdoor festgoers of summer, Penny Bever’s got one word for you. Just one word: skorts. “I can wear them and no matter what I need to do — run, bend down on the ground, whatever — I’m appropriately dressed,” said Bever, an event volunteer at last Saturday’s Feast of St. Arnold in Colorado Springs.…
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Suds and duds: Dressing for a beer fest in Colorado | Pikes Pub
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hey outdoor festgoers of summer, Penny Bever’s got one word for you. Just one word: skorts. “I can wear them and no matter what I need to do — run, bend down on the ground, whatever — I’m appropriately dressed,” said Bever, an event volunteer…
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Pikes Pub: Lost in Colorado’s dense craft outback? This guide should help. Plus, free beer
When Colorado Springs mapmaker and former photojournalist Mike Laur and his team published their first travel-friendly distillation of the Centennial State’s craft scene in 2008, it was a slightly less challenging undertaking than it is today. That first “Drinker’s Guide to Colorado” featured around 100 destinations, which seemed pretty comprehensive at the time. “Ten years,…
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Colorado Springs collaboration brews, for charity or just fun | Pikes Pub
Two ales premiering soon at Colorado Springs’ Atrevida Beer Co. showcase the ways a craft collaboration can come about — for a good cause, and also just a good reason. The first, Resilience Butte County Proud IPA, is Atrevida owner and brewer Jessica Fierro’s contribution to what’s being called the nation’s largest collaboration brew, a…
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Black Forest marks Oktoberfest in eponymous, German style | Pikes Pub
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city’s northeastern Black Forest neighborhood shares more than title with its iconic German namesake. For one, “there’s the physical aspect of it,” said Donovan Routsis, whose brewery, Black Forest Brewing Co., opened this year in a shopping plaza at Burgess and Black Forest roads.…
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Black Forest marks Oktoberfest in eponymous, German style | Pikes Pub
The city’s northeastern Black Forest neighborhood shares more than title with its iconic German namesake. For one, “there’s the physical aspect of it,” said Donovan Routsis, whose brewery, Black Forest Brewing Co., opened this year in a shopping plaza at Burgess and Black Forest roads. “We live at a higher elevation, with lots of trees.”…