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BeerTap TV Comes to Durango

By Jeff

The Beertap TV guys came to Durango last week to visit Ska Brewing Co. World Headquarters, Lady Falconburgh’s and film an episode of their Taste Buds show with some of the Ska guys and Greg Koch of Stone Brewing Co. who was in town visiting Ska and hosting Stone night at Lady Falc’s. I went... »

2009 North American Beer Awards, Local Breweries Walk Away Winners

By Jeff

The North American Beer Awards, a North American Brewer’s Association sanctioned event was held this past week, and our local breweries walked away with some awards. Silverton Brewery up in Silverton, CO won a gold metal for their Ice Pick Ale in the (Extra Special) Strong Bitter ESB. I haven’t gotten to try this one... »

Beer Roundup: What I’ve Been Drinking

By Jeff

Port Brewing Company: Hop 15. 22oz bottle poured into a pint glass This is a good and hoppy double IPA from Pizza Port, one of my favorite brewpubs. While I can’t make the drive up the coast to eat pizza and drink beer anymore, luckily I can find one or two of their beers at... »

Homebrewing

By Jeff

I’ve been wanting to do it for years now, talking about it for months, but last night I finally went to Ska Brewing World Headquarters and picked up a homebrewing kit. I’ve spent plenty of time learning about the brewing process over the years, and a lot of time researching which homebrew kit to... »

Craft Beer: Glass Bottles vs Aluminum Cans

By Jeff

Before moving to Colorado I didn’t really give too much thought to canned beer. As far as I know none of the San Diego breweries sell their beer in cans, and when I saw canned beer from other breweries on the shelves at the store I mostly looked past them assuming they were an... »

My First Taste of Durango Beer

By Jeff

I moved to Durango knowing there were plenty of fantastic brewery’s both in town and in the region in general. But before coming here I’d only tasted a couple and hadn’t been too impressed (I won’t mention what beers or breweries, but will say I’ve had other beers from that brewery and loved ‘em). About... »