On Sunday, November 15, longtime Cask employee and microcanning pioneer Jamie Gordon passed away in Denver, Colorado. He was just 56. Way too young to go. I met Jamie in late 2002 as we were launching our then-trailblazing micro-canning effort at Oskar Blues Brewery & Pub in Lyons. Jamie's work with [...]
I am now the the US flagwaver for Innis & Gunn, Scotland's award-winning independent brewer of oak-aged beers. The esteemed brewer is now releasing a delicious new winter seasonal beer in the United States. Bourbon Aged Dark Ale (7.4%) is a cola-colored ale made with Innis & Gunn’s house ale malt, [...]
On September 23 at 8 PM, the night before the start of the 35th annual Great American Beer Festival, The Brew Night Show with Marty Jones will return. As it did last year, The Brew Night Show takes place at Denver’s revered Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret, located in the basement level [...]
Spirit Hound Distillers Releases First Aged & Flood-Proof Whisky. After three years, one Biblical flood and a ton of hard work, my pals at Spirit Hound Distillers in Lyons, CO finally released their signature product on August 22. The small-batch distillery bottled up five 53-gallon oak barrels of Straight Malt [...]
The spring 2015 issue of the mighty The Beer Connoisseur Magazine is now hitting stores and mailboxes around the nation. In addition to loads of ace beer reviews, a great profile of Bell's Brewery founder Larry Bell, and a feature on IPA, it includes my second installment as TBCM columnist. [...]