Zak Stambor

In 1983, when Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. first brewed the beer it came to call Bigfoot, the beer was a freak. Knock-you-on-the-floor strong at 9.6 percent alcohol by volume —...

Spend a few minutes talking with Breckenridge Distillery master distiller Jordan Via, and odds are you'll quickly find yourself talking about water. Specifically, the water the distillery uses to produce...

Two parts whiskey to one part sweet vermouth, add a dash or two of Angostura bitters and stir. That's all there is to making a Manhattan. And yet the classic...

Barnyard. Eck. Funk. Yuck. Horse blanket. Gross. Band-Aids? No thanks. It's hard to find more stomach-turning flavor and aroma notes. Yet, the wild yeast Brettanomyces, which gives beers those taste...

Make this year's Thanksgiving different. Forget the wine. Instead, bring beer. After all, there's no better beverage for pairing with food — wine included. Don't believe me? Consider: The bubbles:...

Sometimes you just have one of those days. A day when nothing seems to go right, when at the end of the day, you just want — perhaps need —...

Fall is a special time of year, particularly for drinking seasonally. While there is no doubt that hordes of beer geeks select beers based on the season all year long,...