HB 1192 and the battle over full strength beer

HB 1192 and the battle over full strength beer

What’s at stake in the 3.2 beer battle? If you live in Kansas or Colorado, you know about the looming battle over beer in grocery stores.  Currently grocery stores in Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Utah are allowed to sell only 3.2 beer.  3.2 beer, or near...
Watch out for Falling Rock Tap House

Watch out for Falling Rock Tap House

This weekend some friends and I caught a Rockies game at Coors Field – by some miracle they won.  Apparently the New York Mets are even worse.  To make the baseball game much longer than I thought possible, the suite we were in only had Budweiser and Coors (no...

Colorado is the largest beer producing state

It really is not a surprise to those of us in Colorado, but newly released data from the Beer Institute shows in 2007 Colorado is the largest beer producing state in America!  Colorado beat out several large states including California, New York, and Texas.  Colorado...

Won’t You Be My Drinking Buddy Neighbor?

You want to head out and have a beer (or two—three) with your buddies, but there’s a problem: you live in the suburbs, so here comes the rounds of “Who’s going to drive?”.  Standard suburban design, with housing separated from retail and office uses, forces people to...