Alcohol

Local News

Moe’s Starlight Lounge busted for serving minors

suspends bar’s liquor license

December 24, 2018

Food

Putting the ‘Bud’ in Budweiser

Anheuser-Busch InBev teams up with medical cannabis company to explore pot drinks

December 20, 2018

Local News

Despite paralysis and heartbreak, Durangoan finds joy

Jessica Vought draws from personal tragedy to warn others about dangers of drunken driving

December 17, 2018

Food

Looking for a holiday cocktail? Try a hoary old chestnut.

The Holiday Chestnut Sour starts with a chestnut orgeat syrup.Tom McCorkle and Kara Elder/Washington Post The ubiquity of Cole’s song…

December 12, 2018

Food

Forget the chocolate: Advent calendars go for booze, cheese

The cardboard calendars, typically filled with chocolates, are now being stuffed with cans of beer and bottles of wine. Others…

December 2, 2018

Food

Late-night food options few and far between in Durango

darkness descends, Durango’s food scene dries up

November 21, 2018

Local News

Durango teen vaping rates outstrip state average

department: Vaping an ‘on-ramp’ to addiction

November 18, 2018

Business

Durango Craft Spirits goes big on small-batch liquors

Healthy sales growth prompts expansion

October 7, 2018

Food

Beer lovers, listen up: New book has some life hacks for you

“Beer Hacks: 100 Tips, Tricks, and Projects,” by Ben Robinson was released on Tuesday.Courtesy of Workman via AP The editor…

September 28, 2018

Food

Beer maker Heineken strikes deal to expand in China

Heineken said Friday it is buying a 40 percent stake in the company that controls China’s biggest beer maker, China…

August 6, 2018

Local News

Durango Police cracks down on liquor law violations

bartenders cited for serving minors last weekend

July 22, 2018

Food

How to drink tequila and mezcal like a grown-up

No one bawls “PAAAAARRRTY!” when they see a bottle of Glenlivet. Is it some dormant memory of Cancun, Mexico, vacations…

July 10, 2018

Food

Jack Daniel’s prices increase in Europe because of tariffs

The EU is taxing a range of U.S. imports, including whiskey, in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to slap…

June 30, 2018

Food

Distillery has new bourbon flavored by beaver secretion

A New Hampshire distillery has a new bourbon, Eau De Musc, flavored partly by the secretion from a beaver’s castor…

June 19, 2018

Food

Upgrade your ‘ade, or how to spike summer’s favorite thirst quencher

Nowhere is this more the case than with summer lemonade, which these days I typically feel morally and gastronomically compelled…

June 16, 2018

Food

You don’t have to be a bro to love Fireball Whiskey cake

When I baked it in a glass Pyrex loaf pan, it domed beautifully. When I baked it in a metal…

March 27, 2018

Food

Jane Walker to replace Johnnie Walker on some scotch bottles

Liquor maker Diageo says it plans to roll out bottles next month for a limited run. Diageo says it’s the…

February 28, 2018

Local News

Colorado Pongas enters agreement to improve alcohol serving practices

to settle allegations of liquor license violations could be a model

February 20, 2018

Food

Science panel backs lower drunken driving threshold

A car approaches a sobriety checkpoint set up along a busy street in Albuquerque, N.M. A prestigious scientific panel is…

January 22, 2018

Food

This old-school holiday drink is cool again – and better than eggnog

I love the Brennan’s milk punch, more than I want to. As a card-carrying cocktail Scrooge, I hate loving something…

December 27, 2017

Local News

Colorado Pongas bar suspected of liquor law violations

Downtown pool hall faces possible suspension or revocation of license

December 20, 2017

Food

New frontier for craft US whiskey may be underfoot

The ground is, in fact, floating. It’s a peat bog on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, and it’s from here that Hofmann,…

December 18, 2017

Food

When man reaches Mars, Budweiser wants to make sure there will be beer

Anheuser-Busch sending two experiments to International Space Station

November 27, 2017

Food

To make an excellent Cosmo, don’t mess up the key ingredient

Imagine my shock some years ago when I first mixed up a Cosmopolitan, the most famous cocktail in which America’s…

November 16, 2017