Craft beer

The inaugural Durango Bike and Beer Tour-ery

Sean Beckwith Durango Herald journalist. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride The ride itself clocked in at a little under 90 minutes,…

May 6, 2026

Local News

Ska Brewing takes gold for True Blonde at 2026 World Beer Cup

‘The root of the brewery is in the name of that beer,’ co-founder, former owner says

April 23, 2026

Local News

Photos: Brewing up an Iron Horse tradition

Getting together for the 31st year of brewing, the Face Plant beer collaboration team includes from left, JP Hope, of…

April 16, 2026

Southwest Life

Early Colorado brewers celebrated the centennial with a commemorative bock beer

Denver Brewing Company markets its ‘peculiar and superior beverage’ to local saloons

April 13, 2026

Local News

Photo: Then and Wow

Chris Kurr, production manager with Ska Brewing, takes a drink of the newly released 2026 Snowdown beer, Pre-Prohibition Lager, on…

December 18, 2025

Food

Craft beer crisis? No, say the brewers, it’s more like a needed adjustment

Nate McAlpine pours a glass behind his bar in the Reverence Brewing Company's taproom on 17th Avenue in City Park…

December 10, 2025

Local News

Steamworks Brewing Co. wins gold for Backside Stout at Great American Beer Festival

Recognition adds to laundry list of medals awarded to brewery

October 21, 2025

Local News

Silverton’s Avalanche Brewing is celebrating its final weekend before closure

and Casie Lashley say the Greene Street watering hole is under contract

March 29, 2025

Food

Carver Brewing Co. earns Small Brewery of the Year

pub had three brews medal at Colorado Brewer’s Cup

February 17, 2025

Local News

A&L Coors to take over distribution for Ska Brewing

‘Right now, (we) are still the sole owners of Ska,’ Dave Thibodeau says

February 3, 2025

Local News

Ska Fabricating’s production operations to leave Durango

11 local jobs to be eliminated as company focuses on expanding market segments

November 22, 2024

Local News

Durango breweries release new craft beer honoring 50 years of the Colorado Trail

the Trail pale ale now available at participating places

July 5, 2024

Regional News

Colorado’s craft beer boom may be winding down as tastes shift and costs rise

Jake Bryant, left, and Jason Jones, both with Ska Brewing Co., place kegs of beer onto a pallet before it's…

April 26, 2024

Regional News

How a Colorado farmer protected his business by turning to the beer industry

Preparing for water shortages has made his business hardier and better

April 21, 2024

Local News

Ska Brewing to introduce new brew celebrating Durango’s trails and stewards

Membership event and product launch planned for Thursday

April 16, 2024

Local News

Telluride Brewing Co. moves production operations to Durango

Brewing will produce roughly 7,000 barrels per year for the Western Slope brewery

April 9, 2024

Local News

Photo: Ska Brewing to unveil new Snowdown Ale

peachy with the official 2024 Snowdown beer; Release party will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday

December 19, 2023

Local News

The stories behind Durango’s craft brewing industry

A look back at how some of town’s most notable breweries came to be and the impact they had

September 6, 2023

Local News

Photos: San Juan Brewfest

Brewers Share Their Brew

August 26, 2023

Local News

Ska Brewing Co. adds new sustainability initiatives for 2023

Brewery collaborates with Table to Farm to compost spent grain from the brewing process

March 4, 2023

Local News

Ska presents new take on a wheat ale for Snowdown

of cinnamon and vanilla for its 27th annual beer

January 6, 2023

Local News

Durango liquor stores predict sales drop-off in 2023

Starting in 2023 grocery stores will be able to sell wine, creating competition for local alcohol retailers

December 28, 2022

Local News

Carver brothers honored for decadeslong careers in pastries and beer

Durango business owners inducted into Colorado Food Service Hall of Fame

October 31, 2022

Local News

Photos: Rain doesn’t dampen spirits at San Juan Brewfest

People take cover during a passing thunderstorm Saturday at the San Juan Brewfest in Buckley Park. More than 1,500 people…

August 31, 2022