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RiNo bar puts taps in customers’ hands

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A new bar has 40 bars on tap, but no bartenders. Instead, customers pick and pour their drink themselves using touch-screen tablets, and electronic wristbands track their tab.

New Belgium outpost brewing in RiNo

The beer giant plans to open a small brewery in an upcoming hotel project in RiNo, joining Blue Moon as big names to set up in the growing neighborhood.

Infinite Monkey Theorem expands canned line

After popping the top on the canned wine market, a RiNo winemaker is adding a fizzy drink made with Palisade peaches to its list of single-serve cocktails in aluminum packaging.

Aurora brewery aims for expansion

A family-run brewpub is hoping to raise $2 million that will be used to get its beer flowing outside of the state and launch new locations.

Whiskey startup to bolster barrel space

Shortly after getting his product on store shelves across the country, a distiller is already planning for a boost in production with a large Cherokee Street space to house his aging whiskey.

Arvada distillery putting twist on cocktails

A new distillery will open in Arvada this weekend, and in addition to selling its own rum, the startup will offer kegs and cans of classic cocktails.

Distillery takes a shot at canned cocktails

“It’s the most-ordered cocktail in Colorado right now, and we’re the first one to market it,” Mile High Spirits co-owner Joe von Feldt said of the company’s bet on the Moscow Mule.

Jazzy brewery opens in Five Points

Three beer veterans have teamed up to launch a Five Points brewery that speaks to the neighborhood’s history as a jazz hotspot.