Fat Harold's Beach Club

Myrtle Beach earns popularity for beach adventures and seafood delights but there’s another must do experience for the South Carolina hot spot. You can not leave Myrtle Beach without a good shag. Shag dancing, or the Carolina shag to be specific, is the state dance and there’s no better place to try it than Fat Harold’s. Read More »

Hops and Pie

It’s still rare these days to find a craft beer restaurant that takes the right approach with the beer they serve and the food they create. Often times the food is okay and the beer selection not much better than the typical bar around the corner. One establishment that has successfully combined a good beer selection with great food is Hops and Pie in North Denver, Colorado.

Owners Drew and Leah Watson opened Hops and Pie just over a year ago with a goal of having not just a great craft beer selection, but also creating artisan pizzas that paired specifically with the beers they served.

They bring a combined 23 years experience in the fine dining industry and were looking to take their destiny into their own hands when they chose to re-locate to Denver from the San Diego area.

In fact, it was while they were in San Diego close by to beer giant Stone Brewing Co, as well as Green Flash, Ballast Point, Lost Abbey and Alesmith, that their appreciate of what beer could be was born. Denver was a logical choice for opening up their own place.

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Ugly Holiday Sweater Pub Crawl

Sure fruitcake and egg nog are nice, but what if you crave a little more holiday fun?  Well, the Windy City has got you covered with a new holiday tradition that will keep you very jolly.  Pull out that hideous holiday sweater, the one that’s bedazzled, and get ready for the Limos Alive Ugly Sweater Holiday Pub Crawl. Read More »

It’s always good to try something new, especially when it comes to a new ale house. While in town for the 30th annual Great American Beer festival in Denver, Colorado, I had the opportunity to stop by a place that was new to me: The Ale House at Amato’s.

Located in the Lower Highlands area of Denver’s downtown, Amato’s is a part of the Breckenridge Brewing Co’s family of brewpubs and alehouses and is easily accessible to many of Denver’s downtown hotels and attractions such as Brown Palace Hotel and 16th Street Mall. Breckenridge Brewing has had a wide variety of beers since 1990 when they opened their original brewpub in Breckenridge, Colorado. In 1992, they branched out and opened another brewpub in Denver.

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My stop at Amato’s was a part of an arranged brewery tour that afternoon, with the second stop at the newly opened Denver Beer Co. Although just a 30 minute stop, there was a lot to see and taste.

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