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German-style Denver brewery opens huge new biergarten and production facility

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

As the craft beer industry in Colorado has matured and settled in the two years since the end of the pandemic, there has been a spate of small buyouts, closures and consolidations. For some, this has meant difficult times. For others, it has created opportunities to expand.On Dec. 20. Prost Brewing, which was founded in Denver’s Lower Highland neighborhood in 2012, will open the doors to one of the bigger expansions in recent memory – a Munich-sized taproom and biergarten, at 351 W. 104th Ave in Northglenn, that is connected to a 60,000-square-foot production space, which soon will begin making beer on two large brewing systems.Visitors to the new Prost Brewing in Northglenn will be able to look into the brewhouse through large windows. (Prost Brewing)In addition to its traditional German-style beers – such as pilsner, dunkel, marzen, Vienna lager and kolsch – Prost will offer a menu of regional specialties, like a sausage board with sauerkraut and mustard; giant pretzels served wit...

A Colorado freezer is out of space to store ice samples up to 4.5 million years old

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

A minus-40-degree vault concealed in a federal government warehouse west of Denver holds the climate science equivalent of gold: the United States’ growing collection of ice from around a warming planet, half a million cylindrical cores up to 4.5 million years old.The ice can reveal climate history and its safekeeping has become a global priority as scientists race to calculate what humanity faces.Climate scientists seeking clues in the ice head to the U.S. Geological Survey’s regional headquarters, where they bundle up and pass through massive swinging doors into the 8,000-square-foot walk-in freezer —  the largest ice repository in the world. Outside at a loading dock, trucks arrive delivering new ice extracted from Antarctica, Greenland and high mountain glaciers.But the freezer is outdated and full, and a long-planned replacement won’t be constructed for two years. This has forced Ice Core Facility curator Curtis La Bombard to begin a culling process to d...

Colorado legislators push to increase regulation of eating disorder clinics amid patient complaints, state probe

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

Colorado legislators will propose new regulations for providers of eating disorder treatment in the coming months, amid calls from advocates and patients to crack down on practices that one legislator labeled “barbaric.”The coming legislation, which will debut early next year when state lawmakers reconvene, would require providers to follow specific requirements around weigh-ins, the use of feeding tubes and isolation, and to offer gender-appropriate accommodations. Legislators considered similar requirements earlier this year but dropped them because the new regulations would cost $870,000 to implement.The resurrected proposal would task the Behavioral Health Administration with overseeing treatment facilities in the state. Colorado, and in particular Denver, has become a national hub for eating disorder care and has seen an increase in patients amid a national surge in disordered eating diagnoses. The state health department regulates eating disorder clinics as it does...

Denver’s 15 most heartbreaking restaurant closures of 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

Losing a favorite go-to restaurant can feel like a stab to the heart, especially if it was the kind of place that always had an extra smile ready for you, or where everyone knew your name and your order. Saying goodbye to that part of your routine stings.While the city has been riding a culinary high since the inaugural Michelin stars were handed out in September, Denver, has also held funerals for many longtime, beloved spots. After all, with rising labor costs, food costs and labor shortages, running a restaurant is still tough.So, let’s take a moment to remember these 15 restaurants that closed up shop in 2023, and remind ourselves that eating locally is the best way to support the Mile High businesses that work tirelessly to feed us.El Tepehuan Mexican RestaurantAfter 45 years as one of the best green chile spots around, El Tepehuan is throwing in the towel. You still have time to pay tribute to the beloved Englewood spot, known as El Tep to the most loyal of fans, before ...

Just competing on Food Network show was a win for Aurora’s Banh & Butter Bakery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

Thoa Nguyen struggles with the feeling that she disappointed her family “by leaving the family business that was built for me,” she said Monday on the final episode of “Holiday Baking Championship,” a competition show that has been airing on the Food Network.But after making it into the final four — and garnering praise from celebrity chef judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller — the owner of Aurora’s Banh & Butter Bakery Cafe is starting to feel like the risk she took to open her own business is paying off.Nguyen didn’t take the crown, but she put up a good fight, racking up small wins along the way.“I never really got to show my family that this was all for a good reason before, but this makes it all worth it,” Nguyen said. “If I didn’t branch out, I would never have had the confidence to be on a show like this. Winning it would have just been a cherry on top.”Nguyen’s parents owned New Saigon Vietnamese restaurant for 30 years. But before sel...

Denver’s historic El Jebel temple to get new life as special events venue

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

In Denver, there are much taller buildings than the five-story, rectangular Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine in Uptown. But there are few that are as eye-catching. Or historic. Or intriguing.Those are among the qualities that caught the attention of Non Plus Ultra, a company that looks for settings where its clients can hold events: product launches, concerts, corporate holiday parties. The San Francisco-based company has added the El Jebel building to its Denver portfolio and is getting it ready for the next chapter of its 117-year existence.“What we really shoot for is something that has history or is iconic or has architectural significance. El Jebel strikes all of those,” said Jordan Langer, Non Plus Ultra founder and CEO.The Mosque of the El Jebel Shrine, which was constructed in 1907, located in Denver, Colorado on Monday, December 12, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)The company works with the owners of venues that many times have been sitting idle and &#...

SoCal braces for 3 days of rain, potential t-storms and flooding

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

The second storm of the week, a much stronger but slower-moving system, began dropping rain on the Southland overnight. The heaviest showers remained north of Los Angeles County Wednesday morning, with most areas seeing only light to moderate rain.“But remember, the storm itself is still well to the north … I anticipate the heavier rain actually moving in late today. Tomorrow will be a very active day for us, ” KTLA Meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said. The National Weather Service called for severe weather through Friday. (NWS/Unsplash)Forecasters are calling for the most dangerous conditions, including a chance of thunderstorms, to arrive Wednesday afternoon and continue through Thursday night. “This is already a slow-moving system, so if these cells stay over you for 15 minutes, maybe 30 minutes, you could get a half-inch of rain,” Henry said. KTLA Weather Home The National Weather Service warned of dangerous lightning, strong damaging winds and small hail.“There’s even a slight ri...

Prep roundup: Mitty’s dominance in girls basketball on full display at national tournament

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

Girls basketballNike TOC: Mitty rolls into semifinalsThis is supposed to be a big test for Archbishop Mitty’s girls basketball team. So far, the Monarchs are treating it like every other exam on the schedule.A+, A+.Mitty blew out a second consecutive opponent in the top division at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Arizona on Tuesday behind more excellence from super sophomore McKenna Woliczko and UConn-bound senior Morgan Cheli.The Monarchs routed Xavier College Prep of Arizona 72-42 one day after they cruised past Miami Country Day 62-35.Mitty, the Bay Area News Group’s top-ranked team, will play Crestwood Preparatory College of Toronto in the semifinals on Wednesday. Crestwood rolled over Mater Dei-Santa Ana 70-51 in the first round and defeated Lone Peak of Utah 59-53 on Tuesday.In the Monarchs’ win Xavier College Prep, Woliczko had 24 points, seven rebounds, two steals and a block. Cheli added 21 points and Lehigh-bound Belle Bramer finished with nine points...

XBB.1.5, BA.2.86, JN.1: How to understand the coronavirus alphabet soup

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

By Jen Christensen | CNNThe virus that causes Covid-19 has more letters to describe its many derivatives than a bowl of alphabet soup.Omicron and Delta were names for the coronavirus that people quickly learned and used in the height of the pandemic. But at this point, most non-scientists probably could not name the version of the virus that’s set to become the next dominant one around the world. (It’s JN.1, by the way.)Although the common cold doesn’t get as many names – at least not the ones that make headlines – the specificity with which scientists talk about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, matters because it is still such a problem.A virus like this one has a lot of different names because it is changing constantly, and scientists need a common language to talk about a specific version that they’re seeing in a particular community or that they’re working with to develop treatments, vaccines and tests.“Bob the Virus” or “Susan the Variant” would probably be easier to...

49ers mailbag: Ghost of Christmas past could haunt another playoff run

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:50:05 GMT

SANTA CLARA – Making a list, checking it twice, time to find out which letters are naughty and nice into our weekly 49ers mailbag:Do you know when was the last time the 49ers played on Christmas Day? (@juniorvalencia408)It was 1993. The 49ers clinched the NFC West in their previous game, as they did this past Sunday. And they hosted an AFC powerhouse in the Houston Oilers, whereas this Monday night they’ll be hosting the AFC-leading Baltimore Ravens. So the turnover-prone 49ers lost 10-7 in that penultimate game of the 1993 regular season at Candlestick Park. Coach George Seifert pulled NFL passing leader Steve Young in the third quarter, seeing how the 49ers’ had already clinched a first-round playoff bye the previous week and were longshots to claim the No. 1 seed over Dallas. The 49ers went on to lose the NFC Championship Game in Dallas, and the Oilers lost their playoff opener to Kansas City.What is your best-case playoff scenario, game by game? (@all4dg3)After the wild-card bye...