AURORA – The beer accolades for Colorado just keep on coming.

Food & Wine magazine’s new roster of America’s top beer gardens includes the still relatively new Lowry Beer Garden in Denver. The 8,000-square-foot building where “Colorado’s legendary craft beer industry is on display” is located next to the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. The farmer’s market at Lowry will be open on Tuesday evenings starting in June. Details at lowrybeergarden.com

Meanwhile, if you’ve been searching for an art museum show that will really hold your attention, head to Beer! Boulder’s History On Tap at the Boulder History Museum. The exhibition begins before Prohibition and lingers in the era when the city became the epicenter of America’s homebrew and craft brew revolution. Afterward, more research may be necessary. We suggest visiting one of Boulder’s newest breweries such as Fate Brewing Co., J Wells Brewery, and the upcoming Sanitas Brewing. Information: boulderhistory.org.

Finally, the Associated Press reports that Vail-based Brewski Bones is now marketing sustainable Beaver Balls, a wholesome dog treat created from spent grains from the nearby Crazy Mountain Brewery.

COLORADO FOOD NEWS

According to Aurora’s Development Services Division in the Planning & Development Services department, more than 70 new eateries and food retailers opened in 2012, with 19 ethnic markets opening in 2012 along with another 12 markets in 2011 plus seven ethnic bakeries. Coming soon: Pacific Ocean Marketplace. … Aurora-based Sam’s No. 3 will finally have three restaurants when Sam’s No. 3 opens soon in the former Sam Taylor BBQ space, 435 S. Cherry St. in Glendale. … Chef Kelly Liken is dedicated to changing the way children dine at her eponymous Vail restaurant, according to foxnews.com. There are no chicken fingers or mac-n-cheese on the premises. Instead, kids are offered a special four-course seasonal tasting menu for $35 using the freshest ingredients. Liken promises young ones that they won’t have to consume “boring adult” fare. … NBC.com is noting an increase in butchery tourism: “Nothing says vacation like getting elbow deep in a bloody pig carcass.” Among the recommended stops for classes is Denver where “a man named Mark DeNittis has started an organization called The Rocky Mountain Institute of Meat.” … Think you want to start a company producing a food product? Sign up now for a Colorado Department of Agriculture workshop April 18 at the Community College of Aurora.

ON THE MENU

One of the best things I’ve tasted lately was the pozole at El Rico Dicho Menuderia Y Taqueria, 10400 E. 6th Ave. The huge bowl of traditional chile oil-dotted pork broth teams with tons chewy, corny-y posole and fall-apart chunks of pork that you can spritz with lime juice and wrap in warm corn tortillas. There’s few better ways to warm up and fill up on a blustery day.

BOOKS FOR COOKS

If you’re already dreaming of summer in the wilds of Colorado in a manly way, check out the newly published “Flannel John’s Woods & Water Cookbook: Critters, Fritters, Chili & Beer.” Author Tim Murphy suggests “over 110 recipes that guys will cook and eat” in camp such as Rasta Mon Squirrel and Rattlesnake Chili. There are even recipes for hunting dog treats. Information: bicoastalmedia.com

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