http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5This is a tale of two Duvels. The first was purchased in Brussels, Belgium. The second was purchased in Lakewood, CO. There is some debate amongst beer geeks that the Guinness you drink on tap in Dublin is not the same Guinness you drink on tap in the states. Is the same true for Duvel? I set ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~443760.aspx3/18/2008 6:28:44 PMJustinian HatfieldLast year I was having a hard time thinking up New Year's resolutions. While most people make New Year's resolutions to do things like lose weight or stop smoking, I wanted to do something unique. I came up with the idea of taking a photo everyday and posting it online. But to make it even mo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Web/Blog~438399.aspx3/7/2008 8:26:38 AMJustinian HatfieldLast night, my wife and I attended the first beer tasting organized by Mile High Wine and Spirits. There was a wide variety of beers from Avery, Boulder Beer, Odell, Deschutes, and some imports from Anheuser Busch. In a way, it was like going to a concert. Many of the attendees were wearing s...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~431236.aspx2/20/2008 7:00:49 AMJustinian HatfieldIt was Friday night about 9:30, and my wife and I just finished watching a movie in the basement. I got up from the couch to take the DVD out and we heard the loudest bang we have ever heard as a bright flash filled the room. We both stood there stunned and then I ran upstairs to see what happene...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Local-Weather/Blog~423437.aspx2/2/2008 8:52:07 AMJustinian HatfieldSo I haven't been blogging much about beer lately. That's because I was out of town and when I came back my suitcase was full of wine and Scotch. I did pick up some beer last week. Here's the first: Blue Moon's Full Moon Winter Ale. I've always enjoyed Blue Moon. What I've never enjoyed is th...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~421605.aspx1/29/2008 5:25:16 PMJustinian HatfieldSince I work for a California company, I spend a fair amount of time in The Golden State and every time I'm there, I come back with a suitcase full of cheap wine and booze from Trader Joe's. This last trip I managed to fit three bottles of wine, a bottle of scotch, some candy, some hot chocolate ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Blog~409042.aspx12/30/2007 10:44:07 AMJustinian HatfieldA friend visiting from California stopped by for dinner, so I picked up a sixer of New Belgium Brewery's 2 Below. It pours a crystal-clear dark amber with a nice white head, which sticks around for quite a while. Don't drink this one out of the bottle. It deserves to be showcased in a nice cl...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~411273.aspx1/4/2008 4:41:27 PMJustinian HatfieldI'm getting worried. 2008 just began and the outlook for the year isn't looking good for microbreweries. The price of beer is going up and there's a shortage of hops the likes of which has never been seen. Some people are saying that brewers are going to have to reformulate recipes to deal wi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~409962.aspx1/2/2008 8:29:02 AMJustinian HatfieldIt's no secret that I prefer hoppy beers over their malty counterparts. So here are some of my favorites. If you don't like really hoppy beers, you won't like any of these beers. There's no rhyme or reason to this list - really I just needed an excuse to say "Hoppy New Year!" Hazed and Infus...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~408247.aspx12/27/2007 12:37:23 PMJustinian HatfieldI'm a sucker for year-end lists. I think it goes back to the days when I was a reporter and could spend hours and hours combing through the year's issues to find the good stuff for the annual year in review issue. So here's a list of my favorite Web sites or Web applications that I discovered...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Web/Blog~408061.aspx12/27/2007 7:53:34 AMJustinian HatfieldAs I read Saturday's Rocky, I was touched by the stories of Camryn Magness handing out coats at the Denver Rescue Mission and Aurora police giving presents to needy families. I'm thankful that when I go to sleep, I'm not hungry and when I wake up, I'm not cold. But I'm feeling the pangs o...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Blog~407374.aspx12/23/2007 8:58:36 AMJustinian HatfieldOn tap today (metaphorically speaking) is Samuel Adams' Winter Lager. There is no mistaking that this is a lager, it's rather light and has that characteristic lager crispness that makes lagers taste so good on a hot day. But, this is a big, dark wheat lager that will stand up to the colde...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~407224.aspx12/21/2007 4:57:35 PMJustinian HatfieldI learned my lesson about drinking light lagers in the middle of winter. So here's a beer that is a tad more appropriate for the season: Tommyknocker's Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer. The cool thing about porters is that traditionally they have been brewed with all sorts of weird ingredients. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~405988.aspx12/18/2007 5:30:33 PMJustinian HatfieldOne of Christina and my favorite places to eat in Denver is Le Central. It's Denver's affordable French restaurant, located at 8th and Lincoln. We hadn't been in a while, but decided to go there last night. We almost always order the Mussels. For $9 you get two pounds of steamed mussels, and ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Restaurants/Blog~406100.aspx12/19/2007 8:43:35 AMJustinian HatfieldWe've all bought an entire CD based on one song and then hated the rest of the CD, right? Well, I kinda did the same thing with Full Sail's Session Premium Lager. I love everything about this beer, except for, well, the beer. And for that, I can't blame the beer. Judged on its merits as a Amer...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~404841.aspx12/16/2007 1:11:34 PMJustinian Hatfieldhttp://www.news.com/The-evolution-of-a-dinobot/2100-1043_3-6223036.html (Robotic Dinos are cool) http://www.news.com/Year-in-review-Apples-iPhone-takes-center-stage/2009-1041_3-6222156.html (A review of the cool things my favorite tech company did in 2007) http://www.techcrunch.com/200...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Blogs/Blog~405127.aspx12/17/2007 9:56:09 AMJustinian HatfieldTomorrow (Monday Dec. 17) marks the 10th anniversary of the day some guy coined the term "Weblog," which we now know simply as blog. Jorn Barger was the first person to use the term to describe his "logging the web" while he surfed. In this post on Wired.com , Barger explains how to ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Blogs/Blog~404803.aspx12/16/2007 8:41:48 AMJustinian HatfieldTangentially related to this post is my first encounter with the talk of the blogosphere over the last couple of weeks - Facebook's Beacon advertising program. When I bought our tickets to see The Golden Compass on Fandango, I was surprised to see a little drawer open up in the bottom rig...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Technology-The-Web/Web/Blog~404503.aspx12/15/2007 8:29:51 AMJustinian HatfieldHere's a departure from the postings of late, but I need to vent. Last night Christina, Kelly, Jeff and I went to see the Golden Compass at the Belmar Theaters. I've heard mixed reviews about the film, but it looked like it was right up my alley. About an hour or so into the movie, the pr...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Blogs/Archive/Film/Blog~404495.aspx12/15/2007 7:34:50 AMJustinian HatfieldIt's simple. I blame my father. When I was in college at Fort Lewis in Durango, my beer of choice was Olympia. It came in 11-ounce bottles (called Stubbies) and was packaged in a little cardboard box. For $5 you got 12 beers. One of the best parts about it, was that each cap had a little puzz...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~404163.aspx12/14/2007 8:38:22 AMJustinian HatfieldDogfish Head 120 Minute IPA is to beer snob hopheads, what the North Face of the Eiger is to hard-core mountaineers (See? That Museum membership is paying off). Dogfish Head is a brewery in Milton, DE that produces some very interesting beers. In recent years, it has been in a battle wit...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~403681.aspx12/13/2007 8:30:32 AMJustinian HatfieldAs promised here's another review of a Seasonal Beer. On tap today is Avery Brewing Co.'s Old Jubilation. Avery is known for strong beers (like The Beast, which knocks 'em down with 15.4% ABV). While not that strong, Old Jubilation is a pretty big beer weighing in at 8% ABV. It's got a nice br...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~402751.aspx12/11/2007 7:43:08 AMJustinian HatfieldOne of my favorite parts of the Holiday season is all of the seasonal beers that come out this time of year. The next few weeks I'll be writing about each of the ones I try (assuming I remember to bring my notebook). Generally I'm more of a Hophead and generally most of the winter seasonals ar...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Food-and-Drink/Blog~402037.aspx12/8/2007 7:54:26 AMJustinian HatfieldThe day after Thanksgiving my wife and I got up at 3:30 a.m. to begin an adventure to one of the most wild places I have ever visited - Cumberland Island, GA. Our good friend Kelly and Jeff invited us on the trip. Cumberland Island is like no place I have ever been. It is about as opposite an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Travel/Blog~401558.aspx12/7/2007 7:10:36 AMJustinian Hatfield