Burger Leftovers: The Day's Stray Links | A Hamburger Today
Some burger-related news and posts from around the web, including burger recs in Indianapolis, burger chains in social media, Subway's new burger offerings, and more.
Some burger-related news and posts from around the web, including burger recs in Indianapolis, burger chains in social media, Subway's new burger offerings, and more.
"When I was an undergraduate at Columbia in NY I was crazy about a hamburger made at the chain Prexy's .Their first store was near the college at 115 St. and Broadway and then moved on to other locations in the city. We are talking '50s and '60s. There are no Prexy's left now, but many of us on the internet have been looking for the original recipe, unfortunately without success. There was simply no hamburger as good. Would you have any input?"
The Breckenridge Brewery story begins in 1990, when homebrewer Richard Squire opened the third (!) craft brewery in Colorado in the popular ski town of Breckenridge. The beers the small brewery served to locals and skiers were an immediate hit and in 1992 Breckenridge expanded into the Denver market, opening a bottling facility in a then-neglected part of downtown. A few years later, Coors Field baseball stadium was built on an adjacent lot, and the neighborhood's fortunes began to change for the better.
In 2003, Jeff Crabtree started dabbling in homebrewing. Shortly after, the Union Colony Brewery—the only brewery in the industrial farm community of Greeley, Colorado—went out of business. Bitten by the brewing bug, Jeff got a loan and snapped up Union's brewing equipment. But Jeff hedged his bets and took a job in the corporate world, and started Crabtree Brewing as a side project in a gritty corner of Greeley. For the first few years he focused on brewing the beers he thought the local community would want. Progress was slow, and some frustration followed. The tipping point came when Jeff decided to work full time at the brewery, and brew only the beers that he wanted to.
Denver Beer Company has made a name for itself by offering a rapidly changing selection of ales and lagers. From one week to the next, the entire lineup of beers can—and does—change. We had the chance to walk around the brewery a bit on a brewday: here are our snapshots of all the action.
The story of Left Hand Brewing Company begins in 1990, when co-founder Dick Doore brewed his first homebrew from a kit he received for Christmas from his brother. Three years later, his obsession with brewing landed him in Colorado, where he and a college friend, Eric Wallace, began to hatch what would eventually become the brewery. We had the chance to walk around the brewery a bit and check out what's going on behind the scenes. Join us for a peek!
Fort Collins Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado was founded in 2003 when its current owners purchased defunct brewery H.C. Berger. In 2010, the brewery moved a mile down the road into a new and expansive space. We had the chance to get a tour behind the scenes. Join us for a peek!
Richard Rosendale, executive chef of The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, didn't know he would win the Bocuse d'Or USA finals on Sunday, but he imagined it. The night before the competition, his mother gave him a magnet with a quote from Pablo Picasso. "Everything you can imagine is real," the magnet said. Rosendale put the magnet on his stove, glancing at it as he cooked his chicken and fish dishes for the judges. Rosendale and his commis assistant Corey Siegel will represent the United States in the prestigious Bocuse d'Or World Competition in Lyon, France in 2013.
Odell Brewing Company in the picturesque college town of Fort Collins, Colorado is one of the most successful and long-standing craft breweries in Colorado. Alongside brands like New Belgium, Great Divide, Avery, Left Hand, Oskar Blues, Boulder and Fort Collins, Odell is known and respected throughout the U.S., as well as around the world. Today we'll get a look behind the scenes.
The smell. The taste. The texture. In how many ways does popcorn disgust you?