Beer, bluegrass, Keystone
Here comes the 15th Annual Beer and Bluegrass Festival in Keystone, Aug. 6 and 7. Live music and lots of beer all weekend: Buy a mug; keep your mug; drink all you want. Visit for prices and schedules.
Indian food wine pairings
Ever wonder what to drink with the complex flavors of Indian food? Little India and Little’s Wine and Spirits are teaming up for a dinner paired with Austrian and German wines. Aug. 4, $35 a person, 2390 S. Downing. Call Ashley at Little’s to make a reservation: 303-744-3457.
Happy birthday, Sir Edmund Hillary
If he wasn’t the first person to scale Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was certainly the first to do it in khaki. The New Zealander, who summited the world’s tallest mountain in 1953, died in 2008. He would have been 92 today. How about a Himalaya Sunrise?
Himalaya Sunrise
Original recipe credited to Paul Child, as reported in the August 2002 edition of Gourmet magazine. Makes 2 drinks.
Ingredients
3 ounces gin
1 teaspoon dry vermouth
2 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
2 maraschino cherries
Directions
Stir gin and vermouth with ice cubes in a cocktail shaker, then strain into cocktail (martini) glasses. Stir 1 teaspoon cherry juice into each drink. Garnish with cherries.
