Jonathan Shikes

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Jonathan Shikes

Jonathan Shikes is a Denver native with 25 years of experience at newspapers, magazines and websites. He joined The Denver Post in May 2022 as the editor of The Know after previously working at Westword. Jonathan is also the author of "Denver Beer: A History of Mile High Brewing." You can find him cooking green chile, drinking at breweries and eating dumplings.

Molson Coors is honoring the original name of its Blue Moon Belgian-style wheat beer for Major League Baseball's opening day in 2023. Originally called Bellyslide Wit, Blue Moon was first created inside the Sandlot brewery at Coors Field. (Blue Moon Brewing)

Blue Moon beer pays homage to its Coors Field roots with Bellyslide Wit

April 3, 2023 at 9:16 a.m.

Blue Moon brewmaster John Legnard said in an email that the company doesn鈥檛 have current plans to bring back other baseball-themed beers from 1995 other than Right Field Red.

The fans raise a beer to the Rockies during the 2010 Colorado Rockies home opener against the San Diego Padres at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post

You’ll never guess who has the cheapest beer in the Major Leagues

March 30, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

Now, if the team could only play .500 ball.

A temporary new piece of public art in downtown Denver, called "Pipelines," will be made of 100 green, blue and pink PVC pipes. (Provided by Black Cube Nomadic Art)

New — but temporary — public art is coming to downtown Denver

April 5, 2023 at 3:49 p.m.

鈥淭he blue, green and pink in the artwork comes from the colors used by the PVC pipe industry to identify fresh water, sewage and grey water, respectively."

Meg Linden, left, toasts birthday girl, Allison Stankiewicz, at Society Sports and Spirits in Denver on March 25, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

9 of the best sports bars in Denver

March 29, 2023 at 10:19 a.m.

Sports bars seem to come and go in Denver, but a few have become institutions because of their longevity. One of those was LoDo's Blake Street Tavern, the MVP of...

Cerebral Brewing opened a second, "pop-up" taproom along East Colfax in Aurora in March 2023. The taproom is temporary as the brewery builds out a larger space in the same building, according to owner Sean Buchan. (Staff photo: Jonathan Shikes)

Cerebral Brewing opens weekends-only taproom in Aurora warehouse

March 28, 2023 at 10:27 a.m.

Just minutes after opening its doors Friday afternoon, Cerebral Brewing's new weekend-only taproom was already full.

Collaboration Fest was founded in 2014 as a way to showcase camaraderie between Colorado craft brewers. (Sierra Voss, Special to the Know).

9 Collaboration Fest beers you don’t want to miss this weekend

March 22, 2023 at 9:37 a.m.

Founded in 2014 by the Colorado Brewers Guild as a way to highlight the camaraderie between the state's craft beer producers, the signature festival teams brewers together to highlight their...

The renovated Space Odyssey at Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Oct. 29, 2020. (Photo by Chris Schneider, provided by Denver Museum of Nature & Science)

Denver Museum of Nature & Science ends COVID-era reservation policy for members

March 23, 2023 at 6:27 a.m.

As of Monday, members of the museum are no longer required to reserve advance, timed tickets to gain entry.

This photo shows the Ph. Schneider brewery building as it appeared in Trinidad in 2016. (Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

Iconic 1880s-era brewery building will be restored, preserved in Trinidad

March 20, 2023 at 6:31 a.m.

When Prohibition ended in 1933, only four breweries remained in Colorado: Coors Brewing in Golden, Tivoli Brewing in Denver, Walter鈥檚 Brewing in Pueblo and Ph. Schneider Brewing in Trinidad.

Baere Brewing, which was founded in 2014 in Denver, has been sold to a group of local business owners. (Jonathan Shikes for The Denver Post)

Baere Brewing sells to a group led by the owners of the Walnut Room

March 7, 2023 at 9:17 a.m.

Baere Brewing, a small but integral part of Denver's craft beer scene for the past nine years, has been sold to a group of local business owners who plan to...

Inspiration Point Park, in Denver's very northwest corner, is unlike any other park in the city. (Staff photo by Jonathan Shikes)

This park may have the best view in Denver (but it’s not the one you’re thinking of) | 抖阴ap

March 6, 2023 at 3:04 p.m.

Walk about a quarter of a mile from the lot to the edge of the 25-acre park, where you鈥檒l be greeted by sweepingly unobstructed 270-degree (or more) views of the...

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