While exploring the golden canopy of Eagle County’s rolling aspen groves, Emilio opines on why he dislikes the term “leaf peeping” and enjoys an apricot blonde.

During the dog days of summer, Emilio finds refreshing liquid bliss in a high-IBU India Pale Ale brewed with Telluride snow-melt.

Emilio discovers that at Denver’s Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, imaginative beers brewed by the “Brettanomyces Guru” come to life.

For millennia, the art of brewing and the science of farming have been intertwined. High Hops Brewery, a hops farm turned brewhouse in Northern Colorado, carries forward the tradition.