“Want to go golfing?” It’s a question Alyssa Hoberer, co-owner and co-brewer at Full Frame Beer in downtown Denver , might casually toss out to regulars seated at the bar.
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If you’re in the know, you’ll nod. That’s the cue for tiny, paper-wrapped bottles of Underberg, a herbaceous digestif, to appear. Each participant unscrews the cap, tips one back, then checks the number printed on the bottom. Just like in real golf, the highest number “loses” and, in this brewery scenario, picks up the tab for that round of Underberg.
Underberg has been popping up more and more at breweries around the Mile High City. And if you haven’t noticed it yet, you probably will soon. (FYI: That’s known as the Baader-Meinh