Account Spotlight: Mockery Brewing

“For beer drinkers looking for creative & delicious brews, Mockery Brewing is the innovative producer of damn good beers that break the rules in all the right places.”

Mockery Brewing has been one of my go to breweries since they’ve been open. They have always been putting out really fun, experimental and innovative beers in a setting that’s warm and welcoming. I’ve gotten to know a few of the people there just from working in the industry and I’m ecstatic that they wanted to carry my cookies. When they first opened they were carrying cookies but evidently health inspectors didn’t like that. Good thing I have all the licensing and other jazz necessary so now they can have cookies again!

Anyways, their cucumber Berliner Weisse is such a refreshing and tasty beer, just one of the many that I’ve come to enjoy there. Although I don’t know either of the owners, I’m assuming they are some pretty cool dudes just because of how amazing their brewery is.

This Friday, you can find me at Mockery with cookie samples and to party for First Friday!

Account Spotlight: Zuni Street Brewing

With the start of business it’s hard to keep up with everything. One thing I’ve been wanting to do is Account Spotlights. I think it’s important to make sure everyone that carries your product feels appreciated and knows how much it means to your business that they support you. Besides providing accounts with sample cookies for their staff to try, updates from me and an open line of communication I try my best to make sure they get exposure via social media. So this week starts the beginning of the Account Spotlight posts.

First up is Zuni Street Brewing. These guys have been substantial in helping Good Sugar Baking grow. Not only did they provide me with a bartending gig that has helped me promote Good Sugar while promoting their delicious beers, but they are the first place to sell the cookies and let me host Beer and Cookie pairings at the brewery once a month.

There are two people behind Zuni Street Brewing: Tj and Willy. Willy has an outstanding background in craft beer, has worked for two amazing breweries and is now putting out some of Denver’s best beer. Tj manages front of house and outside sales (along with a ton more things) and I’m not exactly sure how he balances all of it.

Besides the beer, Zuni Street is a great place for events, they love having large groups for birthdays, anniversaries, receptions, etc. With two large patios that are very dog friendly, giant jenga, cornhole and other fun games, this brewery is a must-go to this summer! They also have food trucks that rotate every day to provide you with a fresh new food option. Besides food trucks they have locally made popcorn and chips as a savory option and Good Sugar Baking cookies as a dessert!

Check out their Facebook page to see what food trucks are there, RSVP to the many events they’re always hosting (run club every Monday night, live music Thursday’s and Sunday’s, Beer and Cookie Pairings every third Wednesday) and to see what new brews are coming out: https://www.facebook.com/ZuniStreetBrewing/

Why craft beer and cookies??

If you had to pair your favorite beverage with your favorite food, what would it be? That’s a pretty loaded question because there are a lot of great pairings! Seeing as I’ve worked in the craft beer industry for over five years now I’ve gotten to know a little bit about one of my favorite drinks: craft beer.

I wasn’t much into beer until later in college. Actually, when I studied abroad I was 19 and didn’t drink much except super fruity vodka drinks because I just didn’t know any better. Everytime we went to a pub I would steal one of my friends’ beers and try it out to see what I’d like and wouldn’t like. The first “beer” that I thought I liked was a radler in Germany and that’s hardly even beer!

Later on, back in Fargo, that same friend and I started doing Old Chicago’s World Beer Tour. We’d go once a week and get the max four beers towards the tour. By the time I moved to Colorado I had completed two of those silly tours (110 beers in a tour) and knew a lot more about craft beer. Of course a lot has changed the five years that I’ve lived here and now I love pairing beer with food.

So of course when I started a bakery I knew I was going to try and get into as many breweries as possible and do some beer and cookie pairings with them as well! It has been a lot of fun seeing what cookies go great with different beers.

You can come and see what the pairing is all about TOMORROW at Ratio. You have to get tickets here: https://nightout.com/events/good-sugar-baking-cookie-beer-pairing-at-ratio-beerworks/tickets

If that doesn’t work out, next Wednesday at Zuni Street Brewing I will be having a beer and cookie pairing from 6-8pm. No tickets for this pairing, just come on out and try some delicious cookies with one of Denver’s newest breweries!