Wow, what a week. It’s been a little tough to take around here. High temps and wildfires up and down the front range. I hate to be a downer, but I’ve got some good friends being affected by this and I think we’re all just ready for a nice, long rain shower (minus the lightning)… [...]
Archive for June, 2012
Weekend Beer Buzz 06/28/2012
June 28th, 2012 
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Posted in Beer Buzz 
Tags: american craft beer radio, beer drinker's guide to colorado, colorado craft beer show, crooked stave brewery, david parry, dry dock brewing, echo brewing, elevation ipa, firestone walker, firkin friday, hammer and sickle stout, hogshead brewing, j marie barrel aged saison, maggie smith's irish pub, parabola, parry's pizza, radiator winter warmer, renegade brewing, renegade brewing anniversary, river north brewing, ryetous ipa, stone chipotle smoked porter, stone ruination 10th anniversary, stone vanilla bean smoked porter, the beer drinker's guide to colorado, trve brewing, unified theory oaked imperial wit 
Comments OffTRVE Grand Opening Is Tomorrow. Join The Cvlt Before It’s Too Late!
June 26th, 2012 drumrboy22 Don’t forget beer peeps, TRVE Brewing’s Grand Opening is tomorrow, June 27th at 4 PM. You won’t want to miss this. Nick and his team are ready to serve up some tasty metal music and awesome beers for you. They’ll have four beers flowing tomorrow: Wanderlust, a Belgian American Pale Ale; Prehistoric Dog, a Salty Wheat; Black [...]
Posted in Brewery Spotlight Tags: basic kneads, black cascade, cvlt, nick nunns, prehistoric dog, trve brewing, tunnel of trees, wanderlust 1 Comment »Beer Trippin’ in Wisconsin. Part 1 – New Glarus Brewing
June 25th, 2012 drumrboy22 Over the weekend, we had the opportunity to spend 36 hours in Wisconsin. Time for another round of Beer Trippin’. We started our day with an early flight out of Denver International Airport, bound for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I like to get a jump-start on things and before lunch time, we had already gotten a rental [...]
Weekend Beer Buzz 6/20/2012
June 20th, 2012 drumrboy22 We’ve got another beer filled weekend coming up. You ready? Get your calendar’s out, here’s the run down. The 23rd Annual Colorado Brewers’ Festival is this weekend. The festival runs from 12:30 – 6:30 PM on Saturday, June 23rd and Sunday, June 24th. More than 40 breweries will be pouring their brews including the usual [...]
Posted in Beer Buzz Tags: avery brewing, bad apple, birra basta, bootstrap brewing, choice city butcher & deli, colorado brewers festival 2012, copper kettle brewing, dry dock brewing, falling rock 15th anniversary, firkin friday, grapes of wrath, hottenroth, kolsch, loakal red, niwot brewery, otiose, oud floris, pizzeria basta, ross's mom, sans pagaie, starship enterprise, the bruery, tradewingds, tweak, whiskey sour reverend Comments OffRoad Trippin’ On I-70. Palisade and Grand Junction, CO
June 19th, 2012 drumrboy22 A few months back I did a little bloggin’ about some of the breweries west of Denver, along I-70. Between Denver and Breckenridge, we visited multiple breweries, each with their own unique atmosphere, serving up a variety of beers. I broke it up into several parts and if you missed it, you can find them [...]
The Beer Drinker’s Guide To Colorado
June 18th, 2012 drumrboy22 Several years ago, somewhere amidst the madness that is the Great American Beer Festival, I got my first glimpse of an awesome product called the Beer Drinker’s Guide to Colorado (BDG2C). I snatched one up and over the years, it’s helped me plan out weekend road trips with my wife and track down breweries all [...]
Weekend Beer Buzz 06/14/2012
June 14th, 2012 drumrboy22 We’ve got a big weekend coming up here people and there’s no time to lose. Let’s do this! Great Divide Brewing in Denver, CO, is turning 18 on Saturday, June 16th. Yep, they’re legal and they’ll be celebrating with a full-on bash including beer, rare beer, food, more beer, music, multiple breeds of Yeti (hopefully!) [...]
Posted in Beer Buzz Tags: 18th anniversary ale, barrel aged yeti, blackberry summer ale, bligh's barleywine, copper kettle brewing, coton, dry dock brewing, fruet, great divide brewing, imperial red, j wells brewery, pike peak brewing anniversary, stranahan's colorado whiskey, stranahan's snowflake, the bruery, well built esb Comments OffBeer Review: Dry Dock Brewing, 3 Heavy Wee Heavy
June 13th, 2012 drumrboy22 If you live in the beautiful state of Colorado, you have no shortage of options when it comes to beer. You grab your growler, head to your local brewery, but have no clue what to get. Sometimes it can be downright overwhelming. I’m taking the guess-work out of it for you and giving you a [...]
Posted in Beer Reviews Tags: 3 heavy wee heavy, cigar city brewing, dry dock brewing, lachlan mclean, trve brewing, trve cvlt, world beer cup Comments OffBeer Review: Wit’s End, Super FL i.p.a.
June 10th, 2012 drumrboy22 I recently had the opportunity to spend a few hours of my afternoon relaxing over at Wit’s End Brewing in Denver, CO. In case you haven’t made it out to Wit’s End yet and need hours, contact information and other details, click HERE. I really dig this place. The people are friendly, the vibe is laid back [...]
Posted in Beer Reviews Tags: belgian oatmeal ipa, scott witsoe, super fl i.p.a., wilford, wit's end brewing Comments OffNew Brewery Spotlight: TRVE Brewing
June 8th, 2012 drumrboy22 TRVE Brewing is less than 24 hours from opening their doors to the public for the very first time. Yesterday, owner and brewer Nick Nunns, took the time out of his busy schedule to sit down and talk with us about his new brewery. TRVE (pronounced “True”) is located on Broadway, in the trendy area of [...]
