I've been to a couple beer dinners. They're fun and it's interesting to see how hop profiles, malt bills, etc. play off different foods and stuff.
But when I go out to eat and I have a beer...I don't think about how it pairs at all.
Breckenridge does a Vanilla Porter. It's just OK. Their beers...
@StillIn729...totally agree. And @JBug88, also agreed. The weird one is their purchase of London's Camden Town Brewery a couple days ago...no rhyme or reason.
However, the sad/funny/annoying thing comes from an article in the Denver Post in February...
Todd Usry, the brewmaster and general...
Disappointing news this morning out of Littleton, Colo.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_29298392/breckenridge-brewery-sold-giant-anheuser-buschs-high-end
To be honest, their beers have always been pretty overrated IMO. And they just built a gigantic, shiny new brewery/restaurant/facility...
Exactly. That's a really hard sum of cash to turn down.
And if it drops the price of Sculpin and GF Sculpin by even a dollar or two a six-pack, I'm OK with that.
I've had the Crooked Stave version of this, and it was incredible.
It'll never be made again, so I'd grab it if I were you. Any and all Jester King is crazy good and worth the cash.
I keep passing up the Jester King version direct from Crooked Stave and keep regretting it...I'll have to grab...
I haven't had that Paradox before, but I've had a few of their beers before. If you're into sours, they're pretty solid.
Their tap room, on the other hand, was a big disappointment when I was there. But that's neither here nor there.
Not sure if they really still are looking for volunteers as they claim, but go here:
http://wtfinvitational.com/volunteer/
Haha. Understandable. And it's way geekier than GABF without a doubt.
Anyone coming out to Denver at the end of the month for GABF? Or, even better, What The Funk!?
http://wtfinvitational.com
The homies at Crooked Stave throw their own sour & funky beer fest the night before GABF and it's insanity...and the missus & I got volunteer spots.
So we get to drink...
I love the Lilikoi. It used to be a pretty rare taproom exclusive until Avery got their new facility open with crazy new capacity.
Nice to see it making the rounds...solid, solid beer IMHO. But I'm a fan of fruit wits.
So I haven't taken any time off work since Thanksgiving...and I have several weeks of PTO I need to burn or I lose it.
And my team surprised me with a 4-pack of Dogfish Festina Peche and a bottle of Boulevard Saison-Brett 2015 to enjoy on my long 4-day weekend.
Surprised and stoked to say the...
I've had the peach too but not any of the straight ones yet.
They do tours of the distillery now with tastings of everything, so that's on the list of things to do.
And I agree, Boulder is really cool. I work in Boulder, so I get to see it five days a week.
Sounds really interesting. And nice Mountain Toad glass!
Pass by Mountain Toad a couple times a week, but they're always so packed you can barely get in the door so I've never stopped.
Damn straight. Colorado is an embarrassment of craft beer riches, that's for sure. I almost never drink anything from out of state anymore. There's just way too much good stuff going on here...with more opening every week with no end in sight.