Sunday, July 19, 2009

New Belgium, Fort Collins, CO

New Belgium is best known for their very drinkable amber, Fat Tire.
But they also make a great variety of other styles, including sours.
Sours? Sign us up.

Even though we got there at 11 am, all the tours for the day were
full, so we just started standing around waiting for a table, when we
heard the guide asking for two last-minute additions. Chris' arm shot
up and we were in!

The tour was very cool as they showed the progression from Jeff's
original equipment all the way to the 200-barrel system they employ
now. After learning a good bit about the corporate culture, we were
given a private tasting room to enjoy most of their lineup (for FREE),
including 5 of their premium Lips of Faith series. This was the second
time we've had La Folie on tap on this trip and it's better and better
each time. You know it's a great beer when you're still talking about
it hours later! So we picked up a few bottles of La Folie and the
Transatlantique Kriek, saving these all for special occasions.

Unfortunately no time to stay in Fort Collins so we shot down I-25 to
Denver for the night.

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