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Guys... Minnesota rules...
Tell your FIL to bring something tasty back for me.
Posted on the homebrew thread, figured I'd cross post here.
"Are there places around Austin to take a corny keg and get it filled with beer? Is this legal in Texas, or do you have to pay to take their kegs? Just wondering."
"Are there places around Austin to take a corny keg and get it filled with beer? Is this legal in Texas, or do you have to pay to take their kegs? Just wondering."
Go back in Jan-Feb and let us know how great it is.
TL;DR - Had a blast at the WeldWerks Invitational. You guys knocked it out of the park with guest experience and beer list!
Longer version - Wife and I flew into Denver Thursday morning. We hit up Cerebral and Crooked Stave. Tried to go to Black Project, but they were closed for the day due to an maintenance issue at the taproom. Had one of the best burgers of my life at Meadowlark Kitchen, highly recommend.
Drove up to Ft. Collins Friday and headed for the New Belgium brewery tour. Walked in the door to a surprise guest, the Beer Threads own Robert C. Christian (the artist formerly known as FrioAg). +100 internet points to him and my wife for pulling that one off, I had no idea he was coming. The New Belgium brewery tour lived up to the hype and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Capped off the night with the drive over to WeldWerks to say hi to NCol and buy all of our beer to go before we got too drunk on Saturday.
The festival Saturday went off without a hitch. Got into line about an hour before doors opened for session #1 and the WeldWerks team had everyone checked and ready to go with plenty of time to spare. We were probably a couple hundred people from the front and were in the door in just a couple of minutes. Lines were long at first for the whalez, but you never had to wait more than a few minutes to get a great beer. Checked Assassin and Duck Duck Gooze off of my whalez list and then had about 75 other amazing beers (including all 14 Medianoche variants!). These two pics kind of sum up the day.
All in all, a great weekend in Colorado! Thanks for the hospitality NCol! We definitely plan to be back for the 2nd Annual Invitational.
Here is the haul we brought home -
Longer version - Wife and I flew into Denver Thursday morning. We hit up Cerebral and Crooked Stave. Tried to go to Black Project, but they were closed for the day due to an maintenance issue at the taproom. Had one of the best burgers of my life at Meadowlark Kitchen, highly recommend.
Drove up to Ft. Collins Friday and headed for the New Belgium brewery tour. Walked in the door to a surprise guest, the Beer Threads own Robert C. Christian (the artist formerly known as FrioAg). +100 internet points to him and my wife for pulling that one off, I had no idea he was coming. The New Belgium brewery tour lived up to the hype and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Capped off the night with the drive over to WeldWerks to say hi to NCol and buy all of our beer to go before we got too drunk on Saturday.
The festival Saturday went off without a hitch. Got into line about an hour before doors opened for session #1 and the WeldWerks team had everyone checked and ready to go with plenty of time to spare. We were probably a couple hundred people from the front and were in the door in just a couple of minutes. Lines were long at first for the whalez, but you never had to wait more than a few minutes to get a great beer. Checked Assassin and Duck Duck Gooze off of my whalez list and then had about 75 other amazing beers (including all 14 Medianoche variants!). These two pics kind of sum up the day.
All in all, a great weekend in Colorado! Thanks for the hospitality NCol! We definitely plan to be back for the 2nd Annual Invitational.
Here is the haul we brought home -
I got you. Selection is not great here, but I'll swing by a liquor store in Minneapolis and stock up on some goodies.dave99ag said:
Tell your FIL to bring something tasty back for me.
Jock 07 said:
Go back in Jan-Feb and let us know how great it is.
Evidentially I can't internet anymore...
Insert Nope Gif.
Yeah, I didn't have much luck in Minneapolis. Great breweries though. Had to drive across the border at Casanova Liquor and found lots of amazing beer.jah003 said:I got you. Selection is not great here, but I'll swing by a liquor store in Minneapolis and stock up on some goodies.dave99ag said:
Tell your FIL to bring something tasty back for me.
It was great to see you guys again and I'm glad you all had fun. We'll do it again next year for sure.
Firestarter IPA out of Eagle, CO
I half expected to see a bowl of Colorado gummy bears on the table followed by a post-gummy pic of you curing your Houston swamp ass by going up the ski lift sprawled out in just your tighty whiteys yelling "fresh mountain air for my beanbag!!!"
Who says that pic doesn't exist
Is it next to "Palm Dong" in the family photo album?
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Well so long as we're sharing mountain pics here's a few of mine from today. And to make it beer related we've been drinking a bunch of beer from flathead brewing while staying on flathead lake the past few days. Moving up to whitefish tomorrow and will be making a trip or two to great northern brewing over the next few days.
It felt like this kind of night
Solid day at the lake yesterday...
Welp, all those replies sure do make me hate sitting at a desk right now.
Exactly. I hate them all right now because I am extremely jealous. But my time will come the last week of July when I will spend a week in the Colorado mountains.NColoradoAG said:
Welp, all those replies sure do make me hate sitting at a desk right now.
Be jealous... I'm going to Alpine next week to setup a wildlife guzzler and clean up a tinaja to hold more water. I plan on drinking plenty of beer to hydrate in the not-humid 100 degree heat.
This worth going out of our way a bit? It would add about an hour to our trip up north, but I'd happily do it if the selection is amazing.dave99ag said:Yeah, I didn't have much luck in Minneapolis. Great breweries though. Had to drive across the border at Casanova Liquor and found lots of amazing beer.jah003 said:I got you. Selection is not great here, but I'll swing by a liquor store in Minneapolis and stock up on some goodies.dave99ag said:
Tell your FIL to bring something tasty back for me.
Yes! Guys working there know their **** too. Guy named Brady literally walked their inventory with me and grabbed me some good **** to bring back. Even pulled some stuff that wasn't technically on the shelves for sell.jah003 said:This worth going out of our way a bit? It would add about an hour to our trip up north, but I'd happily do it if the selection is amazing.dave99ag said:Yeah, I didn't have much luck in Minneapolis. Great breweries though. Had to drive across the border at Casanova Liquor and found lots of amazing beer.jah003 said:I got you. Selection is not great here, but I'll swing by a liquor store in Minneapolis and stock up on some goodies.dave99ag said:
Tell your FIL to bring something tasty back for me.
They've also got a little restaurant there with a pretty good tap selection.
Damn, this one hurts. Whitefish is one of my favorite places ever and here I sit behind my desk. Love Great Northern. We stop by there at least for a little bit each day. Enjoy some for me.Jock 07 said:
Well so long as we're sharing mountain pics here's a few of mine from today. And to make it beer related we've been drinking a bunch of beer from flathead brewing while staying on flathead lake the past few days. Moving up to whitefish tomorrow and will be making a trip or two to great northern brewing over the next few days.
Agreed! They were great in helping me find NG, TG and other goodies. This was some of my haul on my trip 2 years ago.
Roughtail Orange Creamsicle
This **** is awesome.
This **** is awesome.
Yessir!! I had some last week. Really damn good.
Any of you going to the Spindletap release on Saturday? I'll be there with my family between 10 and 11. Might grab some Pinkertons and then head to B52.
jah003 said:Jock 07 said:
Go back in Jan-Feb and let us know how great it is.
Evidentially I can't internet anymore...
Insert Nope Gif.
Don't be such a wuss. It wasn't that bad.
La Fours said:
Any of you going to the Spindletap release on Saturday? I'll be there with my family between 10 and 11. Might grab some Pinkertons and then head to B52.
Dammit. We'll be out of town. I'm f they have any extra, please grab me some rarities to send out west.
Well balls.
I will for sure grab some extras if they have any left when I get there. I got lucky with the pre-sale And was able to buy a 4 pack of each of the 3 beers being released.
I will for sure grab some extras if they have any left when I get there. I got lucky with the pre-sale And was able to buy a 4 pack of each of the 3 beers being released.
dave99ag said:
Be jealous... I'm going to Alpine next week to setup a wildlife guzzler and clean up a tinaja to hold more water. I plan on drinking plenty of beer to hydrate in the not-humid 100 degree heat.
I'm sure you'll hit brick vault, so yes, I am jealous. Any trip out west is a good trip.
AggieOO said:
I'm sure you'll hit brick vault, so yes, I am jealous. Any trip out west is a good trip.
We'll definitely hit up Brick Vault before we head over to the Gage for dinner.
Jester King Omniscience & Proselytism being released this Friday
I just hit up Brick Vault a couple of weeks ago for the first time. ...what am I missing?
The Gage is awesome though.
The Gage is awesome though.
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