Tag Archive 'New Belgium'

Human excess.  Sheer spectacle.  The “world’s largest,” the “world’s most expensive,” the “world’s prettiest,” the “world’s _____.”  Yep, you get it.  Bring on the superlatives, people, cause it’s Vegas, baby, Vegas. After being oddly obsessed with it since my childhood—I mean have you seen ‘Bugsy’?  Yowza, that on-screen romance between Warren Beatty and Annette Bening […]

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West Coast Gold

This morning I awoke in Seattle to a foggy morning filled with expectations.  Mount Rainier was on our minds as my brother and I prepared for our camping excursion to get lost in her charms. After a requisite trip to the REI castle here, we hit up Bottleworks, the local craft beer store where we […]

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Ask an Insider: The Birth of the Microbrew

Ask an Insider is an interview series that talks to the people that make, serve, shake, sip, pump, pour, crush, distill, and bring life to this industry.  (For other interviews in the series, click the Ask an Insider tag at the bottom) There are many professions that kids consider downright uncool.  “What’s your dad do?  […]

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Seattle rules.  For an NYC boy like me to get to see more than a sliver of the sky at a time, it’s a pleasure, but to see the entire sky at once was beyond therapeutic.  And the sheer amount of art?  Whoa.  I thought the East Village was artsy, but its got nothing on […]

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The Great Can vs Bottle Debate

(Originally posted as a guest article on Hop Talk) Within the wine, beer and spirits world, passions run deep.  And so do the divisions.  Whether it is beer vs. wine, red vs. white, or vodka vs. bourbon, the warring camps of devotees are steadfast and thirsty for the other’s blood.  Whether it is double- vs. […]

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My top 5 favorite breweries: Number 1

1.  New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, Colorado Founded:  1991 Production:  approx 437,000 barrels (website) The place that started it all.  My own beer revolution.  “Fat Tire” was her name.  And she was delicious and demanding; pay attention to me!, she said.  And I did.  I took note.  For the first time ever in my, albeit […]

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