Festival: 6th Annual Lake Dillon Brew Festival - Marina Park Benefiting the Colorado Brewers Guild When I breezed through Eisenhower tunnel and found out closer to 35 breweries than the expected 25 came together for this four-hour event on the shores of Lake Dillon, I knew it was my lucky day. The festival is wide... Continue Reading →
Before I make the final journey to the store it was necessary to take a deeper look at the basic ingredients. You can taste each one of them in every single sip and if you focus you can smell them. Every delicious drink comes from someone taking the time to place this particular combination together.... Continue Reading →
There is something different about you. The way your flavor dances upon my tongue after that first sip. The fruit, the freedom, the fun - almost as intoxicating as you. The beads of sweat remind me not to linger but enjoy. There is something special about you, Summer Beer
It's not as though I have no idea how the process of brewing beer works but the details are definitely foggy at best. In theory the process can't be that hard, they have been brewing beer for thousands of years and if people without technology could do it the process at it's most basic level... Continue Reading →
When I tell most people that I've never attempted to brew a single beer, those who know me are shocked. The assumptions is that any beer lover, snob, appreciator etc. has at least tried. I must admit it makes me feel like a bit of a fraud. How can I claim to know good if... Continue Reading →
Hello and welcome to Hard 12 Brews, a blog dedicated to the exploration of the Colorado craft beer scene. For those of you not familiar with blackjack the title of the blog might not make sense. When playing if you decide to double your bet on a hard 12 which would be a ten and... Continue Reading →
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