BRONCOS AND BREWS – Denver Broncos – Beer

Colorado Liquors in Parker Colorado is having a beer tasting event today for Fort Collins Brewing Company.

Summer
SEASONAL BEER

BOULEVARD WHEAT
This is an unfiltered American style Wheat beer. It is a lively, refreshing ale with a naturally citrusy flavor and distinctive cloudy appearance.

FLASHBACK ANNIVERSARY ALE-An indian brown ale from Boulder Brewery, this beer is citrusy with a clean finish. The biscut and chocolate malts add dark roasted flavors.

SUMMER SHANDY
Get a taste of the freshest flavor under the sun–Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy. A Shandy is a lemonade flavored beer, a Europeon favorite during the warmer months.Each batch is carefully brewed using the finest wheat, malted barley, and just a hint of honey. Then fresh lemonade and citrus flavors are added. A Summer refresher!!

SUNRYE FROM REDHOOK
Light and refreshing, this ale is brewed with six barley malts and a light rye. This ale is somewhere between a classic lager and Redhook Blonde.

We live nice and close to Rockyard so it’s SWEET that I really love their brews!  They offer their sampler flights at a great rate and it’s cold and fresh and……. well you need to come and check it out for yourself.

First the atmosphere there is kinda perfect, lots of big TV’s to watch no matter where you sit in the bar and you can seat yourself there.  My wife likes to sit right in front of the big stone fireplace that separates the dining room from the bar area.  There are also pool tables behind the biggest screen and that area ALSO has TV’s. The food there is great with a few notable must trys including the stuffed garlic knots and the jalapeno soup.  They not only brew beer but also make homemade root beer and cream soda if you have kids along with you.

Note the Bronco Horse over the Bar!

Now for the local Colorado brews!

They have 6  brews all the time and then some other seasonals to choose from.

ROCKYARD BREWS ARE AVAILABLE IN A 16 OZ. GLASS FOR $4.00
5 ounce Sampler Glasses of our beers are $1.25 each.

The Rockyard Brewing Company Double

Eagle Ale – Jim’s Pick

Gold Medal Winner
American Wheat Ale GABF 2003

This is their award American Filtered Wheat Ale with 5% alcohol content.

The flagship of their brews, I have to admit that this one is always a favorite and is very smooth and flavorful.

The Lightning Strike Stout – Chrissy’s Pick

This is their Dark rich Ale with the Coffee/Nutty/Chocolate tones.. according to the wife this is really good.. I have to fight her to get to sip it… she even ordered another glass of it.

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Well… that is she’s enjoying a flight of micro brews in Grand Junction without me and had the NERVE to send me a photo of her flight of beer and her great looking pizza.  I guess you’d say she’s BEER cheating!

She’s at Kannah Creek Brewery right across the street from Mesa State College… Coincidence?? I don’t think so!  Funny thing is that when we met 3 years ago I only drank Bud light, and hated wine and she only drank wine and hated beer other than Blue Moon. Flash forward to now… her favorite brews are porters  and stouts… I guess this makes sense… they do mostly have chocolate in them in some fashion and us guys all know how women feel about CHOCOLATE! And the only wine I like is a Cab or Pino Noir.. and she’s all into Stouts and Porters.  I guess you’d say we are expanding each others’ horizons!

So here is her report on the beer there without my knowledgeable expertise to influence her.  She doesn’t really care for IPA’s, so no review for them.

Her favorite.. no big surprise was the Pigasus Porter. Description: Dark brown with emphasis on CHOCOLATE and roasted nuts with a lingering coffee taste.. Hello.. who wouldn’t love that?! Followed closely by the Black Bridge Stout (We also really like Black Bridge wine and have been to that winery on the western slope of CO) This one also has the infamous chocolate, coffee and roasted flavors and a bit of carbonation to give it a creamy head.  Man am I jealous she is there without me! Island Mesa Blonde Ale comes in third.  This has a a slightly hoppy flavor and is very light.. for those new to the micro-brews… this is a great one to try says my neophyte beer drinking wife…   She didn’t care for the Hefe  called Highside Hefeweisen she said it has the “Bleckhy” micro-brew taste!  Sooo technical… and the Lands End Amber was quite tasty also.   She enjoyed these with the Basil and Tomato Pizza with freshly grated cheese on top.  Very good.

I’ve been to this pub myself a few times and the atmosphere is very homey with a great patio out front.  The regular crowd is a mixture of locals, college students and a few tourists from the front range like us.  If you are ever in Grand Junction Colorado make sure and stop by for a flight!

Double the Pleasure!

The last place we went was The Prescott Brewery. They had the option of each of their brews in a flight. Many different flavors and textures. They have what is called a flight of beer( this consists of up to 9-5 oz glasses of there different brews for only 1 buck per glass!). Like many places, it starts with a lighter beer and ends with a Porter.

Normally, I always have a favorite brew I pick  when I have a flight, the  Willow Wheat beer was it.  It’s the empty one up front with only the lemon peel left! Damn Good.

One thing I like about the brews there is they were all smooth, had great flavor and none of them gave me the dreaded “bitter beer face”.

The most amazing part is my wife, the non beer drinker, loved the Willow wheat beer and the Petrified Porter, so much we had to get more!

If you like beer and ever visit Prescott, AZ. Stop by the Prescott Brewery, you will not be disappointed!!

Last week, my wife and I took a road trip to Arizona.

Being the brew guy I am we decided to visit some different mico brewery’s. The first place we went was the Office, had a brew called Lift your kilt. Very tasty, would have lifted my kilt had I been wearing one! Had a brew at Murphys called Rouge Dead Guy, interesting flavor to go along with the name.