Charles in the wet snow in Lakewood
The weather changed from rain to snow this morning. No big deal to me. This was a pretty wimpy storm. It was more like rain. In fact, as we traveled north today, it was rain. With the weather being on the soggy side today, we went to Fort Collins to see what the town had to offer. The first stop was Odell Brewing Company. We sampled their fine brews and toured the brewery. The Odell Brewing Company is small, but they are expanding. Construction was in progress while we were there.
Odell Brewing Company
Life on Easy Street
First sample of the day.
Line them at Odell's
After lunch, we went to New Belgium Brewing Company, the home of Fat Tire. New Belgium is becoming a large brewery. We did the tour at New Belgium. It is an hour and a half tour. You get to sample beers along the way including Fat Tire that was only ten minutes old. It looks like a cool place to work. They got ping pong, foosball, volleyball, slides, etc. not to mention the beer. It was a very relaxed tour.
Going for a bike ride in Fort Collins
New Belgium tour stop
Fat Tire
The next stop was The Fort Collins Brewery. It is a very small brewery. I overheard that they are moving. They do need a bigger place. We sampled their beer there. They have some fine brews. After that, we called it a day. We got a place to stay in town and had dinner.
Outside The Fort Collins Brewery
Maybe I can drive this truck for a living
2 comments:
Since New Belgium seems like a cool place to work, did you pick up an application? Or maybe drive the truck for FCB (they do have that in North Carolina so you could visit more often)? Maybe you could drive the truck for Odell and get them started in NC. Can you and Charles list some of your favorites? Did you try the Hauptoberfest at New Belgium (I did and am not impressed)?
Now we know why Charlie came to visit - an official beer tasting trip.
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