Running Nowhere

Wednesday 24 June 2009
Track Town Honey Lemon Wheat Ale

Track Town Honey Orange Wheat Ale

On our drive back from a ski vacation at Winter Park, we got a tip about a can’t-miss liquor store in the suburbs of Denver. We took a detour around 470 and popped into Tipsy’s Liquor World (can there be a better name for a liquor store?) at 10:00 am and got back in the car with $250 worth of single bottles not found in Missouri or Kansas. Thanks for the tip, Randy!

The first of these “Colorado beers” that we cracked open is actually an Oregon beer. Track Town Honey Orange Wheat Ale is brewed by Rogue under the Eugene City Brewery label and features a worn track cleat on the painted bottle. Our first impressions were lackluster, and it didn’t really improve from there. I am guessing this beer is made for summer guzzling and general refreshment, because I don’t see much else it has going for it. Read more »

My First Time

Wednesday 20 May 2009
Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar

Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar

Last summer, I took my first trip to the Northwest. I wanted to go somewhere where I could camp and hike and Jim wanted to go somewhere where he could drink lots of delicious beers that can’t be found in Kansas City. We settled on a week-long tour of Portland and Seattle. We wanted to arrange our trip to put us in Portland during the Oregon Brewers’ Festival in late July, which happened to be the same weekend as my 10-year high school reunion. It was really not a tough decision to make. Read more »