Number 8

8 New Belgium Brewery or in truth, Fort Collins, Colorado
The pop-um-up was in gettin’ new treads at the Good Year tire shop in Fort Collins, so we had hours to burn and a town of quality beers to explore…the first two were grand, in fact three or four of my fave-o-rite beer can be found at ODell Brewing Co. (IPA and St. Lupulin Extra Pale Ale) and Fort Collin Brewery (Rocky Mountain IPA and Chocolate Stout)…something I can’t say about New Belgium Brewing, love their Fat Tire, but I’m a IPA/Stout guy. New Belgium Brewery is an event, an iconic place that is more than what they brew and once you enter their place you can’t help but be taken over by the spirit of hops, barley, yeast and water.



Here is my journal entry from 21 June, I think it sums up what I’m trying to say…”What an awesome place—they have created an atmosphere where beer drinking ain’t about throwing back some shitty tasting malted beverage as you watch a football game sittin’ on your ass—this place celebrates the possibilities of the culture, employees own the joint and work here because it’s a viable job they can make a living from! The beer I drank here, are wonderful, but it’s more than beer, it’s a lifestyle of enjoying your self doing outdoor stuff and swiggin’ a beer as a drink, not as a drunk.” Think I’ll leave it there; wish we had Fat Tire in Utah, so I could help sustain their vision!