Well, thanks to my showing up 42 minutes early for my flight this morning instead of 45 minutes early, my day’s travel course took a sharp and depressing turn. I am spending several hours in the DIA (Denver Intl Airport) until I make my connecting flight to friggin’ Dickinson, ND for business. Luckily, there are some good beer joints here at the DIA. Below is how I am choosing to spend the time, check back regularly until 8pm:
1:43pm New Belgium Hub: Sunshine Wheat Beer - Crisp, almost to the point where it seems to snap when it hits my tongue. The bright, floral, grassy notes hit my nose, and then screams to me, “Don’t put a lemon in me!!”. A great way to kick-off my DIA Beer Crawl….
1:55pm Interesting Side Note: This specific pub claims to be the first location inside of the DIA to be totally wind-powered. I find it odd that the air-conditioning sucks….
2:02pm New Belgium Hub: 1554 Enlightened Black Ale- The description for this beer boasts of a dry, chocolaty finish. I see that. It also boasts that it has a surprising brightness to it I see that also. The description for the burger I ordered claimed it was “delicious”. 2 out of 3 aint too shabby, I guess…
215pm – Interesting Side Note: Sadness about flight situation + Good Beer x 1 corporate credit card = A good day at work!
3:55pm Rock Bottom Brewery – Red Rocks Red: This is the second beer that has included “orange” hints or notes in the description. At first sip, it sems a tad too hoppy, but the brightness the hoppiness provides is refreshing. The finish isnt as clean as the crisp first sip would suggest, but a good beer regardless…..and big too. The beers are all served in what must be 97 oz. schooners….
This may be it, I am now getting more bummed with each beer that I am still currently afew hours away from take-off….I think I’ll hit the Ben & Jerrys….bye bye….
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how about some time lapse photography starting from 1:43 all the way to the end of the crawl. maybe you dont want to give the flight marshall anything to think about though.
I am targeting my next hit as we speak….i think “they” are already watching me
Do you remember if the black Ale was a strait ale, a porter, or a stout? The term chocolaty is usually applied to stouts.
It was advertised as a straight Ale. I felt like it was more of a Porter, since it seemed to be a bit more complex than your typical Stout…I enjoyed it for sure…
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