Stuck in Denver with the North Dakota Blues: Denver Beer Blog

29 July 2008 in Random, blah blah blah

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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29 July 2008 Random, blah blah blah

6 Comments to Stuck in Denver with the North Dakota Blues: Denver Beer Blog

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.

fullgrownburger on 29 July 2008

I am targeting my next hit as we speak….i think “they” are already watching me

krd1992 on 29 July 2008

Do you remember if the black Ale was a strait ale, a porter, or a stout? The term chocolaty is usually applied to stouts.

Jim Malec on 4 August 2008

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…

Kelly on 4 August 2008

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