Denver Festivities

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RickG
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Denver Festivities

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Only slightly OT, Sweet Christine (NoTanLines) and I are enjoying our annual migration to Denver for the Great American Beer Fest. The city is packed and all of the sessions are sold out. We were carousing around Ft. Collins, Boulder and Denver yesterday visiting breweries and friends. I was wearing my Jolly Dog "Dog is my Co-Pirate" t-shirt. I rarely get so many comments, people really got a kick out of it. Who knew there so many irreverent pirate fans out there!?

Today is the big day of the Fest - they announce the awards for the competition. Sweet Christine and I have our first ever entry in the Pro-Am competition, against 47 other entries. We made a Franconian Kellerbier (think rustic pale lager with white peppery Spalter hops) brewed with uber-brewer Bill Madden from Vintage 50 in Leesburg Virginia. We'll know more by 2PM today.

Cheers, RickG
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Good luck Rick and Christine. Let me know the next time you go to Vintage 50, I'd love to have a drink with you!
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You go Rick & Christine!!! Wishing you the WIN :D

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Rick & Christine, Good luck.....fingers crossed for you guys! Ali~
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Hi!
I hope that you did really good today!
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Good luck home skillet :)

I hope to take beer classes with you one day!! I think about the taste on the first few then slink off into a drunken mess :)
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Good luck RickyG hope ya do well YEA BEER!!!
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No luck on that medal. I heard from a judge that we were on the table of 8 at the end, but fell off pretty early. All of the winning beers were West coast style hop monsters. Oh well, we'll just have to drink the rest ourselves. They did run through all 15 gallons of the beer we sent.

So, we drowned our sorries last night at the Cruise Room. This morning I have Beefeater poisoning. For some reason, I smell like a Juniper berry.

Jorge, I think a drive through MILF bar is a great idea. Ron_L, are you in? I figure a location near the barge dock so that people coming on island can pick up their pre-ordered groceries and liquor on the way to their villa would work.

Cheers, RickG
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Glad you all enjoyed Denver, Rick! Sounds like quite the competition.
Did ya leave any of your brew here for me? ;)
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LMG wrote:Glad you all enjoyed Denver, Rick! Sounds like quite the competition.
Did ya leave any of your brew here for me? ;)
LMG, good to see you back on the forum! I think Colorado's 100 breweries can keep up with your needs! ;)

Cheers, RickG
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Post by LMG »

Hey Rick- Yes, school and work have taken over lately. I try to pop in as much as I can. It's okay though, if I'm in school again I can pretend I'm in college again and well, the beer just fits right in, doesn't it? :)
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