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Saturday, February 2, 2013

The best craft bears in Colorado.
I've been learning more of the places that are known for their craft beers in Colorado.

First a primer on Beer glossary:
The Glossary: A primer on beer terms.  Basics from the videos. 
  • ABV: Alcohol by volume.  Any thing sold in Colrado commercial purchasing cant' be abover 3.2 for things like grocery stores. Anything more than 10 will knock you on your arse.
  • Barley is a type of grain commonly used in making malts.
  • Malt... is the grain that has been soaked in water to germinate and is heated to quickly stop germination.  This is what gives most diverse flavors in beer.
  • YEAST:  Key to much of beer.  Is a fungus that catalyses sugars into malt in alcohol and carbon dioxide.
    • this is what makes Golden, Colorado (Home of Coors/ Budweiser) smell delightful one part of the week and like rotten orange juice the next.   
    • Finally Hops using female hop plant flowers. (Flower power) is dried and used to provide beers' bitterness.  
      • Hence people calling a beer (Hopy)

Probably the best known beers in Colorado?
  • http://coloradobeer.org/
  • http://www.beerdrinkersguidetocolorado.com/ 
  • http://www.5280.com/magazine/2010/09/colorados-best-craft-beers 
    • Check 5280 magazine in internet and printfor Denver, CO scene info!
  •  Odell Brewery in FOrt Collins 90 Schilling 
  • Great Divide
  • Breckenridge Brewery
  • Avery Brewery in Boulder, CO

So anyone else have their favorite places/ or Home Brewing beers?  I found a great list of home brew beer recipes here .... Click Here!

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