Wednesday, September 2, 2009

How Best Do You Know Beer?

Thousands of people are heading to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. If you are one of them, I have a question for you.

Can we call you Beerdrinker of the Year ?

Denver's Wynkoop Brewery hosts the competition. The winner get free beer for life.

C'mon, what are you waiting for? Email your resume to beerdrinker@wynkoop.com.

Speaking of the Great American Beer Festival, my favorite night to go is Thursday night. None of the brews have run out and nobody has been beat to death by the more than 45-thousand people that come to Denver each year.

Guess what?

As luck would have it, the only session the GABF says tickets are still available for is Thursday night! Ticketmaster has some and there is a page on the GABF site that lists retailers who might still have tickets for other sessions. Call first.

*****IN THE NEWS*****

The Governor's Office, 1200 Square Feet Surrounded Entirely By Reality.
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter is turning up the heat on "the heat is on," the state's high profile DUI enforcement program. He wants to cut back on the number of DUI checkpoints across the state.

Is it because people are not driving drunk anymore?

Noooo!

Governor Bill thinks pulling 1.3 million dollars from DUI enforcement will help fill the 230-million dollar pothole the state's budget has fallen into.

I am all for balancing the budget, but c'mon Gov. You need to get a grip. I firmly believe "the heat is on" program is working. The threat of getting busted keeps a lot of people from driving after drinking. Many of those who choose to swill and swerve are getting busted at the checkpoints.

Go find something else to cut. Leave "the heat is on" alone.
Read the news story for yourself.


Call In The Clydesdales
How do you move dozens of zoo animals to safety when the California wildfire closes in?

Three words.

Bud-weis-er.
The full story is here.

How Much Can You Thigh Lift??
A Louisana woman swiped a case of beer by clenching it between her thighs and waddling out of a store. Yup, 20-pounds of brew wedged tightly between her drumsticks and out the door she goes. A big, old, flowery moo-moo was involved.
Here's the story.



2 comments:

  1. Found your blog from the link in the Rocky Mountain Brewing News email today. I had wondered where you were at on the internet these days. Good to see you are still writing.
    Cheers! Chipper Dave

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  2. Good to hear from you, Chipper Dave! It's great to be writing (and, sampling great Colorado craft brews) again! I read all your stuff on Examiner.com. Good Stuff!!!

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