Rings from the Weekend Coffee Table

We had a heady weekend at the Long's Peak Scottish/Irish Festival in Estes Park (CO) last weekend.

Yes, it rained. No wait. That's an understatement. It rained a lot! Several people came up to me, telling me how sorry they were we had to be there the whole time. No need. When you love being Irish as much as I do, spending the weekend in a cold, driving rain storm doesn't bother you a bit. I hardly noticed as I played drums with my friends, Ciorcal Cairde. We are Colorado's newest Irish pipe band and are truely a Circle of Friends.

Besides, everybody knows a Scottish/Irish festival is a drinking sport! There was a lot of Guinness and Harp to be had. Plenty 10 and 15 year old scotch and irish whiskey, too.

No doubt. I am a wee bit foggy this morning.

It was great to get a chance to play drums with Gobs O' Phun while the rain fell and the wind blew. Don't miss an opportunity to hear their Irish harmonies when they come around where you are. Gobs O' Phun are three guys who are phun, phor sure.

I was also very happy to see Oskar Blues at the festival this weekend. I'd have given anything to have been able to grab a gulp of Gordon or a can o' Chubb.

But, NOOOO!

Somebody else had the beer concession, so OB was only allowed to dish out its Cajun….not its canned beer.

While we were piping, drumming and drinking, the Broncos were….well, the Broncos were killing us with their last second pass, tip and win drill. I am officially on the "ohhh, it's going to be a long season" bandwagon.

Happy Birthday to Yoooooouuuu!!!

As the beer world gears up for Denver's Great American Beer Festival (Sept. 24-26), Boulder Beer is getting ready for something else....their birthday!!

They will turn 30 on September 25th.

The celebration kicks off tonight with a Cornhole tournament at the brewery pub. You could win free beer for a year!!!

They have a really cool beer dinner at the brewery pub tomorrow night and special working stiffs brewery tours all week.

Click here for a great story from Boulder's Daily Camera and click here for more information about Boulder Beer's birthday bashes this week.

*****On Tap*****

Tonight (Sept. 15): Besides the Boulder Beer Birthday stuff, Kyle Hollingsworth-Then There's Now plays the Southern Sun Pub in Boulder at 6pm. There is something called an acoustic plug in blues jam and open stage thing at Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons at 7:30 and Wisebird cranks it up at the Mountain Sun in Boulder at 10.

Trinity Brewing in Colorado Springs is releasing a brew called Farmhouse Peche Noir today. It's created with dark malts, brown sugar, fresh Palisade's (CO) peaches and pumpkin. Wow...that's a lot of stuff in one pint. Trinity Brewing is also kicking off Soul Runners, their brewery running club, tonight at 6pm. From "never ran" to "do it every day," there is a short/flat 4.25 mile route and a longer 8.3 mile circuit. Go exercise, then you can quaff your fill.