Colorado Springs Tasting

There have been a few but they're definitely few/far between. There are a few other guys that are pretty active from the Springs on here, may be worth shooting a direct mail to them to see if there's interest.

As much as I enjoy catching up with fellow beer geeks/connoisseurs, I'm really hit or miss and mostly miss on the organized stuff as it doesn't work with wife/kids/work/hectic personal life.

 

Yeah, I jump in on some of the Denver tastings from time to time and have a couple of friends outside BA that I drink beer with but haven't connected with too many Colorado Springs BA's. I, like scray24 am a bit hit or miss with the wife and kids but I love to host tastings at my place (Rockrimmon area) after 8pm when the kiddos are down. I have a stash of BA Barleywine that I am definitely going to need help drinking

Maybe we should shoot for a Mid-November date and start getting the word out.

 

I'd be up for this, those are one of my fav's and I'd like to think I've got a few unique ones that we could share...

 

My work schedule is all over the place but I would be interested as well. Got a bunch of random east coast stuff I've got stashed. I also happen to live near Cottonwood.

 

I'd be up for this. I have too much beer in the cellar and I need some help drinking it. I don't really have an adequate place to hold a tasting, but I could bring some extra beer to make up for that.

 

I'm in. Also we are planning on having a gueuze tasting in Febuary as a pre warning.

 

I vote for the 10th.

My vote is for BA Barleywine (though it is always good to have one or two sours as palate cleansers). I would be happy to bring some or all of the following:

King Henry
Blighs
BA Ruffian 2012
Mother of All Storms 2011 (?)
§ucaba
Hangar 24 Hammerhead
Genesis 15:15

I have been sitting on these for a while and really just need some help taking them all down so I am more than happy to bring them all.

 

No problem. If we want to have it earlier in the day (before 8pm) it is probably better not to have it at my house. If I am hosting my wifes prefers festivities to start after 8pm so that the kiddos are down.

 

I know for sure I'll have the 17th off because I'm using some vacation time at work, but I can't say for sure about the 10th. My work schedule is random, so I wouldn't know until my schedule comes out on the 7th.

I'm up for any style, but sours are my favorite. Should we tell each other what we're going to bring so we don't have multiples of certain beers?

 

Yeah, once we are more set on style I can setup a google doc so that folks can track what they are bringing.

 

It might not be a bad idea to do multiple styles so we don't get burned out on one style. I did a pretty big sour tasting a few months ago, and by the end of it, a lot of things started tasting really similar. Just an idea.

 

I think I could swing the 17th. I got some stouts, sours, barleywines as well.

 

Here's a list of things I could bring that are usually a bit difficult to find in Colorado. How many bottles were we thinking of each bringing? 2 or 3?

3 Fonteinen - Straffe Winter
The Bruery - Melange 3, Oude Tart, Sans Pagaie, Otiose
Cigar City - Sea Bass
Cisco - Lady of the Woods
Deschutes - The Dissident 2012
Fantome - BBB Dark White, La Dalmatienne, Brise Bon Bons, Pissenlit
Flossmoor - Hi-Fi Rye
Goose Island - Juliet, Lolita, Night Stalker
Jester King - Boxer's Revenge
Rivertown - Lambic
Rodenbach - Caractere Rouge, Vintage 2007
Stillwater - Cellar Door, Autumnal, Débutante, Existent, of Love & Regret, Premium, Stateside Saison
Stillwater/Mikkeller Two Gypsies - Our Side
Sweetwater - 15
Three Floyds - Dreadnaught, Munsterfest, Alpha King, Gumballhead
Tilquin - Gueuze 2010-2011
Upland - Strawberry Lambic, Blueberry Lambic, Kiwi Lambic, Gilgamesh
Upright - Six, Seven
Voodoo - Big Black Voodoo Daddy
Weyerbacher - Risirva, Rapture


Maybe you guys could help me choose, since I'm not sure what beers you have or haven't tried.