Winter Park Tres day 3-4 Coors

One of the big things being talked about in these here parts is weed waste.  The strict rules for cannabis in CO means a huge huge waste in packaging as every little thing needs it's own container.  All of those little black plastic containers that all weed comes in.

I suppose this is an issue but wow - think about 10 years ago when camera film all came in this same black plastic containers.  Trillions of them EVERYWHERE.

But every little thing helps. What, are they going to complain about plastic straws next?

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I don't know about Wisconsin at the moment but I think 60% of the ad's on TV are political in CO and they are not so panzy-ish ad's I have seen in Wisconsin.  These democrats are in attack/mad dog mode. No beating around the bush on what they believe in (unlike Tony Evers).

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SO -  our trip.  Sunday was a washout but it was a forecasted washout so we were all good. Local shopping for beads and trinkets. 

Monday was a trip to Golden which is basically the Middelton of Denver.  We decided to go to the Coors Brewery and take the free tour.

Got to the appointed parking lot about 10:30ish and hopped on the little bus that drove us to the parking lot across the street.

It's a self guided tour and only takes about 1/2 hour if you are actually there for the tour. Seems many people take the "tour" but go right for the 3 glasses of free beer.

So we are slowly walking the tour but sort of slide past the "what barley is" and "what hops look like" and so forth.  But then we come to the boilers that are boiling the wort.  We stop and gawk.









      Beautiful brass boiling kettles and I wonder how many there are that we CAN'T see.  Are these the show pieces? 

The entire area smells like boiling wort and DJ says "mmmmmm smells like chicken".

Urine sample for DJ? 

This is one half of one room with another room with maybe 30 more of these. 

Moving on we get a small sample about halfway through the tour.  Frankly I'm underwhelmed and THIS is what everybody is scrambling for?

Moving on we see the canning area where millions of Coors 12 packs are racing down the line (those photos are in the camera) and learn that Blue Moon was originally brewed at Coors Field (thy have a large brewery in Coors Field) and ONLY sold there.

Seems Blue Moon became popular and while it is still brewed at Coors there are other places now.  But if you go to Coors Field you get the freshest Blue Moon made.

But finally we come to the tasting room and it seems you get three 8 oz glasses of beer . . . . . all before noon.   SWEET!!  An excuse!

As were drinking different beer we have a great conversation with other travelers (who were here yesterday).   I did not know Miller owns Coors which owns Leinies. 

Since this is a FREE tour we figured why not get a vacation photo.

   
HUNGER sets in after 24 oz of beer BEFORE NOON.

So we leave and get in line for the bus back to our car.  We get in and take the shuttle to the parking lot next to us and a burger joint we were looking for is right across the parking lot.

Bob's Atomic Burger. Outstanding burgers.  Truly.  If I HAD too make a comparison take the outside of a Butter Burger and the inside of a Five Guys burger.  But that is doing it an injustice.  The burger to bun ratio is perfect.  Everything was tasty and it's a very unique place.  Burgers were $5.75 for 3/8th pound?

A GoTo place if you get to Golden.

It's HOT - Denver is breaking records.  The car ON the highway is reading 101 which means it's more like 94ish.  I swear I have never been in Denver when it's NOT 90.  Seriously.   But 90 here is not like 90 in Wisconsin.  People still drive with windows open and it feels more like the low 80s (no humidity).  The tems in Winter Park are 68 to 72 so far with very very few clouds. We wake up to temps in the upper 30s.

We drive back up the hill and up to the Continental Divide . . Berthoud Pass at 11,300 feet.

Berthoud Pass at 11,300 feet

NOTE - all of these images on the blog are iPhone shots - the actual camera shots are still inside the camera. 

So today we're going up to Grand Lake which is near the entrance to the Rocky Mountain National Park.  Going golfing tomorrow at The Pole Creek Golf Course. Then Denver for a few days, a concert and a ball game as we are staying a block away from Coors Field.

Cheers - let the adventure continue.

Rod and DJ