Back from Fort Collins. My wife and I visited New Belgium on a crowded Saturday afternoon. The only disappointment was that they had no bicycle bells left--I was going to buy a few for Christmas presents. Oh yeah, the beer--you get six samples--my wife only wanted three. She liked Fat Tire and Sunshine Wheat, she has always favored wheat beers, but this time Fat Tire was her clear winner. I must say that I enjoyed the Trippel. It was the best of the lot that I sampled. The Abbey was OK, and the others were good, but the Trippel was complex enough to consider begging for more but I could not get the attention of the over worked staff.
Christmas presents took up so much room in our luggage that I came home empty (beer) handed. I hope my son in law takes my hint and brings me some for the holidays. BTW, I think the company he works for is having its Christmas party at the Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, at least I know its a brewery in Boulder and I think its Avery.