Touchdown Brewery Tours
This is the Touchdown Brewery Tour Blog. As I visit breweries, I will post comments and photos detailing my experience. I lean towards Hoppy beers, but love all beer (American Premium Lagers are not beer) and will try to give actual comments rather then just a numeric scale. An ideal brewery is one where I feel comforatble in a jersey and jeans, from this sweet spot all establishments will be reviewed. I hope you enjoy - Jeff
Monday, September 25, 2006
Monday, September 18, 2006

Each adult can have up to 4 tasters (for FREE). They offer several to choose from. This month they offered Fat Tire, Sunshine, Mothership Wit, Saison, Trippel, 1554, Abbey, Lips of Faith (a changing pilot brew, this time a belgian stout) Blue Paddle and La Folie. All are great, we skipped the big two (Fat Tire and Sunshine) and stuck to the fun seasonals and difficult to get on tap brews. All were great, we even purchased a case of the fall seasonal Saison.
Ft. Collins Pub Swing

Brews: Major Tom Pomegranate Wheat. Good brew not a typlical fruit wheat, pomegranate is present but not the dominate character of the brew. Edgar - American Amber nice but not outstanding, would not pour it out. The Kidd Schwartz Lager - Awesome chocolate flavor and aroma, very drinkable, a little sweet for style but my favorite of the Ft Collins brews. Z Lager Rauchbier, but not in an ashtray kind of way. Understated smoke makes this a quaffable brew for all beer lovers. Retro Red ale - Sweet smooth Irish style red ale. Chocolate Stout, lots of complex flavors in this tasty sweet stout.
Ft. Collins Pub Swing

Beers Available Columbine Kolsch : Nice Light Ale - Training Wheel Beer Mountian Ave. Wheat - American Style Wheat Poudre Pale Ale - American Amber Not Brown Ale - Sweet Brittish Brown Ale with Hops Sigda's Green Chili - Not your just heat chili beer very flavorful Punjabi Pale Ale - Awesome Brittish Style IPA Burbon Barrel Existential Porter - Sweet Porter Horsetooth Stout - Sweet Stout Rye Pale Ale Albert Damn Bitter Biere Blanche du Fort - Belgian Wheat
Ft. Collins Pub Swing
Friday, September 15, 2006

Sand lot has three 'stock' beers. Blue Moon, Right Field Red and Slugger Stout. They always have a brewemaster's special. This month they had a Peanut Ale and a English Brown. The regluar brews are ok, but the specials are well 'special'. Sand Lot wins tons of medals at GABF, 7 last year.
Sand Lot at Coors Field
Friday, September 08, 2006

Iron Horse Stout
Red Brick (American amber, seasonal)
Toll Tender IPA (harsh finish, nice aroma)
Southern Flyer Light (Chick Beer)
Southside Pilsner (Nice body, good balance of sweetness and hops)
Magnolia American Brown.
The Orange Blossom Honey Seasonal
Very friendly staff; attentive, attractive, welcoming.
Sampler well portioned, with paper guide. Excellent spectrum of beers. Most lean to the sweet side that is typical for beers made south of the Mason-Dixon line. All pleasant and clean.
Jacksonville: Seven Bridges