The First 100

So. Without fanfare or celebration, I bring you the first 100. Many of these can be found in the Napa of Beer Region of the US. Yes, I'm speaking of the Front Range of Colorado. The cities of Ft. Collins, Longmont, Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs. I am partial to the Northern part- cause I live there- and so the majority of the beers that come to mind are local craft breweries. Very local. Like, ya know, within 10 miles of my house...

I'll start with the big 2 and build from there...

New Belgium Brewing- Ft. Collins. I could say so much, I will leave it for another time.

1554	Fat Tire	Rampant Double IPA
2 Below	Frambozen	Ranger IPA
Abbey	Giddy Up	Red Hoptober
Abbey Grand Cru	Hoptober	Rolle Bolle
Beer de Garde	La Fleur Misseur	Saison
Belgo Belgian IPA	La Terrior	Shift
Biere de Mars	Loft	Skinny Dip
Billys Beer	Mighty Arrow	Snow Day
Blue Paddle	Mothership Wit	Sommersault
Cascara Quad	Oh La La	Springboard
Chad's Ale	Old Cherry Ale	Sunshine
Clutch	Paaradabloom	Super Cru
Dark Kriek	Pat's Stout	Tandem Ale
Dig	Peach Porch Lounger	Transatlantic Kriek
Eric's Ale	Pluot	Trippel
Fall Wild Ale	Pump Kick

Odells Brewing- Also in Ft. Collins. It is unreal that these two outstanding breweries are less than a 1/2 mile from one another.

5 Barrel	Imperial Red	Red Ale
90 Shilling	Imperial Stout	Saboteur
Bourbon Barrel Stout	IPA	St. Lupulin
Celestrana	Isolation Ale	Town Pump Pale Ale
Cutthroat Porter	Levity	Whales Tail Pale Ale
Deconstruction Ale	Loose Leaf	Woodcut #1
Double Pilsner	Lugene	Woodcut #2
Easy Street	Mercernary	Woodcut #3
Friek	Mountain Standard

 The Longmont Breweries- Oskar Blues and Left Hand.

400 Pound Monkey	Jackman's	Smoke Jumper
Black Jack	Milk Stout	St. Vrain Tripel
Chainsaw Ale	Nitro	Stranger
Fade to Black vol. 1	Oktoberfest	Wake Up Dead
Fade to Black vol. 2	Polestar Pilsner
Haystack Wheat	Sawtooth Ale
Chaka	Gubna	Ten Fidy
Dales Pale Ale	Mamas Little Yellow Pils	Velvet Elvis
Deviant Dales	Old Chub
G'Knight	One Nut Brown

And one last one to round out the 100...

Bass

I used to drink a lot of Bass in the mid 90's.

In the beginning...

September 26, 2013
It starts. My quest to drink 1000 different beers. To be fair, I'm not going to start from scratch. I have already started a list of 200+ beers that I can confirm that I have tasted, drank, partook... you get the picture. If there is a question in my mind on whether I have consumed it, I did not put it on the list. Also, I will not put beers on the list that I have just "tasted" or "had a sip of". Also, in the order of full disclosure, many of the beers I drink are in a small glass, of the taster variety, I pour beer into 4-6oz. glasses so that I can share with friends and enjoy the process. I really believe in tasting rather than consuming. You know, the idea that it takes at least 3 sips to evaluate the taste of a beer.

I'm sure there will be more comments to follow, so, welcome to the ride, and hold on...

If you like what you see, you should check out my other blogs... the 100 Brewery Project or Two Eggs Overeasy.