Dark Matter Ale, no "Beaver Anal Gland" used to brew this one...

A Mighty Fine Tasting Ale from British Columbia

It's so nice when a Brewer hides nothing about his product while at the same time that product is so top quality, nearing where you are not going to get much better.  I think it's the culture of Canada really that's the cause of all this.   What do they have to do up there... drink beer and ale or just drink and watch Hockey... which when you think about it... that's not a bad way to live and think.  It's a so non-complicated way to get on with things.  Beer and then seeing to things needing seeing to, how friendly can you get?

sub-atomic particles

This "Craft Brewer," that is to say this company is a bit philosophical don't you think... in that what you read on the bottle at first may seem a bit over your head... it took a while for me thinking about it, but now I am clear... Sub Atomic ale particles all through my brain...  yes.

"Deep inside the Hadron Collider physicists hurtle sub-atomic particles with lightning speed on a collision course with each other. They do so in the pursuit of pure science, in the hope of one day being able to unlock the mystery of the elusive unseen fabric upon which our universe is embroidered: Dark Matter."

I say it is time all beer and ale labels say it like it is !

How can one argue with the sensibility of a brewer like our Mr. Hoyne of Vancouver Island, Canada, he being so confident of his product that he is quite clear to tell us as to what are the only ingredients he used, how the brew will taste, and how to get in touch with the company if for some reason you have a question or wish to purchase a truck load, which in my case if I had the money to do so I would.

In Germany there have been "Beer Purity" laws (Reinheitsgebot) openly in practice since 1516.  In other words no bullshit ingredients are allowed added to the beer during the brewing process.  Only water, hops, malt and yeast... that's it.  Not to ever worry (by Law) about artificial food colouring, high fructose corn syrup, artificial carbonation, and other ugly additives when drinking a brew such as those that may be adulterated (for a better word) with Monosodium Glutamate, Propylene Glycol, Calcium Disodium, EDTA, sulfites and anti-microbial preservatives, beaver anal gland, GMO Sugars,Caramel Coloring, Insect-Based Dyes, dried fish bladder and other unnecessary to brew good beer and ale ingredients not listed on can or bottle.  I'm liking this company's products very much.

Our electrician Steve takes on Dark Matter

I don't know about you but at our house we are ridding ourselves of high electricity costs one electric light bulb at a time.  Out with the Thomas Edison era (October 22, 1879) incandescent lamps first to be replaced with Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFL-"I would have avoided this step had I thought about the mercury") and now we are replacing those with Light Emitting Diode technology.  The LED's cost a penny but are rated at very low wattage and will last 22 years and do not contain mercury vapors nor do they give off any RF if you have concerns.  Look how proudly in the photo above our electrician Steve holds "Dark Matter,"  just look at that beautiful colour.

Water, more Malt, less Hops, Yeast... heaven in a glass...

As you may expect, it warms my heart when a good malty beer or ale comes along.  I found Dark Matter available at the government "Signature" Liquor Store at Langford, on Vancouver Island just off the Trans Canadian Highway about 17 K's north of Victoria at exit 14... just off the Veterans Memorial Parkway, where my ale guide Teresa made time to tell me all about Vancouver Island breweries, insisting I give this one a shot after my telling her I prefer Malty over Hoppy... she understood.

Dark Matter

Hoyne Brewing Co. 101-2740 Bridge St
Victoria, British Columbia, V8T 5C5
Canada
phone: (250) 590-5758

Hoyne Brewery (Click Here)

Busch Beer

Yes, it is clear and Bright

There’s this line out of the song “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin where Robert Plant sing’s, there’s a Lady we all know….”  Who was he talking about?  I didn’t know her…. It’s been bothering me for years.  I could blame my tinnitus on too many front row seats at Led Zeppelin concerts; there he was, Jimmy Page playing that white double necked Gibson EDS-1275, called by many as the “coolest Guitar in Rock,” only for me to return home late night to my own personal banality of suburbia to not be able to hear a damn thing for.  I’m wiser now; I keep the volume on the iPod down to medium-low while my vintage 1960's McIntosh MC 240 power Amplifier with Phase Linear 4000 Series Auto-correlation Pre-Amplifier continues to gather dust in the garage.  Yes, I still have the old Pioneer PL-510A Turntable, can’t tell you the type of pick up on it, and if you are looking to buy a replacement cartridge for your old faithful... there are still plenty of dealers out there on the web to help.  As for the tinnitus, it’s come to pass that many of us supposedly with tinnitus know now that we have mistaken the high pitch noise we are bombarded with for that of outdoor air conditioning units, or from the compressor underneath the family fridge out there in the kitchen... how about all those factories generating high pitch noise that can be heard for tens of miles away, and of course right near your neighborhood there is the noise given off from electrical transformers coming from the local power substation… and the the list real of the real causes continues to grow.

Classic American Lawn Mower beer...

Back to Led Zeppelin, I had to Google to find out for sure, “It's just a spring clean for the May queen,” in order to correctly remember the lyrics as that’s another line to the song that’s bothered me for decades… and what exactly is a  “May Queen?”  Today I found out she’s the girl who must ride or walk at the front of a parade on May Day, an ancient tradition in the UK, and not a tradition at all over here in the States.. as it just wouldn’t fly at Wal-Mart because we Americans associate May Day as a celebration in "Communist" countries, which partly is true.  But… at our local Wal-Mart we find Busch Beer… for really cheap.  You know Wal-Mart?  The mega company that moved in locally, pretty much shut down your “Down Town” and then hired the folks they put out of business… to work for them… for really low wages.  Low wages mean in general all you can afford to drink is low priced beer... of which at Wal-Mart we find quite the variety.  Low priced beer also means you can drink a lot more of it which in turn can lead to a nasty drunk, spousal abuse, headaches and a really bad attitude towards your fellow man because you have been done wrong all your life; a subject for another posting.

Go ahead... pop another one...

Really cheap priced American Lager has received a bashing over the years mostly through very bad ratings posted on the internet by inexperienced beer drinks, like college kids and teenagers.  Some of these comments are deserved, other comments are unfair.  Terms like lawn mower beer come to mind, which lawn mower beer is of a great utility, it is a sacred ritual of the suburban American husband for it provides opportunity for excuse to start drinking early on a Saturday Afternoon.  “Honey, it’s really hot out there, get me a Busch will you?” Busch will quench your thirst on an unforgiving afternoon mowing the artificially irrigated lawns of high American desert suburbs… there you are with mower in one hand in the dead of summer heat, a Busch beer in the other to save the day!  As Eric of the “Horse Thief Gun Company of Kansas” has said on more than one occasion, “pond water will also quench your thirst as will water from a stream;  just be certain to drink upstream from the cattle.”   Good advice! When we Google beer ratings for Busch we find remarks such as, “started to gag with the first sip…” “Light beer that taste like water…” “Not for rednecks or hillbilly’s…” and from the Urban Dictionary, “B.ecause U. S.ave C.ash, Homey!!”

Brewed from six row barley malt

There is not much to say different to you about the beginnings of Busch Beer.  German Immigrant arrives, builds a brewery, and starts making lager beer, makes money, the business grows.  The most notable fact I could find about the founder of the company is John B. Busch served as a 1^st Lieutenant in the Union Army during the American Civil War.  He died, son’s continued with the business, the Prohibition period nearly killed it off, and today there’s cheap Busch Beer you can by in the beer cooler section of most supermarkets across America that I will bet you tastes nothing like the original brewed way back in 1848.

Remember Me?

I found Busch Beer, even way cold… to have practically “No Taste.” Then again I was drinking a Busch just last night at the evening meal … we were dining on the joys of one of those COSTCO prehistoric monster size spit roasted chickens you can get for $5 Bucks’. .. The bird we have all come to love for the economy of it all… Here I was smothering every bite with their new Mango/Coconut/ Habanero blend Chili sauce that as far as I am concerned, made the Busch taste just like water... as my mouth continued to numb down... to a major league Jones on fire… the classic hot chili "critical mass," which at the time was a good thing... as anything you eat with Habanero peppers today.... will guaranteed creep up on you on the way out tomorrow?  Yes it will... Admittingly, it was nothing like the aftermath we have come to expect from a fine  “Vindaloo” Indian curry dish... so  popular from the region of Goa, India.  To take matters to hand.. where in preparation for a tomorrow that will certainly come… one should place the toilet paper in the freezer overnight ready for tomorrows suffering; and my advice would be to dab... not wipe.   I have five more 16 ounce cans of Busch Beer to get through. Would you like one for I am troubled these cans of bland beer might last way past recommended shelf life?  I could try some humor and serve one to a guest or I could just slam them all down next weekend mowing the lawn…

Touring the old Busch (John B. Busch) Brewery Click Here

Busch Beer originally was First Class rated

More photos from the 1800’s and a short story Click Here

Olympia Beer, like my daddy used to say, "Son ... it's in the Water!"

My Friend Mac said, "Why don't you Blog about Oly?"

Why not?  I agree... well the first thing I like about it is that it is owned by the Pabst Brewing Company.  Pabst is keeping alive light traditional American larger beers, the working man's beers, one of the beer's of yesteryear that made Mel Famey Walk us... I know you know the joke... if not, it's a play on "The beers that made Milwaukee Famous" and you can click the hyper link for more of that at the end of this posting. Today "Oly" remains a Pacific North West Hipster favorite... it's a beer for guys like me who wouldn't be caught dead shopping for a present for the wife in Switzerland... say for a $48,000 dollar handbag... it's a beer I can afford.  Excuse me...  you are telling me our Oprah was insulted because the lady got bitchy with her about the colour of her skin color... OK, I understand... it ain't right... it's gotta stop... and I hope the sales lady gets fired for not knowing who Oprah is and what's she's worth (some serious bucks) ... but me, I would have had a mild heart attack because of the price they were asking for the bag... are you kidding me?  Someone out there somewhere is selling a blue dyed leather bag hanging in a shop obviously where I don't shop... for folks who have more money than they know what to do with... for $48,000 dollars... for real?

I am simply amazed people have that kind of money to burn... never mind paying that kind of flow for a stupid handbag?  For goodness sake... that's a years salary for the working Joe these day's if he is lucky to find a job in his local area... that is if in his local area our American bankers and industrialists didn't shut the factory down for dividends to the stockholders ten years ago and then then ship the machinery overseas... say over to an authoritarian state not too concerned with human rights issues but is a rising world economy (take your pick as there's a bunch)... where people who live there get to work very long hours for very low wages and have no health benefit plan... OK...that's a story for another day... back to Oly beer!

Olympia Beer got it's start as a Pacific Northwest favorite at the turn of the last century.  The company successfully weathered prohibition periods both state and federal, economic down turns and disasters, and the top guy in the company sometime in the mid 1980's...compromised the company reputation... when he was caught in most embarrassing situation in a public mens-restroom... not cool and we have never heard of such things happening in modern times... have we?  This story about the top dog has nothing to do with the beauty of the beer as much as sales at the time went negative profit and stayed that way for a decade or more. 

Salvation came when the Miller Brewing Company took over Olympia Beer and then Pabst later on got involved...both companies saved the Olympia Beer name but eventually shut down the independent brewery when they moved the whole lot to the present day Miller-Coors brewing facility in Irwindale, California. 

Many older brand larger's are brewed at this facility... and today differ little in taste from the other and for me that's a sad thing as I bet at one time when they were locally brewed where they came from... there was an original taste they built a good reputation on.   Times change... production consolidation is the reason why they survive today at all... and at a price for a 6 pack so low, well... at the end of the day, as my pen-pal  "Pauline" from Australia... who just finished trekking about South America for months on end says... "a light larger after a long hot day can't be beat for Beer O'Clock..." and it's always Beer O' clock somewhere in this beautiful world of ours...she's right you know and at $5.50 for a six of tall boys...

Mac, "I think I shall have an Oly tonight! "

Impact of shutting down the Olympia Brewery on the local Economy

Brewing coming back to the Tumwater Facility

Leave the Bigfoot's alone !

A nice long story about Olympia Beer

The Beer that made Mel Famey Walk us 

What's a Hipster?  Explaination... or  Hatred of...

Bear Wiz Beer on You Tube

Back to My Happy Eye

Rainier Beer @ "Beer O'Clock" !

A very low priced larger and quite tasty

Pauline said to me it was a Larger she quite enjoyed during "Beer O' Clock." This was a new tradition she adopted touring South America all by herself at the age of 61... as she said "between jobs."  Imagine capital city after country after country staying with Friends, Parents of Colleagues or at Youth Hostiles... as I said in different countries where she often found herself adopted by younger people staying and often would be invited out for "Beer O' Clock..."  a tradition she brought with her to the states when she came to visit this past June.  The URL for her Blog about her recent adventure is listed at the end of this posting.  Now I am a huge fan of Traditional English Cask Aged Ales... which you cannot find here in the states and makes for reason a trip to the UK... a pilgrimage you see... to smaller villages and towns where it is all the worthwhile... as that is where you will find them there... trust.  These past few weeks I have been trying different commercial off the shelf American low end Larger such as Rolling Rock, Pabst Blue Ribbon (my favorite) and this week Rainier Beer.

There's beauty in them bubbles

Rainier Beer has always been low priced, a favorite of Pacific North West college students... so I am told... I can't be sure... but when you visit the states and are in this part of America... give it a shot.  I found it light, tasty, and at $4.18 at our local food warehouse a real bargain.  The photographs are mine, set to 125 DPI so there's a wallpaper here for the taking as I have put these specific photos on the Public Domain.  For me next time I pass the brewery, I'm going in.

Pauline's South American adventure 2013 Click Here

Rolling Rock

Received a text tonight from Eric of Jetmore: "I was plenty damnit hot in my pickup when I drove to the store to get Rolling Rock Extra Pale (APV 4.2) and a 6 pack of "Shiner"...   I immediately did the same on my way home from work tonight, couldn't find any Shiner... but let me tell you... Rolling Rock larger beer in the 16 ounce can is an American Treasure when it comes to drinking a cold pale larger beer on a hot summer evening in Kansas... or anywhere USA.

Better luck next time looking for the Shiner but... perhaps you can answer this.  The reverse side label on the "Pale Rolling Rock" which I must tell you is a super pale larger... and quite tasty... say's "33".

And what's the "33" mean ?  "33" refers to the founding year of the Pittsburgh Steelers


Thanks Eric... FIDO!

Wassailing with "Imperial Russian Stout"

Rasputin was a bad ass dude...

From a Russian website dedicated to the man we learn: Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was born a peasant in the small village of Pokrovskoye, in Siberia. The myths surrounding Rasputin portray him as having supernatural powers throughout his childhood. Rasputin held considerable personal and political influence over the Russian Royal Family up to 1917 when Russia fell to the hands of the Communists who then ruled Russia for more than 70 years as the Soviet Union. Rasputin's influence over the royal family during the First World War eventually was used against him as in the end he was poisoned, shot four times, badly beaten and thrown into a river where he finally died of hypothermia.  There are many stories and myths about Rasputin.  On the other hand there are no myths about the "Imperial" type stout made at Fort Bragg, California in his name.

Old Rasputin Russian Imperial is a bad ass Stout

From Wikipedia (which knows everything) Imperial stout, also known as "Russian imperial stout" or
"Imperial Russian stout," is a strong dark beer or stout in the style that was brewed in the 18th
century by Thrale's brewery in London, England for export to the court of Catherine II of Russia.
In 1781 the brewery changed hands and the beer became known as Barclay Perkins Imperial Brown Stout. When the brewery was taken over by Courage the beer was renamed Courage Imperial Russian Stout. It has a high alcohol content, usually over 9% abv.  I have yet to visit to Ireland never mind Dublin but you can bet I have a date with the Guinness brewery, yes I do.  My good friend Ron of many years has lived on the Emerald Isle.... and he's a fan of the Stout... and beer... and ale... and Pubs... and one would expect from a Yankee who retired to Ireland.  I cannot in all honestly say the road the taste of Guinness (the king of stouts) goes down is one I would have followed.  Yes, there are many who swear by Guinness as much as there are many who swear after hours.

I am fairly certain Rasputin never Wassailed

Unbeknownst to American's... in general... this is the time of year in the UK where folks are out
Wassailing... in various degrees for some take the ceremony seriously whilst others use it as an
excuse to go Pubbing... For many years I thought the art of the Wassail was that of singing and
drinking, as an excuse you see, to celebrate ancient traditions... to include drinking ancient
Traditional Cask Aged Ales in the pub where we find them on offer...and it is... so is a Wassail a
tradition to Hustle a drink?  We all know in a pub once past 22:00 hrs everyone starts looking
pleasing (the opposite sex) to the eye, the men the women and the Landlord Lord forbid!  And we
know why... the Ale, the beer, the bitters, the stout... so although I am a stranger to Stout and for
no reason other than no one bothered to get me into the groove drinking the stuff, I thought as I
eyed the packaging... "Is it time?"  By the way, Wassailing means "to wish health to" one's apple
trees, in the hope that they will bear well. 

But this is a perfect brew to Wassail...

Today, at our local Supermarket just down the street lucky me... while the weather outside is
getting snowy in these parts, wouldn't this would be a great time to throw down $10 bucks and get
a four pack of "Old Rasputin."  A four pack, not a six pack as a six pack might be a bit spendy, so
Old Rasputin is packaged for the holidays "Trendy" style a cute little 4 pack.  Also it might just
be the stuff is so walloping strong that it is sold in a four pack because it's nearly 10%
alcohol and 6 bottles at 10 % would knock the average 3.2% American beer drinker between the
eyes... one might succumb to an alcoholic coma, which would be an example of undesirable behavior
during the Holidays?

Keep the faith baby... Wassail !

I believe the ancient tradition of Wassailing on the other hand is sacred to the Druid crowd and New Ager's... and who am I to argue with that, Hell I'm an American, you can trust me... OK, you Wassail all you want for it's out of my lane and with that said, this Rasputin Stout, whew, hold on to your bar stool!   One thing that has always been a concern of mine in recent years was if I was getting enough flavonoids. This all started in Hungary back in 1998 when my friends Gary and Carl and I would get together after a long day at the job, and down some Leffee Brune.. which is a Trappist style beer and very much in the taste category of this Rasputin stuff.  Carl being the wiser of we three would praise the consumption f the art of the flavanoid and was at the time quite concerned we were not getting enough.  I can assure you, the flavonoids are with the Old Rasputin. So let me wrap this posting up, there are no words that can describe taste for me other than good or bad, this beers good.  It is a strong flavoured beer, not at all disagreeable to my pallet, it is smokey... and it is expensive.  I recall some beer reviewer trying to explain hue and "notes."  I parted with a $10 note for four of these babies...tasty and pricey.

Happy Wassailing for now.

Old Rasputin: Click Here

Quaffability Brown... a home brewing Ale Tale... from "Christopher of the Forest of Arden"

This Guest Posting comes to us from the UK,  just a few miles from the Forest of Arden, home to my good friend Christopher who is a master home brewer.  We have been good friends more than 29 years... occasionally we get to see each other in person and in doing so we have for many years attempted to out do the other guy, that is to say who will get the other man tight first!  It's a childish prank sort of thing that really annoys the wives, of which I am proud...  I am certain you the reader would have no knowledge of doing such now would you?

Is that a pub I see?

Christopher, once he mastered the craft, would mix ingredients from basic, or as we Americans would say from, "Raw." He's a curious sort and after a few years sought out older recipes, hundreds of years old. Recipes that have survived the ages that did so because they tasted good.  This sort of Home Brewing is an iffy process and yet today in the Pacific Northwest... it's happening here as well.  For the last 20 years craft beer drinkers have engaged in the art of Home Brewing, and it is and art.  It's also a war against shitty tasting beer.   Save for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, which to me is of the highest regular guy culture beer on offer at the supermarket there is not much else on offer worth paying for a 6 pack and by the way this is all my opinion. Yes,we find the product line from the Full Sail Brewing company out of Hood River Oregon offering promise as we do the beers and ales of New Belgium from Colorado.

She would have made a fine Alewife

If you are one who has a taste for the Malt, and not "Malt Liquor," which is neither real malt nor a liquor, then like me you seek out the less "Hoppy" flavoured beers and ales...  it is policy... avoid the "Over Hoppy" tasting brews!  Since the Pacific North West is home to one of the largest "Hops" producing regions in the world... here we find mostly "Hoppy" beers and ales on sale...

We find no answers at the bottom of a glass... we raise many questions...

For the malt man, the" Malter..." the guy like myself seeking that malty taste, there is nothing on this good Earth to me better tasting than a pint of Traditional Cask Aged "English" Ale.  You find these ales only in certain pubs (Public House) in the UK.  These days massive corporate buy-outs are "Shutting Down" these great hoses of tradition all over the UK, and this has been going on for more than a decade... brewing companies that have for hundereds of years brewed only small production runs of wonderful tasting beer and ales using a slower more labour intensive method of brewing, that is to say the way they were doing at back in the 1700's... or earlier... for one reason and one reason only... the taste.  

No better place to be on a rainy afternoon

Old recipes of bad tasting Ale simply haven't survived.  These old methods are again used today as hobbyists put in use the time proven techniques that can be incorporated to brew great tasting ales and beers.  

Just ask Nigel when you are not certain what you want next...

To a Coporation CEO busting his balls to make that end of the year bonus, that is to say a "Bottom Line" or Bottom Feeder" kind of big businessman... the taste of his beer or ale in your pint glass is of no concern, for making profit for him is what it is all about.  A formula invented by the "Bottom Liners," of which we know the other word for everyone's bottom do we not?  For these guys the method for making money is to employ a minimum investment that reaps a maximum profit, as if making lots of money was more important that sustaining culture.  So they are the enemy of tradition, tell me I am wrong. We know their intent... massive profit for minimum investment and they ain't these days investing in "Master Malters." 

Locally Brewed and mighty tasty

Those of us who ignore the corporate bullshit... make effort to seek out Real Traditional Cask Aged Ales... It's a quest, a game every time I visit the UK.  I am no stranger to the pub.  I often think, "Let us hope they haven't shut down that favorite pup serving Cask Aged Ales."  It's a sport like Sunday football.  And these pubs on occasion can be found.  I order from the landlord not just a mighty tasty Ale but more so a pint of British history; I am drinking dad's ale, Grandads Ale, Wellingtons Ale! 

I am drinking the Ale my Uncle Ron drank during the war...

It is not unreasonable on a damp wet afternoon in an obscure part of England to find myself sitting in the dark corners of an ancient British pub with my nephew Ryan who drives me about... for me to ponder... "did Henry the Eight quaff this brew?"  What conquering Saxon drank an Ale similar to the ones I love before he and his ilk ruined everything... for it was he, the German... who brought to England his Hops?  

The Fleece, we find no finer pub

It's a damp wet morning here in the American West as winter is approaching I write this.  I received the below contribution to the "Ale Trail" from my good friend Christopher of the Forest of Arden last Spring, written in similar weather, and then as he went to photograph his creation, the sun came out.  Home brewers know, that is to say master home brewers know that if you can't find it, you have to make it, and in the UK they have kits, how civilized and ready made, just add water.... in other words those time proven techniques have been modernized; you now can find them prepackaged as such with "John Thompson's Strong XXX Bitter."

"Christopher of the Forest of Arden" writes:

"The British summer this year has been one of the wettest in memory with downpours a constant threat since April. When the sun does shine what better way to celebrate than with a pint of English ale. The contentment is that much more when you really savour the beer  knowing that you have brewed it yourself.

."John Thompsons Strong XXX Bitter" fermenting

In these recessionary times home brewing has an added attraction when you can make a pint from kits for less than 50p. Even the White House is brewing. It was recently revealed that President Barack Obama enjoys a honey ale where the honey ingredient comes from the First Lady's garden beehive. I've been brewing since the early 70s and as you can imagine tried many home brews. So I hope you believe me when I say that I have recently come across a home brew that is one of the best I've ever tasted . . and that is . . ."John Thompsons Strong XXX Bitter". It's a kit with a difference. It actually makes the beer that is available at the John Thompson Inn, Ingleby, Derbyshire. This public house rests in the timeless solitude of the Derbyshire landscape in the beautiful Trent Valley beside the banks of the river. 

It is time to bring back the taste of Beers and Ales long forgotten

It is one of only 66 pubs throughout the UK to have been listed as a Main Entry in all 25 annual editions of The Good Pub Guide. The beer originates from the longest established micro brewery in England which started in 1977 by brewing a beer to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II. This home brew is very quaffable, around 4.5% strength, copper in colour with a unique rich flavour. It has been readily drunk by friends and received the highest compliment that: "it hasn't got that home brew taste!"


Cheers,   

Christopher of the Forrest of Arden



John Thompsons Home Brewing Kits in the UK:  Click Here

The Good Pub Guide:Click Here

Full Sail Brewing Company out of Hood River Oregon: Click Here

New Belgium Brewing Company: Click Here