When you're approaching the end of a your vacation, it's always kind of sad. Bier Guide and I wanted to get a lot done on the last full day of our road trip vacation. Our vacation started out with car trouble when we drove from Toronto to Buffalo, NY. The fan has to konk out now? We had to pull over to let the engine cool because every liquid in the car was boiling so violently that the car was rattling. Anyways from Buffalo we caught our flight to Seattle, WA where we picked up a rental car. Ocean, mountains, deserts, a lot of pulled pork, four thousand plus kilometers and 14 days later had brought us to Boulder, CO. We savoured our morning coffee as we planned out the itinerary of the last golden day.
After packing, visits to bike shops (see the next posting) and a quick lunch we headed over to Avery Brewing Company (5763 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO 80303 or call toll-free: 1-877-844-5679). Thank goodness that we had looked it up because it would be easy to miss. Tucked away in an industrial area of town, we found a cluster of buildings belonging to Avery. Their tasting room is small but very nicely designed in a European-style with a pour station in the back and plenty of seating to let visitors relax.
Greg Miller was manning the pour station. I defy anyone to find a friendlier, more welcoming embassador of beer. He immediately invited us to start tasting and made us feel at home with his easy going manner. The anticipation of so many legendary beers to try, I asked Greg to give me a tasting course from least hoppy to most hoppy. I wanted my palate to pick up on as much of the flavours as possible.
Peter Archer is a Sales, Marketing and Merchandise rep for Avery. There were quite a few of us in the tasting room interested in a tour so he offered to take us into the brewery itself for a bit of a peek. His jovial charm, Australian accent and casual personality made a great guide for the six of us who eagerly jumped up at his offer.
"Wait a minite. We can't go yet. I see someone without a full pint!! Unacceptable, go back to Greg and get a proper glass of beer or I'm not going to take you," declared Peter. So back I went.
The tour was thorough but to be honest, I had drank too much by then to remember the details.
On the tour with Peter.
Bier Guide finally decided what to bring home...Avery delivers to Toronto, don't they?
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