It’s Not All Business – Craft Brews, Colorado Style

So here rests your intrepid reporter, in a magnificently sublime setting in the shadow of Pike’s Peak, parked at the Phantom Canyon Brewing Company. With the Rocky Mountain Brewing News in one hand, a Kvass Style Wheat Ale in the other…there’s not much in the Colorado business economy, Denver or points west and south, that serves to trouble one immersed in the good liquid. The Kvass is an expertly-crafted wheat with rye, making it closer to an IPA than Hefe – and the Phantom I.P.A. itself is not to be missed – very hoppy, bitter enough, and served slightly warmer than you’d expect, per brewmaster’s orders.

While the day is filled with “NORAD NORTHCOM COP Situational Awareness” gobbledygook and unpronouncable acronyms, evenings in Colorado Spring’s reluctant springtime are for enjoying craft beers – perhaps after a quick Jack Quinn’s Running Club Tuesday Night 5k run/walk/trot/stagger/crawl.

Looking forward to springtime renewal and beerfests to come, including May 15th’s First Annual Summit Brewfest and BBQ in Colorado Springs, and the fantabulous Northern Virginia Summer Brew Fest in Loudoun County, VA (in Washington DC’s Beer Country) on June 27-28.