On Saturday we took a little trip – Christian, Kaitlyn, Griffin, Drew, Becky and I – to Fort Collins. I live in Fort Collins for 5 years, went to school there and built a mountain of memories that I’ll always hold dear. We made a first stop at La Luz for a potato burrito, and it was just as good as remembered. If not better. Yum.
After a delicious burrito lunch and a stroll through Old Town we made our way over to New Belgium for a tour. If you’ve never taken the New Belgium tour it is something you MUST add to your to do list. I’ll give you a mini-sneak peak of the awesomeness:
You start your tour by the big red arrow and the girl in the yellow shirt that looks a little creepy:
They give you tons of beer samples — I had to pass mine off after a while:
Then tons of cool things all over the place, like the rings hanging from ceiling in brew house 2, a twisty slide, postcards you can send for free, and all kinds of wall art and sayings just to make you feel inspired:
We got a “private” tasting at the end:
Before heading over to the bar for our final sample:
It was great… and makes me miss Fort Collins even more! Try it out, I promise you won’t be disappointed!