Category — Beer

Not doing anything tonight? Why not join the gang for the Incline Happy Hour, followed with drinks at Kinfolks! Meeting time is as usual 5pm at the Barr Trail parking lot. This is self paced, not a race. Friendly and welcoming to all, no matter your fitness level. There are too many people out there who think they aren’t in good enough shape to make the climb. Guess what? There is someone there at your same fitness level, who would love for you to hike with them. Come out, make some friends, and most importantly have fun! Remember to bring a beer! We look forward to seeing you tonight.

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Finally something to look forward to on Mondays while we wait for the NFL to kick off, other than badgering your friends and co-workers over their drunken weekend escapades. Inspired by our friends from BeerTapTV and the huge shout out they gave us, we’re going to regularly write about a new beer every Monday! That’s 52 beer reviews a year, we’re really bummed about this and none of us want to do it. The reality is we are all going to be fighting over who gets to post this one! Maybe Juicebox, Yeti, UTM, Ryan, and I should all go beer for beer together one night or something. That would be a good way to settle it, and bring out some friendly bragging rights. That’s the jist of Monday posts from now on here on UpaDowna in the mornings. That doesn’t mean that other new and exciting posts won’t be put up the same day, so pay attention to the site. Without further ado, here we go.

In the tradition of things UpaDowna and keeping it real, our first “Beer Of The Week(end)” post is going to none other than Pabst Blue Ribbon! PBR has been with us on every UpaDowna Incline Happy Hour, and it was also the first beer to ever touch an UpaDowna pint glass. Who knows PBR might end up being the first beer to summit every 14er in ColoRADo! I’ll have to look into that one. It will summit Mt. Qaundary this Saturday. We love PBR, that’s all there is to it! It’s a smooth, affordable, great tasting beer that seems to never stop flowing when we’re around. I just downloaded a new app for my iPhone PBRmeASAP!!! Out of control, this will be huge a factor in deciding all of my new watering holes!

Here’s to you PBR, thanks for always being with us. You are one faithful beer.

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I was planning on putting a team together this weekend to steal the golden fleece, but I’ll postpone this adventure for now. The 14th Annual Colorado Brewers Rendezvous will be held this Saturday July 10th in Salida, CO. @ the Salida Town Park from 1-5 P.M.

UpaDowna is always excited to find new beers. There will be around 35 Colorado Breweries and 1 from New Mexico in attendance. I’m going to feel like a kid in candy store, I can’t wait (oh Drinkwel, I’m gonna need you)! We’ll have UpaDowna pint glasses, and the UpaDowna Boot (Das Boot), think you can hang? If you’re planning on a Hotel they’re gonna go fast. Make your reservations now, or come party and camp with us. We recently met some new friends from the Brew Brothers of Pikes Peak, and we’re looking forward to sharing a great time with them. Some of us will be there all weekend, enjoying the neighboring 14ers, the white waters of the Arkansas River, relaxing hot springs, really great pubs, and so much more. While there I hope to get some great fly fishing in, possibly a summit or two, and of course indulge myself in great beers. For more information on this awesome event please visit Coloradobeer.org, or check out the Salida Chamber of Commerce website. If you need info on camping or partying with the UpaDowna crew, please visit the UpaDowna Facebook group page and post your comments.

We love drinkers, but we love responsible drinkers more. Have a plan before you ever head out, and stick to it! Let’s watch out for one and another, and have a great time!!!

Happy Birthday to our homeboy, Jesus. Jesus Diaz, that is. Have a great 30th!!!

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Another Thursday is here! Wahoo, it’s almost UpaDowna Incline Happy Hour! We’re meeting at 5 P.M. as usual at Barr Trail parking lot. We’re switching it up a little bit today though. The Incline has been getting some bad press lately with all the rescues. Today we’re going to bring back some positivity up there. K2 decided that this would be a perfect opportunity for us to do some volunteer work. We’ll be breaking into small groups (find people who hike at your pace) and picking up trash along the railroad ties and back down Barr Trail. DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT JEOPARDIZE YOUR OWN SAFETY FOR A PIECE OF LITTER. Safety is still our number one priority!!!

As long as I’m on the subject of safety, it’s 85° out right now so please hydrate! We’ll be making frequent stops to pick up trash. If you’ve never done the Incline with us before, this is a perfect opportunity for you to get out. As always it’s self paced and not a race, but tonight everyone will be going a little slower than normal. Afterwards you’ll have a sense of community involvement and you can be proud that you contributed. It doesn’t matter if you pick up one piece of trash, or if you just hold the bag. It doesn’t matter if you don’t pick up anything at all, we’d be glad to just have your company while we take care of the garbage.

Tonight there are a couple of things going on afterwards. The party will continue at Kinfolks afterwards, where we’ll be reloading on carbohydrates. From there some of us will alter course and shoot to La’au’s Taco Shop where we will be attending the COS Bike Pub Crawl starting at 8:30. The ride tonight will be a historically good time. It’s a themed ride dubbed, Dead Presidents. A few riders will be dressed up as some of our favorite former Commander in Chiefs. Some of the other riders will be decked out secret service agents. A source just confirmed to me that there will most likely be at least one assassination attempt tonight. If you would like to grab your bike and join the ride please do so. The COS Bike Pub Crawl Team is currently still looking for a few more Secret Service Agents. Do you have what it takes to be an agent? If so contact Lee (French) Freedom on the COS Bike Pub Crawl Facebook page, and let him no you are willing to make the commitment.

It’s been fun all, but I got to roll (see what I did there). Grab your beer, bike, and a trash bag, we’ll be looking forward to a fun night with you!

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It seemed like it was going to be a normal day Monday when I awoke. There wasn’t anything out of the ordinary planned. Yeti called to see if we could meet for coffee and go over a few plans for an upcoming 14er trip. We decided to meet at Dogtooth Coffee (which is by far one of the best coffee shops in town). After a few minutes of our normal BS, I heard a familiar voice on the other side of the shop. Low and behold it was none other than Mr. Lee French. [Read more →]

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