Up a Mountain / Down a Beer

Outside magazine recently released its choices of top 15 resorts in America.

While Outside is geared more towards all outdoors activities, the gentleman that compiled this years list is none other than Marc Peruzzi, who currently holds the reigns as editor of Skiing Magazine. So this guy is not with out backing in the skiing world.

Top 15 Ski Resorts:

1. Alta/Snowbird, Utah

2. Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia

3. Vail, Colorado

4. Jackson Hole, Wyoming

5. Snowbasin, Utah

6. Fernie Alpine Resort, British Columbia

7. Silverton Mountain, Colorado

8. Aspen Highlands and Snowmass, Colorado

9. Squaw Valley, California

10. Steamboat, Colorado

11. Mammoth, California

12. Telluride, Colorado

13. Solitude, Utah

14. Alyeska Resort, Alaska

15. Taos, New Mexico

Now I know there are more than likely some disagreements as to the ranking, I am sure some of you have arguments for or against those in this list. We all have our favorites and although I live in Colorado I am quite please one of my personal favorites did not make the cut. This helps keep the crowds down!!

One of our favorite local breweries is primed and ready to release it’s annually produced Venetucci Pumpkin Ale.

Bristol Brewing Company while well known for its Laughing Lab Scottish Ale,  Beehive Wheat, and its Edge City series this outstanding brewery annually pairs up with local Venetucci Farm to produce some of the best tasting Pumpkin Ale in the land.

Not only does this brewery consistently support its community through fundraisers and events Bristol also brings us the pleasure of enjoyig its brews while donating all profits, that’s right every cent back to Ventetucci Farm.

Venetucci Farm was started in 1936 by Nick and Bambi Venetucci and annually donated hundreds of pumpkins to local school children.

Today Bristol is releasing the Venetucci Pumpkin Ale starting @ 2pm with the sale of 22oz bombers and pints being served starting @ 5pm. If you are in the area and looking for a great seasonal beer that is produced with local ingredients and all profits go back to a great community program head down to Bristol and grab some of this sweet nectar today!

Map to Bristol Brewing Company

I recently started running and although that really means nothing to you, to me it is just another potential item in a long set of Work Out Procrastination. I have never been a runner and my excuse is that I suffer from short legs and tend to be classed as a blend of an Ectomorph (which is not all that flattering) and Mesomorph (I personally don’t see it unless I use one of those wavy distortion mirrors you see at carnivals). For a better description here is a description of body types.

Growing up I never really got into the classic team games such as football, basketball, or soccer. Well I guess I did play soccer and baseball but to be honest, I sucked! Then I started wrestling and did pretty well, I eventually got a scholarship to an ACC college. But I decided to party down at Univ. of Fla and eventually Northern Arizona Univ. instead!

That is irrelevant to this post though. I guess what I was lacking was the fight. I need the competition against another individual more so than another team. And wrestling fit the bill. Running never really made sense to me, unless I was being chased.  I have always been a burst athlete, never and endurance one. Trust me wrestling a full 6 minutes was really pushing it for me!

However, I now am trying to change that. I am dedicated, hell I have been running for a few months now off and on. And it all started through my love of beer!! That’s right, I found a local pub that offered free dinner and $2.50 pints if you run in their weekly 5k you also were given a nice wicking shirt if you completed 10 runs!!! [Read more →]

My summer vacation this year took me through Jackson, WY. Jackson is home to one of the most highly acclaimed small breweries in the US; Snake River Brewing Company and BrewPub. I like to catch these guys at GABF every year, and they like to show up and take home well-deserved ribbons every year. It was nice to show up and “drink from the teet”…. [Read more →]

As if the Tour de France needed to be any tougher, now Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has unveiled the route for the 2009 Tour. Next year the worlds best cyclists will face a brutal change in strategy. The tour still promises the great climbs albeit a few less than in recent years, however the main change is the days of both the final climb as well as the time trails.

Starting July 4 in Monaco and ending July 26 in Paris, the Tour will cover 3,445 kilometers, or 2,140 miles, in a clockwise direction around France, with excursions into Spain, Andorra, Switzerland and Italy. [Read more →]