First of all sorry for not posting in quite a while life has been crazy. Luckily amidst the crazy I was able to take a trip up to Ft. Collins to see my hardworking sister. While up there two of her friends were kind enough to take me on a brewery tour at New Belgium. While I’m not a beer fan I can say I did try everything and was very impressed with the way everything ran (even if I’m not a beer drinker). For your viewing pleasure I hope you enjoy.
The story behind the name of fat tire beer was that the owner of New Belgium Brewery was riding around his mountain bike amidst all the skinny tire bikes of the time and they kept calling him fat tire. When it came time to choose a name for what would become one of his best selling beers fat tire seemed a logical choice.
I don't recall the volume of beer that these held but I do remember our guide saying that if you drank two cases of beer a day, 365 days a year, it would take you 7 years to consume one tank full. That's a LOT of beer.
One thing I could appreciate about New Belguim Brewery is that they are completely green and supply all of their own power through solar, wind and other alternate energy sources. Their parking lot was quite entertaining. The parking was assigned by the gas milage your vehicle got so as you can imagine this little guy got some primo parking!
Let me tell you aside from maybe attending a frat party in Ft. Collins this is the most free beer you can get. These were the samples they gave us and they just kept coming at each little stop we took.
Nuf Said?!
