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Left Hand
Rogue
Stone
Sierra Nevada This one has a space program too.
Terrapin
New Belgium
Lazy Magnolia
Southern Tier
Dogfish Head
Ommegang
New Glarus
Brooklyn Brewing Company
Avondale
Good People
Straight To Ale
Heretic

Just to name a few.

I think you're wrong.

That sounds promising. It doesn't have to be a municipal sewer plant, though. New Belgium brewery treats their own wastewater, which saves them money on their sewer bill, generates electricity from the methane produced, and gives them environmental bragging rights. From what I've heard the system already paid for itself and now reduces their operating costs every year.

I really should know better than to feed the trolls. :-(

• (warning, video plays automatically) http://www.rickshawseason.com/tour-de-fat-2008-bois/

Great event every year, and great fun.

The beer problem has already been taken care of. New Belgium has better beer than old Belgium and gets rids of the whole pesky "being an ornery European country" thing.

Here is the link for New Belgium Brewery's site about how they process their wastewater. The energy that they use at the brewery that is not generated in-house is provided from wind farms in Wyoming (a half hours drive north of Ft. Collins. This makes them the only brewery in the US that is powered not only by renewable energy, but energy that is also sustainable. So enjoy that Fat Tire or Sunshine Wheat guilt-free (well, other than the excuses you make for why you got home from work so late).

Link:
http://www.newbelgium.com/innovation_waste.php

New Belgium Brewery, most famous for Fat Tire and Sunshine, produce 10% of their electricity using the methane that is produced from bacteria feeding off of their waste water.

Why go to Belgium for Belgian-style beer? North America has some amazing offerings...

• Unibroue
• New Belgium Brewing Company

Several breweries also make one or more Belgian-style beers even though the brewery isn't know primarily for Belgian beer... BeerAdvocate would be the place to find those.

. . . and the beer tastes quite a bit better than anything put out by Crapheiser Butts, as well!

New Belgium brewing http://www.newbelgium.com/sustainability.php not only uses wind turbines, but also harvests methane from their waste water used in brewing. Between the 2, they claim to be fully sustainable in energy, using zero fossil fuels.

I was in Seattle a while ago, and was advised by all the locals to try the beers from the micro-breweries (after trying Bud-Light i was weary of beers from the other side of the Atlantic).

After trying a few brands (some OK, some not so OK), i tried Fat Tire, and it was the best beer i've had in a long time.

(Coming from Yourshire in England, I'm usually a bit weary when it comes to sampling beers not brewed within 50 miles of where I was born...)

I second the recommendation on the tour. Not something to go too far out of your way for but if you are in the area, this is a sweet way to enjoy good beer. If you feel like trying something new, you might be able to have a taste of La Folie if you ask.
http://www.newbelgium.com/beers_lf.php
It is unlike anything I've ever tried.

SOUTHERN MIDWEST???

I beg your pardon, sir, but the noble brew of which you speak is lovingly manufactured in Fort Collins, Colorado, roughly 30 minutes south of the Wyoming border.

http://www.newbelgium.com/

If you're ever in the area, I heartily recommend their free brewery tour. You learn a lot about beer, and at the end you are given a little glass of each of their brews in a fun and chatty atmosphere. It's a great free day date in Fort Collins. Afterwards, you can head back the road into Old Town for great food and a plethora of great bars, all within picturesque walking distance.

I recommend The Crown Pub (on College) and the Rio Grande (on Mountain) for food/drinks, and Elliot's martini bar (on Linden) for drinks. Finish your drunken evening off at Walrus ice cream (on Mountain, next to the Rio), enjoying their homemade deliciousness.

Oh, and personally, I prefer New Belgium's Sunshine Wheat to Fat Tire, mostly because hoppy beers like Fat Tire give me terrible acid reflux, although they are tasty.

Come on, everyone! Let's enjoy Fort Collins!

This message NOT paid for by the Fort Collins tourism board or chamber of commerce. My Japanese-language historical walking tours of Old Town have also ended, due to the fact that I don't live there anymore.

I'm sick of everything only being news if NY or some other east-coast state does it. And if the up-staters can't figure out that free money and a free windmill in their year is a good thing, that's their problem.

Here in Colorado we've had wind power for a long time, and you can elect to get your electricity *only* from wind. You can even get beer produced entirely with wind-generated electricity: http://www.newbelgium.com/sustainability.php

You want to upgrade two years after buying the 20" iMac and guess what, you can't take that still functioning LCD panel with you. You have to pay for a new iMac with a new LCD.

You know, I think that is probably the funniest thing about Apple and Mac users. They have this whole birkenstock wearing, artisty, save the planet image, but every Apple product is designed to be tossed when you are done with it. Can't replace the batteries in the iPod, can't reuse a monitor on an iMac, can't buy any aftermarket upgrades. Ridiculous.

Reminds me of one of our local breweries New Belgium. They make a beer named Fat Tire (maybe you have heard of it) and it's excellent, but they have manufactured this market image of being all earthy and exercise friendly. They even sponser mountain bike races and stuff, which is fantastic, except they are selling BEER. Not exactly health food, but they get away with it, have a great corporate image and sell lots of it.

Come to Colorado. We have some of the finest beers in the world:

http://www.newbelgium.com/

http://www.odells.com/

http://www.fortcollinsbrewery.com/

http://www.lefthandbrewing.com/

http://www.bristolbrewing.com/about/index.html

http://www.flyingdogales.com/

--And that's just a few of the great microbrews we have here. There are quite a few more, as well as brewpubs selling beers made on-site.

So when you think American beer, please don't think Budweiser and Coors. Only homeless people drink that crap.

"Hrm. This beer IS cold, but I could use it a few degrees colder..."

If it has to be ice-cold to be palatable, you probably shouldn't be drinking it. :-P Fat Tire is just one example (out of hundreds) of a beer that's much more interesting when it's served in the mid-40s to low 50s. Your average Budmilloors swill, at those temperatures, would be just plain nasty.

American beer is not crap. I'm reading this post on Fat Tire #4 for the night, and I can't be happier. The American beer that you get imported is crap. Americans don't drink it because it tastes good, we drink it to get drunk. I have Coors Light in the fridge for when it's time to get hammered. Hammered. But for drinking, for when you want beer that doesn't taste like crap, when you want to enjoy the taste, the experience, you need to find your own niche. Fat Tire, where sold, is my/our niche. You may have your own where you live. If you visit us in Colorado(the skiing is great!), be sure to try it.

Fat Tire is the real best American beer. I think that most beers taste like crap, but Fat Tire actually tastes good. Gets you intoxicated really fast too!

This small company has other good beers. Check them out.

Fat Tire is the real best American beer. I think that most beers taste like crap, but Fat Tire actually tastes good. Gets you intoxicated really fast too!

This small company has other good beers. Check them out.

Which, as someone has already pointed out, is the case with Budweiser and I would add Coors Light. My guess is that they're only available overseas because they can produce the volume and/or get the distribution agreements.

For a beer that's more indicative of the proliferation of great American beers, I'd guess that Sam Adams is more readily available overseas. If you wanted to give that a try.

Personally, my favorites are Red Nectar from California, and pretty much all of the beers available from the New Belgium Brewing Company in Colorado. And for a lighter beer, I prefer Saxer Lemon Lager from Oregon.