Visiting Downhill Brewing with a friend

Last week my good friend Dave and I paid a visit to Downhill Brewing in Parker, Co, a brewery with a skiing/snowboarding theme. We spent several hours discussing current events, determined that most movies and TV shows today lack coherent plots and relatable characters, and came to the conclusion that the Colorado Rockies are probably going to be terrible for a very long time to come.

Discussing such weighty matters is dry work, so we imbibed a few of Downhill Brewing’s offerings. I started off with their marzen style beer called “Elktoberfest”. Honestly, it was only fair-to-middling. While Oktoberfest style beers aren’t necessarily known for being flavor knockouts, they should (in my opinion) have a “bready” taste to them. I found Elktoberfest somewhat bland and dry. I wouldn’t give it a thumbs down, but I’ve had better.

My next selection was their “Saturday Nut Fever”, a peanut butter brown ale. This one was indeed flavorful, with a strong peanut butter aroma. I would highly recommend it.

Speaking of recommendations, Dave suggested that I watch a documentary called “A More (or Less) Perfect Union” on PBS. He also spoke highly of Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It” podcasts. I intend to check them both out this weekend, assuming the local PBS affiliates have “Union” scheduled.

In-turn, I recommended to him “Red Letter Media’s Harry Plinkett Star Wars” reviews (hilarious stuff) and “Half-in-the-bag” reviews on YouTube.

A very enjoyable afternoon.