Suds With Securb: Fear and Loathing in LoDo

Posted by Bruce Owens On October - 15 - 2005 ADD COMMENTS

Suds With Securb Logo We were somewhere around Denver, on the edge of The Rockies, when the beers began to take hold. I remember saying something like my palette is scorched, maybe we should have a Pilsner Suddenly there was a terrible roar around us and the sky was full of what looked like beach balls, all bouncing and rolling all over the convention center. The place was jammed with thousands of drunken beer experts pounding beers one ounce at a time while moving from booth to both at speeds of 100 miles per hour. I heard a voice scream,Holy Jesus! Who are these goddamn animals?

They were not animals, they were, in fact, beer drinkers. They had all gathered in the home of the late, great Hunter S. Thompson for the largest celebration of beer of the year, The Great American Beer Festival.

For those of you that havent been fortunate enough to attend this beer-drenched event I will try to capture and depict the events of the week as accurately as possible. The GABF is technically located at the convention center but for that one week, everything in and around Denver is all about beer. Every store and restaurant has a sign in the window welcoming beer drinkers from around the world. Within blocks of the convention center there are great beer bars like Rock Bottom and Wynkoop Brewing Company. Denvers greatest beer asset Fallling Rock Tap House is a little bit further from the convention center in an area locals call LoDo (Lower Downtown) and is definitely worth the 10 minute walk. Read the rest of this entry »

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