{"id":16383,"date":"2013-09-11T12:58:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=16383"},"modified":"2013-09-11T12:58:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T18:58:41","slug":"2013-fall-harvest-brewfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2013\/09\/2013-fall-harvest-brewfest\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Fall Harvest Brewfest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Verboten<\/a>One of the biggest reasons that Scott and I moved to Colorado, and Fort Collins specifically, was to have access to more craft beer.<\/p>\n

Fort Collins has not disappointed us.\u00a0 We are constantly finding goodies in our favorite liquor stores.\u00a0 There’s always something fun being tapped at one of the local bars.\u00a0 And no matter what, there are always events going on that focus on beer.<\/p>\n

This year I went to the Fall Harvest Brewfest<\/a> which is an event that raises funds for Animal House Rescue<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s their biggest fund raiser for the year and last year they brought in over $10,000 that went right to the shelter.<\/p>\n

Because I work at Animal House, I was able to attend the event for free.\u00a0 Scott stayed home with Avery and I went out to go drink some beer, take some pictures, and chat with friends.<\/p>\n

Having been to several beer fests, I have to say that this one was done right.\u00a0 It had the right amount of breweries and distilleries there.\u00a0 It wasn’t overwhelming or so crowded that you had to stand in line for a while before sampling stuff.<\/p>\n

I was given a little sampler glass and walked around to see what goodies I could find.\u00a0 My plan was to try things that were new to me or things I haven’t seen before.\u00a0 Most of the breweries played it safe with what they brought.\u00a0 This isn’t the type of fest where you will find rare or hard to find beers.\u00a0 But some stuff did stand out and surprised me a bit.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a>I love spicy beers and was very excited to discover that High Hops Brewery<\/a> was there with a Honey Habanero beer.\u00a0 It was delicious!\u00a0 Sweet with some heat on the end that wasn’t aggressive or too much to handle.\u00a0 Just a lovely heat on the finish that contrasted the honey sweetness really well.\u00a0 It was my favorite discovery of the evening!<\/p>\n

\"KJ<\/a>Next up was a locally made gin with a fantastic label.\u00a0 It’s called Jinn Gin by KJ Wood Distillers.<\/a>\u00a0 It has an amazing floral and slightly spicy nose to it but is very smooth with almost no alcohol burn.<\/p>\n

I had a little bit of it mixed with some cucumber soda and loved it!\u00a0 I was also surprised by the cucumber soda, it was refreshing and not overly sweet.<\/p>\n

\"Strange<\/a>Best looking brew of the night goes to Strange Brewing’s Cherry Kriek<\/a>.\u00a0 It was a deep red color and even had a red head to it when poured.\u00a0 It was tart, crisp, and very refreshing.<\/p>\n

It was a fun evening and I was able to discover some new locally made items. Hopefully next year Scott will be able to join me!<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: Animal House did not ask me to write this post, I just wanted to share my experience at the event.<\/em><\/p>\n

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One of the biggest reasons that Scott and I moved to Colorado, and Fort Collins specifically, was to have access to more craft beer. Fort Collins has not disappointed us.\u00a0 We are constantly finding goodies in our favorite liquor stores.\u00a0 There’s always something fun being tapped at one of the local bars.\u00a0 And no matter […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[32,100],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4gf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}