The Ultimate Beer Run

On Sunday afternoon my good buddy Erik Boles (from BeerTapTV) and I drove up to Daveco Liquors in Thornton, CO, where we met fellow beer geek, beer blogger and Beer Examiner, "Chipper" Dave Butler.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Daveco is the largest liquor store in all the world. After experiencing first hand the grandeur (and beer selection) that is Daveco we can resoundingly say it was the biggest one any of us had ever seen. Think the Costco of liquor stores. We all weeped with joy as we walked the isles. Heck, I think this place would even make Baby Jesus weep. We were literally like kids in a candy store.

Here's one clip of video Erik streamed via Qik (check out the other clip on Qik, as well as the tornado we saw touch down just south of Denver -- one in which we weren't more than half a mile from) while we stood before the Gates of Heaven (the Imported Singles section), which included beers from six of the world's seven Trappist monasteries (minus Westvleteren).

Needless to say, we all dropped several hundred dollars (each) on what amounted to "The Ultimate Beer Run." Here's what I got (Chipper and Erik, chime in with what you guys purchased!):

• Achel Blond 5
• St. Bernardus Wit and Abt 12
• Delirium Nocturnum and Tremens
• Pyramid Imperial Hefe and Crystal Wheat
• Widmer W'08 Crimson Wheat
• Kapuziner Hefe
• Twisted Pine Brewing craft pack (2 bottles of 6 of their Twisted Pine series brews)
• Abita Turbodog
• Westmalle Tripel Dubbel
• Ommegang Three Philosophers
• Caracole Nostradamus
• Russian River Pliny the Elder and Blind Pig
• Rogue Dead Guy
• Unibrou Don de Dieu
• Gouden Carollus Noel

Stay tuned for musings and follow ups (not reviews) on each of these beers as I've never had any of them. There will be some gooooooood drinking in the very near future!

Zivjeli!