An Ignite presentation about the history of beer in Colorado

1. Colorado:
The Napa
Valley of Beer

2. Your Faux Beer Experts
Tara Elaine
Anderson Ellis
@tarable @ElaineEllis

3. Shitty Beer Begins
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• Photo via RustyCans.com

4. Coors Legacy
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5. Crappy Beer Comes To
the Masses

6. Hippie Begins Brewing
in Basement

7. Government Says:
FIne, Make Your Own
Fucking Beer

8. Boulder: Not Just Pot
Anymore!

9. Yuppies Leave Jobs in
Masses to Brew Beer.
For Yuppies.
• 1988 = Wynkoop Brewery
• 1989 = New Belgium & Odells
• 1993 = Avery, Left Hand & Rock Bottom
• 1994 = Great Divide
• 1997 = Oskar Blues

10. Beer Saves Denver

11. 100 Ways to Get Free
Beer in Colorado

12. It Takes A Village to
Create a Beer

13. Great American
Barf Festival
Carbo Loading:
Not Just for
Athletes

14. Local Brewers
= Free Beer

15. Local Brewers =
Getting Fall down Drunk.
And still Being able to
ride home on your bike.

16. Pro Tip
Home Brewing Tools Have Many Uses

17. Be Pretentious:
no matter what
you’re drinking
• Turbidity: The clarity or cloudiness of a particular
beer. The more turbid the beer, the cloudier it is.
• Malty: Describes a beer with a sweeter or heavier
taste.
• Hoppy: Used to describe a more bitter or light
taste.
Terms Via Colorado.com

18. People with
Nothing to say
Like Fancy Words
• Bouquet: The certain smell of a beer, used to
describe the beer’s positive aspects. “Woody” or
“chocolatey” are common examples.
• Odor: Used when referring to an unpleasant smell
of beer. “Skunky” is a common word used to
describe odor.
• Finish: The last bit of taste a beer leaves.

19. Beer: The OTHER Wine
Question: IS
: :: :

20. Think Global,
Drink Local
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Photo Courtesy of Andrew Hyde:
He Gets Angry If You Don’t
Credit Him

21. • July 3, 2009
• 4 to 6 p.m.
• Draft House
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