It's All About The Fermentation

I went to Denver last weekend for another graduate school interview. The people at the University of Colorado in Denver were a lot more down to earth and friendly than the people at UC San Diego. Too bad it's cold and snowy in Denver.

After interviews, the current graduate students took us downtown to look around. We crossed Larimer street; my grandma lived on Larimer street when she was a little girl. Her father owned a dress shop on Larimer and she would roller skate up and down the street.

I love listening to my grandma tell stories of her childhood, they all include Larimer street.

I was under the impression that we were going to walk around and go to a couple of malls or museums.

Before I knew it, we were passing the Rockies stadium and heading into a microbrewery. Only they didn't brew there, they just sold the beer. Wanna know what's more boring than watching while everyone else is sampling beer? Listening to them talk about beer and their favorite pubs while they drink the beer.

It was decided that we'd take off and walk to another microbrewery called The Great Divide. They actually brewed there.

Apparently you can attend brewer's school to learn about the process. They basically boil the grain and then feed the sugar water to the yeast; the yeast ferment it into booze.

The beer ages in kegs for some time.

Here's where they bottle it.

Don't forget though, it's all about the fermentation.

I eventually broke off from the group and headed to the 16th street mall. Exploring a new mall or shopping center is never boring.

We've been having a lot of fun watching the Olympics, especially the figure skating.

We're so glad the American won gold.

The speed skating has been really fun too.