Scourge Of The Dude 08Dec14

Visited Boulder for my dear friend Tom Wilke's 60th celebration. Kala & I figured prominent in the prep and festivities: we sang "Are You Aged" in round, the fab 6 band "The Taste Buds" performed "Atomic Tom," my words stuffed into a mashup of Old McDonald and Miss Atomic Bomb by the Killers, and I delivered "Thoughts on Tom's Aging" at the Boulderado. I tested the knee on a hike with Steve Gordon and Tom on Sunday. Then on Monday, while Tom headed to Florida for a conference, Leslie, Brian (behind the camera), the Gordons, and Kala & I headed for a private tour of Boulder Beer, my 60th birthday gift from Wilkes. It was a blast... the guide was exceptional, the tour was intimate and the lunch and beers were tasty. Boulder Beer is the oldest brewery licensed since prohibition (and 2nd oldest to Anchor Steam otherwise)... I did not know that - they have Colorado license #1. We tried several short run beers at lunch and the best was Scourge of the Dude. The story goes that "the Dude" is the warehouse guy and barrel aged stuff in the warehouse is a pain so all they make have "the Dude" in them... Pain of the Dude, Revenge of the Dude, and so on. Our bourbon barrel aged barleywine was excellent.