Monthly Archives: November 2014

Catching Up

Happy Thanksgiving! I started this post yesterday and then got slammed at the brewery, per usual. And it’s been almost a month since I had time to sit down and write a blog!
am1I had a few days at the beginning of the month where I actually had time to put together meals for the brewery and went on a week long kick of layered salads. It didn’t last long…
am2We’ve been busy with photo shoots for an upcoming cookbook where our beer is cooked into and paired with dishes from local restaurants. I was the designated beer “frother” for a politer term of what the position was deemed on set. Let your mind go in the gutter on that one. Just this once.
am3The last few days of autumn colors were enjoyed before all the leaves dropped off the trees.
am6And this is what I woke up to the next day. It only took me three tries to get up the driveway into my garage that night.
am4Snowbank had our first employee appreciation day! We spent the day on the town visiting breweries, restaurants and chocolate shops. I’ll be honest, it was weird to have a full day off with everyone. Weird and awesome. Our Snowbank tellers are awesome.
am5The snow refused to melt for a while, which made for some opportune photo ops.
snowyThe first day…
ginger1The snow kept piling up.
flake2And after a solid 5 inches it finally started to melt.
am7Part of the job includes visiting places where we’re on tap and doing quality control. Tough job.
am16We had to go to Pinball Jones for one of these QC checks.
am17And were forced to play an hour and a half of arcade bowling.
am18I’m player number three. This is the only time in my life I have ever, or will ever, win at bowling.
am10I’ve started taking Sundays off! Since I had a full day off, I decided it was necessary to go to the brewery and pick up some kegs to deliver to new accounts we’ve been selling into. Workaholic.
am12And on my days off, I obviously visit other breweries. Oskar Blues’ Cyclhops Bike Cantina.am13And since I was so close, I continued on to the Oskar Blues brewery and shared a flight with my two besties.
am14And THEN I remembered that Großen Bart Brewery had opened that week and trekked over to try their brews which were all solid, and ended with a growler of Fu Manchu Foreign Stout to share with my brew crew.
am11And now I have to head out to Vegan Thanksgiving at my bro and sis-in-law’s house (don’t worry, we have the meatitarian Thanksgiving on Sunday), so I leave you with this screenshot I found on The Chive of my old Lonelygirl15 buddy Jackson watching Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep about to make out. You’re welcome.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Life as a Workaholic

There used to be a time when I would sit down at the end of the day and write out a blog post, no matter what the time. Lately I’ve been so busy with working that writing a post feels like a luxury.
c1Plenty of that is my fault, for sure. Those industry nights at a local speakeasy where they give us free dinner could be passed up in exchange for a post, but why would I give up free food? That’s just crazy talk. Here’s a quick little recap of what’s been going on in my life as a workaholic.
c2Doing beer sales at Black Bottle Brewery where they recently released the Count Chocula beer that created headlines internationally.
c4Selling beer into a place with over 50 pinball machines. We were given three free games, so of course we had to stay for a bit after sampling. I learned something very important about myself there – I suck at pinball.
c15Beanies came in!
hoodSo did hoodies! I’ve worn both of these items way too often, but I can’t help it! I’m so proud to be part of this brewery.
c6My best friend got married at a beautiful golf course down in Littleton.
c5Rehearsal dinner dress. Thank God for girdles!
c7As soon as I returned from the dinner I threw on my preferred outfit – sweats, sweatshirt, flip flops and paired it with a glass of Malbec.
c8The bride’s beautiful hairstyle for the big day. I was that girl in the salon telling her, “If you change your mind, I’ve got my car right outside. We can just go!” I don’t think she appreciated my humor at this point.
c9Waterfall braid and curls for me! My groomsman partner and I Thriller-danced into the reception dinner afterwards. I was too busy enjoying my friend’s happiness and dancing to take any pics at the actual wedding.
c14Immediately after I went out and got my hair hot pink, purple and teal-ified. Cuz I can still get away with it.
c11I decided to get healthy after the wedding and began making mason jar layer salads.
c12The healthy kick didn’t last very long. A new food truck came in with Chicago-style hot dogs topped with mac ‘n cheese and bacon bits. I need to do a quality check with every food truck, obviously. It’s just part of this tough job I have.
candyHalloween came and went. I worked the taproom and then binged for the next two days on leftover candy.
IMAG0589And this morning we had our first snowflakes! The brew dogs weren’t too pleased about it…
c3That’s my crazy life lately! Now for another one of those free dinner industry nights…

Are you ready for the snow?

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