Colorado beers: fifty to try before you die -- or die trying

By Jonathan Shikes

From: http://blogs.westword.com/

​Last week, GQ magazine released a bucket list of fifty beers to drink before you die. It was a decent compilation, but a little short on Colorado offerings. So we decided to come up with our own list of fifty Colorado-made beers to drink before you die.

We have tried every one of these beers (arranged alphabetically) -- or trust someone who has.

Now drink in our list -- and then start arguing about how we screwed up! Cheers. (For more beer news, follow me on Twitter at @ColoBeerMan.)

Avery Mephistopheles
Avery The Reverend
Avery Dupceleuse
Avery Maharaja
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Breckenridge 471
Boulder Beer Hazed & Infused
Bristol Winter Warlock
Bull & Bush Man Beer
Bull & Bush Legend of the Liquid Brain Imperial Stout
Del Norte Orale
Del Norte Luminaria
Dry Dock U-Boat Hefeweizen
Dry Dock Victory ESB
Estes Park Brewery Raspberry Wheat
Grand Lake Plaid Bastard
Great Divide Yeti Oak Aged Imperial Stout
Great Divide Old Ruffian
Great Divide Hoss
Great Divide Hercules
Left Hand St. Vrain Trippel
Left Hand Double Sawtooth
Left Hand Milk Stout
Left Hand Smokejumper
Mountain Sun Colorado Kind IPA
Mountain Sun Nihlist
Mountain Sun Bombshell Blonde
New Belgium Frambozen
New Belgium 1554
New Belgium La Folie
New Belgium Biere de Mars
Odell Mountain Standard
Odell IPA
Odell Red
Odell Woodcut No. 2 or 3
Oskar Blues Gordon
Oskar Blues Ten FIDY
Oskar Blues Gubna
Oskar Blues Old Chub
Pints Pub Dark Star
Sandlot Where the Helles Bill
Ska Modus Hoperendi
Ska True Blonde Dubbel
Steamworks Ale Diablo
Tommyknocker Maple Nut Brown
Twisted Pine Hoppyman
Wynkoop Silverback Smoked Porter
Wynkoop Mile HI.P.A.
Wynkoop Patty's Chili Beer
Wynkoop Schwarzbier