Our first time at the Craft Brewer’s Conference and our first time in Denver – the first time leaving the airport, that is.

Of all the American brewers there, I was happiest to meet a living legend, the brewmaster for Fuller’s, John Keeling, the first night:

Kathy and Bill came into Denver to have dinner with us and took us to their house, where I got a ride in Bill’s 1949 Chevy truck, his multi-year restoration project:

The CBC commemorative beer brewed by Oskar Blues, a really good pale ale:

I happened into the Spiegelau (maker of my favorite beer glass) demonstration where everyone got a set of Spiegelau glasses, including 2 of the brand new Stout glass:

Visit to Great Divide:

Epic Brewing:

And Crooked Stave:

I believe this is a depiction of the pick-6 he threw to the Seahawks’ Malcolm Smith in the Super Bowl:

Flying back to Seattle, Mt Rainier above the clouds: