OCT 24, 2024 | FEATURES | By Izzy Roe and Megan Burich
This week we decided to mix it up and do our Beer for Babes with an audience and our new favorite beer-tender at a real live brewery! Over Block Break, we hit Outer Range Brewery in Frisco, Colo. Mostly known for their hazys, this brewery was a great return for Izzy after her brief concussion. We went at 3 p.m., the perfect time to get drunk, which I guess was also the same time the hot dads of Frisco and Breckenridge made their appearance to drink beer while watching their kids. Even with screaming babies, this place was relaxing and a great place to drink three beers in an hour and eat some fire fried chicken. We approached our beer-tender and asked for his recommendations. We started with a fruity little sour, Run like a Cantaloupe (6%), moved on to a West Coast IPA, Cosmic Sauce (6.4%) and ended with the Colorado Cou Cou (6.5%) a lovely hazy.
Run Like a Cantaloupe was a perfect sour, very cantaloupe forward, which Megan was nervous about since she is not a fan, but it turned out to be perfect. We went with the sour first because we have historically loved Outer Range’s sours, except for the dreaded Fruitcake beer (gross). This beer paired very well with our fried chicken and pokè bowls, and went down very easily. It was a great beer to start on.
Next was the Cosmic Sauce, which was much harder to drink. The chug was dreadful, and almost sinful at $6 for a 10 oz beer. It was a much heavier beer compared to the sour (obvi), and Izzy was overall not very impressed. This one took a while for us to finish, yet didn’t really say much. It wasn’t offensive, but quite a quiet girl.
Lastly, we were poured the Colorado Cou Cou as a “beer shot” (since when is that a thing?) of Walk of Life, which the beer-tender chugged in less than 10 seconds, but we opted to take ours upstairs and sip (we couldn’t handle the smoke). The beer shot was pleasant, light, and a little bitter and the beer tender impressed us with both his beer taste and the speed in which he drank it. The Cou Cou started pretty light, and ended on a hoppier, fruitier note (kinda wacky, but not bad).
While we were not drinking from a can, the glasses they served our beer in honestly offended us. Who pours beer into a stemless wine glass? Where was the fun little goblet we were craving? However, despite the weird glasses, no one can complain about a beer on draft, and the heavy pours the beer tender gave us (way above the 10 oz line). Because this week we didn’t have cans, you will not get a lovely drawing from your authors. However, you do have the opportunity to vote Outer Range as the best apres-ski bar in the whole country! They are currently leading the race, and you can vote with the QR code we have attached. We have had the honor of attending this establishment post-skiing, and we would highly recommend it on your way back from Copper.
Till next time,
Beer for Babes
