Check out this brief from Sunday's Post:

Wine at grocers

Proponents of expanding liquor sales in Colorado are quietly working on a measure that would allow the sale of beer and wine in grocery stores. The proposal would let King Soopers, Safeway and other grocers with pharmacies and a certain percentage of revenues from meat and fresh produce sell the beverages. The plan would not include big discounters like Wal- Mart.

The Brewers Association wants us to drink some craft beer to celebrate President's Day.

OK! I'm always looking for a reason to drink some good brews and I've got a pretty good selection right now.

Sitting in front of me is a glass of Dogfish Head 120 Imperial IPA.

The wait is finally over.

For those who don't know anything about this beer, here are some facts: It's continually hopped for the duration of its 120-minute boil and then dry-hopped for an entire month. It's a very strong beer weighing in at 20% abv. It is, according to the label, the Holy Grail for hopheads. 

I'm sure I'm going to get flamed on this, but I just have to point this out.

Utah has awesome natural wonders, but I'm not the only one to notice that it lacks some things in the beer department.

According to The Big Book o' Beer, Utah has the lowest beer consumption rate per capita of any state in the States.

"Here, residents consume only 79 Liters of beer per year. Then again, beer is scarce in this state, as beer lovers attending the 2002 Winter Olympic Games discovered."

Tonight (Feb. 16) is the Great Guinness Toast! It used to be a bit more organized, with a set time when the Toast took place. That was kinda cool, because you could imagine thousands of people across the country doing the same thing that you were doing at the same moment.

But now, it's gotten high-tech and you just go to the bar, order a Guinness, and then text for a free ringtone and they'll count you in. I think that's lame...

This is looking to be an excellent beer weekend.

I finally got my hands on a DogFish Head 120 IPA. Thanks, anonymous tipster and thank you, Joe for picking it up at Merchant of Vino. It was $8.50 for a 12-ounce bottle! Joe also picked up some Steamworks Third Eye Pale Ale and Great Divide Hercules Double IPA. 

There's no shortage of hops (or alcohol) in that list! 

For Valentine's Day, I got a sixer of Fort Collins Brewery's Chocolate Stout.  

The Colorado Brewers Guild will host the third annual Firkin Rendezvous on February 24 at Bristol Brewing Company in Colorado Springs. The event will allow beer lovers to sample traditional and not-so-traditional English-style cask ales dispensed by gravity or hand pump from firkin casks. All of the beers will be brewed and served by brewery members of the Colorado Brewers Guild, including Colorado Springs breweries Bristol and Phantom Canyon.

My honey surprised me last week with a trip to Boulder for a few B-day beers. We decided to go to Southern Sun. 

If I could afford to live in Boulder, I'd move right next door to Southern Sun. I love everything about this brewpub (and it's sibling Mountain Sun, as well).

The Suns are Boulder. They tap special kegs at 4:20, they have a beer called Colorado Kind Ale, and the sell tie-dyed T-shirts. Now if I have to explain either of those references to you, you haven't ever lived in Boulder or any other mountain hippie town for that matter. 

 Vote for your favorite brewpub in the Denver MetroBeat TV "Best Of" Brewpub Poll!   The Top 5 microbreweries/brewpubs in the Denver-Boulder-Golden metro area that get the most votes will get profiled on the April edition of "MetroBeat Magazine" on TV and Online.

Go to www.metrobeat.tv/poll.aspx to vote. The poll closes March 9.  

I've been out of town on a business trip for the last week. So I didn't have a Colorado brew all week! I'm having withdrawal!

Anyway, I did have a Youngs Double Chocolote Stout and a Samuel Smiths Organic Ale, both of which I picked up in Trader Joes. I also picked up a bottle of Trader Joes blended Scotch Whisky for $9.99. I haven't tried it but I'll let you know if it's any good.