Once upon a time I had this crazy idea to go to every bar in Colorado, it sounded great... until I did a little research and found out that Colorado has roughly 18,000 bars. So after realizing that going to 18,000 bars is pretty unrealistic and could quite possibly take the rest of my life I opted to try for the more achievable goal of going to everywhere that they make booze in Colorado, which is about 230 or some odd breweries, distilleries and wineries. I'm sure of course there will be plenty of bars along the way as well ;-)
I guess if I'm going to talk about any bar, it's only fair that the first bar I post about should be the Green Parrot Bar, my favorite bar ever.
This is definitely a small town bar, it is definitely not the most touristy bar in town, but IMHO it is by far the best. The best way I can think of describing the Green Parrot is a cross between Toby Keith's 'I Love This Bar'
Also there is no way that you can go wrong with a bar where the owner will make a special trip to the bar to get another bottle of Strawberry Parrot Bay out just for one person (yes, I am guilty of being that person).
I don't claim to be much of a whiskey drinker or to know the difference between good or bad whiskey. What I can say is that I have drank enough whiskey to know that their 'White Whiskey' is not really what one would expect from whiskey. Their website describes the White Whiskey as 'a light/sweet spirit with notes of fruit, chocolate and cinnamon that really shows off the true nature of the 100% malt grain bill', it was definitely cinnamon-y, and tasted more like Goldschläger mixed with Everclear than like whiskey. One thing I can say is that it was strong and I'm not ashamed to admit that it kicked my ass, which is saying a lot because I can usually hold my own!
I really wanted to like the distillery when I went in there, but the first impression didn't really impress me. I will definitely give it another chance and try the 'Oak Aged Whiskey', because like I said, I really wanted to like the place.
*** Update *** A sad little side note to this review is that from what I have heard, The Green Parrot is now using bottled Bloody Mary Mix... heartbreaking! So if you ever find yourself having a Bloody Mary there and it isn't the best one ever, don't say I didn't warn you! Still a bar worth going to :)
This is definitely a small town bar, it is definitely not the most touristy bar in town, but IMHO it is by far the best. The best way I can think of describing the Green Parrot is a cross between Toby Keith's 'I Love This Bar'
and 'Cheers - Sometimes You Wanna Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name'
Drinks are affordable, people are friendly (albeit slightly out of control sometimes) and they serve the best Bloody Mary's that I have EVER had, and trust me I have had a lot of them over the years!
Also there is no way that you can go wrong with a bar where the owner will make a special trip to the bar to get another bottle of Strawberry Parrot Bay out just for one person (yes, I am guilty of being that person).
After an afternoon of drinking at the Green Parrot last weekend I was somehow convinced to go across the street and try out the newest place to drink. A couple of friends and I wandered across the street to the Deerhammer Distilling Company, our recently opened Whiskey Distillery.
(Please forgive the horrible photo quality, drunk + cell phone pic does not equal good photography)
I really wanted to like the distillery when I went in there, but the first impression didn't really impress me. I will definitely give it another chance and try the 'Oak Aged Whiskey', because like I said, I really wanted to like the place.
*** Update *** A sad little side note to this review is that from what I have heard, The Green Parrot is now using bottled Bloody Mary Mix... heartbreaking! So if you ever find yourself having a Bloody Mary there and it isn't the best one ever, don't say I didn't warn you! Still a bar worth going to :)
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