Recently yours truly took a little vacation road trip out to the great city of Denver, Colorado. While this wasn't strictly a "beer vacation," I did try and take a few notes on some of the beers we enjoyed along the way. I realized two things on this trip, the first was mixing vacation mentality with beer and expecting to get any decent writing out of it is ludicrous. The second was that, if you look hard enough and have more than a little luck on your side, you can find good food and craft beer almost anywhere.

Our first stop was certainly not a beer destination, but it was an oasis in the desert for us weary travelers. Leaving from Connecticut, we marched across the vast and corn-ridden state that is Pennsylvania. After many hours we were tired, hungry, and thirsty for something other than rest-stop Gatorade and what I dubbed the "road taco."

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