Meet Dale - He's Drinking a New Local Beer ever day this year!

I'm happy to introduce you all to a local beer drinker, Dale Stevens. I met Dale at the first Meet the Brewer event with Crooked Stave and we've seen each other here and there and have been in touch ever since. A while back Dale told me that he was starting a little endeavor to try a new local beer every single day for an entire year. That's right 365 new beers this year! I've followed some of his  finds on facebook and decided to check in on him and see how he's doing. Let's catch up with Dale together:

So our readers know, can you tell us again what you're up to? Drinking a new beer a day? Are there any other rules? How many days are you in?
I am drinking a different local beer every day this year. My rules are that the beer has to be brewed in the state I am consuming it in (so far: Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, California, and Hawaii), and I must not have consumed it already this year. I started on January 1st with a Summit House Whiskey Barrel Stout from Pikes Peak Brewing and haven’t had a duplicate since. I am just over 2/3 the way through – 245 different local beers so far! Homebrew beers do count. I have a friend in Falcon and a son in Denver who have shared their creations with me which is much appreciated!

Beer Drinker of the Week #7

Beer Drinker of the Week is a segment that will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

Beer Drinker of the Week #7: Chadd Nelson

Beer Drinker of the Week #6

Beer Drinker of the Week is a segment that will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

Beer Drinker of the Week #6: Amanda and Ned Brush

Beer Drinker of the Week #05

Beer Drinker of the Week is a segment that will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

(First off I wanted to apologize for not keeping up with this segment. We at Focus on the beer have had a crazy past couple of weekends but we really want to keep this segment going. So here's Colorado Springs Beer Drinker of the Week: Matt Kupferer.)

Beer Drinker of the Week #5: Matt Kupferer

The Beers:
Shiner Kosmos, Belhaven Wee Heavy, Rogue Irish Style Lager, Shiner Black Lager, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale, Rogue Dead Guy Ale, Victory Prima Pils, Uinta Cockeyed Cooper, Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire, Unibroue Grande Reserve 17, Oskar Blues Deviant Dales, Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dark. Missing In Action: Alaskan Birch Bock, Shiner Ryes and Shine Rye Lager, Shiner Bock, Shiner Hefe, Shiner Blonde

Beer Drinker of the Week #04

Beer Drinker of the Week is a new segment we're starting here at Focus on the Beer. This will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

Don't be offended, this picture was a joke. All bottles and cans were recycled
and Eric deeply respects the environment and landscape.

Beer Drinker of the Week #04: Eric Steen

Beers: A handful of Upslope Foreign Style Stouts, Ska Modus Hoperandi, Oskar Blues Deviant Dales, Coors Light, Schlitz, Buddha Nuvo, Phantom Canyon Methuselah Rookie Card, Timmermans Bourgogne des Flanders, Grant's Flanders-inspired homebrew, and Left Hand Smoke Jumper.

Beer Drinker of the Week #03

Beer Drinker of the Week is a new segment we're starting here at Focus on the Beer. This will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

Beer Drinker of the week #03: Josh Adamski

Most craft beer fans have a story similar to mine. You know what I’m talking about, that eye opening moment when you tried the first beer that made you realize there was something else available besides that fizzy yellow stuff offered up in mass quantities. Well my journey into the world of craft beer took place sometime in 1997 at a tap bar in Tempe, Arizona called Timberwolves. Back then a friend of mine had been trying to persuade me to try some new beers that were starting to appear in what was quickly becoming a thriving Arizona beer scene. Sitting at the tap bar one night my friend ordered two Arrogant Bastards. At first all I could do was laugh, thinking who in the heck names a beer Arrogant Bastard? At the time I had been an avid drinker of Heineken and Molson, and all I kept thinking was “there is no way I am going to like this.” But after that first sip I knew that my beer drinking days were going to change. I instantly became a huge fan of Stone Brewing, and ultimately a fan of any craft brewery that challenged the possibilities of what beer should and can be.

Beer Drinker of the Week #02

Beer Drinker of the Week is a new segment we're starting here at Focus on the Beer. This will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

Beer Drinker Of The Week #02

Scott Simmons is this week's featured Beer Drinker. He had a birthday party last Friday which I was privileged enough to take part in. Here are the beers that we opened.

Beer Drinker of the Week #01

Beer Drinker of the Week is a new segment we're starting here at Focus on the Beer.  This will serve as a way to show off all that delicious beer you've been drinking, or just simply show us what beers you enjoy on a normal basis. This series allows you to present your beer in an artistic environment, tell us what you think about the beers you're trying, what beer is in your fridge regularly, or tell a story about how you acquired a hard to find beer. You and your beers are the focus here.

How Do I Become a Part of This?

If you are interested in being our Beer Drinker Of The Week please e-mail us at csbeerdrinkeroftheweek@gmail.com. You can propose to us which week you'd like to take, or we can pick the week for you and send you information and some basic directions. We'll try to post every Thursday (or so) the beers that one reader drank the previous week. We try to focus on the Colorado Springs drinkers but may be willing to expand, so email us!

So since this is the first one, I'll start as an example (and to show off).