My wife fell in love with their most popular beer, Fat Tire, on a camping trip long ago. The thought of it became synonymous with good times in the mountains of Colorado. So naturally we had to make sure there was some at the bar at our wedding for everyone to enjoy. It wasn't available in Ohio, were the wedding was to be, or Iowa, where we were living at the time, but we heard you could get it in Missouri. So we drove south, stopped at the first 4 grocery stores in Missouri until we found one that had a good stock on the shelf. That wasn't enough for a reception, so we asked if we could go "in the back" and clean out their entire stock of 14 cases. One of my fondest beer memories is still wheeling up that cart with a mountain of Fat Tire and 1554 (my favorite New Belgium brew) to the checkout - and still getting carded.
The bottle claims it was invented while everyone was snowed into the brewery - that sounds like the day or two before I went for a grad school interview at C. State. Any kind of awning, and even some roofs were caving in under the weight of all that snow. Snow Day is surprisingly good, and really hoppy for a winter beer. A lot of places just throw a shitload of nutmeg or clove flavor in a normal beer and call it "wintry", but this one would actually be satisfying any time of year. I rate it a DELICIOUS without hesitation, and at around $8 for a 6er it's a pretty good value too.
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