First to enjoy brew in a brewpub in each of the 50 states.

Completed this quest on December 5, 2005 at the J.J. Bitting Brewing Co., Woodbridge NJ.

Firsts in Colorado brewpubs and microbreweries: Alcatrazfirst customer on the morning of the day they held their grand opening. Also first to buy Apricot Ale. (June 11,1997) Breckenridgethe first to complete a set of tasters and the first to finish a pint (Avalanche). Broadway Brewing Co.first paying customer (June 8, 1994) Also first to have pints of each of all three on-premise-made brews: Railyard, Doggy Style, and Red Lady. BJs (Boulder)first to buy a wheat beer and/or a porter. Bull & Bush Pub & Brewerythe first to buy their beer (January 23, 1997). Championthe first Denver brewpub Lew didnt have a first in. Cheshire Catfirst to buy beer brewed at that site. Columbine Mill Brewing Companythe first paying customer (December 20, 1994). Denver Chop House and Brewerythe first paying customer (March 23, 1995). Dixonsthe first to buy a half-and-half (February 28, 1997). Dostal Alley (Central City) first customer and first to buy a growler to go [9/30/97]), first to buy a pint of Hoptoberfest Amber Ale made with hops handpicked in Central City by the brewer [9/25/99]). Northstarthe first to buy a beer brewed there (November 15, 2006.) Oskar Bluesfirst customer of the Tasty Weasel, Oskar Blues tasting room in Longmont (Feburary 13, 2009). Phantom Canyon (Colorado Springs)first to taste their wheat beer and first to have the bartender mix all five brews on tap in one pint [12/14/93]. Rock Bottomthe first paying customer (of the first Rock Bottom)(November 15,1991). Also: Took first shot in their billiard room. Also: Bought the first beer on the tenth anniv. of its opening (November 15, 1). Rockyard (Castle Rock)first customer (April 24, 1999). Wolf Tongue (Nederland)first customer (June 20, 1997). Wynkoopthe first person to take a shot in the billiard room.

Miscellaneous first and last beers:

Last purchased at Duffys on Tremont Street. 1974. (Coors) First purchased at Duffys on Court Place. 1974. (Coors) First purchased at Buckhorn Exchange after reopening. (Coors) Last purchased at Top of the Rockies. First purchased at Oxford Hotel after reopening. June 19, 1983. (Coors) First purchased at Hyatt Denver Tech Center. December 31, 1984. (Coors) First purchased at Duffys on St. Patricks Day in 8 years. 1993? (Coors) First in Box 5 of Buell Theater. October 31, 1991. First and last purchased at the Gold Coin before it was closed and converted into a casino. May 31, 1991. First purchased at the Gold Coin/Lady Luck Casino. August 20, 1993. (Coors Extra Gold) First purchased in Glory Hole Tavern under new ownership (Katz & Brusco). (Coors)

First on Denvers Light Rail System (first public test ride). April 30, 1994. Car 106. (Coors) Last purchased at Celebrity Sports Center. June 15, 1994. First (possibly) to drink a Coors in the Colosseum in Rome. October 5,1994. First in Coors Field (after the groundbreaking). October 16, 1992. (Coors) Last purchased during a baseball game at Mile High Stadium from the Coors Light stand operated by Joyce and Joan. August 11, 1994. (Coors Light). First purchased at Harveys Wagon Wheel Casino & Hotel. December 2, 1994. (Coors) First purchased at Blue Bonnet in its new location. December 13, 1994. (Coors) First at Denvers Central Public Library after its reopening. March 25, 1994. (Denver Public Libation) First purchased at the Blake Street Baseball Club. March 30, 1995. (Coors) First purchased at The Sports Column. March 30, 1995. (Coors) First to Drink For The Cycle on a game day at Coors Field. March 31, 1995 (Had all four: Coors, Coors Light, Coors Extra Gold, Winterfest) First to Drink for The Cycle during a regular season game at Coors Field, April 26, 1995 (Had all four by fifth inning: Coors, Coors Light, Coors Extra Gold, Killians) First to drink a Coors Red Light Light at Stars (May 5, 1995): Half and half Coors Red Light and Coors Light First to have a Guinness at Flat Pennies on a Sunday (10/15/95). First to drink beer in Central Citys new City Hall after ribbon-cutting. October 18, 1995. (Coors Light) First to sample the first batch of red beer at the Peak to Peak Brewing Company before it was bottled. Also first to have a mislabeled bottle of Peak to Peak Peach Ale (labeled as red and labeled upside-down). December 2, 1995. Consumed last ounce of last bottle of beer Hilltop Lounge had in stock after it ceased operation. December 9, 1995 (Budweiser) First (paying customer) of The Zone, a bar near Coal Mine and Pierce. March 1, 1996. (Blue Moon.) First to buy a RailYard Ale at Coors Field during the regular season. April 7, 1997. First customer of Wolf Tongue in Nederland. June 20, 1997. First to purchase a beer at Walkers on a Tuesday. July 15, 1997 First to drink Original Coors and RailYard Ale at the Banc One Ballpark in Phoenix. March 31, 1998. First to buy a bottle of Moretti beer at Dante & Stews Vino Vino Ristorante Italiano on its opening day, April 18, 1998. First to buy a beer at The Lodge at Black Hawk. June 24, 1998. First to drink Winterfest in the new Pepsi Center. October 8, 1999. First to drink everything on tap at the Wynkoop in the 21st Century. (Boxcar Klsch, RailYard Ale, Imperial IPA, St. Charles ESB, Flying Artillery Ale, Sp[atz Porter, Sagebrush Stout, Western Slope Cider, Honeymooners Mead, Holiday Ale, Pattys Chili Beer, Tiger Root Beer) First in the 21st Century to drink everything Coors sells. (Coors Light, Coors, Winterfest, Extra Gold, Keystone Light, Keystone, Killians, Zima, Zima Citrus) . Above accomplished on 1/3/2001. Added Barmen on 1/8/2001. Added Keystone Ice and Blue Moon Belgian White on 1/10/2001. Added Coors Non-Alcoholic on 1/11/2001. Added complete line of Sandlot beers on 1/24/2001. Added Coors Dry (available only in Dallas) on 1/29/2001. First to drink both Budweiser and Coors during a game at Miller Park. April 6, 2001. (Top half of the first inning of the first game.) First to buy a beer at the Appaloosa Grill (a Spotted Rump Ale). April 9, 2001. Last person to drink a Coors at the last White Spot (8th and Broadway). June 23, 2001. First to buy a beer at the Red Room (a Phantom Canyon IPA). February 14, 2002.

Last person to buy a Fosters beer at Denver Buffalo Company. May 3, 2002. First person to buy a beer at Stout Street Pub (Coors). October 29, 2002. Also first to have a draft beer, a Coors Light, and a Guinness. First person to buy a beer at Brewery Bar III in Lone Tree on first day of being open to the public. (Also first draft beer.) February 27, 2003 (Coors Light). First person to order a beer at Elways on the day of its official opening to the public. October 22, 2004. Also: First to have a Bud Light and the first to have a Coors Light and the first to have a Guinness Stout. First person to have a beer while driving the Central City Parkway on the day it opened. November 19, 2004. Last person to drink a beer while watching an opera (Marriage of Figaro) in Boettcher Concert Hall. May 8, 2005. First person to sneak a beer into the Ellie Caulkin Opera House and drink it during a performance. (The Ellie Caulkins Opera House Opening Celebration, September 10, 2005. Last person to buy Coors Light at Wahoo's Fish Taco on S. Colorado Blvd. (they said they were no longer going to carry that brand and sold the last two bottles to Lew and Leslie). April 19, 2006. First person to buy a bottle of beeror a Coorsat Rouge, Kevin Taylors new restaurant at the Teller House in Central City. June 16, 2006. First person to be served a Miller Genuine Draft at Century Casino the day in opened (July 11, 2006). Also: The first to purchase a Blue Moon and the first to purchase a draft beer (Blue Moon). First customer of Crook's Palace in Black Hawk when it reopened (after about 7 years of closure) on July 22, 2006. Also: The first to purchase a Coors Light, a Coors Original, and a draft beer (Tommyknocker Amber). First person to have a beer at Duffy's Shamrock Tavern on its last day of operation. A Coors. At 5:55 a.m. on November 30, 2006 (Served by Frank Lombardi.) Last customer of Duffy's Shamrock Tavern on its last day of operation. A Coors. At 1:51 a.m. on December 1, 2006. (Served by Johnny Naffah.) First to pay for a beer at Mel's on its last day of operation. April 28, 2007. (Sierra Nevada.) Also at Mels on its last First to order, pay for, and drink a Colorado beer. (Fat Tire.) First to smuggle a beer into Denvers new Museum of Contemporary Art, open it, and take a sip in every gallery on all floors. November 1, 2007. (Coors.) First person to be served ODells IPA on tap in the Denver market. March 7, 2008 at Falling Rock Tap House. First person to purchase beer from a liquor store in Colorado on Sunday after the law permitting such sales went into effect on July 6, 2008. Purchased: A six-pack of Coors Banquet from Coyote Liquors on Highway 119. Purchase completed by 8:00:02, two seconds after liquor stores are permitted to open. Had first beer (a pint of Guinness) at Katie Mullin's on its first St. Patrick's Day (2009). First to drink a number of Colorado-brewered beers at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium when they opened in April, 2009. After the first pitch at each ballpark, sipped a five-beer mixturea cocktail representative of the Colorado brewing industry. It consisted of equal parts of Coors Banquet, Dale's Pale Ale, Great Divide's Denver Pale Ale, Wynkoop's Railyard Ale, and Shafthouse Stout from Dostal Brewing Co. (Central City). First to drink Railyard Ale out of a can. (When Wynkoop Brewing Company started up its canning line, grabbed the very first can of Railyard Ale to come off the line and drank it.) August 21, 2009. On the day the Yard House in downtown Denver had its official opening (December 19, 2010), was first customer. First to buy a beer (Railyard Ale) and first to finish a beer. Also first to buy a Colorado Native.