I originally meant for this to be a semi-live blog of our trip, but... day two would have required two entries and after a long day of hiking and driving through Rocky Mountain National Park, I never got around to writing this, and from there everything went downhill (in regards to keeping up with this).
Anyways! Stop #2 of our trip was in Lyons, CO at Oskar Blues Grill & Brew. OBs is in a relatively nondescript building along the main street through Lyons. Once you walk inside though, OBs is a unique setting. Downstairs is a a bar and stage where there is live music almost every night of the week, upstairs is another bar and the restaurant. The walls are covered in music posters and news articles about OBs, which if you take the time to read, present a cool back story to the place.
Food: I don't know about you, but when I think blues, I think barbeque. Well that's what both Vanessa and I had (she had the Beef Brisket Sandwich and I the Pulled Pork Sandwich. Both were excellent, though they could have used a slightly thicker bun, as the juices from the beef quickly soaked through the bun. The rest of the menu has a bit of everything. Brick oven pizza, burgers, etc.
Beer: Oskar Blues is one of the few craft breweries to can their beer, so if you see cans of beer mixed in with the craft beers at your local liquor store, there's a decent chance that they are from OBs. Their "standard" beer is Dale's Pale Ale, but they have great offerings across the spectrum, from Old Chub Scotch Ale to Gubna Imperial IPA. Vanessa and I shared a flight of seven of their beers, which consisted of all of their standards except for Ten Fidy, their Imperial Stout, which they were out of. All were great, though I favored the previously mentioned Gubna and G'Knight Imperial Red.
Linky - http://www.oskarblues.com/
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