That said, this is not a post intended to make light of what was a happy ending to a scary situation in Alaska — Clifton Vial survived three days inside a truck that was stuck in a snowdrift by drinking frozen cans of Coors Light. Instead, it allows us to discuss which beer you would like to have keeping you company if you were snowbound. What's your beer-can companion on a deserted winter stretch of road?
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Trust me, this very scenario gets my serious attention each winter. I don't get caught flat-footed. I plan ahead. Best way to stock up and keep one's sanity while the white stuff piles up outside is the build your own sixpack route.
I live up NOTR, which for restaurants and bars...sucks. Sucks bad in fact. But for great liquor stores we've got Red X, Gomer's and the new Hy-Vee on 64th st. They all feature DIY sixers. And this, my fellow beer drinkers is how you avoid cabin fever.
Make sure yours include: Left Hand Milk Stout, Firestone Walker IPA, ANY AND ALL LAGUNITAS BEERS, Free State Golden Wheat, the aforementioned HopSlam, Schlafly, Mendocino, Anchor Steam's Xmas Ale, Boulevard Nutcracker, Single Wide or Dark Truth Stout...
Or whatever the hell it is you like drinking. The idea is to mix it up and keep at least a 12pack in the fridge.
Exactly what I had for last year's blizzards. Big Foot and Hop Slam
New Belgium's previous winter seasonal, 2 Below, would have been mine. They discontinued it in favor of this new Snow Day ale, which isn't bad but not spectacular.
So now I'd probably say Boulevard's Single Wide.
In college, we used to go to happy hour at the only "nice" restaurant in town and order a bunch of pitchers just before the end of happy hour. We then took them outside and put them in the snow to save a few bucks over the next couple of hours. It was usually Bud Light back then. I'd probably pick La Fin du Monde or McCoy's Hogpound Brown now.
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