Submitted by: C.B. Whilshire

Colorado contains the most breweries per capita than virtually any state within the Nation. Home to numerous award-winning brewskies, it is simple to understand why Colorado is addressed as the “Napa Valley of Beer.” Numerous Colorado breweries have tours in which people are able to see the beer making process as well as sample all the beer.

3 primarydifferent types of breweries in Colorado include the corporate beer breweries, brewpubs, and microbreweries.Among the list of corporate breweries in Colorado is without a doubt Miller Coors which produces Miller beers, Coors beers, Foster’s, and Keystone Light. Miller Coors features a free 30 minute visit at their brewery inside of the Denver region. In the Front Range location, the Anheuser-Busch Fort Collins brewery tour gives visitors the chance to view the brewing method and also test the brewed beer.

Brewpubs is usually a restaurant that makes their own beer. The beer faucets are usually joined directly to the storage tanks inside the small-scale brewery. The majority of the beer that has been manufactured by any brewpub makes all its sales inside the restaurant as compared with passed out to merchants.

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Several brewpubs don’t allow tours. The small-scale brewery could be inside the basement within the pub or another spot within the premises. One brewpub, Dry Dock Brewing Company within Aurora, Colorado, has the beer brewing equipment visible designed for customers to see.

A microbrewery is also referred to as a craft brewery. These types of smaller draftt beer breweries generally give attention to good quality and exceptional taste. Microbrewery creation is normally fewer than 15 thousand drums each year. Compared with a brewpub, nearly all of the beer brewed by a microbrewery sells offsite.

New Belgium Brewing Company is one of the biggest microbreweries in the United States. Their Fort Collins brewery offers tours along with free testers. Call a head bookings to see the tour can be accomplished on their website. Odell Brewing Company is a good sized brewery in Colorado’s Front Range region that provides mid-day tours 6 days a week.

Breckenridge Brewery in Denver began as a brewpub and then progressed to a microbrewery which markets draftt beer throughout fourteen states. Totally free tours along with samples are available upon request in the event that the tour was scheduled in advance. Furthermore in Denver, the Great Divide Brewing Company offers tours on a daily basis.

Avery Brewing Company in Boulder offers no cost tours of the brewery during 4 o’clock pm during the week as well as at 2 o’clock pm during the weekends. Left Hand Brewing located in Longmont gives no cost tours during the weekend. Their tasting building has daily operating hours. They are known to host other activities for example art shows, farmers markets, as well as performances.

Colorado is a perfect vacation destination for individuals who get pleasure from tasting beer and ale. The draught beer drinker has a number of options pertaining to seeing the beer brewing method and tasting different types of beer. From massive corporate processes to brewpubs that may primarily produce a number of barrels each time, Colorado breweries provide a abundant selection in the art of making beer.

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By Alecia Barnes

I have had wonderful success with the Body by Vi Shakes, and have recommended them to everyone that I meet, who is serious about making a commitment to losing weight, and keeping it off.

On a weekly basis I am asked how I have been able to stick with the shakes, without getting bored of drinking them for 90 days.

I have just recently started my SECOND 90 day challenge, in my first challenge, I went from a size 26 to a 12, and now I’m in the home stretch for my goal size of 6, by May.

My secret to success? Protein weight loss recipes that I could make on my own, using the Body By Vi Shakes as the base.

Here are some of the yummiest protein shakes I have made to date – the variety has helped me to stay focused on my goal of fitting into that itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini by summer! (Hey, I didn’t say that I’d actually wear it out of the house! I’m kind of shy like that! hahaha)

So here they are – make them your own! If you put together a fabulous recipe, please comment, and I’ll include it on the site.

Enjoy!

Ultimate Protein Powder Weight Loss Shakes – Recipes

**NEW!**

BANANA PROTEIN NOG

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 cup skim milk

A one inch chunk of banana ( frozen is better)

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon sugar free vanilla extract

Place all ingredients in blender and process until smooth.

**NEW**

Apple Pie Frosty

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 apple, peeled, cored, and sliced

(or 1/2 C no-sugar-added applesauce)

1 packet NuStevia sweetener (Only USE NUSTEVIA, not the other Stevia products, find at GNC)

1/2 t cinnamon

1/4 t nutmeg

3/4 C water or Almond milk

(Use 3 -4 ice cubes, crush ice first using ice crush setting, no liquid)

**NEW**

“Peanut” Brittle Protein Shake

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2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

2 tbsp sugar-free instant butterscotch pudding mix (dry)

1 tbsp natural almond butter (smooth or chunky)

8 oz. water (or low-fat milk)

3-6 ice cubes or for a creamier smoothie, add 1/2 Frozen banana

Add all ingredients to blender, whip, and serve.

I like to use chunky almond butter

and add it last so that it it stays chunky (like peanut brittle)

but it tastes just as good with a smoother consistency.

***NEW***

Cinnamon Roll Protein Shake

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 tbsp sugar-free instant vanilla pudding

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp sugar free vanilla (or 1/4 tsp extract)

1 packet NuStevia powder sweetener

a few dashes butter flavor sprinkles or butter-flavor extract

8 oz. water (or low-fat milk)

3 ice cubes ( crush the ice before adding the rest of the ingredients)

Add all ingredients to blender, whip, and serve.

***NEW!***

Banana Split

8 oz. water or 4 oz. soy/almond/skim milk/4 oz. water

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1/2 frozen banana

1/4 cup chopped pineapple chunks (frozen)

2 frozen strawberries

***NEW***

Chocolate Caramel Protein Shake

8 oz. water, milk, almond milk or soy milk

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Chocolate Flavor Mix In

1 Tbs. SF (SUGAR FREE) Caramel Torani Syrup

3 Ice Cubes

Place water in the blender first, then powder, then additions. Blend on low then high till well blended.

Blueberry Banana Super Energy Shake

1 cup milk

1/2 cup frozen blueberries

1/2 frozen banana

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Banana Energy Charge Shape-up Mix In

Pina Colada Smoothie

1 cup milk

1/2 cup frozen pineapple

1/2 frozen banana

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Banana Energy Charge Shape-up Mix In

Peach Creamcicle

1 cup milk

1 cup mixed frozen fruit that includes peaches

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Peach Shape-up Health Flavor Mix-in

The peach is also delicious with a bit of fresh ginger blended in. Ginger is great for digestion and for speeding metabolism.

Strawberry Milkshake

1 cup milk

1 cup frozen strawberries

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Strawberry Shape-up Health Flavor Mix-in

Orange Creamcicle

1 cup milk

1/2 cup mixed frozen fruit

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Orange Shape-up Health Flavor Mix-in

Chocolate Peanut Butter & Banana Smoothie

1 cup milk

1 frozen banana

1Tbs peanut butter

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Chocolate Shape-up Health Flavor Mix-in

Leave out the banana and just use ice cubes for a peanut butter cup smoothie! Yum!

Coffee Smoothie

1 cup milk

1Tbs instant coffee

2 scoops Vi-Shape Shake mix

1 Chocolate Shape-up Health Flavor Mix-in

Ice cubes

This smoothie can also be made with strong coffee frozen in ice cube trays. Use the frozen coffee cubes instead of ice.

There you have it! SOME of my Ultimate Smoothie Recipes!

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About the Author: Alecia Barnes is the owner of a successful internet marketing company in Sunny Southern California. With

Body By Vi 90 Day Challenge

, she has lost over 100 pounds. Find out more about her

weight loss success story

or go to http://body-by-vi-shakes.com

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