Old Chicago's

[Shootersfab]

^^^^^^^^

[sniper7]

2 beer tours under my belt but I never go there anymore after moving. Although on occasion we are over at the silver bullet but mostly drink at copper rail in Brighton, my house or my buddy's shop

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

I drink at copper rail from time to time. We should get together for beers soon.

[ANADRILL]

I'd' be down to start up a beer night once a month...

[Tinelement]

Not to be a smart ass as earlier!

Im planning a move to the city next spring summer. I'd be down for meeting up for a tour or 2!

Also enjoy meeting members!!

[KevDen2005]

I often partake of some adult beverages at the 120th and Colorado Blvd. location.

Man, I used to hang at that location all the time. The good ole days.

[RonMexico]

What did you come up with Ray? I started one and then realized that I'd rather just find new stuff to try at my local liquor store than pay the inflated prices at Old C's.

The first beer tour cost roughly $550. Each tour after cost $475. Now old cs has a great happy hour from 3-6 and beers are 1$ off drafts. So you can possibly complete a beer tour for around 400$. Currently you can win food if you play a football contest called beat the leader each week.

[RonMexico]

I'd' be down to start up a beer night once a month...

We need have a monthly range day and later that night we need to have a beer night

[Circuits]

The first beer tour cost roughly $550. Each tour after cost $475. Now old cs has a great happy hour from 3-6 and beers are 1$ off drafts. So you can possibly complete a beer tour for around 400$. Currently you can win food if you play a football contest called beat the leader each week.

Once you've hit your VIP status (10th tour), you can drink any beers you want, and they all count the same. Prior to that 10th, you were supposed to drink 110 different beer (numbers) per tour, so couldn't avoid the expensive imports.

Anyhoo, back in the day, you also got your beer for happy hour price all the time, which was $2.00, later $2.49 a pint, so once you'd hit your 10th tour, you could drink your favorite domestic swill pretty cheaply, to the tune of $220 per tour before 2005, and you also got kickbacks in the form of "foamer bucks", in the amount of about $50 per tour, so the total cost of each tour beyond your 10th was closer to $170, and the beer was cheaper there than almost any other place in town.

Since then, cutbacks and changes to the tour system have doubled or tripled the per-tour cost, and diluted the benefits VIP status brings you - which is why I pretty much only do the mini tours now, and drink elsewhere (like with buddies at home) instead of buying $5 pints at OC.

[Eggysrun]

I've had too many bad experiences at OC. One time I was there for hockey playoffs, OC was the only bar in COS playing canadian games and I'm a big Canadiens fan. I had my jersey and hat on, ordered a beer at the bar and then moved to a table for a better view of the TV. I ordered a calzone and it wasn't until I realized the game was over and I never got my food. Never saw my waitress. I got a gift card card after complaining about it, where I spent the next playoff game at another OC location in downtown COS which was the total opposite experience. Stayed at the bar, got my food and the bar tender was friendly and engaging. Another time at the FOCO location on Timberline I ordered a beer at the bar, they weren't terribly busy but more than 10 minutes later did my beer finally arrive and then another time my wife ordered a drink which was clearly mixed wrong and instead of fixing the mistake the bartender ended up coming over and started an argument with my wife. I don't know what it is with the bartenders in FOCO at OC but they're a bunch of douch bags.

Mayor of Old town is my go to bar in Fort Collins, 100 good beers on tap. OC needs more microbrews.