So, you've picked up a free and excellent -- if I do say so myself -- entertainment newspaper. You've checked out the stories. You've read the reviews. You've gotten some expert sex advice. What's a person to do after all that?

Find out where you can get more free (or almost free) stuff of course. I mean come on, let's keep this ball rolling. No sense pulling out any hard-earned cash yet. Just stay tuned to the inaugural episode of Low Cash Adventures and off you'll go!

To celebrate this momentous occasion I've decided to give you something to celebrate with -- namely, beer. And damn good beer at that. "What's that," you say? "I believe I heard you mention free and beer in the same article? Is this some sort of cruel joke?" Indeed it isn't, and I'm here to tell you how you too can enjoy free beer. There is only one downside included in the small print, and that's that you must be at least 21. (Sorry kids. It will come soon enough.)

As you may or may not know, Colorado has lots of breweries from the very large to the very small. As you may or may not know, pretty much every brewery has free tours and, as you may or may not know, a free tour ends with...yes, say it with me, free beer. Amen.

The Idea:

Have the bus take you to Colorado Springs and hit Back Alley Brewing. Tour and drink. Back on the bus for the trip to Denver and stops at Lonetree and Great Divide. Tour and drink. Back on the bus and off to Coors -- not quite as personal, and you'll have to take a tour bus to get from the parking lot to the tour, but it is Coors. Tour and drink. Back in the bus and off to Boulder/Longmont for stops at Avery and Left Hand/Tabernash. Tour and, yes, drink. If you can find the bus, get back in for the trip to Fort Collins. Hit H.C. Berger and New Belgium. You know what to do.

By now, if you have sampled one of every beer at about 5 oz. per sample, you will have consumed at least 260 oz. of beer. That's 21.66 beers for a total of $20 without factoring in any food or extra beers you may have brought on the bus. My guess is that you'll run out of room (or consciousness) before they run out of beers. If you don't like my little group of breweries, then just hit the Internet and create your own outing. Stay with the bus though if you can to maximize fun.

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The Details:

Back Alley Brewing
3200 N Stone Ave, Colorado Springs
719-520-1980
You can visit by making an appointment. They usually have about seven beers on tap.

Lonetree Brewing
375 E 55 Ave, Denver
303-297-3832
You can visit by making an appointment or go Friday between 3-8 PM when they are having their Friday Afternoon Club (pints $1.50). Of course if you are touring, you can taste any of about 13 beers and also one root beer.

Great Divide Brewing
2201 Arapahoe St, Denver
303-296-9460
You can visit by making an appointment and the brewery is open Monday-Friday 8- 5. They have six beers -- some on tap, some in bottle.

Avery Brewing
5763 Arapahoe Ave, Unit E, Boulder
303-440-4324
You can visit by making an appointment or go Saturday between 11 AM-5 PM. They are a little more informal and most of the beer will be from a bottle.

Left Hand & Tabernash
1265 Boston Ave, Longmont
303-772-0258
You can visit by making an appointment or go Saturday between 11 AM-5 PM. There are around nine beers on tap and each taste is about 4 oz.

H.C. Berger Brewing
1900 E Lincoln, Fort Collins
970-4493-9044
You can visit by making an appointment or go Saturday between 1-5 PM. They have ten beers to sample.

New Belgium Brewing
500 Linden St, Fort Collins
970-221-0524
Tours every weekday at 2 PM and Saturday every hour on the hour from 11 AM-4 PM. They usually have around six beers on tap and you get around 5 oz. of each.

Need more info? Try www.nd.edu/~ska-bat/beerplaces.html#C or www.beerlover.com/database/colorado.htm or www.nerc.com/~rclipson/colorado.html.