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Golden Celebrates: Sells Beer...on Sunday

(07 July 2008 - Golden, CO) Residents of Golden awoke to early morning thunder, hissing winds, roaring waters and the smoky smell of...BBQ?!... as Coloradans from all over the state congregated at the entrance of the Coors complex to wash out the bitter taste of a decades-old “blue law”. The heart of town pounded harder as thousands of beer fans flooded over fences and makeshift camps sprung up all over the Coors' yards.

As the air cleared and the sounds of rolling kegs, popping tops and pouring drafts reverberated all over town, Golden's mood turned festive as much of Jefferson County streamed in to join the party.

As she opened for business this morning, liquor store owner, Carlotta "Lotta" Sudtz (nee Kurtzbier) bubbled, "Come on in! Our refrigerators are bursting with ice-cold beer just itching to be bought!"

"I am so proud of our state legislature for bringing back a local tradition today!" she responds to our how are you today. "I remember walking into town with my papa and granpappy early Sunday mornings and helping them open the soda fountain...that's what the store was during Prohibition, you know." Laughs Sudtz, 94, "Now, my grandkids can say the same. This morning, we all rode on down here together to open the store."

Her grandchildren, Kremina "Kreami" and Helvin "Heavy" Fohm, store manager and accountant, respectively, mention that Kurtzbeir's Liquors, originally an outpost in the late 1850s, has been 8 different businesses including a western cabaret, but has always been in the family.

We thanked the Beirfolk, as they're affectionately known in town, for their hospitality and bought a 6-pack or three for the road. Bottoms Up!

Buh-bye Blue Law

PARTY FOUL! The gang is coming over to watch the game and you forgot to restock the brewskies!

DAMMIT! You're having the the in-laws over for Sunday brunch and want to impress them with Mimosas, but your bubbly is flat!

BUMMER DUUDE! Your buds are coming over to listen to your new PHISH tapes, but Mountain Sun doesn't sell growlers on Sundays!

NO SCORE! That hot chick from the library finally took you up on your offer to make her dinner and you have no Chianti?

No Worries. Now, you can get your...
Spirits, schwill, sauce, red-eye, rotgut, liquor, juice, hooch, hard stuff, booze, adult beverage, alcohol
...on Sundays!

Never again, will a spontaneous Sunday afternoon picnic in the park leave you with that "oh, if only we had more mojitos" feeling. Go ahead and put off your alcohol shopping 'til tomorrow because last minute Saturday night trips to the liquor store just went bottom shelf in Colorado.