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Florence Brewing ~ Florence, Colorado


First visit: Feb 2023

On our way home from Westcliffe, I wanted to spend some time in Florence, a town we've only driven through in the past. Typically we would take a circle tour through Canon City on the way back. Apparently Florence is known as an antique shop capital of sorts. They're not kidding. We walked casually down Main Street and stopped at just about every one. Not a deal in sight - everything is an x factor higher than it should be. Mrs. RJG is an antique shop expert and she walked out empty handed from every store, which never happens. She's very generous, but not that generous. I have a smaller scope of items I look for - with records being foremost. Only in the last shop did I found two for my collection at an excellent price. It seemed the seller got in a new box and just wanted to move them. We still need to go back and finish all the stores, not that we have our hopes up for any great finds though. Instead of Westcliffe, we'll just go here and Canon City to give it focus. There's also a lot of great looking restaurants we want to try.

After doing that activity for at least 2 hours, we built up a mighty thirst. The primary reason for my wanting to go to Florence was to try the brewery, the antiquing was a bonus activity. Florence has at least two historical streets, and Florence sits on the back one (Front St). No matter, all the locals know this place, because it was jam packed! We each were looking for something to quench our thirst, so she got the blonde ale and I had an Irish red. Delicious and refreshing. Fortunately there's a back room where we could sit and relax without the crowds. There was also outdoor seating, and on this warm winter day, that would have been OK too. All in all a perfect end to a great day.

2/4/23 (new entry)

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