While visiting Colorado, there are two free and completely opposite “liquid” tours that sound interesting and would be fun for the family.

On the “dry” side, the Celestial Seasonings tea factory is located in Boulder, Colorado. Celestial Seasonings was founded in 1969 by a group of young entrepreneurs who felt their flavorful, all-natural herbal teas could help people live healthier lives. They harvested fresh herbs from the Rocky Mountains by hand, dried, blended and packaged them in hand-sewn muslin bags to be sold at local health food stores. Today, Celestial Seasonings is the largest specialty tea manufacturer in North America.

This is also the world’s most advanced tea production plant and you can see first-hand how the ingredients become your favorite Celestial Seasonings teas. The free 45-minute tours leave on the hour and it’s always a good idea to arrive well ahead of the tour you wish to take. For safety reasons, children under 5 years of age are not permitted on the factory portion of the tour. Tea lovers will also have a chance to enjoy free samples of every tea Celestial Seasonings makes, browse the gift shops and grab lunch in their cafe.

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The “wet” Coors Beer Tour (now MillerCoors) in Golden, Colorado is for anyone who enjoys a good beer as well as those who just want to see how the largest single-site brewery in the world operates. Coors was founded in 1873 by Adolph Coors and can brew up to 22 million barrels annually. That is a lot of beer and I remember skiing Colorado in the 1970′s when Coors Beer was not only a cult item but also a sign of status and visitors would take home a six-pack or two.
Visitors can take a free 30-minute tour of the brewery highlighting Coors’ malting, brewing and packaging processes. Visit the “fresh beer room” at the end of the tour where visitors can sip a cold sample and rest on ice-cube benches in a refrigerated room. Doesn’t that sound like fun? Coors samples are only given to those who are 21 or older with a valid ID and guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Of course Coors has a gift shop that will allow you to buy enough Coors logo’d items to brand your body and home into eternity.

Two different but both free tours that could be easily added to a Denver, Colorado vacation. Have fun…