Yesterday marked my one year anniversary since my first post. A lot has changed since the beginning 
For those that joined recently, here is a recap of the last year.
Recap
~Top Recipes~
Cocunut-Pumpkin Bread
Grapefruit Scones
Zuchinni Bread (Gluten-free)
Thumbprint Cookies
Nutella Beer Pudding
For more tasty recipes see the recipes page.
~Restaurant and Brewery Reviews~
Great Divide
Vine Street Pub
D Bar
Renegade
For more restaurant reviews see the restaurants page.
~Hiking Adventures~
Mount Bierstadt
Mount Democrat
Grays Peak
Mount Massive
La Plata Peak
Quandary Peak
Torreys Peak
~Travel~
Aspen, Colorado
Columbus, Ohio
Durango, Colorado
Minneapolis, Minnesota
San Antonio, Texas
The Sand Dunes, Colorado
~Awards~
All the awards have been greatly appreciated! Thank you to all who have nominated me for these lovely awards. As a new blogger these make you feel like you’re right at home
Beautiful Blogger
Blog of the Year Award 2012
Kreativ Blogger
Liebster Blog
One Lovely Blog
Sunshine Award
The Verstile Blogger
Very Inspiring Blogger
To all the new and the “old” (old as in time not age!) followers, I want all of you to know how much I appreciate all the support!! Each new comment, visitor, and like gives me a huge smile 
As a thanks to all my followers, I am giving away two personally engraved pint glasses. Who wants one? Simply comment after you do 1, 2, and/or all 3 of the following:
1. “Like” Lilly Sue’s Bites and Brews on Facebook (or tell me if you already do)
2. “Follow” Lilly Sue @lillysues on twitter (or tell me if you already do).
3. Leave me a comment with your favorite type of glass to drink from
Though I love all my pint glasses and awesome beer mugs I would say drinking from a mason jar is my favorite! I love my milk, beer and everything else in a mason jar. I think it just tastes better
The two lucky winners will be announced late this week!! While you enter to win, I am off snowboarding! 
Music For Your Ears:
Since the theme of this post is remembering the last year, this is my favorite song from 2012 and favorite song I have shared with all of you. So here it is again
~Man on Fire by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Happy anniversary! I am jealous of all your hiking!
I like to drink from iced tea glasses, but I’m not really particular.
Happy blogiversary! I know it’s a little belated but I know it’s a big deal and you should be thrilled
plus you have awesome taste in incredi Bly boutique beers and I think it may be your calling some day in the not too far future!
Thank you
Hi Lilly Sue, my first time here and had a great time browsing through…I love your white rascal shrimp pasta…looks delicious! Will be back to check out the rest of your blog when I am free…working right now:P
Thank you for stopping by! The shrimp pasta turned out really well! I hope you will stop in again soon
Congrats on the anniversary, my favorite would any cup that will hold my beverage.
Ha ha that sounds good
thank you!
Congratulations on your one year anniversary! Very exciting
Thank you Carla Sue!
A margarita glass… because it usually has a margarita in it.
I followed you on WordPress, Facebook, and Twitter!
Ha ha thanks Mary! Love margarita as well
yum!
oh i’m a tried and true redneck to my heart, so drinkin from mason jars is my favorite glass of choice…they just feel right in my hand…congrats on one year…best wishes for many years to come….sarah
Ha ha love that Sarah! Thanks for commenting
Congrats! Love your writing. Good luck for the next year!
Thank you!
Congratulations on your blog’s 1st Anniversary. Looking forward to seeing what you’ve in store for year no. 2.
Thank you!!
Congrats from one of your old followers (time AND age…haha). Daughter and I will hopefully do one of those hikes this summer that you’ve posted about. After spending the past 4 months RVing the desert southwest, I’d say my fav cup has to be a red solo cup (with the song playing in the background of course). We’ll be back in CO soon and it’ll be back to a nice stemmed wine glass
ha ha I love that! When you are out roughing it, any cup is nice
Happy Anniversary! Congrats on a great year of blogging!
Thank you so much!
Congrats! Yay you:-) It’s been fun learning about new brews. And Man on Fire does indeed rock.
Thanks Liz!! It has been fun following you as well
Thanks for all your wonderful comments! Man on Fire IS amazing! It is beautiful and inspiring 
Congratulations!!! An excellent post. I am looking forward to following your adventures in the coming year….
Thank you! Glad
Congratulations on one year of blogging- that’s no small accomplishment! Since I just started following, it’s fun to see all that you’ve been up to this past year!!
Thank you Heather! I am glad you started following
It doesn’t feel like it has been a whole year already!
Congrats – how exciting – love reading your blog posts! Here’s to another year of adventures:) Happy Tuesday
Thank you so much!!
Thanks for all your comments! I love them!
Congrats on the one year anniversary! Love the video, such a great song and it’s my hood!! I too love drinking out of mason jars, you’re right for some reason it just tastes better.
Thank you! I love this song…so beautiful! Mason jars are awesome
Thanks for commenting!
What a busy gal you have been!! Such fun stuff.
Thanks Uncle Ed!
You and I will be busy again with 14ers soon
I am excited!
Great work and congrats on the 1 year anniversary!
Thanks Tristan!