A year ago I started this facebook page because friends kept asking me… ‘What are you doing tonight for GABF?’, ‘Any good beer tapings happening?’ etc. I continue this year focusing on Denver’s breweries’ events and beer bar/restaurant happenings. Tons of events are happening in the coming week, in and around Denver, so I am listing the Denver highlights. I hope to see you out and about with a pint… drink up Denver… • Friday Sept 26 o Lowdown Brewery + Kitchen – 4pm - Barkelounger Session IPA Tapping o Lost Highway – 5pm – rumored to be open… check them out, enjoy a pint, and send a report. • Saturday Sept 27 o Falling Rock Tap House- noon - 4pm - Fresh Hop Festival o River North Brewery– 1pm - J. Maria (Tequila Barrel Aged), their signature farmhouse ale aged in artisan tequila barrels. o Fiction Beer Company– 2pm – Grand Opening – Colfax & Pontiac • Sunday Sept 28 o Black Sky Brewery – 11am-9pm - Black Sky Brewery 1 Year Anniversary Celebration with Frontier Natural Meats o Black Sky Brewery - Breck Sky Autumn Pumpkin Ale - Collaboration with Breckenridge Brewery o Hogshead Brewery - Oak Aged The Ella (not so) Ordinary Bitter - • Monday Sept 29 o Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – noon - tapping Blackberry Dark Origins. o Falling Rock Tap House - Upslope Brewing Southern Hemisphere Rye Pale Ale, River North Grand Unified Theory, Avery Brewing (TBD), Epic Brewing (TBD), New Belgium Brewing (TBD), Odell Brewing (TBD), Russian River (TBD o Strange Craft Beer Co - Barrel-Aged Strange Tail IPA o Barrels & Bottles Brewery – 5-10pm - Crooked Stave Distribution Tap Takeover o Metropolitan State University of Denver | Hospitality, Tourism and Events – 5.30-7.30pm - Ales, Lagers and Beyond: Tasting and Appreciating Beer o Freshcraft – 7pm - Breckenridge Brewing - On Draft will be: 471 Over the Moon, BA Cherry Oatmeal Stout, Mango Mosaic Pale Ale • Tuesday Sept 30 o Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – noon - tapping Surette Reserva, a dry-hopped Saison o Prost Brewing Company – noon-midnight - 3rd Annual Highlands Hog Roast @ Prost Brewing Company o Jagged Mountain – 2-10pm - Release of their Barrel-Aged First Decent Old Ale o Hops & Pie - its an all day tapping with Upslope Brewing. Upslope is bringing a full list of beers including: Pumpkin Ale, Oatmeal Stout, Summer Herbal Ale Gruit, Imperial Rye IPA, Blackberry Belgian Pale Ale and their collaboration with Hops & Pie - Plum Cardamom Saison. o Chain Reaction Brewing – Chain Smokin Stranger (collab with Black Sky) o Strange Craft Beer Co - Fresh-Hopped 1000 Barrels Imperial IPA, Heather’s Ale Fresh Hop IPA o Copper Kettle Brewing Company – 3-9pm - Pints for Purpose o Barrels & Bottles Brewery - 5-10pm - Shmaltz Brewing Co Tap Takeover o Renegade Brewing Co – 6pm - Rye Bourbon Bbl-aged Hammer & Sickle (Russian Imperial Stout) o Former Future Brewing Company – 7-9pm - Former Future Beer Pairing with Maria Empanada o Freshcraft – 7pm - New Belgium Brewing - On Draft will be: NBB Love Blackberry, Transatlantique Kriek, The Odd Couple, Fat Tire, Tour De Fall, Snapshot • Wednesday Oct 1 o Hops & Pie – 11.30am – till kegs are dry - Crooked Stave Artisans. There will be a variety of delicious rarities from Crooked Stave, Prairie, Perennial, Almanac, Breakside, Stillwater, Evil Twin, Jester King, Westbrook, Boneyard, 10 Barrel and Oakshire. o Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – noon - tapping Nightmare on Brett aged in Port Barrels. o Strange Craft Beer Co - Vanilla Rum Porter o Jagged Mountain – noon –late - Release of their Lunar Eclipse Imperial Stout o Chain Reaction Brewing Co - Dubble Trubble collaboration tapping with High Plains Tap House o Falling Rock Tap House - – 3pm Crooked Stave Artisanal Importers (CO) – 4pm Upslope (CO) – 9pm Ballast Point (CA) - 9:30pm (outside) Shelton Brothers Import Tapping – 10pm Cigar City (FL) – 11pm Schmaltz (NY) o Former Future Brewing Company – 4pm - Bourbon Barrel Prim & Porter Bottle Release o Renegade Brewing Co – 6pm – Tequila Bbl-aged Agave Pale Ale o Lannies Clocktower Cabaret – 7pm - Marty Jones Brew Night at Lannies Clocktower Cabaret o Freshcraft – 7pm - Upslope Brewing Company - On Draft will be: Fight Milk (Freshcraft Collaboration), Sour BPA, Pumpkin, Belgian Dark Strong, 2014 Pro AM entry • Thursday Oct 2 o Hops & Pie - 11:30am till the kegs kick - its a day with Sun King Brewing. Sun King is bringing: Afternoon Delight, Port Barrel Wee Mac, Hop Up Offa That Brett, Barrel Aged 666, Lonesome Dove, Whip Flight and others. o Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – noon - tapping Passion Party, a Golden Sour Ale with Passion Fruit. o Strange Craft Beer Co - GABF Firkin o Falling Rock Tap House - – 1pm Boulder Beer (CO) – 2pm Rogue (OR) – 3pm Lagunitas (CA) – 9:30pm (outside) Left Hand (CO) – 10 pm Ommegang (NY) – 10:30pm (outside) Green Flash (CA) – 11pm Cigar City (FL) o Freshcraft – 3pm - Elevation Beer Company - On Draft will be: Frontier MoJoe, Elevations Little Mo Porter aged for three months in Wyoming Whiskey Bourbon Barrels, with Mountain Phoenix Dark Roast Coffee. Made in Collaboration with Freshcraft, Elite Brands, and Wyoming Whiskey, this single-barrel release was designed as a one-time only special release especially for tapping during the Great American Beer Festival at Freshcraft. Aged in a fresh Bourbon Barrel picked up from Wyoming Whiskeys Kirby distillery this beer shows subtle notes of Bourbon, Coffee, and Chocolate. Express your inner John Wayne or Clint Eastwood and add a side car of Wyoming Whiskey!, 7437 DIPA, 8 Second Kolsch, Mustache Ride (PT Woods Distilling Barrel-Aged Apis IV) o Freshcraft – 7pm - Cigar City x Ska Brewing - On draft will be: Cigar City Invasion Pale Ale, Cigar City Lemongrass Ginger IPA, Cigar City 1 % Berliner Weise, Cigar City Hunahpus Imperial Stout, Ska Brewing Modus Hoperandi, Ska Brewing Collaboration Beer with Freshcraft - Down The Hatch, Ska Brewing Cru DEtat, Ska Brewing Hoperation Ivy o Denver Bicycle Cafe & Tap House – 10pm-2am - Denver Bicycle Cafe & Tap House Uptown GABF After Party o Euclid Hall – 10.45pm-1am - Avery Brewings Midnight Breakfast at Euclid Hall • Friday Oct 3 o Hops & Pie - 11:30am till the kegs kick with a day with Cigar City Brewing and SweetWater Brewing. Plenty of tasty brews from those 2 breweries plus some other kegs they have been hoarding. o Wynkoop Brewing Co. – noon-4pm - Beers Made By Walking - Each beer is a unique, drinkable portrait of the landscape. Now in its fourth year, the event showcases over 30 place-based beers to the countless beer lovers that have gathered in Denver for the Great American Beer Festival. o Jagged Mountain – noon-late - Release of their Whiskey Barrel-Aged Voodoo Goat Barleywine o Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – noon - tapping our Blueberry Sour, Blaeber of Love. o Falling Rock Tap House - – Noon Sierra Nevada (CA) Annual Kill A Keg. This event started when they noticed that we were pouring the season’s first keg of Harvest Ale really quickly. It started us thinking, just how fast could we pour a keg of beer? The rules are pretty simple: a 15.5gal keg, 1 person filling glasses out of one faucet. – 1pm Boulevard (MO) ) – 2pm New Holland (MI) – 3pm Anderson Valley (CA) – 4pm Epic (UT) – 9:30pm (outside) Taste of the Windy City – 10pm Stone (CA) – 10:30 (outside) Dogfish Head (DE) – 11pm Elevation (CO) – 11:30pm Epic (CO) o Freshcraft – 2pm - Odell Brewing x Boulevard Brewing – Silver Anniversary Release Party - Nowhere else on the planet will you be able to try the collaboration beer from these two amazing breweries. On Draft will be: Boulevard x Odell Collaboration: Silver Anniversary, Boulevard Hibiscus Gose, Boulevard Foeder Projekt #1, Ommegang Game Of Thrones: Valar Morghulis, Odell Friek, Odell Gramps Oatmeal Stout, Odell 180 Shilling (25th Anniversary) o Strange Craft Beer Co - Chain Smokin Stranger, and Choke Cherry Cream Ale o Freshcraft – 10pm - Stone Brewing x Green Flash Brewing - Stay Classy San Diego! - On Draft will be: Stone Enjoy By, Stone Go To, Stone Bourbon Barrel Arrogant Bastard, Stone Passion Project, Stone Wootstout 2.0, Green Flash Bourbon Barrel Aged Tripel, Green Flash Sour Blonde, Green Flash Hop Head Red, Green Flash Green Bullet, Green Flash East Village Pilsner • Saturday Oct 4 o The Lobby – 9am-3pm - Beermosa Brunch at The Lobby o Jagged Mountain – noon-late - Release of their Cognac Barrel-Aged Voodoo Goat Barleywine o Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project – noon - tapping LBrett dPeach, a Golden Sour Ale aged with peaches. o Strange Craft Beer Co - Dr. StrangeLove Vertical (12 & 13), plus a Watermelon Hefe. o Chain Reaction Brewing Co - collaboration tapping with Strange Craft Churn and Burn o Freshcraft – 4pm - Firestone Walker Brewing - On Draft will be: Firestone Walker Parabola, Firestone Walker Stickee Monkey, Firestone Walker Agrestic, Firestone Walker Lil Opal, Firestone Walker Pivo Pils o Falling Rock Tap House – – 4pm Avery (CO) – 9:30pm (outside) Odell (CO) – 10pm Firestone Walker (CA) – 10:30pm (outside) Sun King (IN) – 11pm New Belgium (CO) Always the Finale of Falling Rock’s GABF Week. o Freshcraft – 7pm - Surly Brewing - on Draft will be: Surly Darkness 2012, Surly Cultivate, Surly Damien, Surly Pentagram, Surly Cacao Bender. Plus Cans of: Surly Furious, Surly Coffee Bender, Surly Hell • Sunday Oct 5 o Station 26 Brewing Co. – 11am-3pm - Bluegrass Brunch at Station 26 Brewing Co. o Freshcraft – 11am - Brunch, and all the Water you can Drink!! - Brunch! Starting at 11am. Plus all the water you can drink! And let’s just run through some of these extra kegs! Our kitchen will be cooking up some amazing food. Dont miss this!
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 21:53:38 +0000
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