So that you, too, may have somewhere to go and something to do, I'm going to share with you all of the events related to American Craft Beer Week going on in Colorado, from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs.
Monday, May 16th 2011
Denver
- Bull & Bush: Tapping a keg of Funky Cougar for the very first time. Sour beer aged in wine barrels.
- Euclid Hall: Visit by a local brewery (still unannounced)
- Freshcraft: Oskar Blues will be hosting a "BBQ with a Brewer." Several special Oskar Blues beers will be present as well as BBQ made with Oskar Blues sauces, and a raffle for OB gear.
- Great Divide: Special tapping of a secret beer.
- Paramount Cafe: Meet the Brewer with Avery Brewing
- Strange Brewing Company: A dollar off all pints, all three of their barleywines will be on tap.
- Avery Brewing Company: Homebrew & Bottle Collector Support Group. Bring a bottle of homebrew or something you've hoarded and share with everyone else. Undoubtedly some rare beers will be present.
- Twisted Pine: $2 pints all night
- Odell Brewing Company: The release of the ACBW collaboration beer, which nine breweries in the Fort Collins metro collaborated on. Sure to be spectacular.
Tuesday, May 17
Denver
- Big Beer Crawl: check out Big Beer Crawl for more info. Join the Denver Pedal Bar on a pedal-powered journey through Downtown Denver, making stops at several awesome watering holes known for their craft beer enthusiasm!
- Cheeky Monk: Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. They'll be tapping a a keg of Odell Friek (holy yum!), and will have a Belgian Chocolate Fountain to accompany the beer!
- City O' City: Tapping a Left Hand Wake Up Dead firkin
- Euclid Hall: Visit by Crabtree Brewing
- Great Divide: Live music by Ian Cooke
- Paramount Cafe: Meet the Brewer with Dry Dock Brewing (one of my personal favorites)
- Strange Brewing: A dollar off all pints, all three of their barleywines on tap
- Avery Brewing Company: Sisterhood of the Hop meeting. Pink Boots Society Fundraiser, $10 admission.
- Bristol Brewing Company: Ladies Only Intro to Craft Beer Styles tasting and food pairing. Tickets are $20 each, and will include food catered by Blue Sage Catering. A great intro to craft beer, covering ingredients, processes, and flavors, as well as food pairing tips.
Denver
- Amato's Ale House: Firkin Fest!!! A Breckenridge Brewery firkin and Left Hand firkin will each be tapped.
- Breckenridge Ballpark Pub: $3 flights of 3 beers
- Bull & Bush: A tapping of The Legend of Liquid Brain Imperial Stout (just the name makes me want to try it!), aged 2 and a half years in a Pappy Van Winkle 23yr barrel.
- Euclid Hall: Visit by Boulevard Brewing (awesome)
- Great Divide: Beer and Salumi tasting (yes, salumi)
- Paramount Cafe: Great Divide beers on special all night
- FreshCraft: Great Divide Night (every Wednesday): Great Divide specials, beer cocktails, and special beer releases
- Strange Brewing: Special tapping of Double Take Imperial IPA, with live music by Lizzie Huffman and Black Dots, and food by Hops & Pie from 5pm-close
- Odell Brewing Company: Firkin tapping, with live music from 4pm to 6pm
- Twisted Pine: Keep the Pint Glass Night
- Sushi Tora Beer Dinner with Avery Brewing Company
Denver
- Breckenridge Ballpark Pub: Special first tapping of Trademark Tripel, their newest small batch beer. A Belgian version of their Trademark Pale Ale.
- Cheeky Monk: Beer vs Wine dinner. Beer and wine pairings with each of four courses, you decide which is the best.
- Euclid Hall: Visit by Stone Brewing (!)
- Great Divide: Hop Disciples meeting. A monthly meeting of those devoted to the hop, a discussion about all things beer with the brewers of Great Divide.
- Paramount Cafe: Odell specials all night
- Strange Brewing Company: One year anniversary, special tapping of 151 Our Anniversary Belgian Triple. Featuring Stueben's Food Truck and live music by the Colorado Goat Ropers Guild 5pm - close.
- Odell Brewing Company: A free beer and food education panel, limited to the first 30 participants
- Avery Brewing Company: The Society for the Pursuit of Hoppiness; Barrel-Aged Beer Seminar and Tasting ($15 for Society members, $40 for new members)
Denver
- Bull & Bush: Keg tapping of Bull & Bush Abt 12 Belgian-Style Trappist Ale
- FreshCraft: Avery Tap Room Takeover! All 15 taps will be pouring Avery beers including several hard to find and one-off beers! This is where I'll be. No doubt about it.
- Great Divide: Special keg tapping TBA
- Paramount Cafe: New Belgium beers all on special
- Strange Brewing: FREE gourmet pizza from Hops & Pie, live music from the Black Dots
- Dry Dock Brewing: Firkin Friday, this time it's Hop-eration: Geronimo - a BIG IPA dry-hopped with Centennial
- Avery Brewing Company: Dihos Dactylion tapping! ($10/10oz pour)
Denver
- Cheeky Monk: Keep the Glass Night- welcoming De Halve Maan from Bruges Belgium
- Paramount Cafe: Colorado Craft Day! Specials on several Colorado craft beers.
- Strange Brewing: Rolling happy hour with a different beer $1 off each hour, live Reggae music all night, and Kona Grill providing the eats
- Wynkoop: United Tastes of Belgium: showcasing the best Belgian-style beers from CO and the US, with chocolate and cheese pairings. Tickets ate $30 beforehand, $35 at the door, and include tastes of a long and very good list of breweries contributing.
- Avery Brewing Company: Cellar Day at Avery - Cellar beers, individually priced (very cool)
- Twisted Pine: Food and Beer pairing
- Odell Brewing Company: Hiveranno, New American Wild Ale release party. The newest beer in their Single Serve series.
Should be mucho awesome-o for those that have the time and the means to check these events out! Thanks to Denver Off the Wagon (denveroffthewagon.com) for a lot of this list. I still typed it all myself, though!
Cheers!
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