The Great American Beer Festival begins this Thursday and while it's THE big event in town, it's not the only one. So if you missed getting tickets this year, don't sweat it. The Denver Beer Fest continues this weekend and will provide you with all the beer drinking entertainment you need including a beer brunch at the Cheeky Monk on Saturday morning complete with beer mimosas! Plus the Falling Rock Tap House over on Blake Street will be serving up special brews throughout the weekend (I know I cannot wait to try New Belgium's La Folie on tap) and Flying Dog is hosting it's second annual free FBAG party on Friday just down the road in the warehouse that used to house their brewery. Cleary you don't need GABF tickets to have a good time this weekend, you'll just have more fun if you do!
Thursday, September 24th
- Avery Tap Room - Voltron & Hot For Sammy, 11:00am
- Great American Beer Festival, 5:30pm - 10:00pm
- Koningshoeven Tasting @ Cheeky Monk, 7:00pm
- Rhythm and Brews @ Paramount Cafe, 10:00pm - 2:00am
- Collaborate Evil Tasting @ GABF, 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Collaborate Evil is an effort between 9 brewers to take a common theme and put their own individual spin on it. This year the theme is a Belgian Strong Pale and all 9 brewers will be presenting their versions at Thursday's GABF session. The participants include Valley Brewing, Sacramento Brewing, Fatheads Brewery and Grill, Flossmoor Station, Oakshire Brewing, Silver Peak Brewing, Lucky Bucket Brewing Co., FiftyFifty Brewing, and Speakeasy Brewing Co.
- World Brewer's Forum @ Denver Marriot City Center, 8:00pm - 12:00am
- Boulder Beer Meet the Brewer @ Crown Plaza, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
- Boulder Beer Tapping Party @ Falling Rock, 3:00pm
- Ommegang Brewers @ Argonaut Liquor, 3:00pm - 7:00pm
- Stone Brewing Tapping @ Falling Rock Upstairs, 10:00pm
- Shelton Brother's Tasting @ Falling Rock Downstairs, 10:00pm ($20 per person)
- Jewbilation Bar-Mitzvah @ Falling Rock, 11:00pm
Friday, September 25th
- Avery Tap Room - Sour Cherry Mephistopheles Stout & Moloch, 11:00am
- Great American Beer Festival, 5:30pm - 10:00pm
- Stone Brewing Meet & Greet @ City O' City, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Beer Advocate Social @ Great Divide Tap Room, 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Denver Rare Beer Tasting @ Wynkoop Brewery, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Firkin Friday - Cask Conditioned Dale's Pale Ale @ Oskar Blues, 5:00pm
- Oktoberfest @ Larimer Square, 5:00pm - 1:00am
- Lay the Foundation Lunch @ TAG Restaurant, 12:30pm ($55 per person)
- Achouffe Brewery Meet the Brewer @ Cheeky Monk, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Odell Meet the Brewer Lunch @ Govnr's Tavern, 11:00am - 1:00pm ($5 per person)
- St. Feuillien Celebration @ Cheeky Monk, 7:00pm
- Blues, Brews, & BBQ @ Paramount Cafe, 10:00pm - 2:00am
- Three Course Beer Dinner @ WaterCourse Foods, All Day ($52.80 for two)
- Flying Dog Brats & Gonzo (FBAG) Party @ Flying Dog Warehouse, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
The 2nd Annual FBAG party include free beer samples, free brats, and free live music. Did I mention it was free? Flying Dog will also be tapping their 20th anniversary beer for the first time for free!
- Sierra Nevada Kill-A-Keg @ Falling Rock, 12:00pm
- Sierra Nevada Estate Tapping @ Falling Rock, 12:30pm
- Meet Chris Brouwaerts from La Chouffe @ Falling Rock, 1:0pm
- Left Hand/Terrapin Depth Charge Espresso Milk Stout Cask Tapping @ Falling Rock, 2:00pm
- Up Your Reinheitsgebot: An Evening of Impure & Illicit Beers @ Falling Rock, 10:00pm
Dogfish Head, Avery, Allagash, and New Belgium will be pouring exotic beers that plead the 5th on the German Purity Law of 1517.
Saturday, September 26th
- Avery Tap Room - Straight Outta Hell, 11:00am
- Great American Beer Festival - Early Session, 12:30pm - 4:30pm
- Great American Beer Festival - Late Session, 5:30pm - 10:00pm
- Oktoberfest @ Larimer Square, 11:00am - 1:00am
- Flying Dog Beer Dinner @ Brauns Bar & Grill, 6:30pm ($35.95 per person)
- GABF After-Party @ Govnr's Park, 10:00pm - 2:00am
- Breakfast with The Bruery @ Cheeky Monk, 9:30am - 11:30am
- Gastropub Tour of Denver, 1:00pm - 4:00pm ($99 per person)
- Annual GABF Tasting with Dr. Bill @ Falling Rock, 9:00pm ($20 per person)
From Dr. Bill:
For those of you who haven't attended my previous events we ask for a $20 contribution to help pay for the beers we will order from Chris and to tip out the service staff. Also feel free to bring beers you may want to share. That being said I will be pouring over 100 rare and exotic offerings. A few teasers would be; LA Duck Duck Gooze, Santa's Little Helper aged in Bourbon barrels, Angel's Share, Cuvee de Tomme, RR Temptation, Consecration, Deviation, Bottleworks 10th Anniversary, The Bruery Papier, Alesmith BA Speedway, etc., etc., etc..
- La Chouffe Brewers @ Argonaut Liquor, 3:00pm - 7:00pm
- Boulevard Smokestack Beers @ Falling Rock, 4:00pm
- New Belgium Rarities @ Falling Rock, 10:00pm
Falling Rock will be pouring some of New Beglium's harder to find beers including Love, La Folie, Transatlantic Kriek, La Fleur Misseur & Le Terroir
Sunday, September 27th
- Avery Tap Room - Holy Trinity Day, 11:00am
Avery has just the cure for your post-GABF blues. More beer! They'll have their entire line of Holy Trinity beers on tap (Hog Heaven, Salvation, The Reverend) plus oak barrel aged and Brettanomyces versions!
- Oktoberfest @ Larimer Square, 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Coors Brewmaster @ Bridgewater Grill
- Beer Festival Exchange Fair @ Cheeky Monk
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