No tickets to the 2015 Great American Beer Festival? Sessions alone not enough beer for you? Here’s a roundup of some of the amazing craft beer events around Denver during the week of GABF.
Sept. 21, 2015
Sour Monday GABF Kickoff
7:00pm
On Draft:
New Belgium NBB Love Aged in Leopold Apple Whiskey Barrels
New Belgium NBB Love Aged in Leopold Peach Whiskey Barrels
Trinity Apricot/Peach Red Swingline
Perennial Peach Berliner weisse
Crooked Stave Nightmare on Brett
Avery III Dolia
Cascade Apricot (2014)
Dock Ambassador
* As always, beer is subject to change.
Sept. 22, 2015
The Split EP – A Beer Dinner
Rebel Restaurant (map)
7:00pm – 9:30pm
Kick off your GABF week with Rebel Restaurant, Ratio Beerworks and TRVE Brewing. The Split EP Beer Dinner will feature 6 courses, each paired with 2 beers, one from each brewery. Be ready for a killer night of punk, metal, and delicious things to put in your mouth. It’s gonna be a ripper, so get your tickets here.
Cheeky Monk Anniversary and GABF Kickoff Party
Cheeky Monk (map)
7:00pm
Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Café will celebrated their anniversary with special tappings from the Bruery, Coronado Brewing, and Firestone Walker.
Great Divide Brewing x New Holland Brewing
A special night with Great Divide Brewing, and New Holland Brewing at Freshcraft.
On Draft:
New Holland Carhartt Woodsman
New Holland Dragons Milk
New Holland 2013 Incorrigible Reserve
Great Divide 2007 Yeti
Great Divide Strawberry Rhubarb Sour
Great Divide Showdown Rye IPA
Sept. 23, 2015
CSA Portfolio Tasting
Hops & Pie (map)
11:30am
Tappings and pourings throughout the day from Crooked Stave, Jester King, Bell’s (The Wild One – Double Two Hearted!), Perennial, Almanac, Breakside, Fremont, Ale Apothecary, Greenbench, Melvin, Jackie O’s, Two Roads, Westbrook, Evil Twin, Cascade, Societe, Creature Comforts, Boneyard.
3920 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO | 303-477-7000 | hopsandpie.com
Ninkasi at Lucky Pie
Lucky Pie Pizza and Tap House (map)
Enjoy tappings of Ground Control Imperial Stout, Lux Lager and TriceraHops DIPA from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
1610 16th Street, Denver, CO | (303) 825-1021
Barrel Aged Beer (Cellar Tasting)
5:00pm, 6:00pm, 7:00pm, and 8:00pm
50 unique firkins for your enjoyment as you wander through the brewery to sample all of them. Be a part of history, be a part of the fun and chaos of this popular event!
Ticket price includes unlimited sampling of the 50 Firkins from 7pm – Midnight. Last call is at 11:45pm. Food and Souvenir t-shirts sold separately. Must be 21+, must have valid photo ID (non-expired: passports, military ID, driver’s license or state issued ID cards).
Upslope Ultra Rare Tap Takeover
7:00pm
Upslope Brewing will be joining Freshcraft to celebrate GABF week.
On draft:
Upslope Craft Lager
Upslope Irish Ale – Pro Am Entry
Upslope Dragonfly Coffee Dubbel
Upslope 6th Anniversary
Upslope x Half Acre Collaboration Leachy IPA
Offensively Delicious
Oriental Theater (map)
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Join the masterminds of comedy and craft beer for the 2nd year of Offensively Delicious. Renegade Brewing has collaborated with Sexpot Comedy to invite 10 breweries and four comedians to participate in one of the most unique events in the industry. 2 hours of unlimited sampling from Renegade, Breckenridge, Epic, Telluride, Fort Collins, Ommegang, New Holland, Lakefront, Lagunitas, and Shmaltz Brewing. At 8:00, guests will be encouraged to grab a full pour (3 full pours with event admission) to sip throughout the show. The comedy show kicks off at 8:00 with a representative from each brewery performing 2-3 minutes of stand-up. The laughs continue with local comedians Andy Juett, Sam Talent, and Adam Cayton-Holland. The show reaches its climax with headliner Kyle Kinane.
BONUS! If you’re heading to Offensively Delicious, you might as well also stop at Hops & Pie, a short ten minute walk from Oriental Theater, where you’ll find an obscene number of special tappings this day, including Double Two Hearted from Bell’s!
Sept. 24, 2015
Sun King Exclusive Tapping
Hops & Pie (map)
11:30am
Hops & Pie presents exclusive tappings of Sung King Brewery from Indianapolis, featuring Grapefruit Jungle, Velour Soccer Mom, Indy Weiss, Velvet Fog, Afternoon Delight, and P-Funk
3920 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO | 303-477-7000 | hopsandpie.com
Barrel Aged Hammer & Sickle Tapping
Renegade Brewing (map)
3:00pm
Barrel aged iteration of Hammer & Sickle, one of our favorite Russian Imperial Stouts? Hell yes! 3:00pm to 10:00pm at Renegade Brewing.
925 W 9th Ave, Denver, CO | 720-401-4089 | renegadebrewing.com
Casey Brewing & Blending x Side Project Brewing
4:00pm
A special afternoon at Freshcraft, with Casey Brewing & Blending and Side Project Brewing, two of the countries best sour, funky, and wild beer producers.
On Draft:
Casey Brewing & Blending Apricot Fruit Stand
Casey Brewing & Blending Montmorency cherry Fruit Stand
Casey Brewing & Blending Blackberry Fruit Stand
Side Project Marietta
Side Project Pulling Nails
Side Project Saison Du Ble
Plus bottles of:
Casey Brewing & Blending Casey Family Preserve Cherry
Casey Brewing & Blending Oak Theory
Casey Brewing & Blending Biere De Garde
Side Project Derivation
Side Project Black & Wild
Side Project Fencerow
Ska Brewing x Telluride Brewing
10:00pm
Join Telluride Brewing and Ska Brewing at Freshcraft. And wear your spirit animal shirt!
On Draft:
Ska x Freshcraft FreSKA IPA
Ska Mandorino
Ska Anniversary
Ska Mexican Logger
Telluride Russell Kelly
Telluride Fishwater Project
Telluride FreakyFish
Telluride Wet Hopped
Sept. 25, 2015
Casey Brewing & Blending
Hops & Pie (map)
Casey Brewing & Blending will be pouring The Cut Series: Montgomerency, Fruit Stand Series: Apricot, The Low End, and Biere de Garde
3920 Tennyson Street, Denver, CO | 303-477-7000 | hopsandpie.com
Boulevard Brewing x Cigar City Brewing
4:00pm
Freshcraft tapping with Boulevard Brewing and Cigar City Brewing.
On Draft:
Boulevard x Cigar City Collaboration #5
Boulevard Rye on Rye
Boulevard Black Pale Ale
Boulevard Tank 7
Boulevard Belgian Style IPA
Cigar City Pilot Series Gose
Cigar City Tocobaga Red Ale
Cigar City Florida Cracker Belgian White
Cigar City Keith Howard’s Smoked Maibock
Tap Takeover at World of Beer
World of Beer, Cherry Creek (map)
7:00pm
Fifteen minutes from downtown Denver, you’ll find World of Beer, with an ipressive list of tappings from Crooked Stave, Jester King, Bell’s, Perennial, Breakside, Omnipollo, Fremont, Gigantic, Societe, Cascade, Creature Comforts, Boneyard, Crux, Prairie, Almanac.
660 S Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO | 303-757-0506
Stone Brewing x Green Flash Brewing x Ballast Point Brewing
10:00pm
San Diego invades Freshcraft, with Stone Brewing, Green Flash Brewing, and Ballast Point Brewing.
On Draft:
Ballast Point Even Keel
Ballast Point Sour Wench (Blackberry ale)
Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
Stone Winter Harvest (aged in white wine barrels with stone farms merlot grapes)
Stone Barrel-Aged Brown Ale (with balaton sour cherries)
Stone Mixtape Ale VOL 12 – Rhymes with e-bag IPA
Green Flash Divine Frumento (Bourbon Barrel Aged Trippel)
Green Flash Soul Style
Green Flash Super Freak (Belgian IPA in Red Wine Barrels)
Sept. 26, 2015
Odell Brewing Company x Firestone Walker Brewing
4:00pm
Odell and Firestone Walker at Freshcraft.
On Draft:
Odell Myrcenary
Odell x Freshcraft Collaboration Up All Night Triple IPA
Odell Oak Haven Bourbon Barrel Peach IPA
Odell Russian Pirate
Firestone Walker Sloambic
Firestone Walker Helldorado
Firestone Walker Sour Opal
Firestone Walker Easy Jack
Surly Brewing Company
7:00pm
On Draft:
Surly Cacao Bender
Surly Todd The Axeman
Surly Darkness
Surly Nein
plus a few special treats if we kick some kegs!
Plus cans of:
Cynic
Furious
Bender
Overrated
Hell
Coffee Bender
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe and Robert Randolph at Ogden Theatre
Ogden Theatre (map)
9:00pm
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe and Robert Randolph are playing at Ogden Theatre, staring at 9:00pm. Tickets are available for sale through AXS, but Breckenridge Brewery will be giving away 500 tickets throughout the week at special events. For information on ticket giveaways, keep an eye on the brewery’s social media @breckbrew (insta & twitter) or go to www.breckbrew.com.