DG2C Event Calendar | April 2016

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Wine Fest Fort Collins

Friday April 1, 2016 at the Fort Collins Marriott Hotel
VIP Admission 6-10pm ~ General Admission 7-10pm
Private Wine Tasting 5-6pm

Wine Fest is Disabled Resource Services' main fundraising event. Disabled Resource Services empowers individuals with disabilities to achieve their maximum level of independence through services supporting advocacy, awareness and access to their community in Larimer and Jackson counties.

As Northern Colorado's best wine tasting benefit, Wine Fest has it all - great wine, beer, food,live music, a black jack table, 2 raffles, silent and live auctions, plus more

Tickets are available now!

www.winefestfc.org

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The Taste Of Vail

Taste of Vail showcases more than 30 of Vail's finest chefs and restaurateurs alongside the owners and winemakers from nearly 50 of the countries' top wineries.

March 30-April 2, 2016

Get your tickets and see all the events on their website.

www.tasteofvail.com

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Roaring Fork Beer Co 2 Year Birthday Bash!

THEY ARE TURNING TWO AND IT'S NOT TERRIBLE, SO LET'S CELEBRATE!

They are giving you TWO chances to celebrate! Are you an early bird? a late bird? or perhaps you want to do both!

Celebrate with them on Saturday April 2nd with the brunch or the evening session.

Tickets to both sessions are very limited.

BRUNCH SESSION
12P-3P

EVENING
5:30P-8:30P

**Tickets to each session must be purchased seperately. Limit of 4 tickets per order.

See their website to see what each session includes and to purchase you tickets.

roaringforkbeerco.com

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The Taste Of Vail

Taste of Vail showcases more than 30 of Vail's finest chefs and restaurateurs alongside the owners and winemakers from nearly 50 of the countries' top wineries.

March 30-April 2, 2016

Get your tickets and see all the events on their website.

www.tasteofvail.com

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Denver International Beer Competition- People's Choice Tasting

Omni Interlocken Resort - 500 Interlocken Blvd, Broomfield CO 80021
Saturday, April 2, 2016 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Denver International Beer Competition - a double-blind competition will take place on April 2-3, 2016 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado. More than 30 BJCP-certified beer judges will participate in this double-blind competition, and will be judging beers in more than 100 categories. Past judges have included internationally acclaimed brewers Keith Villa, Founder and Brewmaster of Blue Moon Brewing, and Bryan Selders, former brewer at Dog Fish Head Brewery, Founding Brewer and Partner at The Post Brewing Company.

Each year, America's most food-friendly beer competition receives an increasing number of entries from breweries in the USA and around the globe. Commercial breweries wishing to enter should visit DENVERBEERCOMP.COM for rules and entry forms. Being able to display medals won in a competition is a great way to enhance your promotional efforts, so submit your entry form today!

New! People's Choice Tasting
Saturday, April 2, 2016, 6 - 9 p.m. at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado
• Taste - 120 passionate beer lovers will have the opportunity to taste from a selection
of more than 150 beers from the 2016 DIBC.
• Eat - Light snacks and appetizers will be offered at the tasting.
• Vote - Attendees will be able to cast their votes for the favorite beers. These votes will be tabulated and used to determine "The People's Choice Awards (1st, 2nd & 3rd place).
Ticket Cost: $35 per person (Maximum 4 tickets per order)

beerfests.com

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Breckenridge Spring Beer Fest

Date: Saturday, April 9th, 2016
Time: 12-5 p.m.
Location: 100-200 Blocks of Ridge Street, Breckenridge CO, 80424
Tickets: Starting at $27.50 (will go on sale in early 2016)

Check their website for updated information, events scheduled for the day and get your tickets.

alwaysmountaintime.com

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Beer And Cupcake Pairing!

Beer and Cupcakes? Yes! It's a thing!

Join Saturday April 16th to indulge in mouth-watering pairings of sweets and suds. Colorado Coffee Merchants' baker, Stephanie Lyman, created four different cupcake recipes to complement the flavors of four of our favorite beers.

$15 gets you four small confections and four 4 oz. pours.

Saturday April 16th from noon until the cupcakes run out. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

Great Storm Brewing
719-266-4200
204 Mount View Lane, Unit 3, 80907

See their website for the list of pairing items.

www.greatstormbrewing.com

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Bacon And Beer Classic

Sports Authority Field at Mile High • April 16
1701 Bryant St, Denver, CO 80204

Afternoon Session: 1pm-4pm
Evening Session: 7pm-10pm

The Bacon and Beer Classic is a one-of-a-kind event hosted inside stadiums across America. It is a premier experience focused on traditions where your nostalgia of baseball meets your love for bacon and beer. Get a taste of history through the hundreds of craft brew samples and mouth-watering bacon-inspired tastes local restaurants cook up.

Music will get you dancing, interactive games will bring out your inner kid, and the cooking demos and beer schools will teach everyone - from the expert to the novice - a thing or two about bacon and beer.

www.ticketmaster.com

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Saison & Farmhouse Invitational 2016 - Trinity Brewing

Each ticket comes with 1 entry and a commemorative tasting glass. They are the original Saison Festival, celebrating their 8th year in 2016 showcasing the world's best Sasions.

Early bird discount is $10 ($55 at the door), Ticket sales begin on Saturday March 26th @ noon, ending Saturday April 9th @ noon.

Only 125 tickets will be issued for the event and we always sell out quickly!

WHEN
Saturday, April 16, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (MDT)

WHERE
TRiNiTY BREWiNG Co. - 1466 Garden of the Gods Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80907

www.eventbrite.com

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Lip Synch Contest Fundraiser For Ms

Thursday April 21, 6:30-8:30pm

Come watch or compete in the first ever (that they know about) Lip Sync Contest and Silent Auction to benefit the National MS Society - Colorado-Wyoming Chapter!

Lip sync contest starts at 7pm. Competition is open to the public but to compete you must pre-register by April 7th.

Email nicole.e.odell@gmail.com for more info and to sign up. Prizes are still in the works for the contest winner!

We're suggesting a cover donation of $10. Come join Bike MS Team NEO for an evening that's certain to be quite entertaining! One dollar from every beer will also go to the MS Society!

triplesbrewing.com

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Winemakers Dinner

Friday, April 22, 2016
6:00pm Hors D'Oeuvres; 6:45pm Dinner

GRAND VALLEY WINERY ASSOCIATION will host a Winemakers Dinner. Hors d'oeuvres and five course meal paired with wines from the Grand Valley.

Location: Chateau @ Two Rivers Winery
Cost per person: $87.50

Make a reservation today!

secure.tworiverswinery.com

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Barrel Into Spring Wine Tasting

Among the highlights of the event will be exquisitely prepared gourmet meals, 'behind the scenes' winery and vineyard tours, tasting wines that are not readily available to the general public, and of course barrel tasting.

Tickets are $70 per person. Ticket price will increase to $75 two weeks prior to the event.

GVWA wineries offer a 15% discount on wines to event participants during the barrel tastings.

April 23-24, 2016
Saturday 10am-4pm
Sunday 10am-3pm

Make your reservations today

www.tworiverswinery.com

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Barrel Into Spring Wine Tasting

Among the highlights of the event will be exquisitely prepared gourmet meals, 'behind the scenes' winery and vineyard tours, tasting wines that are not readily available to the general public, and of course barrel tasting.

Tickets are $70 per person. Ticket price will increase to $75 two weeks prior to the event.

GVWA wineries offer a 15% discount on wines to event participants during the barrel tastings.

April 23-24, 2016
Saturday 10am-4pm
Sunday 10am-3pm

Make your reservations today

www.tworiverswinery.com

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Rocky Mountain Brew Runs- Oskar Blues Brewery

APRIL 30TH, 2016
10AM
at Oskar Blues Brewery- Tasty Weasel tasting room
1800 Pike Road, Unit B
Longmont, Colorado 80501
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The Oskar Blues brew run is also an official qualifying event and beer training run for the Bolder Boulder!! All participants will be timed and results will be posted on our website. The event still remains a fun run and all levels of participants are encouraged to participate.

This is an open course with beautiful views of the Rockies, you may even have a glimpse of Longs Peak.

Cost: $30 for regular entry, $35 for chip timed/Bolder Boulder qualifying entry. Includes run entry, an Oskar Blues brew, our fun custom coaster and really RAD swag.

Get signed up today!

www.rockymountainbrewruns.com

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Brüfrou

BrüFrou is the marquee craft beer & culinary pairing event of the year. Featuring 80 local brewers & chefs collaborating on 50+ unique pairings, BrüFrou [broo-froo] will excite your epicurean senses!

On Saturday, April 30th, experience BrüFrou with friends & family at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum, a WWII-era hangar in the Lowry community of Denver.

Full Pairing Tickets are on sale now: $65-$95

Saturday, April 30, 2016 • 4:00-9:00pm

Land your tickets early

www.culinarypairings.com