Denver Beer Week, GABF 2011 Events
Zenia Brink - September 27, 2011
Here you will find an exhaustive listing of events occurring during Denver Beer Week, which coincides with the 2011 GABF. A myriad of taphouses, restaurants, breweries, and brewpubs are hosting an outright celebration of beer - and you're invited! So, review the list, and bask in all the foam-enriched glory that the largest beer festival on the planet brings to Colorado.
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Tuesday, September 27
BeerAdvocate Throwdown â€" Longmont 2011 â€" 4pm-End
Oskar Blues Rare Beer Tasting at The Paramount Cafe â€" 5pm-7pm
Meet the Brewer of Oskar Blues at Duo Restaurant â€" 5-7pm $15.
Falling Rock Taphouse tapping of Boulevard Brewing's Smokestack Series. Boulevard head brewer, Steven Pauwels will be in the house. 6pm
Beer dinner with Terroir at Left Hand Tasting Room â€" 6:30pm $55
Rackhouse Pub's Beer Judge School â€" 7pm-9pm $25
McLoughlin's Restaurant and Bar tapping of Alaskan Brewing's 25th Anniversary Perseverance Imperial Stout â€" 7-9pm
Left Hand Brewing Firkin & Food at City O' City â€"7pm-10pm
Left Hand Brewing 400 Pound Monkey Cask Ale Promo at West End Tavern â€" 8:30pm-10pm
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Wednesday, September 28
Oskar Blues Ordeal Bus Tour â€" Day 1 â€" 8:30am-4pm $25
Left Hand Brewing Early Bird Special â€" 10am-12pm
BeerAdvocate Throwdownâ€" Boulder 2011 â€" 11am-End
Great Divide Beer Lounge â€" 2pm-10pm
Falling Rock Tap House Anderson Valley Saison & Imperial Boont Amber Tapping â€" 4pm
Happy Beerthday at the Wazee Supper Club â€" 5-7pm $40
Oskar Blues Hops & Heifers Hoedown â€" 5pm-10pm $25
Ignite Denver Beer Event at the Sherman Street Events Center â€" 6pm
Euclid Hall Great Divide Yeti Horizontal Tapping â€" 6pm
Rackhouse Pub Rare Beer Tasting â€" 6pm-9pm $35
Highland Tap & Burgers Suds and Sliders â€" 6pm-10pm
Paramount Beer Festival â€" 6-9pm $15
Cheeky Monk Belgian Knights with Owner James Pachorex Stone Brewing's Greg Koch â€" 6pm
Freshcraft Specialty Beer Tappings â€" 7pm-10pm
Oskar Blues Beer Dinner at Edge Restaurant with head brewer Dave Chichura â€" 7:30pm $60
Left Hand Brewing beer and food pairing at Breckenride Ale House at Amato's â€" 8pm-10pm
Falling Rock Tap House Elysian Pumpkin Beer Festival â€" 9pm
Falling Rock Tap House Stone Brewing Collaborations tapping â€" 11pm
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Thursday, September 29th
The Oskar Blues Hops & Heifers Farm Gospel Brunch â€"10am-12pm $25
Left Hand Brewing Early Bird Special â€" 10am-12pm
Freshcraft Shmaltz & Friends: A Year of Collaborative Brewing â€" 11am-5:30pm
Euclid Hall Dogfish Head Wood Aged Beer Discussion â€" 12:30pm
Falling Rock Tap House Anchor Brewing Tapping â€" 2pm
Odell Brewing Isolation pairing at the Westin Denver â€" 2pm-4pm
Summit Beer Garden â€" 4pm-1am
Freshcraft Night of Light and Dark beers â€" 10pm-close
Falling Rock Tap House Stash & Rarities with head brewer John Harris â€" 10pm
Avery Midnight Breakfast at Euclid Hall â€" 11pm $70
Falling Rock Tap House Green Flash Brewing Tapping â€" 11pm
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Friday, September 30th
Left Hand Brewing Early Bird Special â€" 10am-12pm
Euclid Hall Boulevard Brewing Company Tapping -12pm
Falling Rock Tap House Sierra Nevada Harvest Release (Kill-A-Keg) â€" 12pm
Odell BrewingBBQ Party at Highland Tap and Burger â€" 12pm-3pm
Falling Rock Tap House Sierra Nevada Estate Homegrown Ale Tapping â€" 12:30pm
BeerAdvocate Throwdown â€" Denver 2011 â€" 1pm-End
Oskar Blues Tap Takeover at Crown Plaza Denver â€" 2pm-4pm
Falling Rock Tap House Avery Brewing rarities tapping â€" 2pm
Left Hand Brewing Beer Lunch at Rackhouse Pub â€" 2pm-4pm
Freshcraft Left Hand Arm-wrestling Tournament â€" 3pm-5pm
Falling Rock Tap House Rouge Brewing tappings â€" 3pm
Summit Beer Garden â€" 4pm-1am
GABF Homebrew Tasting Event sponsored by Brews-Bros.com at Crowne Plaza â€" 4pm-12am
Euclid Hall New Belgium Lips of Faith Tapping â€" 4:30pm
Freshcraft Green Flash Brewing Tapping â€" 7pm-9pm
The Colorado Affair â€" A Celebration of Rare Colorado Beers at Ghost Plate and Tap â€" 9pm-12am
Freshcraft , The Blake St. Vault and Avery Heaven & Hell â€" 10pm-Close
Falling Rock Tap House Dog(fish Head) Treats and Colorado Exotic & Esoteric Social â€" 10pm
Falling Rock Tap House Alaska Brewing 25th Anniversary Celebration â€" 11pm (upstairs)
Falling Rock Tap House He'Brew Celebration â€" 11pm (downstairs)
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Saturday, October 1st
The Oskar Blues Hops & Heifers Farm Cruiser Ride â€" 8:30am -4pm
Left Hand Brewing Early Bird Special â€" 10am-12pm
Beer Brunch with Sun Rose Café at Left Hand Brewing Tasting Room â€" 10am-12pm
Euclid Hall Surprise Tapping â€" 12pm
Freshcraft Oskar Blues Specialty Beer Tapping â€" 2pm-4pm
Left Hand Brewing Oktoberfest Celebration â€" 2pm
Summit Beer Garden â€" 4pm-1am
Falling Rock Tap House Firestone Walker Tapping with Head Brewer Matt Bryndelson â€" 8pm
Euclid Hall Odell Brewing Barrel Aged Tapping â€" 10pm
Falling Rock Tap House New Belgium Special Release Tapping â€" 10pm
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Sunday, October 2nd
Hangover Beer Brunch with Maui Brewing Company at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids â€" 10am $30
