2022 Fresh Hop Beers
Fresh hop (also known as wet hop) beers are unique to this time of year. They are made with fresh or wet hops, harvested straight off of the bines, rather than dried hops which are used the rest of the year. The only time to get fresh hops in the Northern Hemisphere is August through […]
Firkin February
It’s Firkin February! All month long Colorado craft breweries will be releasing their firkins to the public. A firkin is a specific size of a cask, a ¼ of a barrel that often looks like a mini keg. Breweries are able to put their creativity in this vessel infusing beer with Philippine coconut, Sour Patch […]
2020 Fresh Hop Beers
Fresh hop (also known as wet hop) beers are unique to this time of year, so we’ve gathered a list of breweries that are currently offering them. What makes these beers so unique is that they are made with fresh or wet hops instead of dried hops (which are usually used). August and September are […]
Join Julia Herz of the Brewers Association for a simple and delicious beer and food pairing
Image courtesy CraftBeer.com This Saturday at our online 25th anniversary bash, Julia Herz, Craft Beer Program Director for the Brewers Association and Publisher of CraftBeer.com, will lead a unique session called “Beer Pairing at Home Like You Mean It, Own It, and Live It“. The pairing takes place at 2:40 p.m. MT on Zoom. […]
Colorado Brewers Guild Brews Symposium Ale for Craft Brewers Conference 2019
Colorado Brewers Guild Brews Symposium Ale for Craft Brewers Conference 2019 DENVER – April 4, 2019 – Each year during the Craft Brewers Conference® & Brew Expo America®, the Brewers Association asks local brewers from the presenting state to collaborate on a beer to serve as the official symposium beer. For this year’s […]
Colorado Breweries Take Home 28 Medals at 2018 World Beer Cup
Colorado brewers hauled in an impressive 28 medals at this week’s World Beer Cup, 23 of those are members of the Colorado Brewers Guild. Colorado’s total medal count was second only to California’s 44 total medals. The competition was part of the 2018 Craft Brewers Conference held in Nashville, TN. Here are a few other […]
GABF Week 2017 with Cerebral Brewing
01 OCT GABF WEEK 2017 We fully realize we have way too much going on this week for any of you to keep it all in your heads. Hell, this post is probably just as useful for us to keep things straight. Beyond events almost every day we also have slightly different hours on Monday […]
Beers Made By Walking Returning to GABF
Beers Made By Walking is a program that invites brewers to go on nature hikes, and urban walks, and make new beer inspired by the edible and medicinal plants from the trail. The initial BMBW program took place in Colorado Springs in 2011. Since then we have worked with over 100 breweries to create unique […]
Colorado Brewers Guild’s Hop the Vote Comes Back for GABF
Colorado lawmakers campaign for the best beer The Colorado Brewers Guild is bringing back Hop the Vote, a spirited but friendly competition between the Colorado State House of Representatives and Colorado State Senate, to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Hop the Vote is a time for Colorado legislators to set aside their differences and […]
Colorado Craft Beer Week 2017 Promises More Events
Festivities to run from March 18 through March 25 DENVER – Feb. 10, 2017 – Colorado Craft Beer Week 2017 will host hundreds of brewery supported events throughout the state from educational panels at neighborhood breweries to the fourth annual Collaboration Fest at the National Western Stock Show Complex. “We are looking to take Colorado […]
