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 […]
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. […]
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 […]