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 […]

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 […]