For Colorado craft beer fans, October is near.
This week, organizers for the Denver Rare Beer tasting announced an all-star lineup of more than 50 breweries scheduled to attend the Oct. 7 event.
Like the first snow on the mountaintops signals the coming ski season, the Denver Rare Beer list serves as the first indication that the Great American Beer Festival is within sight.
Denver Rare Beer is one of the premier events surrounding GABF, offering exclusive tastes of hard-to-find and unusual brews. Big-name brewers, including Brooklyn Brewery’s Garrett Oliver, Boston Beer’s Jim Koch and Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione, often pour beer at the event.
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“A top collection of American craft breweries have generously agreed to reach deep into their beer cellars for prized brews to pour at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting VIII,” said Rick Lyke, founder of Pints for Prostates, the organization that hosts the event as a fundraiser. “By helping us reach men through the universal language of beer, these brewers have joined the fight against prostate cancer.”
Among the top-notch breweries on the list: Bells, Casey, Fremont, Funky Buddha, Jester King, Lost Abbey, Russian River and Surly.
This year’s first-timers include Louisiana’s Bayou Teche, North Carolina’s Fonta Flora, Vermontap Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Connecticutap Two Roads and Colorado’s WeldWerks.
Held at the McNichols Civic Center, the event is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Oct. 7 with entering an hour early.
See the full list of breweries at Denver Rare Beer 2016 below:
Adelbertap Brewing, Austin, Texas*
Alaskan Brewing, Juneau, Alaska
Allagash Brewing, Portland, Maine
Avery Brewing, Boulder
Bayou Teche Brewing, Arnaudville, La.*
Bells Brewing, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Big Sky Brewing, Missoula, Mont.
Boggy Draw Brewery, Sheridan*
Boston Beer, Boston
The Brooklyn Brewery, New York
Call to Arms Brewery, Denver*
Cascade Brewing, Portland, Ore.
Casey Brewing & Blending, Glenwood Springs
Central Waters Brewing, Amherst, Wis.
Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, Fla.
Coronado Brewing, Coronado, Calif. *
Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.
Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, Ore.
Elevation Beer Company, Poncha Springs
Empire Brewing, Cazenovia, N.Y.*
Fonta Flora Brewery, Morganton, N.C.*
Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Fort Collins Brewery, Fort Collins
Fremont Brewing, Seattle
Funky Buddha Brewing, Oakland Park, Fla.
Gigantic Brewing, Portland, Ore.*
Great Divide Brewing, Denver
Haw River Farmhouse Ales, Saxapahaw, N.C.*
Holy City Brewing, Charleston, S.C.
Hoppin’ Frog Brewing, Akron, Ohio
Jester King Craft Brewery, Austin, Texas
Laughing Dog Brewing, Ponderay, Idaho
Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, Vt.*
The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, Calif.
MKE Brewing, Milwaukee*
Nebraska Brewing, Papillion, Neb.
New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins
NoDa Brewing, Charlotte, N.C.
NXNW Restaurant and Brewery, Austin, Texas
Odyssey Beerwerks, Arvada*
Prairie Artisan Ales, Tulsa, Okla.
Pyramid Breweries, Seattle*
River North Brewery, Denver
Rogue Ales, Newport, Ore.
Russian River Brewing, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Saint Arnold Brewing, Houston*
Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, Calif.
Stone Brewing, Escondido, Calif.
Surly Brewing, Minneapolis
Two Roads Brewing, Strafford, Conn.*
WeldWerks Brewing, Greeley*
Weyerbacher Brewing, Easton, Pa.
Yazoo Brewing, Nashville, Tenn.
(* Indicates first appearance at Denver Rare Beer Tasting.)
