The event calendar is always in a state-of-flux. Check back often for recent additions!
01 Thursday
Ska Brewing-Live Music and "Bike-In" Movie Night "Vixen" Local Acoustic trio performs Contemporary Folk Rock 5p-7p/ Ska's Inaugural "Bike in Movie"
830pm- Showing "The Hangover" first 25 people to buy a pint get a free bike light!!!! www.facebook.com
02 Friday
Rails and Ales Brewfest Ride the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad to a remote mountain location to sample beers from over 20 regional breweries. Enjoy live music and food vendors in our remote mountain location for a unique summer event.
Fare includes roundtrip coach train ride, access to the event and a commemorative sample glass. Food will be available for a separate price. This event sold out last year--make your reservation early. Tickets are non-refundable. https:
07 Wednesday
Ska Brewing Live Music Hello Doll Face ( Blues, Indie, Soul) 5pm-7pm www.facebook.com
09 Friday
15th Annual Colorado Brewers Rendezvous The 15th Annual Colorado Brewer's Rendezvous will be held in Salida in Riverside Park. This festival is a fundraiser for the Colorado Brewer's Guild, and your favorite Colorado Craft Brewers will be there pouring their brews. It's a good chance to meet the brewers themselves. www.coloradobeer.org
Breckenridge Brewery 21st Anniversary Great food, fresh beer, offered to celebrate Breckenridge Brewery's 21 years in business. Live music, beer tastings, food, all included, tickets $21, 11am-6pm. coloradobeer.org
10 Saturday
14th Annual Brewers Rendezvous Salida will once again host The Brewer's Rendezvous from 1:00-5:00pm in Riverside Park. This is a great event, not only to sample great Colorado Craft Beer, but to meet the brewers behind the beer.(719) 539-2068. www.salidachamber.org
Summer Fest in the Rockies Downtown Loveland hosts a variety of events this weekend, including a beer garden from 11am - 10 pm at the Civic Center Park/ Foote Lagoon. www.engagingloveland.org
11 Sunday
Summer Fest in the Rockies Downtown Loveland hosts a variety of events this weekend, including a beer garden from 11am - 10 pm at the Civic Center Park/ Foote Lagoon. www.engagingloveland.org
13 Tuesday
Odell Beer Dinner Colterra in Niwot is hosting a summer patio beer-paired dinner featuring Odell beers. The dinner will be four courses, starts at 7 p.m. and costs $45. Call 303-652-0777 to reserve a spot. www.colterra.com
Bristol Beer Dinner Bristol Brewing and The Blue Star are teaming up to bring you a taste of Venetucci Farm with a delicious three course farm dinner paired with fresh Bristol beers. The cost is $50 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Part of the proceeds benefit the farm. Call 632-1086 for reservations. Check out the Blue Star website for the menu. thebluestar.net
14 Wednesday
Beer Culture the Movie Denver Premiere Wynkoop Brewing hosts the Denver premiere of Beer Culture the Movie. Tickets are $6, limited to 100 people. The brewery is also tapping a firkin of it's small-batch triple and will raffle off a growler and some movie shwag. Movie starts at 7:30 p.m. Beerculturemovie@gmail.com for tickets
16 Friday
Breckenridge BrewFest BrewFest in Breckenridge at the Main Street Station from 1pm-6pm. Over 20 craft breweries pouring their beer. www.ksmtradio.com
15th Annual Biergarten Festival in Morrison 15th Annual Biergarten Festival is a family cultural event with food, entertainment, traditional German music, German dance groups, and, of course, beer. The event is open to the public and provides an atmosphere of German summer family time together, reminiscent of the times families spent in the Biergarten throughout Germany. Enjoy German cultural dancing and music, along with various activities for all ages. Meet over 600 of our closest and newest friends who will be enjoying a variety of Paulaner beers. www.gaccco.org
Black Summer Night Copper Kettle Brewing Company will tap a Black Lager and a Black IPA. Music from Black Dots and Lizzie Huffman. Two food trucks; Chef Driven and GiGi's Cupcakes will be parked outside serving food. Tapping starts at 5 p.m. and music starts at 7 p.m. www.copperkettledenver.com
Avery Meretrix Release Barrel-Aged Sour Ale - No. 8 in our Barrel-Aged Series
BREWERY ONLY RELEASE
Release Party and Bottle Event - Scheduled for Saturday, July 16th at 5PM at the Avery Tap Room
She's patiently awaited you for two years. Aging gracefully in beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon barrels and accompanied by sour cherries, your Meretrix is eager to serve.
Meretrix will make her debut at a bottle release party at the Avery Tap Room and Barrel-Aging Cellars at 5PM on Saturday, July 16th. We've instituted a number of new policies to ensure that all in attendance have a remarkably fun and positively memorable experience!
Numerous Tap Room servers will be on hand to serve guests--in the line--as they wait. We'll also have our 10-tap kegerator full of small-batch and barrel-aged oddities from the tap room like Eremita (our Tap Room only sour blend), Dry-Hopped IPA, Mai Rye Bock etc.
Once a substantial line has formed, our staff will be giving tickets--each good for the purchase of 1 bottle of Meretrix--to those in line. The number of tickets we hand out will be EXACTLY the number of bottles that we have to sell. This way, if you show up late you will know immediately whether you are in time to get bottles. Limit of 4 bottles per customer.
New Belgium's Urban Assault Ride in Ft Collins You can register online or at the event. The biggest Assault Ride yet in Fort Collins! It's a bike scavenger hunt where teams hit checkpoints all over the city. Check out the website for more details. www.urbanassaultride.com
Wheel Sucker Release Party Release of the collaboration brew between Avery Brewing and Ska Brewing for the Third Annual Tour of BolDurango. Starts at 2:30pm at Avery Brewing
5757 Arapahoe Ave., Unit B-1 Boulder, CO. $3 from each pint goes towards the charity Community Cycles.
18 Sunday
Urban Assault Ride, Fort Collins New Belgium Brewery sponsors an Urban Assault Ride through Fort Collins.
Ride begins at 9am. www.urbanassaultride.com
19 Monday
Ska Brewing - Live Music Durango Acoustic Music membership drive concert- Featuring
"Truck Stop Honeymoon"- Bluegrass, Psychobilly,Soul www.facebook.com
20 Tuesday
Summer Apps and Ales beer tasting at Lala's Wine Bar in Denver Tuesday, July 20, 6pm-7:30pm, Lala's Wine Bar in Denver is hosting their Apps and Ales beer tasting. They will be offering four beers with paired appetizers for $20 per person. www.lalaswinebar.com
22 Thursday
Summer Brew Fest at Mile High Station The Summer Brew Fest is back at the Mile High Station on July 22nd. This event will feature music by Bop Skizzum and will benefit Swallow Hill Music Association: www.swallowhillmusic.org. A special VIP session will be held from 6-7pm with limited space, including a beer and cheese pairing. Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 for the VIP session. $5 more (each ticket) day of if they haven't sold out. General Admittance is 7-10pm. Buy tickets at: www.denverbrewfest.com
Fort Collins Brewery "Know Your Brewer" series Fort Collins Brewery features brewer Paul Nissen in a one-on-one about beer, brewing, and beer culture. The event is free, and is the third in the "Know Your Brewer" series. Paul has created an Imperial India Wheat Ale in FCB's Incredible Hop Series of beers. www.fortcollinsbrewery.com
Firestone Walker Launch Party At Freshcraft After a brief setback, Firestone Walker is launching in Colorado. A Denver launch party will be happening in Denver, July 22 at Freshcraft. Brewery reps will attend, with 4 Firestone Walker beers on tap, 2 in bottles. For more info, go to the Freshcraft website. freshcraft.com
23 Friday
Springs Beer Fest 25+ breweries, souvenir tasting mug, live music, kids area, local restaurants. From noon to 5pm. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. $5 off for military personnel. Happening at the Antlers Park, 31 West Pikes Peak Ave., across from Guiseppe's Depot Restaurant. Tickets available at Bristol Brewing and area Old Chicago locations. www.facebook.com
Ska Brewing-KSUT's 35th Anniversary Summer Concert! 2pm-8pm- Featuring "The Iguanas" Tickets are $20.00 in advance and $25.00 at the door and will be available at KSUT and Ska Brewing Co as of 6/28. Food Vendors include Norton's Catering, Zia Tauqeria, Rick's Chick's. www.facebook.com
Kyle's Brewfest at Boulder Beer Boulder Beer will host the 2nd annual Kyle's Brewfest from 2pm-6pm. Kyle Hollingsworth of The String Cheese Incident, hosts this brewfest benefitting Conscious Alliance. A very limited number of tickets will be sold for this intimate event. All tickets include KHB performance, pint glass, beer (25+ breweries), food, access to auction. www.kylehollingsworth.com
Finish Line/Tapping Party for Wheel Sucker Wheat Ale A party and beer release for the conclusion of The Tour of BolDurango. Starts at 2pm at Ska Brewing 225 Girard St. Durango, CO. Proceeds will go towards La Plata County Safe Roads Coalition.
24 Saturday
The Springs Beer Fest This fest, formerly known as Foam Fest, will be one of Colorado Springs' best beer fests of the year. 11am-6pm at Antler's Park, 31 West Pikes Peak. Come and join Old Chicago, The Friends of Cheyenne Canyon, Bristol Brewery and BeerTapTV for a day of fun in the sun! Live music, over 25 breweries, amusements for the whole family, great food from local joints and YOU!
28 Wednesday
Collegiate Peaks Music Fest 3 days of music, outdoor activities, good food and great beer!
The 5th Annual festival is taking place at McPhelemy Park, better known as the Town Lake. Along with the music and festivities, our local kayak store (Colorado Kayak Supply) will be featuring Standup Paddle Boards and instruction on the lake. collegiatepeaksmusicfestival.com
A Night at the 'Kilt with Bristol Brewing Tilted Kilt and Bristol Brewing present a beer pairing dinner. $30/person, plus gratuity. For tickets, call 303/893-5458 or visit: www.brownpapertickets.com
Freshcraft- Summer Food and Beer Pairing Dinner The 4th seasonal beer & food pairing dinner. This time around the kitchen will be playing with the tastes of summer and preparing each course two ways to highlight different aspects of flavor from each beer. Menu has an Asian theme. www.freshcraft.com
29 Thursday
Hops For Habitat Festival The annual beer festival Hops For Habitat happens on July 29th, 5pm-9pm in Aurora. This is and annual charity event benefitting the Plains Conservation Center. Join us for food, drinks, music, and fun! $30 a person will include a beer glass to take home, wagon rides, live music, and beer . $15 for designated drivers. New this year: you may buy dinner from one of our various food vendors on site. Visit the website for more details. www.plainscenter.org
Collegiate Peaks Music Fest 3 days of music, outdoor activities, good food and great beer!
The 5th Annual festival is taking place at McPhelemy Park, better known as the Town Lake. Along with the music and festivities, our local kayak store (Colorado Kayak Supply) will be featuring Standup Paddle Boards and instruction on the lake. collegiatepeaksmusicfestival.com
'The Flavor' Release Party Trinity brewing is releasing The Flavor, a Triple Cherry Dark Sour. The beer has flavors of dark malt, coffee, and three varieties of cherries. It is then aged in sour barrels. 5.8% ABV.
Give it a try from 5pm-8pm.
Trinity Brewing 1466 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs trinitybrew.com
30 Friday
Collegiate Peaks Music Fest 3 days of music, outdoor activities, good food and great beer!
The 5th Annual festival is taking place at McPhelemy Park, better known as the Town Lake. Along with the music and festivities, our local kayak store (Colorado Kayak Supply) will be featuring Standup Paddle Boards and instruction on the lake. collegiatepeaksmusicfestival.com
Fourth Annual Buses at the Brewery Join Bristol Brewing Company and scores of vintage VW bus enthusiasts as they host the fourth annual Buses at the Brewery party. They will block off the back lot to make room for cherry VW split window vans, live bands, food and of course, lots of cold, hand-crafted brews. It's good, clean, retro fun for the whole family!
12 p.m.-5:00 p.m. www.bristolbrewing.com
Pagosa Brewing-Free Reggae Concert Enjoy a free reggae concert with Summit Dub Squad. Also, a new Rasta Red Ale on cask, Jamaican pizza & burger specials, and prizes awarded for best reggae attire. www.pagosabrewing.com
Central City Days Central City Opera invites you for an uncommon weekend of historic adventures in Central City - the pretty little 19th century mountain town that's 45 minutes west of Denver, but a million miles away.
All-inclusive day, weekend, family and VIP passes allow you to custom-craft your adventure with your choice of guided and self-guided activities. Explore mines and museums, historic hikes and walking tours, back country mountain biking tours of ghost towns and cemeteries, casual family-friendly performances in the historic Williams Stables, random acts of opera and a taste of Colorado to please every palette.
Discover Colorado gold at receptions featuring 'made in Colorado' mead, beer & wine. (Tastings require VIP pass purchase: 21 and older)
Oskar Blues Brew + 'Q: Saturday, July 30, 4-6 p.m. at the spectacular McFarlane Memorial, featuring the acclaimed craft beers of Colorado's Oskar Blues Brewery, live music by The Mile Markers, BBQ and incomparable mountain scenery.
Colorado Wine + Mead Tasting: Sunday, July 31, 4-6 p.m. at the historic Johnson House, featuring the best of Colorado in a bottle, including award-winning Grande River Winery and Infinite Monkey Theorem wines and meads from the "Napa Valley of mead", Boulder's Redstone Meadery. Live music by The Mile Markers, light hors d'oeuvres and historic charm round out a beautiful day.
Check out the website for more information, to purchase tickets and to see all the great events! www.centralcityopera.org
31 Saturday
City O' City-"Last Night Before We Remodel" Party At City O' City's "Last Night Before We Remodel" party, they will introduce Denver Beer Co. and pour their cask conditioned American Wheat Ale with Kaffir lime leaves. Starts at 7:00pm. www.cityocitydenver.com
Central City Days Central City Opera invites you for an uncommon weekend of historic adventures in Central City - the pretty little 19th century mountain town that's 45 minutes west of Denver, but a million miles away.
All-inclusive day, weekend, family and VIP passes allow you to custom-craft your adventure with your choice of guided and self-guided activities. Explore mines and museums, historic hikes and walking tours, back country mountain biking tours of ghost towns and cemeteries, casual family-friendly performances in the historic Williams Stables, random acts of opera and a taste of Colorado to please every palette.
Discover Colorado gold at receptions featuring 'made in Colorado' mead, beer & wine. (Tastings require VIP pass purchase: 21 and older)
Oskar Blues Brew + 'Q: Saturday, July 30, 4-6 p.m. at the spectacular McFarlane Memorial, featuring the acclaimed craft beers of Colorado's Oskar Blues Brewery, live music by The Mile Markers, BBQ and incomparable mountain scenery.
Colorado Wine + Mead Tasting: Sunday, July 31, 4-6 p.m. at the historic Johnson House, featuring the best of Colorado in a bottle, including award-winning Grande River Winery and Infinite Monkey Theorem wines and meads from the "Napa Valley of mead", Boulder's Redstone Meadery. Live music by The Mile Markers, light hors d'oeuvres and historic charm round out a beautiful day.
Check out the website for more information, to purchase tickets and to see all the great events! www.centralcityopera.org
More Events (Multiple Dates, Week & Month Long)
Thursday Music Series at the Avery Tap Room The Avery Tap Room now has local musicians showcasing their acoustic talents every Thursday evening. Stop by, have a brew and enjoy the tunes!
Sunday Open-Mic
Open Mic Sundays hosted by Hotfoot from 2:30 - 6:00 PM at the Avery Tap Room. Bands interested in playing should be at the Tap Room by 2pm to sign up with Shawn from Hotfoot. Email kellner(at)averybrewing.com with any questions.
"Tunes Every Tuesday" Trinity has an extensive event list each month. Check out their site for details.
Every Tuesday Pint Night Buy a logo pint glass for $4.69 and get one free fill and $2.69 refills day of purchase.
Each month on a Thursday, tap a new beer, complimentary glasses from 6:00-6:30 Check individual Rock Bottoms for dates and brews.
Monthly pool tournaments On the first Thursday of every month, put your skills to the test in a double-elimination pool tournament, starting at 8pm. There is a $10 entry fee.
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