For those who haven’t had Finkle & Garf’s Rum Barrel-Aged Milk Stout, now is the perfect opportunity to try this gem. Cerebral’s Sugar Pie, an Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels with pecans, vanilla and cinnamon is sure to be a pastryboi’s delight. We can’t wait to try Cellar West’s Sapience Reserve, an oak-aged Bier de Mars with Brett, double dry-hopped with Citra and finished on pineapples. Cannonball Creek will be back with their award winning Trump Hands and Netflix and Pils. Burns Family Artisan Ales continues to crank out killer stuff so we’re excited for their Old Ale aged in High West bourbon barrels as well as their triple dry-hopped hazy IPA made in collaboration with WeldWerks. Bierstadt’s Slow Pour Pils is of course the perfect crusher. Atom Brewing‘s sours are always worth checking out. And Trillium is back for another year with their Double Dry-Hopped Congress Street and Citra Cutting Tiles and Louisiana’s Urban South continues to make a big Denver push with a Gose and IPA.Īs for the locals, Amalgam will pour their beautiful Landscapes Orchard blend, a Golden Sour blend refermented with peaches and nectarines. Under most interesting beers we’re looking forward to trying, Surly’s Electric Sombrero of Death, a tequila barrel-aged double dry-hoped Mexican-style Lager. Smog City will rock the BIL vibes with their Bourbon O.E. It boast a Golden Sour base which substituted organic white grits for wheat, it was then aged in Gruet Chardonnay barriques for 15 months and refermented with organic ripe peaches from Hotchkiss, CO. Be sure to try Cowboy Breakfast from Prairie Artisan Ales, an Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels with Maple, Cacao Nibs and Vanilla, Rowley Farmhouse Ales is back again this year with a trio of barrel-aged Saisons and Southern Gentleman, brewed in honor of John Rowley’s late uncle Lee Rowley. Chicago’s Half Acre is bring a trio of heavy hitters including Daisy Cutter, Bourbon Barrel Aged Big Hugs, a barrel-aged Imperial Coffee Stout, and Beer Hates Astronauts IPA. Fremont Brewing will bring the house with Barrel-Aged Coffee Dark Star, B-Bomb, and Sky Kraken. Pittsburgh’s Dancing Gnome will be a can’t miss bringing their hoppy lineup. Creature Comforts makes their rare non-GABF appearance with a Jester King Collab Farmhouse Lager, an Imperial Stout with toasted coconut and dulce de leche and a Double IPA collaboration with the aforementioned Alvarado St., Portland’s C ulmination Brewing will bring a pair of Farmhouse Ales including a collab with Ale Apothecary aged in cabernet barrels. When it comes to vintages, Avery will unleash the return of everything from 2012 Salvation, to 2014 Beast and Samaels, 2015 Mephistopheles and Pumpkyn, 2016 Uncle Jacobs and Tweak, and 2017 Rumpkin.įrom the out-of-towner breweries, this is one of Colorado’s first opportunity to try Alvarado Street Brewery’s hop-forward beers on draft.
We’re also excited to try limited releases such as Dulce Vida, a pistachio, vanilla, coffee, bourbon barrel-aged Stout, Jesse’s Boy, a t urmeric, tarragon, lemongrass Sour, and Bour-bon-bon. Beginning with the host brewery, the Invitation will give attendees their first sneak peak of the trendy upcoming release of Rocky Mountain Rose. This year’s pour list brings even more star power not just from participating breweries but also in the beers they’ll be bringing. Timed specialty barrel tappings | Photo by Beer Breath CO And we now have a first look at what that pour list will likely look like.