Busy Beer Week in Colorado Springs (Late Jan. 2011)
UPDATE!!!
-Rocky Mountain's Meet And Greet is now on Thursday
-The #cstweetup at Phantom Canyon is at 1pm on Saturday
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There's enough great stuff happening this week that it deserves a post. If you find yourself out and about drinking craft beer, consider telling us what you're drinking by #cspringsbeer tag on Twitter and I will gladly repost it.
WED. JAN 26
6:30-9:30 (Colorado Springs)
Sisterhood of the Suds - Ladies, now that the Holidays are over and it's a new year it's time to get together and taste some new beers! Join us for a tasting, and a great time! The meetup will be at Rocky Mountain Brewing. RSVP on the Facebook Page.
THURS. JAN 27
***6:00-9:00 (Colorado Springs)
Rocky Mountain Brewing Mug Club Meet and Greet - This event is the one that sounds like a real blast to me. Alas, I will be in Denver. Rocky Mountain Brewing just released their mugs for their mug club. The artist who made the mugs (Stuurmans Ceramic Wares) will be hanging out for a Meet and Greet and will be selling his other ceramics. I'm not sure all the details on how much it costs to join, but if you know anything about mug clubs, generally speaking, for a reasonable price you usually get an awesome mug that everyone is jealous of, you pay a little less for your beer, and you get served a larger amount of beer. Not sure if this is how it will work at RMB, but details will come soon.
FRI. JAN 28
5:00-9:00 (Colorado Springs)
Trinity Brewing Releases Stop Making Sense - Stop Making Sense is an Eis Bock. In old German tradition, this style of Lager was developed by accident when aging a batch of Doppel Bock in barrels and in caves. The temperature of the caves dropped low enough to partially freeze some of the water contained in the beer, hence giving birth to a new style of beer. Eis bocks are the strongest German beer brewed today, thanks to the freezing of the beer. This process of freezing the beer also concentrates malts and hops, making those flavors even more intense! 11% ABV!
6:00-10:00 (Denver)
Winter Brew Fest - Focus on the Beer is heading to Winter Brew Fest in Denver to try a bunch of Winter Beers. I believe tickets are still available. VIP tickets are $40 in advance/$45 at door and includes exclusive limited admittance to early beer tasting and a cheese and beer special pouring. Regular tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at door. Check the link for more info.
SAT. JAN. 29
12:00-9:00 (Colorado Springs)
Bristol Brewing Cask Tapping - We've created a one of a kind IPA cask ale for your enjoyment.
***1:00pm (Colorado Springs)
Phantom Canyon #cstweetup - It looks like there's a #cstweetup happening at Phantom Canyon Brewing. I'm checking on Twitter, and it looks like it's at 1pm. If you stick around for happy hour, from 3-6pm Phantom Canyon will have $2.50 Pints, $3.00 House Wines, & $9.00 Pitchers AND it looks like they've got 11 beers on tap currently. If I'm back from Denver, I think this sounds like a really nice.