Weekend off the Wagon – February 17-19
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Track 1:
Friday: One night in Bordeaux - learn to cook while drinking wine.
Saturday: Wake up with the Coffee Beer Fest at Denver Beer Co, head over to FreshCraft for some Noble Rot, and finish the day at 3 Kings for My Bloody Violent-Tine Horror Film Festival.
Sunday: Westword Artopia.
Track 2:
Friday: Firkin Friday – pick one, any one.
Saturday: Dazzle for the Otis Taylor CD release party and then some beerwine (new word) at Cheeky Monk.
Sunday: Delaney’s for a chili cookoff
See below for a detailed list for weekend events. Check out our full calendar to plan your events well into the future.
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All Weekend
Sour Puss Paddle Specials
Cheeky Monk
This event applies to BOTH Cheeky Monk locations.
In honor of National Flirting Week – you may not always be lucky in love, but you’ll win with their line-up of Sour Beers!
Stout Month at Vine Street
‘nuf said.
Friday, February 17
2012 Rocky Mountain Microbrewing Symposium
7am – 5pm
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
2012 Speakers:
- Jess Caudill – Wyeast
- Eric Bauman – Oskar Blues
- Christian Holbrook – New Belgium
- KEYNOTE: Tom Kolicko – Beer Culture
- Steve Breezley – Avery Brewing Co.
- Tony Simmons – Pagosa Brewing Co.
- David Edgar – Rastal Glass
Firkin Friday at Dry Dock
3pm – 11pm
Dry Dock Brewing Co.
Join us each Friday for Firkin Friday where we tap a special one-offbeer that has been cask-conditioned…usually with a twist! The firkins are tapped at 3PM and one later in the evening, sometime around 7pm or 8pm.
Firkin Friday at Great Divide
3pm – 6pm
Great Divide Brewing Co.
Dry hopped double IPA called Double Tap
An Introduction to Belgian Beer
6pm – 9pm
Colorado Free University
If Germany is beer heaven, Belgium is beer Disneyland. This tiny country the size of the state of Maryland is home to more than 400 beers. Come sample some amazing brews from one of the most diverse beer cultures in the world. Learn the background, characteristics, and history while tasting beers that represent the major styles of beer in Belgian brewing. Your host, Charlie Gottenkieny, is a certified beer judge who has been judging beer competitions for over 18 years. He’s also an amateur home brewer if you can call him that after winning over 100 medals and ribbons for his brews. He’s the only person to ever win the American Homebrewer Association’s Homebrewer of the Year award twice.
$46
Must be 21 and bring a picture ID to participate.
One Night in Bordeaux
6pm – 9:30pm
Cook Street Culinary School
Learn to prepare classic dishes from Bordeaux and gain some insight into traditional food from this important culinary destination. We’ll serve the meal you helped cook with wine included!
The Great Guinness Toast
9pm – 10pm
Fado’s Irish Pub
Be a part of the famous simultaneous toast and you don’t even have to be Irish! It’s a ritual! It’s a gathering of friends! It’s…it’s…just another reason to drink Guinness.
We’ll kick off the night with a Guinness Pub Crawl and a special Guinness Toast at 9pm given by Keefer, KBCO radio personality.
We’ll have shot specials, giveaways (including a weekend in Breckenridge and Guinness gear) and live music from Irish rock band The Indulgers! No Cover!
Saturday, February 18
Keystone Winter Wine Weekend
Warren Station, Keystone
Visit Keystone for a weekend of wine and cuisine in Warren Station Center for the Arts located in the heart of River Run Village. Saturday night kicks off with a wine tasting, food and live jazz from Paul Glover Trio. Sunday night you don’t want to miss the chef demo, wine pairing and catered dinner.
My Bloody Violent-Tine Horror Film Festival
3 Kings Tavern
My Bloody Violent-tine 2012 Film Festival consists of: the Screens with Screams Film viewing and the Fright Masters award ceremony Saturday February 18th, 2012. The events occurs at 3 Kings Tavern, 60 S. Broadway, Denver Colorado 80209.
At the Viewing & Award Ceremony viewers will be put on edge with a Short Horror Film Festival where Colorado filmmakers will show their talents utilizing five different genres. The evenings will provide a showcase of films, music, dancing and Denver’s bloodiest emcee. Guests are encouraged to come dressed in full costume as their favorite horror movie character or casualty. Paper Dolls pinup photography company will offer studio photography services for zombie pinup vixens and their victims. After showcase, awards will be given for the best films in several categories.
Otis Taylor “Contraband” CD Release
Dazzle
Blues singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Otis Taylor is capable of exploring any musical mood at any given time, and it’s an important reason why he is considered one of the most talented artists to emerge in recent years. “Sometimes pigeonholed as a bluesman, Otis Taylor can’t be defined by any single category,” proclaims Spin magazine. According to Ann Powers at the Los Angeles Times, “Gentle upon first listen, blending the austerity of Delta blues with the expansiveness of free jazz, Taylor’s ancient-sounding, avant-garde ‘trance blues’ has a dangerous pull.” The Oxford American raves, “It might not be too early to call Otis Taylor a major talent.”
Coffee Beer Fest
9am – 12pm
Denver Beer Co
This event is now sold out.
Coffee Beer Fest – more details
Dogfish Head Noble Rot Tapping at Freshcraft
11am – 10pm
Freshcraft, 1530 Blake Street, Denver, CO, 80202
The Saturday tappings continue! When we open at 11 am on 2/18/12 we will be tapping Dogfish Head’s experimental beer/wine fusion – NobleRot. A saison made with viognier must that is infected with botrytis as well as pinot gris.
8th Annual Firkin Rendezvous
1pm – 5pm
Bristol Brewing Co.
The Eighth Annual Firkin Rendezvous will feature one-of-a-kind cask ales from some of Colorado’s best microbreweries. Attendees will receive a commemorative glass, all you can/should taste, a chance to talk to your favorite brewers about your favorite beers, and complimentary food.
Tickets go on sale January 10th in the Bristol Tasting Room.
VIP tickets are $50 in advance. VIP entrance is at 1:00 pm.
General Admission tickets are $35 in advance. General Admission entrance is at 2:00 pm.
Attendance is capped at 200 people and we WILL sell out BEFORE the festival. Please visit the tasting room or call 719-633-2555 x11 to purchase tickets.
Shaken Not Stirred: MARTINI PARTY & Silent Auction
4pm – 7:30pm
PPA Events Center
In is tenth year, The Shaken Not Stirred Martini Party is the signature event for the Boys Hope Girls Hope of Colorado Young Professionals Board – successful and committed professionals in the 20’s and 30’s who support Boys Hope Girls Hope.
Drink Wine Night, the Cheeky Way
7pm – 11pm
The Cheeky Monk – Denver, 534 E. Colfax Ave, Denver, CO, 80203
This event applies to BOTH Cheeky Monk locations:
Cheeky Monk will be tapping Sierra Nevada’s ultra-limited collaboration beer: Birra Vina. Birra Vina is made with 300 lbs of crushed Petite Sirah and Tempranillo wine grapes! It is also hopped with the unusual Nelson Sauvin hop variety, which adds to the grape-like flavor.
Westword Artopia
7pm – 12am
5 Venues
On Saturday, February 18, Artopia will fill five SoCo venues with work from some of Denver’s best visual artists, local fashion, culinary creations and specialty cocktails mixed exclusively for Artopia attendees.
This year’s entertainment will showcase an eclectic mix of artists, musicians and performers including BLKHRTS, Churchill, Danielle Ate the Sandwich, Flashlights, Spires, Yo Soy Sauce, CacheFlowe, DJ Boy Hollow, DJ Ivy, Cora Vette, Greth David Ligon, Hermann West, the Ladies Fancywork Society, Orange Peel Moses, Phil Bender, Slam Nuba, Sven Jorgensen and MORE!
Enjoy Westword’s sixteenth annual celebration of the arts with interactive features and fashion shows, shop the marketplace and witness the big reveal of this year’s class of MasterMinds. The MasterMind Awards, presented by Metro State College of Denver honors individuals and small organizations for their creativity and contributions to Denver’s artistic landscape.
Sunday, February 19
Keystone Winter Wine Weekend
Warren Station, Keystone
Visit Keystone for a weekend of wine and cuisine in Warren Station Center for the Arts located in the heart of River Run Village. Saturday night kicks off with a wine tasting, food and live jazz from Paul Glover Trio. Sunday night you don’t want to miss the chef demo, wine pairing and catered dinner.
Otis Taylor “Contraband” CD Release
Dazzle
Blues singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist Otis Taylor is capable of exploring any musical mood at any given time, and it’s an important reason why he is considered one of the most talented artists to emerge in recent years. “Sometimes pigeonholed as a bluesman, Otis Taylor can’t be defined by any single category,” proclaims Spin magazine. According to Ann Powers at the Los Angeles Times, “Gentle upon first listen, blending the austerity of Delta blues with the expansiveness of free jazz, Taylor’s ancient-sounding, avant-garde ‘trance blues’ has a dangerous pull.” The Oxford American raves, “It might not be too early to call Otis Taylor a major talent.”
Beer & Food Pairing Fundraiser for Breast Cancer
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Dry Dock Brewing Co., 15120 East Hampden Ave, Aurora, CO, 80014
Dry Dock will host a food and beer pairing on Feb 19th. Two time slots,12:30-2:30 and 3:00-5:00. Cheeses, cured meats and chocolates paired with selected Dry Dock beers. Proceeds go to the Avon Walk for BreastCancer $25 in advance, $30 at the door
MaxFund Annual Chili Cook-Off
1pm – 4pm
Delaney’s
It will begin and doors open for chili tasting/judging at 1 pm and the judging will end at 3:00pm. There are four categories of chilis: red, green, vegetarian, and professional chef. The winners will be counted and announced in each category at 3:30pm with cash prizes for each winner!
To register a chili there click on the Blacktie link.
Enter your chili: $30/chili to register
Taster entry: $10 if the pre-registered
or $15 at the door
The event is family friendly and non smoking during the event The Maxfund adoption van will be parked out front of delaneys during the event with many wonderful adoptable pets for everyone to meet.
All proceeds go to Maxfund, there will also be Maxfund merchandise for sale and drink specials at $4 for the beer of the month with $1 being donated to the shelter.
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Friday, Feb 17, 2012 at 11:17 am by PJ Hoberman
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