Welcome to Fresh Taps. Each week Shea collects the most promising lineup of new and returning beers hitting taprooms and tasting rooms all over the state.
This week load up your growlers on Thanksgiving Eve or get away from the crowds with Black Friday tappings! Unlike many of the big-box retailers, most breweries will not be open Thanksgiving. But have no fear, there’s a boatload of brews being released Wednesday, Friday, and the other days of the week. From Brewery Rickoli’s 1st Anniversary Party to numerous Left Hand tap takeovers, there’s plenty to drink this week!
Shea’s Spotlight Tappings
Each week I’ll pick a few tappings that catch my eye, and taste buds.
If you find yourself up in Windsor on Wednesday, or traveling between Fort Collins and Denver for Thanksgiving, make a stop by High Hops Brewery for two tasty treats! They’ll be releasing an Imperial Smoked Pumpkin Stout in a firkin as part of their weekly Firkin Hump Day release, plus a special sweet potato beer called Sweetie Pie.
Or if you happen to be around Boulder, stop into Backcountry Pizza for the chance to try all five of Left Hand’s Fade to Black series. Left Hand’s The Night of Fade to Black will certainly be a tasty dark night with five unique dark brews. See below for more details.
Here’s the rest of the stellar fresh tappings across Colorado for the next week. Have a great (and safe) Thanksgiving and thank you for reading Fresh Taps!
The Smuggled Taps (Recently Tapped Brews I Missed):
Aurora
- Dry Dock Brewing – Ambassador Sour Ale
Boulder
- Upslope Brewing Lee Hill & Flatiron Park locations – Pumpkin Ale and Imperial IPA
Broomfield
- Big Choice Brewing – Apre Shred Winter Ale
Denver
- Bull & Bush – Holiday Spiced Ale
- Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery – Redpoint Belgo-American Red Rye Double IPA
Louisville
- Gravity Brewing
- Tsar Bomba Russian Imperial Stout
- Breckenridge Bourbon Barrel Aged Acceleration Double IPA
- Framboise Belgian Dubbel infused w/ raspberries
Loveland
- Big Beaver Brewing – The Beaver Patch Belgian Ale
- Verboten Brewing – I Believe in Pink Imperial Saison w/ Pink Peppercorns – A portion of the proceeds during December from this beer go to Crossroads Safehouse
Wednesday, Nov. 27th, 2013:
Arvada
- Odyssey Beerwerks – Chili Pale Ale – 5PM – Discovery Beer Wednesday
Boulder
- Backcountry Pizza – Left Hand’s The Night of Fade to Black – 6:30PM to 10:30PM
- Fade to Black Vol. 1 Foreign Export Stout
- Fade to Black Vol. 2 Smoked Baltic Porter
- Fade to Black Vol. 3 Pepper Porter
- Fade to Black Vol. 4 Rocky Mountain Black Ale
- Fade to Black Vol. 5 Black Rye Ale
- Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery – Harvest Wind Imperial Pumpkin Ale
- Southern Sun Pub & Brewery – Harvest Wind Imperial Pumpkin Ale
- Under the Sun Eatery & Taphouse – Harvest Wind Imperial Pumpkin Ale
- Wild Wood Brewery – Barrel Aged Butternut Brown Ale and Pistachio Cream Ale
Denver
- Copper Kettle Brewing – Cranberry Wit – 3PM to 9PM – Firkin Wednesday
- Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew – Belgian Pale, Randalled w/ Cascade hops & raspberries
- River North Brewing – Milk Stout Avarice and Pumpkin-Spiced J. Marie Saison – 3PM – Wayward Wednesday
- Strange Brewing – Vanilla Rum Porter
- Vine Street Pub & Brewery – Harvest Wind Imperial Pumpkin Ale
- World of Beer Cherry Creek – Left Hand Brewing 90’s Party Tap Takeover Benefit – 7PM – Bring new toys to donate to Toys for Tots and get a free beer shot from Left Hand
- Deep Cover Brown Ale
- Motherlode Golden Ale
- Munich Dunkel
- Fade to Black Vol. 2 Smoked Baltic Porter
- Fade to Black Vol. 3 Pepper Porter
- Fade to Black Vol. 4 Rocky Mountain Black Ale
- Fade to Black Vol. 5 Black Rye Ale
- And more!!!
Fort Collins
- Choice City Butcher – Odell Brewing 2013 Friek – 7PM
- Pateros Creek Brewing – Brew-Ducken Bourbon Barrel Aged Cranberry Pumpkin Beer
Lafayette
- Odd13 Brewing – TBD – 5PM – Small Batch Wednesday
Lakewood
- World of Beer Belmar – Left Hand Brewing 90’s Party Tap Takeover Benefit – 7PM – Bring new toys to donate to Toys for Tots and get a free beer shot from Left Hand
- Deep Cover Brown Ale
- Motherlode Golden Ale
- Munich Dunkel
- Fade to Black Vol. 2 Smoked Baltic Porter
- Fade to Black Vol. 3 Pepper Porter
- Fade to Black Vol. 4 Rocky Mountain Black Ale
- Fade to Black Vol. 5 Black Rye Ale
- And more!!!
Louisville
- Twelve Degree Brewing – Treacherry – 5PM – Tart cherry batch of the Treachery Golden Strong Ale
Windsor
- High Hops Brewery – Imperial Smoked Pumpkin Stout – Firkin Hump Day
- High Hops Brewery – Sweetie Pie Sweet Potato Beer – 10% ABV with sweet potatoes, clove, and cinnamon
Thursday, Nov. 28th, 2013:
Happy Thanksgiving! Why go shopping on this great holiday when you can eat stuffing and drink delicious craft beer that you bought a growler of the day before?
Friday, Nov. 29th, 2013:
Arvada
- Yak & Yeti – Disgruntled Pumpkin – 11AM
Aurora
- Dry Dock Brewing – Black Currant Enterprise IPA – 3PM to 6PM – Firkin Friday
Boulder
- Upslope Brewing Lee Hill – Persimmon Altbier – 2PM – Firkin Friday – German style ale with a nice malt character kicked up with some added persimmons
Broomfield
- Big Choice Brewing – Peppermint Stout – 1 keg, served with a peppermint patty and crushed candy cane, every Friday until Christmas
Colorado Springs
- Brewer’s Republic – Left Hand Throwback Pint Night – 11AM to 10PM
- Deep Cover Brown Ale
- Munich Dark Lager
- Motherlode Golden Ale
Denver
- Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew – West Coast Style IPA – 2PM
- World of Beer Cherry Creek – Special keg of Goose Island Bourbon County
Fort Collins
- Equinox Brewing – Midwinter Warmer Barleywine
Lone Tree
- Lone Tree Brewing – Chili Beer – 1PM
Loveland
- Grimm Brothers Brewhouse – Ungrateful Son Amber Ale infused with grapefruit and dry hopped with Cascade hops
- Loveland Aleworks – Cranberry Saison and Oaked Imperial Stout
Wheat Ridge
- Brewery Rickoli – Special beer tappings TBD – 1st Anniversary Party – 12PM to 8PM
Saturday, Nov. 30th, 2013:
Aurora
- Dry Dock Brewing – Ho Ho Ho Slapdown – 11AM to 5PM – 3 employee brews, vote for your favorite to be their holiday brew
Denver
- Copper Kettle Brewing – Coffee Rye Porter – 12PM – ONE cask and ONE keg!
- River North Brewing – Whiskey Barrel Quandary – 1PM
Sunday, Dec. 1st, 2013
Arvada
- Yak & Yeti – Musee des Beer Arts French Bordeaux Barrel Aged Belgian Blonde
Boulder
- Avery Brewing – 10lb. Strawberry Wit – 12PM to 7PM – Craft & Crafts
Monday, Dec. 2nd, 2013
Grand Junction
- Kannah Creek Brewing – Dark Chocolate Orange Porter – 5PM – Firkin Monday
Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, 2013
Arvada
- Arvada Beer Co – Brown and Butter Pecan Brown
Did we miss something? Has your brewery released something new we should know about? I am only human, so please let me know what’s new and on deck to be tapped at shea@denveroffthewagon.com
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