The Great COntenders!

Saturday - September 11, 2010 @ 05:00PM / ends @ 08:30PM
Beer Festival @ Wynkoop Brewing Company
Denver, Colorado
(303) 297-2700

On September 11 from 5-8:30 PM we're hosting a special beer tasting at Wynkoop Brewing Company.

The Great COntenders will help kickoff Denver Beerfest Week, and give beer fiends a chance to cheer on the state's best brewers as they head into the judging at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival.

All online ticket buyers will be automatically entered into a drawing for two tickets to the 2010 GABF. Buy your Great COntenders tickets on line at www.ticketalternative.com

The event will feature over twenty of the state's best breweries serving taster portions of previous GABF medal winners, stellar beers entered into the 2010 GABF judging, and other extra-rare or soon-to-be released liquid treats.Tickets for this beer-blessed pep rally are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event. Tickets are limited to just 300.

Great COntenders Beer List:

22 Exceptional Breweries, 61 Exceptional Beers

Alright, we've got the lineup finalized for our pre-GABF, all-Colorado beer tasting event on Sept. 11. It's a mind-blowing list for a great price, see the list below. Get your tickets in advance here.

Wynkoop Brewing Company’s The Great COntenders
Brewery & Beer List (with GABF medal details)

* Asher Brewing: Greenade Organic Double IPA
* Avery Brewing: The Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest Lager
* Boulder Beer: Planet Porter (Gold 1992, Bronze 2007), Flashback IBA
* Breckenridge Brewery: Regal Pilsner, Lucky U IPA, Autumn Ale
* Bull & Bush: Tower ESB (Gold 1998), Man Beer (Silver 2003), The Legend of the Liquid Brain (Silver 2008), Big Ben Brown Ale,
* Dostal Alley - Shafthouse Stout (Silver 2008), Pub Ale (Silver 2003)
* Dry Dock Brewing: Bismarck Alt (Gold 2009) U-Boat Hefeweizen (Silver 2009), Docktoberfest (Silver 2009)
* Durango Brewing: Derail Ale (Gold 2007, 2008), Dark Lager
* Golden City Brewery – Standup Double IPA, Goldener Gose
* Great Divide Brewing: Hoss (Bronze 2009), Yeti (Silver 2005/09, Bronze 2008), DPA (Gold 1999, Bronze 2006),Rumble IPA
* Left Hand Brewing: Sawtooth Ale (Bronze 2008, Gold 1994) Milk Stout (Silver 2008), Oxymoron Teutonic India Pale Lager
* New Belgium Brewing: Abbey Ale (8 GABF medals) Mothership Wit (Gold 2009), Trippel (Gold 2001)
* Odell Brewing: IPA (Gold 2007), Isolation Ale, Bourbon Barrel Stout
* Pints Pub: Lancer IPA in firkin
* Pug Ryan’s Brewery & Pub: Pallavicini Pilsener (Gold 2005, Silver 2004/7/8), Morning Wood Wheat (Silver 2003), Pug Damit Porter, Helles Good Bock
* Pumphouse Brewery & Pub: 4 Alarm Copper Ale (Silver 2004), Citra Pale Ale, Hot Shots Harvest Ale
* Sandlot Brewery: Most Beer Judges are Boneheads Pils (Silver 2005, Bronze 2008), Second Hand Smoke (Silver 2005, Bronze 2008), Goat Rancher Bock (Silver 2005, Gold 2008)
* Ska Brewing: True Blonde (Bronze 2006, 2009), Buster Nut Brown (Gold 2003, 2004, Silver 2009), Steel Toe Stout (2006 Silver,2009 Bronze), Clancy’s Black Beer
* Strange Brewing: IPAphany India Pale Ale, Liquid Resume Pale, Paint It Black Honey Coffee Stout, Le Bruit Du Diable
* Twisted Pine - American Amber (Gold 1996), Big Shot Espresso Stout (Silver 2008), Honey Brown
* Upslope Brewing: IPA, Pale Ale, Tap Room Special
* Wynkoop Brewing: B3K Schwarzbier (Gold 2008), Wixa Weiss (Gold 2008), Orville Belgian-style Sour, Belgorado Harvest IPA