Local Beer Happenings

There's a few good events coming up in the area, from a brand-new beer to some seasonal releases to tappings, if you're looking for some good beer, check these out!

Sneak a Peek at the Green Man This Weekend

Courtesy of Green Man Taproom

What Falling Rock is for Denver, or Mayor of Old Town is for Fort Collins, Green Man Taproom and Beer Garden is hoping to be for Colorado Springs. This city has been missing a spacious taproom with beer garden and an extensive beer list. Owners Scott and Petra Simmons are hoping to fill this void with Green Man. They have been visiting breweries and taprooms for years, taking pictures and notes of the good and the bad.

This weekend you can get a bit of a preview of Green Man Taproom, a tap house and potential beer garden (city approval for the latter is still pending) featuring 50+ taps, slated to open in February 2014.  They are holding a sneak peek beer festival this Saturday, November 9th from 2-6pm at 320 S. Weber Street.  The festival will feature beers from distributors and local brewers that the taproom will showcase.

Tickets are available for $35 each.  Your ticket buys you half-pint samples of numerous beers and food from Za Pizza. There are between 50 and 100 tickets available at the time of this post, so make sure to get yours now!

Meet Dale - He's Drinking a New Local Beer ever day this year!

I'm happy to introduce you all to a local beer drinker, Dale Stevens. I met Dale at the first Meet the Brewer event with Crooked Stave and we've seen each other here and there and have been in touch ever since. A while back Dale told me that he was starting a little endeavor to try a new local beer every single day for an entire year. That's right 365 new beers this year! I've followed some of his  finds on facebook and decided to check in on him and see how he's doing. Let's catch up with Dale together:

So our readers know, can you tell us again what you're up to? Drinking a new beer a day? Are there any other rules? How many days are you in?
I am drinking a different local beer every day this year. My rules are that the beer has to be brewed in the state I am consuming it in (so far: Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, California, and Hawaii), and I must not have consumed it already this year. I started on January 1st with a Summit House Whiskey Barrel Stout from Pikes Peak Brewing and haven’t had a duplicate since. I am just over 2/3 the way through – 245 different local beers so far! Homebrew beers do count. I have a friend in Falcon and a son in Denver who have shared their creations with me which is much appreciated!