As Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) draws near the event line-up surrounding the festival continues to grow. We all know that after a day of networking and seminars, the only option to unwind is with hundreds of new friends while enjoying more beer!
Planning on attending CBC this year in Denver, CO? Not attending, but want to be part of the action? Bring this handy guide along with you (and drink plenty of water) to help navigate the multitude of awesome happenings around town! Be sure to check the links to each event for more information and availability.
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Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7
Even though the conference doesn’t start until Monday, check out what’s happening to get the party started this weekend:
10AM – 12PM Saturday & Sunday: Work From Home Beer Breakfast at Cerebral Brewing
Beer Releases, Tappings, and Tap Takeovers
11AM – 7PM Saturday: Cervecería Colorado Can Release Fiesta! at Cervecería Colorado
12PM – 11:30PM Saturday: Strangers are Strange Release at Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company
12PM – 12AM Saturday: Bully Stole My Lunch Release at Ursula Brewery
1PM Saturday: Unidentified IPA Release at Fiction Beer Company
Monday, April 8
Beer Releases, Tappings, and Tap Takeovers
10AM – 11:45PM April 8-12: Mr. B’s Downtown Cellar Release at Mr. B’s Wine and Spirits
11AM – 11PM: Prickle Me Pink Beer Release at The Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe & Brewery
12PM – 11PM: Loveless Blackberry & Raspberry Barrel Fermented Sour Saison Bottle Release at Ratio Beerworks
2PM – 11PM: CBC Showcase: Cerebral, Deciduous, Outer Range, WeldWerks at Jake’s Brew Bar
3PM: Green Month – I-Tea-A & Special CBC Week Tappings at Avery Brewing Company
4PM – 6PM: Dogfish Head SuperEIGHT Release at Falling Rock Tap House
4PM – 7PM: TCFB Tap Takeover at Our Mutual Friend Brewing
5PM – 10PM: Cerebral & Friends at First Draft Taproom & Kitchen
5PM – 12AM: Arizona Wilderness Tapping Hosted by Goed Zuur and Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company at Goed Zurr
8PM – 11PM: Dogfish Head, Stone Brewing, & The Gin Doctors! at Oskar Blues Grill & Brew Denver
8PM – 12AM: Duvel on Draught at Falling Rock Tap House
Kickoff Parties, Happy Hours, and Other Shenanigans
11AM – 1:30AM: Craft Brewers Conference Kickoff at Appalossa Grill
11AM: Craft Brewers Conference Week Long Party Kickoff at Walter’s303 Pizzeria & Publik House – Uptown
12PM – 9PM: CBC Week Kickoff Party at WeldWerks Brewing Company
4:30PM – 6:30PM: Pre-CBC Happy Hour at Wynkoop Brewing
4PM – 7PM: Welcome to CBC with Commonwealth Brewing at Freshcraft
5PM – 8PM April 8-11: AXES and ALES at DAGAR Denver
5PM – 12AM: CBC Kickoff with Crooked Stave & Friends at Finn’s Manor
6PM – 9PM: Unofficial CBC Kickoff Party | New Belgium, Leopold Bro’s, Klean Kanteen, Improper City at Improper City
7PM – 9PM: CBC Week Kickoff Party at Odell Brewing RiNo Brewhouse
8PM – 11PM: Jasper Yeast Late Night Happy Hour at Denver Beer Co.
9PM – 12AM: Getting Down to Brass Tacks: a CBC Late Night Kickoff at Brass Tacks
10PM – 1AM: Matt Bonney Memorial Toast at Falling Rock Tap House
Tuesday, April 9
Beer Releases, Tappings, and Tap Takeovers
11:30AM – 10PM: Bissell Brothers, Casey Brewing & Blending, Ology Brewing at Hops & Pie
12PM – 10PM: Clear the Shelter: An OMF x Hop Culture Keep the Glass Event at Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company
2PM – 9:30PM: Bottom Feeders Lager Party at Brass Tacks
3PM – 10PM: April Can Release: Friendly Fire & Different Strokes at Novel Strand Brewing
4PM – 10PM: Fruit: Declassified at Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales
4PM – 11PM: Toppling Goliath Tap Takeover at Lowdown Brewery + Kitchen
4:30PM – 12AM: Louisiana’s Finest on Tap at Freshcraft
5PM – 9PM: Collaboration Can Release and Tapping: Hoppy Pilsner at Diebolt Brewing Company
5PM – 10PM: Craft Maltsters Guild Tap Takeover at Baere Brewing Company
5PM – 12AM: PFriem Family Brewers Tapping at Goed Zuur
6PM – 10PM: Inland Island Yeast Presents: Good Bugs Tap Takeover at The Crafty Fox Ale House
5PM – 12AM: Rare Barrel, Black Project, Cerebral, Commonwealth & Fort George at Finn’s Manor
6PM – 12AM: LagerHard CBC at Bierstadt Lagerhaus
6:30PM – 2AM: FunkySourTart Night at Falling Rock Tap House
7PM – 10PM: Squarrel Tap Takeover at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery
Meetups, After Parties, and Other Shenanigans
11AM – 2PM: Amalgam Brewing Beer Brunch at Goed Zuur
4PM – 6PM: CBC Taproom Manager’s Meetup Presented by Illegal Pete’s at Ratio Beerworks
6PM – 9PM: Untappd After Party at 14er Brewing & Beer Garden
6PM – 10PM: Beer, BBQ & Bluegrass Presented by Emerson at Woods Boss Brewing Company
6:30PM – 7:45PM: Wood & Beer with Master Brewers Dick Cantwell & Peter Bouckaert at Park Hill Branch Library
6:30PM – 9:30PM: CBC Afterparty with Music by DJ Phauxkis – Special Tapping of Harvest Fresh IPA at Odell Brewing RiNo Brewhouse
7PM – 10PM: Here We Grow at Mile High Station
Wednesday, April 10
Beer Releases, Tappings, and Tap Takeovers
10AM – 11PM: Fremont Day and Tasting “This Strange Passion”! at Mr. B’s Wine & Spirits Downtown
11:30AM – 10PM: Trillium Brewing Company at Hops & Pie
3PM – 6PM: CBC Happy Hour & Tap Release at Woods Boss Brewing
4PM – 10PM: Sun King Mini Tap Takeover during CBC at Factotum Brewhouse
5PM – 7PM: Solar Beer Tap Takeover! at Society Sports and Sprits
5PM – 8PM: American Brewers Guild Alumni and Friends Happy Hour at Sheraton Downtown
5PM – 9PM: Admiral Malting and Rootshoot Malting Happy Hour at Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery
5PM – 10PM: The West is the Best at Cannonball Creek Brewing Company
6PM – 10PM: I Love New York: Pre-Sale Pickup & Tap Takeover Featuring: Finback, Kings County Brewery Collective, Interior Spirits and Ales, Equilibrium Brewery at Crooked Stave RiNo
6PM – 10PM: CBC Tap Takeover: 4 Noses, New Image, Stem Ciders, Lawson’s Finest at Improper City
6PM – 12AM: Viva Cerveza – A Mexican Craft Beer Tap Takeover at Ironton Distillery
6:30PM – 10PM: Barrel-Aged Night at Falling Rock Tap House
7PM – 9PM: CBC El Dorado Tap Takeover at Freshcraft
7PM – 10PM: CBC 2019 Deutsche & Dos Luces Party at Dos Luces Brewery
Meetups, After Parties, and Other Shenanigans
8AM – 9AM: Wednesday Hangover Breakfast at Backstage Coffee
11AM – 11PM: Brewer’s Cove at Hudson Hill
12PM – 1:30PM: Lunchtime Chat with Rudi Ghequire of Rodenbach at Freshcraft
2PM – 9PM: CBC Brewery Bus Loop at Strange Craft Beer Company
4PM – 7PM: Be[er] Here Now at Freshcraft
4PM – 7PM: Denver Beer Co. & Coedo Brewery Meet the Maker Event at Union Station
5PM – 12AM: Beachwood Blendery Paired Dinner at Goed Zuur
5PM – 12AM: Casey & Friends at Finn’s Manor
6PM – 9PM: PARTY at PROST at Prost Brewing Company
6PM – 9PM: CBC: Farm Brewers Dinner at The GrowHaus
6PM – 9PM: ProBrew After Party at Denver Beer Company
6PM – 10PM: Untappd After-Party at Odell Brewing RiNo Brewhouse
6PM – 11PM: Ball Presents: The Infamous Stringdusters at The Fillmore Auditorium
6PM – 12AM: Unofficial CBC Afterparty with Outer Range at Improper City
6:30PM – 9PM: Forbidden Root x Citizen Rail Beer Dinner at Citizen Rail
6:30PM – 10PM: New Belgium Beer Dinner at Mercantile Dining & Provisions
7PM – 9PM: 2nd Annual Honkytonk Bash at Clocktower Cabaret
7PM – 9PM: CBC at BSB: A Wind-Down Shindig at Black Shirt Brewing Company
7PM – 10PM: Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out Book Signing with Josh Noel at Falling Rock Tap House
7PM – 10PM: Brewster’s Arm Wrestling at Bierstadt Lagerhaus
7PM – 11:30PM: Leftover Salmon with Roka Hueka at Craft After Dark Hosted by SKA Brewing at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
8PM – 12AM: Brewery Live Band Karaoke at Ratio Beerworks
9PM: Trve Brewing Presents Strange and Eternal at Tooey’s Off Colfax
9PM – 12AM: Melvin Brewing Presents Wu Tang Wednesday at Appaloosa Grill
9PM – 2 AM: Late Night Burgers & Beer Featuring Black Project, WeldWerks, & Cerebral at My Brothers Bar
Thursday, April 11
Beer Releases, Tappings, and Tap Takeovers
11:30AM – 10PM: Lawson’s Finest Liquids & Jester King Brewery at Hops & Pie
3PM – 6PM: CBC Tapping Finale at The Crafty Fox
5PM – 12AM: Jester King Brewery Tapping at Goed Zuur
6:30PM – 2AM: Hops Hops Hops! at Falling Rock Tap House
Meetups, After Parties, and Other Shenanigans
11AM – 2PM: Modern Times Beer Brunch at Goed Zuur
3PM – 6PM: ABE’s Craft Brewers Conference After Party at Woods Boss Brewing
4PM – 7PM: Ice Cream Social at Freshcraft
4PM – 7PM: Rock N Roll Me Till I’m Dead | CBC Wrap Party at Occidental
4PM – 9PM: Untappd After Party at Great Divide Barrel Bar RiNo
4PM – 10PM: Raffle for Cat Sabbath Magnum, Black Project Bottles, Glassware, and March at Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales
7PM – 10PM: Audios MFers at Freshcraft
7PM – 10PM: CBC After Party and Friek Barrel Aged Ten Paces Tapping at Odell Brewing RiNo Brewhouse
8PM – 12AM: CBC After Party at Big Trouble
See you soon in Denver to celebrate and raise a few to craft beer! Be sure to follow us on social media to keep up with where we are at and what’s happening at CBC. Cheers!
*With more events being announced daily some might be missing from this list.
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