The Colorado Brewers Guild will host the third annual Firkin Rendezvous on February 24 at Bristol Brewing Company in Colorado Springs. The event will allow beer lovers to sample traditional and not-so-traditional English-style cask ales dispensed by gravity or hand pump from firkin casks. All of the beers will be brewed and served by brewery members of the Colorado Brewers Guild, including Colorado Springs breweries Bristol and Phantom Canyon.

[img_assist|nid=827|title=Steam Engine new look|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=100|height=65]It may seem that Steamworks Brewing Co.’s flagship beer, Steam Engine Lager, doesn’t need assistance holding its own in the marketplace, but even the most popular super models can benefit from a new “look.”

New Belgium Brewing offers this advisory: brace yourself for a bright, warming blast of Sterling and Liberty hops with tawny-roasted malts. Why? Because 2º Below Winter Ale is back on the shelves and on tap for the winter season.

[img_assist|nid=528|title=Tom Schmidlin|desc=|link=node|align=right|width=83|height=100]Wynkoop Brewing Company - Denver-s first brewpub and one of America's most respected microbrewing establishments - is now conducting its search for the 2007 Beerdrinker of the Year.

The annual contest seeks and honors the most passionate, knowledgeable beer lover in the United States. Wynkoop is now seeking "beer resumes" from the nation's most beer-minded men and women.

Just in time for cooler temperatures, Great Divide will bottle its fall seasonal beer, Fresh Hop Pale Ale. Taking advantage of the late-summer hop harvest, Great Divide searched for the perfect combination of fresh, whole cone hops to create the distinctive hop profile of Fresh Hop Pale Ale. The September hop harvest is a once-a-year opportunity to brew with fresh hops, sometimes called "wet hops." Normally, brewers use dried and pelletized hops, which are more stable than wet hops, making them the standard form for year-round use.

[img_assist|nid=358|title=|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=76|height=100]Colorado breweries received more medals at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival than any other state except California.
Colorado brewers took home 28 medals; 10 gold, 7 silvers and 11 bronze.

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