Great Divide opened its new Tap room today (March 5). All this week (March 5-10) beers will be half off and some lucky soul will win free beer for a year!

This is looking to be an excellent beer weekend.

I finally got my hands on a DogFish Head 120 IPA. Thanks, anonymous tipster and thank you, Joe for picking it up at Merchant of Vino. It was $8.50 for a 12-ounce bottle! Joe also picked up some Steamworks Third Eye Pale Ale and Great Divide Hercules Double IPA. 

There's no shortage of hops (or alcohol) in that list! 

For Valentine's Day, I got a sixer of Fort Collins Brewery's Chocolate Stout.  

Four breweries from Colorado are sending their beer Down Under to compete in the 2007 Australian International Beer Awards:

• Flying Dog Brewery, Denver
• Great Divide Brewing, Denver
• Left Hand Brewing, Longmont
• Odell Brewing, Fort Collins

According to the site, the AIBA is the second largest beer competition of it's type in the world. Judging takes place in March in Melbourne with winners announced April 19.