Great beer, good friends and fun are always found at the Falling Rock. Enjoy a beer you have not tried before outside on our patio and take in the fresh air or get comfy inside and enjoy the couches, Darts and Pool.
GABF
Great American Beer Festival is held each year at the Colorado Convention Center and Falling Rock is definitely the place to be . This being our busiest week, we celebrate GABF with our countdown clock set to start our GABF Kick Off Party. This Year the clock is counting down to Monday September 13th, 5:00pm. All Week long special Events and special tappings take place all day and all night. Check Back here to see what’s coming up starting sometime in August. For more information on the Great American Beer Festival check out www.GreatAmericanBeerFestival.com
2010 GABF Schedule:
Monday September 13th
5pm – 13th Annual GABF Kickoff Tapping Party
When the Countdown Clock Reaches Zero, We will tap into 10-12 special beers to unofficially start the 2010 GABF Week. We save Kegs just for the GABF Week & Brewers from all over send in some of their more rare offerings, this is when we start tapping into them.
Wednesday September 15th
5pm – Left Hand/Terrapin Brewing Oxymoron.
Number 3 in a series of Collaborative Beers between Left Hand Brewing & Terrapin Brewing. Oxymoron is an American-style IPA brewed with three German malts, six German hop varieties, and a lager yeast strain.
9pm – Shelton Brothers Tapping.
Shelton Brothers Imports & Distributes some of the most distinctive & iconic beers on the planet. We will be tapping into 3 different kegs from their extensive portfolio.
9:30 pm – Schmaltz Brewing Book Launch & Rare Beer Tasting (Downstairs)
Falling Rock Tap House will once again be featuring Shmaltz Brewing Company in its Great American Beer Festival celebrations. Upstairs, you’ll be able to enjoy a variety of rare and delicious Shmaltz Beers, including Luna Lager, RIPA on RYE, and Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah Downstairs, join Jeremy Cowan for a special tasting of rare and vintage Shmaltz beers along with the launch of his new book: Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah: How it took 13 years, Extreme Jewish Brewing, and Circus Sideshow Freaks to make Shmaltz Brewing Company an International Success.
10pm – Odell Brewing Cask of Baltic Porter.
Doug Odell & his brewer’s have been playing around a lot lately on their 5 Barrel Pilot System, coming out with quite a few different offerings. They are bringing us a cask of their Baltic Porter that, so far hasn’t really made it out of the brewery’s tap room.
Thursday September 16th
2pm – Boulevard Dark Truth Stout.
What do you get when you make an Imperial Stout with Barley, Wheat, Oats & Rye, then ferment it with a Belgian Yeast Strain – Dark Truth Stout. From Boulevard’s Smokestack Series, some of the very few kegs made will be showing up here.
4pm – Rogue Double Chocolate & John John Ale
John Maier is sending us some of his limited draft of Double Chocolate Stout (an 8% version of their Chocolate Stout) & John John Ale.
10pm – Stone Brewing Stash
So in past years I’ve raided Greg Koch’s private stash a bit, so this year I’m Bringing out some of My stash of their beers that I’ve been hoarding like some 2 yr old Russian Imperial Stout & some Vertical Epics. Hmmm Let’s see what else is waaay in the Back…
Friday September 17th
Noon – Sierra Nevada Estate Harvest ‘Kill-a-Keg’.
Join Us for one of the craziest events of the year. We will see how long it takes us to pour a keg of Sierra Nevada’s Estate Harvest Ale. Normally we do this with regular Harvest Ale, But this year, since the GABF is so early, it’s not ready, but their Estate Harvest Ale is. Estate Harvest Ale is a Wet-Hopped Ale (the hops are picked & thrown directly into the brew kettle without drying them first) made with Hops & Barley from their own fields near the brewery. Wet-Hopped beers Celebrate the fresh Harvest & have a slightly grassy nose that is unique & fleeting. Last year we were able to pour the keg in only 12 minutes, beating our previous record set in 2008 of 15:04. See if we can better our mark. Chris has been training for this since last year, he’s been on a strict training regimen of beer pouring & drinking with his training partners (pretty much anyone that will sit next to him), let’s see if it pays off.
2pm – New Holland Brewing/Mutineer Magazine ‘A Child’s Right’ Benefit
New Holland Brewing and Mutineer Magazine bring you some spectacular beers including a limited release Collaborative beer & other special New Holland Beers (like a cask of Dragon’s Milk) as well as Hopquila (a 100% Barley Malt wash, double distilled then infused with Centennial Hops). Proceeds from this event will benefit ‘A Child’s Right’ a charity that works on providing water filtration for children in Nepal.
4pm – Anderson Valley Brewing Heee’s Baaack !
So after a multi-year Hiatus Brewing in Singapore, Fal Allen is back at Anderson Valley, Let’s try out some of their Harder-to-find beers on draft like Brother David’s Double & Imperial IPA.
10 pm – Avery Brewing Rarities.
We’re pulling out some rarities from the vaults at Avery, like a keg of last year’s Moloch and a couple of other’s you won’t find on the shelf at your local good beer store.
Saturday September 18th
10pm – New Belgium Brewing 9th Annual ‘Love’ Fest
We’re Getting into some of my stash of La Folie kegs as well as some double-secret barrels of sour beers from the back corners of the New Belgium Brewery. Heck I’m not even allowed to mention one of the beers in print or talk about it until the day we’re going to pour it.
Oct. 16th 5th Annual Fresh Hop Fest
Join us for a celebration of the Hop Harvest. We will be pouring Many Wet Hopped beers from breweries from all over the country including beers from Oskar Blues, Great Divide, Sierra Nevada, Port Brewing, just to name a few. Normally hops are dried as they come out of the field before being used in brewing, Wet Hopped beers are made by adding fresh, undried hops into the brew kettle giving the beers a slightly grassy aroma that lasts for only a short time.