Over the past few years, its become a bit hard to break through the clutter of beer festivals that have dotted our event calendars. And while this summer has proven no exception to the myriad of weekend drink-a-thons, the Denver Brew at the Zoo is an affair that I refuse to miss.

What’s cooler than lions, and tigers and bears, oh my? Well perhaps drinking phenomenal craft beers and tasting local cuisine small plates along side those creatures of wonder. But this isn’t just any brew and chew fest. This is essentially the Justice League meeting of Denver’s craft beer scene. 

The Denver Brew at the Zoo affords locals to celebrate a primarily Colorado focused lineup with the likes of Backcountry, Big Choice, Bull and Bush, Copper Kettle, Elevation, FATE, Renegade, Great Divide, Left Hand, New Belgium, Odell, Oskar Blues, Prost, River North, Strange, Upslope, Vine Street Pub and Wynkoop.

It’s also the perfect opportunity to explore a handful of new up and comers like Three Barrel out of Del Norte, and Brewery Rickoli out of Wheat Ridge who both impressed at last year’s fest.

The Zoo has also teamed up with FATE Brewing out of Boulder, CA to brew a Zoo themed beer, which will debut at this year’s event. The collaboration Belgian Wit was brewed with Aframomum, an African spice believed to be beneficial to gorilla heart health.

So in summation, Beers, Bears, Battlestar Galactica, get your tickets and join us at next week’s event and check out the full list of brewery and food participants at this year’s event!

Brewery Participants

• AC GOLDEN BREWING COMPANY
• ALASKAN BREWING CO.
• ANHEUSER-BUSCH
• AVERY BREWING CO.
• BEER BY DESIGN BREWERY
• BIG CHOICE BREWING
• BLACK SHIRT BREWING CO.
• BLUE MOON BREWING COMPANY
• BOULDER BEER COMPANY
• BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY
• BREWERY RICKOLI
• BRISTOL BREWING COMPANY
• CAUTION: BREWING CO.
• CAYMAN JACK
• COLORADO CIDER COMPANY
• COPPER KETTLE BREWING COMPANY
• CRAZY MOUNTAIN BREWING COMPANY
• CRISPIN CIDER
• DENVER BEER CO.
• ELEVATION BEER COMPANY
• ELK MOUNTAIN BREWING
• EPIC BREWING COMPANY
• THE FORT COLLINS BREWERY
• GORDON BIERSCH BREWERY & RESTAURANT
• GREAT DIVIDE BREWING COMPANY
• GRIMM BROTHERS BREWHOUSE
• HALL BREWING COMPANY
• JOYRIDE BREWING COMPANY
• KANNAH CREEK BREWING COMPANY
• KOKOPELLI BEER COMPANY
• LEFT HAND BREWING CO.
• LONE TREE BREWING COMPANY
• NEW BELGIUM BREWING COMPANY
• NEW PLANET BEER COMPANY
• ODELL BREWING CO.
• ODYSSEY BEERWERKS
• OSKAR BLUES BREWERY
• RENEGADE BREWING CO.
• RIVER NORTH BREWERY
• ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY & RESTAURANT
• ROCK BOTTOM BREWERY DOWNTOWN DENVER
• ROCKYARD BREWING CO.
• SAPPORO USA
• SHINER BEERS
• SKA BREWING
• STATION 26 BREWING CO.
• STRANGE CRAFT BEER CO.
• TOMMYKNOCKER BREWERY
• THREE BARREL BREWING CO.
• TWISTED PINE BREWING COMPANY
• UPSLOPE BREWING COMPANY
• WALNUT BREWERY
• WICKED HARD
• WOODCHUCK HARD CIDER
• WYNKOOP BREWING COMPANY

Restaurant Participants

• ALE HOUSE AT AMATO’S
• BISCUIT BUS
• BLUE SPRUCE BREWING COMPANY
• CHERRY CRICKET
• DADS & DUDES BREWERIA
• DOOR TO DOOR ORGANICS
• FATE BREWING COMPANY
• GARBANZO MEDITERRANEAN GRILL
• GOOSETOWN TAVERN
• GREAT NORTHERN
• HARD ROCK CAFÉ
• THE HORNET
• THE IRISH SNUG
• JERRY’S NUT HOUSE
• LODO’S BAR AND GRILL
• LOWDOWN BREWERY & KITCHEN
• MARCO’S COAL FIRED PIZZA
• MOUCO
• PARAMOUNT CAFÉ
• THE REAL DILL
• RUBIO’S
• TASTE OF WILD CATERING
• VINE STREET PUB & BREWERY
• WAZEE SUPPER CLUB
• WONG WAY VEG