As much as we may try to deny it, and as much as recent Colorado weather may contradict, cooler days are creeping on the horizon. One sure sign of this changing of the guard can be seen through the corresponding shift from fresh hop and pumpkin beers to the dark and roasty stouts and porters that’ll inevitably be dominating liquor store shelves for the next three to four months.

For those who have come to welcome the liquid equivalent of flannel sheets, dark beers ranging from Black IPAs to Dark Lagers, Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stouts, to adjunct Porters will all be on full display this Saturday at Wynkoop Brewing’s Day of Darks Festival. The yearly celebration of opaque beers will once again treat attendees to unlimited tasters of over 30 Colorado breweries and a handful of national brands as well.

Proceeds from the now sold out event will benefit local health organizations Movember Foundation, Colorado Cancer Research Program and Drink for Pink doing good in the Mile High City.

We got a sneak preview of what we’ll be poured at tomorrow’s festival and the pour list does not disappoint. That said, all beers are scheduled to change:

Brewery	Beer
Ballast Point	Victory at Sea Imperial Porter
Ballast Point	Commodore Stout
Beryl's Brewing	Riga Doms Brandy Barrel-aged Baltic Porter.
Blue Moon	Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout
Blue Moon	Mexican Chocolate.
Boggy Draw Brewery	Coffee Stout Aged in a Gentleman Jack Barrels for 11 months
Boggy Draw Brewery	Coffee Stout
Boggy Draw Brewery	Milk Stout,
Boggy Draw Brewery	Dunkelweiss,
Boggy Draw Brewery	Barrel-Aged Octoberfest
Breckenridge Brewery	Christmas Ale
Breckenridge Brewery	Oatmeal Stout
Breckenridge Brewery	Barrel Aged Imperial Cherry Stout
Briar Common Brewing	Lanham Belgian Dubbel
Briar Common Brewing	Bramble Imperial BlackBerry Stout
Caution Brewing	Toaster Bat Black Smoked Porter
Caution Brewing	Scotch Of All Trades Scotch Ale
Chain Reaction Brewing	Edinburgh (Scottish Ale)
Chain Reaction Brewing	Belgian Rye Stout
CO Plus	Milk & Cookies - Imp. Sweet Stout 8.75% ABV Full body milk stout, brewed with 5 lbs of cookies per barrel.
CO Plus	North Remembers - Black Saison 6% ABV Smokey black saison brewed with CO local malt and house smoked oats fermented with a Norwegian Kviek Yeast.
Crazy Mountain	Cara de Luna Black Ale
Crazy Mountain	Chocolate Peanut Butter stout
Crestone Brewing Co	TBD
C Squared Ciders	Marzen Apfelwein, which is a 6% semi sweet cider made with malt extract to give it a dark pour and roasted caramel characteristics, and is still 100% gluten free.
C Squared Ciders	Ginger
Denver Beer Co	Welcome to the Dunkel - Dunkelweiss
Denver Beer Co	Barrels of Fun - Scotch Barrel Aged Stout
Epic Brewing Company	Big Bad Baptist (Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Coffee & Chocolate)
Epic Brewing Company	Triple Barrel Baptist (Same as BBB with coconut aged in barrels)
Epic Brewing Company	Baptista (BBB with Mexican Coffee, Cinnamon & Vanilla)
Epic Brewing Company	Son of a Baptist (Imperial Stout with Coffee & Chocolate)
Firestone Walker	TBD
Holidaily Brewing	Riva Stout
Holidaily Brewing	Imperial Stout
Ironworks Brewery & Pub	Smoked Porter
Ironworks Brewery & Pub	Hilltopper's Pride Kentucky Common Ale
Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery	Grizzly Peak English Porter
Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery	Resident Dirtbag Belgian Quad Aged in Port Wine Barrels,
Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery	This Beer Really Ties the Room Together Blonde Milk Stout with Coffee and Cacao
Little Machine Beer	"That's My Yam!" Sweet Potato Stout
Little Machine Beer	"The Gaffer" London-Style Porter
New Image Brewing	TBD
Odyssey Beerwerks	StoutLaw – 6.4% ABV, 55 IBUs • An American Stout with a pronounced roasted malt profile and assertive hopping, layers of caramel malt add a deep complexity and full body.
Odyssey Beerwerks	Psycho Penguin Vanilla Porter – 5.8% ABV , 36 IBUs • Dark, silky maltiness, picked up with smooth and smoky flavor from Mexican vanilla beans.
Renegade Brewing Co	Pancakes Maple Porter
Renegade Brewing Co	Hammer Imperial Stout
Resolute Brewing Company	Resolute Triple Black IPA
Resolute Brewing Company	Resolute Vanilla Chai Brown
Resolute Brewing Company	Resolute Baltic Porter
Stem Ciders	Coffee Cider
Stem Ciders	Raspberry Chili Cider
Strange Craft	Strangely Epic – Imperial Cherry Stout with coffee and cocoa 8% abv
Strange Craft	Gingerbread Man – American Brown Ale with gingerbread spices 5.5% abv
The Brew on Broadway	Social Club Coffee Milk Stout on Nitro
The Brew on Broadway	The Gothic Shadow Sour Imperial Stout
The Post	TBD
Tivoli Beer	TBD
Upslope Brewing	Upslope Brown Ale 6.7% 45IBU
Upslope Brewing	Upslope Christmas Ale 8.2% 25IBU
Upslope Brewing	Upslope Pumpkin Ale 7.7% 25 IBU
Verboten Brewing	Music Maker: Rum Barrel-Aged Coffee -Rich oatmeal stout with coffee added that the roaster aged in rum barrels. 5.6% ABV, 26 IBUs
Verboten Brewing	Killer Boots Description: Hybrid Porter with house made caramel added. 6% ABV, 20 IBUs
Verboten Brewing	Islay Little Nonsense Description: Imperial Stout aged in Ardbeg Scotch barrels 11% ABV, 34 IBUs
Vision Quest	Meadowfire - barrel aged imperial stout aged on coffee, vanilla and chilis
Vision Quest	Barrel-Aged Stout
Wits End Brewing	Ambition: Black Coffee Stout
Wits End Brewing	Ookla The Bock: German-Inspired Dunkles Bock
Wits End Brewing	The Notorious B-Rye-G: Black Rye Double IPA
Woods Boss Brewing	Mind the Kerf
Woods Boss Brewing	Peripatetic (Smoked belgian dark strong ale)
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Dank AF
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Capt K Final Dayz
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Cowtown Milk Stout
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Move Your Car
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Foab
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Barrel-Aged Foab
Wynkoop Brewing Co	BB Quad
Wynkoop Brewing Co	BB Blonde Stout
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Curse of Knowledge Black Saison
Wynkoop Brewing Co	DeerHammer Cherry Brandy Barrel-Aged F.O.A.B
Wynkoop Brewing Co	Russian Imperial Stout

---

Can't visit the site everyday like us? Bummer! No worries, we've got you covered. Submit your email below to receive our monthlyish newsletter on reviews, tours, events and more!

Email address:

Leave this field empty if you're human: