2019 Avery Invitational Pour List Preview & Ticket Giveaway

The Avery Brewing Invitational & Anniversary, which now enters its second year, is primed for an even bigger celebration than its debut. Armed with an all-star cast of breweries, and plans to unleash a myriad of vintages, this year’s festival aims to make a statement in celebration of its 26th anniversary.

Tickets Available for the 2019 Avery Brewing Invitational & Anniversary

This year’s Avery Brewing Invitational & Anniversary will take place on Saturday, June 8 from 12-5pm. Attendance includes:

– 2 oz pours of 200 beers from more than 70 breweries hailing from Colorado and around the U.S.

– Timed Barrel Tappings from the Avery Wood Cellar

– Specialty Avery beers from Adam Avery’s Cellar

– Local live music on two different stages

– Beer Centric Seminars from:

• Travis Rupp- Innovation & Wood Cellar Manager, Avery Brewing Co
• Colin Quinn- Special Projects Brewer, Avery Brewing Co
• Patrick Combs- Production Manager & Advanced Cicerone, Cerebral Brewing

Events Manager, Rachael Burrell teased back in April that attendees could expect legacy brands like Mephistopheles’ Stout, Samael’s, The Beast and vintages of Rumpkin, Pumpkin, Tweak and Uncle Jacob’s, as well as a host of one-off gold foils. And we now have a first look at what that pour list will likely look like.

This year’s pour list brings even more star power not just from participating breweries but also in the beers they’ll be bringing. Beginning with the host brewery, the Invitation will give attendees their first sneak peak of the trendy upcoming release of Rocky Mountain Rose. We’re also excited to try limited releases such as Dulce Vida, a pistachio, vanilla, coffee, bourbon barrel-aged Stout, Jesse’s Boy, a turmeric, tarragon, lemongrass Sour, and Bour-bon-bon. When it comes to vintages, Avery will unleash the return of everything from 2012 Salvation, to 2014 Beast and Samaels, 2015 Mephistopheles and Pumpkyn, 2016 Uncle Jacobs and Tweak, and 2017 Rumpkin.

From the out-of-towner breweries, this is one of Colorado’s first opportunity to try Alvarado Street Brewery’s hop-forward beers on draft. Creature Comforts makes their rare non-GABF appearance with a Jester King Collab Farmhouse Lager, an Imperial Stout with toasted coconut and dulce de leche and a Double IPA collaboration with the aforementioned Alvarado St., Portland’s Culmination Brewing will bring a pair of Farmhouse Ales including a collab with Ale Apothecary aged in cabernet barrels. Pittsburgh’s Dancing Gnome will be a can’t miss bringing their hoppy lineup. Fremont Brewing will bring the house with Barrel-Aged Coffee Dark Star, B-Bomb, and Sky Kraken. Chicago’s Half Acre is bring a trio of heavy hitters including Daisy Cutter, Bourbon Barrel Aged Big Hugs, a barrel-aged Imperial Coffee Stout, and Beer Hates Astronauts IPA. Be sure to try Cowboy Breakfast from Prairie Artisan Ales, an Imperial Stout Aged in Bourbon Barrels with Maple, Cacao Nibs and Vanilla, Rowley Farmhouse Ales is back again this year with a trio of barrel-aged Saisons and Southern Gentleman, brewed in honor of John Rowley’s late uncle Lee Rowley. It boast a Golden Sour base which substituted organic white grits for wheat, it was then aged in Gruet Chardonnay barriques for 15 months and refermented with organic ripe peaches from Hotchkiss, CO. Smog City will rock the BIL vibes with their Bourbon O.E. bourbon barrel-aged Barleywine. Under most interesting beers we’re looking forward to trying, Surly’s Electric Sombrero of Death, a tequila barrel-aged double dry-hoped Mexican-style Lager. And Trillium is back for another year with their Double Dry-Hopped Congress Street and Citra Cutting Tiles and Louisiana’s Urban South continues to make a big Denver push with a Gose and IPA.

As for the locals, Amalgam will pour their beautiful Landscapes Orchard blend, a Golden Sour blend refermented with peaches and nectarines. Atom Brewing‘s sours are always worth checking out. Bierstadt’s Slow Pour Pils is of course the perfect crusher. Burns Family Artisan Ales continues to crank out killer stuff so we’re excited for their Old Ale aged in High West bourbon barrels as well as their triple dry-hopped hazy IPA made in collaboration with WeldWerks. Cannonball Creek will be back with their award winning Trump Hands and Netflix and Pils. We can’t wait to try Cellar West’s Sapience Reserve, an oak-aged Bier de Mars with Brett, double dry-hopped with Citra and finished on pineapples. Cerebral’s Sugar Pie, an Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels with pecans, vanilla and cinnamon is sure to be a pastryboi’s delight. For those who haven’t had Finkle & Garf’s Rum Barrel-Aged Milk Stout, now is the perfect opportunity to try this gem. Liquid Mechanics has become one of the Colorado elite when it comes to barrel-aged stouts so we’re excited to try their Coffee Anarchy Project blend. OMF’s Fixed Blade is a phenomenal Laws Whiskey barrel-aged Barleywine. Outer Range will be on hand with a pair of hazy hop gems. We’re always excited to see what’s new from Primitive‘s spontaneous projects but most excited for Petit Bon Vivant. Upslope’s Batch 1000 is a sleeper for Colorado beer of the year, and this might be one of your last chances to try it. Verboten has a trio of pastry inspired beers worth trying, and we highly recommend exploring Wibby’s new RIPL rotating IPL series offering.

Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit Resource Central, an innovative nonprofit dedicated to helping people save water, reduce waste, and conserve energy. With over 40 years of experience, its programs have helped more than 500,000 people conserve natural resources. Learn more at ResourceCentral.org

And now your first look at the tentative brewery lineup for this year’s Avery Brewing Invitational & Anniversary. Keep in mind, participating breweries are subject to change.

We want to send one lucky PorchDrinking newsletter subscriber to the fest! Just email contest@porchdrinking.com with your name and Avery Invitational in the subject line for a chance to enter.

Without further ado, here’s the tentative pour list for the 2019 Avery Brewing Invitational & Anniversary:

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