Throughout its eleven year existence, the Colorado Brewers Guild’s Collaboration Fest has not only captured the incredible spirit of camaraderie and togetherness that helped fuel the explosion of the craft beer industry for nearly three decades, but it has also served as a platform for experimentation and innovation for Colorado’s diverse brewing landscape.
By participating in a festival focused on the creation of one-off, one-of-a-kind releases, breweries have often seized the opportunity to broaden their scope to test out innovative new techniques and ingredients and experiment beyond the boundary of traditional styles.
Photo by Nikki A. Rae
This year’s 2025 Collaboration Fest is taking place on Saturday, April 19, 2025, from 2 to 6 p.m. at The Westin Westminster at 10600 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CO. The event will feature over 130 beers, including collaborations with 31 out-of-state craft breweries, as well as one brewery from Mexico.
And while this year’s fest will once again showcase some truly bizarre, culinary-inspired beer creations, fans of Hoppy Lagers will be in paradise as this year’s lineup features nearly 20 iterations on Hoppy Lagers, West Coast Pilsners, New Zealand Lagers, etc.
To help preview this year’s fest, we broke down some of the can’t-miss beers to try at the 2025 Collaboration Fest and be sure to keep scrolling for the full initial pour list.
More info: One of Colorado’s premier lager brewers will be teaming up with another accomplished lager producer out of Utah to showcase a West Hop Pilsner in April… In order to accomplish this feat, they used wet hop spalter select hops from the farm in Germany.
Danico Brewing & Casey Brewing
Orange Glove Service – Imperial German Pilsner
The founders of both Danico and Casey Brewing are no strangers to lagers as Danico’s team began their careers at Anheuser Busch, and Troy Casey first began brewing at AC Golden, a subsidiary of Coors. It should be interesting to see how their collective experience in brewing lagers translates in the form of an Imperial German Pilsner.
Ratio Beerworks & ISM Brewing
Local Pandemonium – West Coast Pilsner
ISM Brewing out of Long Beach, CA is has been one of the hottest names in beer in recent years and the team at Ratio continues to level up locally as well. We can’t wait to try their take on one of the most popular styles in a West Coast Pilsner.
Comrade Brewing & Fritz Family Brewers
Drive-Thru Closed – West Coast Lager
Two absolute powerhouses in the Front Range within their respective style specialties, Comrade has continuously been praised as one of the best hoppy beer producers in the area, and Fritz Family Brewers is quietly one of the best lager producers in the region. Combining forces in the form of another West Coast Lager, this should be a knockout!
Stodgy Brewing & Tightknit Brewing
West Coast Pils – West Coast Pilsner
Rails End, Comrade, and Cheluna Brewing
SpottieOttieDopaliscious – West Coast Pilsner
Mainstage Brewing & Call to Arms Brewing
A Kick NZ Pils – New Zealand Style Pilsner
Mountain Toad & Evergreen Brewing
Friend or Fonio – Fonio Pilsner
Public Offering Brewing & Luki
Rising Sun Yuzu Lager
Hoppy
WeldWerks Brewing & Trillium
Juicy Tiles – Hazy IPA
It should be of no surprise that two of the country’s most well-regarded and earliest adopters of Hazy IPAs teamed up to brew… a Hazy IPA. For fans of the style, this is an absolute can’t miss.
Cannonball Creek Brewing & Shred (CA)
Alpha Blaster – West Coast IPA
Like the aforementioned ISM, Shred has also been one of the hottest names in brewing in recent years. We’ve been lucky to get a taste here locally with limited drops during GABF in years past, but this team up with another perennial workhorse of hoppy beers in Cannonball Creek is sure to be a hit.
Milieu Fermentation & Wanderment Brewing
On a Tangent – Hazy Double IPA
Two of Denver’s best new breweries, which coincidentally opened at around the same time have finally joined forces for the crossover beer nerds have been waiting for.
New Image & Lyric Brewing
F**k What You Heard / It’s What You’re Hearing – Hazy Double IPA
Lyric Brewing might be unfamiliar to the casual beer fan, but this underground brewery is quietly making waves in the Denver area with limited can release pop-ups and this team-up with New Image, one of the city’s best in the IPA world is incredibly exciting.
Crooked Stave, Casey Brewing & Bale Breaker
The Golden Rule – Hazy IPA
Novel Strand & Full Frame
Hop Exposure – Unfiltered Hoppy Beer
Novel Strand & Outer Range
Peak Nelson – Hazy IPA featuring NZ hops
WestFax Brewing & Milieu Fermentation
Tropic Nexus – Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA
Second Dawn Brewing & Our Mutual Friend Brewing
Future Before – American IPA
Liquid Mechanics & Burgeon Beer
West Coast Cartel – West Coast IPA
Joyride Brewing, Westbound & Down, & Roy Farms
Crop Top – West Coast Pils
Barrel-Aged
Primitive Beer & Cohesion Brewing
Stable of Stars – SponSponBingBong Dry Hopped with Žatec Saaz
Founders Brandon and Lisa Boldt of Primitive and Founders Eric and Lisa Larkin of Cohesion have been long-time friends and it’s become somewhat of a tradition for the two breweries to collaborate for this festival. Each year they bring some wonderful take on a spontaneous beer and we are so grateful that this year is no different.
Purpose Brewing & California Wild Ales
Deviltrekker – Barrel-Aged Sour Saison
Whenever the Purpose team brings anything sour or spontaneous to Collab Fest it’s sure to be a crowd pleaser. And this year’s team up with California Wild Ales should be no different.
Graham Finale – Imperial Stout with Pecans aged in Deerhammer Whiskey Barrels
Unique
Barrels & Bottles & Hideaway Park Brewery
Cinnister – Malt Liquor with 25lbs of red hot candies and homemade cinnamon extract to replicate “Fireball”
All you had to say was Fireball in beer form and you’ve got our attention.
Over Yonder Brewing, Cannonball Creek, Mountain Toad, Mad Macks, Barrels & Bottles, & Propagate Lab
goldENschlager cinnamon lager – Herb and Spice Pilsner with Gold Flakes
Similar to the previous entry, it seems there’s a micro fascination in translating popular cinnamon-flavored spirits into beer interpretations. Just don’t cut your throat on the gold flakes or you may only last an hour at the fest.
Verboten Brewing & Gravity Brewing
Peanut Butter Sriracha Imperial Porter
It’s beginning to feel like some of these beer styles were generated randomly with ingredients on a dart board, but honestly when Verboten Brewing dreams something crazy up, we’re willing to give it a try.
Full Frame, Station 26, Denver Beer, Our Mutual Friend, Cerebral, Ratio, Living The Dream
UNstuck Mashies – Hazy IPA with Yuzu and Vanilla
105 West & Something Brewing
Purple People Eater – Grape Soda Sour using Concord grape powder
Woods Boss Brewing & Silver Moon Brewing
Stihl Crazy (after all these years) – Norwegian Farmhouse w/ Ponderosa Pine Tree
Barquentine, Chain Reaction, & Rotating Tap Comedy
Thanks, I’ll Be Here All Night – Amber with Espresso and Orange
Coal Mine, Wild Sky, & Chain Reaction
Uncommon Link – Raspberry Jalapeno Popper ale
Old 121 & Lady Justice Brewing
Smooth Crimini-Ale – Mushroom West Coast Pilsner
Station 26 & Lady Justice Brewing
Neat. No ICE – Fruited sour with tajin
Ramblebine Brewing & New Terrain
Matcha Man – Vanilla Matcha Lemonade Fizz Ale
Ramblebine & Basecamp
TinkyWink – Ube Milkshake IPA
Strange Craft Beer & Bent Barley
Scary Cherry – Chili Cherry Honey Kolsch
A Bit Twisted & Monolith Brewing
Bad Ass – Smoked Pulled Pork Stout
Wonderland Brewing & Mountain Toad Brewery
Mountain Toad the Wonder Sprocket – American IPA fermented with Cedar wood
Cool Collabs
Comrade Brewing & La Cumbre
Prom Date – West Coast IPA
While many entries in this section could honestly fit in any of the above sections, many of these out of state teamups are just special in their own right. Such is the case with Comrade and La Cumbre, two iconic hoppy beer producers in their own right who have teamed up on what is sure to be a phenomenal West Coast IPA.
Cheluna Brewing & Oaxaca Brewing (MX)
Red Tepache Sour
Oaxaca Brewing, the only international brewery to join this year’s Collab Fest, feels like the perfect fit with the team behind Chelnua Brewing. But evenmoreso is the Tepache Sour featuring cochineal, a traditional natural dye used in Oaxaca.
Cohesion Brewing & Schilling Beer
La Follette 9° – Leichtbier
Two of the country’s premier lager producers have teamed up. Cohesion has been garnering attention nationally for their Czech-style lagers, and similarly Schilling has become one of the biggest name in lagers across the country as well.
Odell Five Points & Firestone Walker Brewing
Wandering Don IPA – American IPA
If you’ve followed PorchDrinking at all over the last five years, you’ll know we’re pretty big fans of Firestone Walker, but Odell Brewing was one of the original breweries that made us fall in love with craft beer. This dream team collab features two of the country’s iconic pioneer IPA producers and we’re so glad they’re making a classic American IPA.
Bruz Beers & Ardennes
Green Ghost Tripel – Belgian Tripel
Colorado Beer Media, Lady Justice Brewing, & Joyride Brewing
Media Circus – White Stout
New Image Brewing & Breakside Brewing
Geographically Misleading – Double Dry Hopped West Coast IPA
4Noses Brewing & Pipeworks
Spiraling Upwards – IPA with wood spires
Hello Brew & Roses by the Stairs
Wolves at Night – Mexican Dark Lager
Wibby Brewing & Seapine Brewing
Rock Maibock – Steinbier Maibock
Primitive Beer & Brewery Novalis
Human Construct – SponSponBingBong Finished in Earl Grey Gin Casks
Check out the full pour list for the 2025 Collaboration Fest below, and let us know in the comments section which beers you’re most excited to try!
Brewery #1
Brewery #2
Beer Name
Short Description
Style Category
ABV
Description
Danico
Drekker (ND)
What Would Marge Do?
Raspberry Lemonade Sour
Sour!
8
A friendship developed by visits to Danico Brewing, this idea was developed over the course of months via in-person and email communication. The beer celebrates one of the many styles these two breweries like to brew.
Danico
Casey, Malteurop (sponsor)
Orange Glove Service
American-Style Imperial German Pilsner / Double IPA
Light, Hops
6
A friendship forged by decades of brewing experience. At times brewing together and other times not. We decided to brew a beer with a solid punch, but still a beer flavored beer.
Crooked Stave
Casey, Bale Breaker (WA)
The Golden Rule
Hazy IPA
Hops
7.2
A hazy IPA that blend aspects of what each of the three breweries do very well. Crooked Stave and Casey and Crooked Stave Artisans and Bale Breaker have great relationships, so we decided to blend the friendship.
Odd 13
Streetside (OH)
Surfer Boy Kolsch
West Coast Kolsch
Light, Hops
4.8
Streetside is a favorite around Odd13, particularly when the creative minds behind the brands/labels started working together, striking gold with Stranger Things themes. For this years collab, the beer we kept coming back to was a West Coast Kolsch with Surfer Boy Pizza vibes, so here we are, with a splash of New Zealand hops complimenting two traditional European varietals.
Wild Provisions
Great Divide
TmavYeti
Whiskey Barrel Aged Tmave
Weird, Dark
6.6
Great Divide and Wild Provisions teamed up for a blend of both of their favorites. 20% Whiskey Barrel Aged Yeti with Tmave poured as milk pours. Think dark chocolate coffee cold foam.
Great Divide
Ratio, Full Frame
Rise & Rhein
Dortmunder Export Lager
International, Light
5.5
All three breweries share the inherent passion for lagers that exists within all brewers and were excited to produce a style that we feel is under produced and under appreciated. More malt forward and hop driven than a typical Helles or Kellerbier, a Dortmunder is the perfect style to encapsulate the bold character of this Denver neighborhood and these three breweries that call it home.
Novel Strand
Full Frame
Hop Exposure
Unfiltered Hoppy Beer
Hops
6.2
This hoppy beer showcases two promising US and NZ experimental hops, HBC-1019, and NZH-101, respectively.
Novel Strand
Outer Range
Peak Nelson
Hazy IPA
Hops
6.5
This hazy IPA uses a full range of hop products to celebrate one of the finest hops on earth, Nelson Sauvin from New Zealand.
Full Frame
Station 26, Denver Beer, Our Mutual Friend, Cerebral, Ratio, Living The Dream
UNstuck Mashies
Hazy IPA with Yuzu and Vanilla
Hops, Weird
7.5
Our second year to collaborate together for Collab Fest! Based on an industry Snapchat group where we all communicate through pictures, reaching out for advice, and sharing ingredients for the past 3 years. We currently have 17 members that work in all aspects of the brewing world and the group keeps growing!
Full Frame
Los Dos Potrillos - Castle Rock
Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA
Hops
7
Long time friends with Chris Gilmore- head of brewing operations at Los Dos team up with Full Frame to make a hazy with new exciting hops
Wild Blue Yonder
105 West, Rockyard, Los Dos Potrillos - Castle Rock
Welcome to the Rock
Golden Stout
Light
9.5
A golden stout is so much fun because it attempts to give you the flavors you'd expect in a traditional stout or porter, but without the use of darker roasted malts. It's a total mind game when you drink one.
The Castle Rock brewers wanted to highlight our unity and camaraderie in a time when so little of that seems present, and several of us have been wanting to take a crack at this style as well.
105 West
Something
Purple People Eater
Grape Soda Sour
Weird, Sour!
5.5
A grape soda sour using Concord grape powder.
Living the Dream
Horse & Dragon
Moonlight & Spurs
Black IPA
Hops, Dark
6.5
We've been talking for a few years, trying to plan a collab and it finally came together for this year's Collab Fest. Black IPAs are a rare breed, and one we both wanted to tame. Capturing the character of darker malts with the hop presence of an IPA is an amazing experience if you're brave enough to live life to the fullest and ride the Dragon. Cheers!
Living the Dream
Los Dos Potrillos - Parker
Rio Claro
No Coast IPA
Hops
7.5
All the juiciness of an East Coast with the clarity of a West Coast. Our No Coast IPA, Rio Claro, comes out of a shared interest in new hop products while honoring traditional brewing with quality ingredients. Rio Claro is guaranteed to give you the best of the dos costas.
Launch Pad
Los Dos Potrillos - Parker
Take Dos Gil’s and Call Me in the Morning
New Zealand Maibock
Light, Hops
4.8
We wanted to combine our love of German style lagers with some of the new hopping techniques of the Southern hemisphere.
Launch Pad
Woods Boss
Fog Fraud
Double Dry Hopped Kölsch
Light, Hops
7
A culmination of 4 years of idiocracy and disdain for hype beers. So we crafted a traditional German style with absolutely zero traditional brewing techniques.
Woods Boss
Silver Moon (OR)
Stihl Crazy (after all these years)
Norwegian Farmhouse w/ Ponderosa Pine Tree
International
6.2
We became friends with Silver Moon through our common distributor and wanted to make a killer and unique beer together! We decided to revisit a project we had done for Collab Fest back in 2019 where we cut down a live pine tree and used it in the brewing process. We run hot wort from the kettle down a channel of a 12' section of the trunk during the boil to pull in the character of the tree. It will be a citrusy Norwegian Farmhouse/Saison as we are blending a Kveik strain with French Saison Yeast
WestFax
Old 121, 6 & 40, Landlocked
Thiol Thunder
Thiolized West Coast Pilsner
Light, Hops
7
Thiolilzed west coast pilsner brewed with a blend of thiolized lager yeast and Andechs lager yeast. Hopped with Peacharine & Nelson Sauvin. A yearly collaboration between breweries located in the City of Lakewood.
WestFax
Goat Patch
Vista Verde
Hoppy Lager
Hops
5.6
Hoppy Lager brewed with Vista, Mosaic Cryo, and Mosaic Hyperboost. We wanted to utilize some newer hop products in a lower ABV lager. We've used some of them in IPAs but not in lagers yet. We also wanted to meet our new industry neighbors in Colorado Springs.
WestFax
Milieu
Tropic Nexus
Double Dry Hopped Hazy IPA
Hops
5.3
Double dry hopped hazy IPA brewed with Citra Incognito, Riwaka, Citra Cryo, Citra, Superdelic, and Abstract Hops Nectaron Quantum Brite. We also used an engineered yeast strain to produce more tropical flavors within the beer.
Milieu
Wanderment
On A Tangent
Hazy Double IPA
Hops
8.5
just the new guys getting together to make some hazy beer
River North
Wanderment
Wander North
Blended Saison Cuvée
International, Light
10
Just north of downtown Denver on Washington Street, two breweries sit just a few blocks away from each other -- next-door brewing neighbors in an unlikely part of town. River North Brewery has called north Washington Street home for nearly 10 years, while Wanderment Brewing is one of the newest breweries on the Denver beer scene. Sharing a love of great beer, the brewers at River North and Wanderment quickly became friends. What better way to celebrate this newly forged friendship than with a collab combining our strengths? The idea for a cuvée blend of saisons called Wander North was just too exciting to pass up.
Odyssey
River North
Fluffy Nightmare
Coffee Marshmallow Imperial Stout
Dark
11.1
This beer was brewed out of friendship, a love of great beer, and a healthy dose of poor time management. Odyssey Beerwerks (Chris) and River North Brewery (Matt) have been buddies for over a decade — we used to pregame Rockies games River North's original RiNo taproom, but Matt kept making us late by insisting we “try just one more.” Fluffy Nightmare is the result of years of shared beers, bad influences, and even a brewery dog connection (Matt’s wife Jess was the much-beloved vet for Odyssey’s brewery dog, Nala!). It’s a rich, roasty imperial coffee stout with a fluffy swirl of marshmallow sweetness — bold, smooth, and just weird enough to be unforgettably delicious.
Odyssey
Ska
Talk To Me, Spruce
West Coast IPA with Colorado Spruce Tips
Hops, Weird
6.9
Talk To Me, Spruce is the embodiment of two decades of Colorado craft beer. It involves friends who worked together for fifteen years. We've since moved on to other breweries but are always looking for an excuse to work together again. Thanks for the excuse, Colorado Brewers Guild! As the spruce tips are grown and picked just outside of Durango, the Ska folks were able to pick them up on the way to Odyssey and deliver them by hand. And we'd like to apologize to the handful of people who were in the crowd when we attempted to do karaoke after the brew day, whoever they might be. Our hearts go out to you.
Steamworks
Ska
Mom's Vacation
Kettle Sour
Sour!
5.2
Refermented with local Riesling Wine must.
To have a fun brew day with our neighboring brewers and support the Guild
Our two breweries have been doing collabs since 1997 and we still like each other!!
Shelter
Stronghouse
Strong Shelter IPA
West Coast IPA
Hops
6.8
Since Telluride and Montrose are so tied together by workforce and tourism, we thought it was time to tie it together with beer. We, at Shelter, are big fans of Stronghouse so we asked them to collab a beer with us.
Trail Life
Shelter
West Slope Stout
Irish Extra Stout
International, Dark
6
Trail Life and Shelter Distilling teamed up in Montrose to craft a Nitro Irish Extra Stout that celebrates community, craftsmanship, and the rich traditions of dark beer. It’s a beer brewed with camaraderie, inspired by classic styles, and perfect for raising a glass with friends.
Stodgy
TightKnit
West Coast Pils
West Coast Pilsner
Light, Hops
5
We've never brewed a collaboration together, and Collab Fest seemed to be the perfect time to do so.
TightKnit
Wiley Roots
Pilsnerwine!
Pilsnerwine
Weird, Light
9.8
You've heard of Barleywine, Wheatwine and even Munichwine... Well, we love Pilsner so why not a Pilsnerwine. Brewed with all Pilsner malts, but driven to be exceptionally big, lagered with time and patience using Spalt and Lórien hops. It's time for Pilsnerwine!
Prost
Templin Family (UT)
Wet Hop Pilsner
Pilsner
Light, International
4.9
We are using wet hop spalter select hops from the farm in Germany. The process will be open fermented, horizontally lagered, naturally carbonated and polish filtered. Templin Family Brewing and Prost both specialize in traditional brewing and this was an excellent opportunity to showcase that shared love for clean complex lager bier.
Bruz
Prost
Abbey Quad
Belgian Quadrupel
International
9.2
We took Bruz Belgian Abbey Quadrupel and ran it through the traditional Decoction and open fermentation process that Prost's new Brewhouse is built for.
Bruz
Ardennes (NY)
Green Ghost Tripel
Belgian Tripel
International
10.5
This is the second year we've collabed with our Belgian kindred spirits from the finger lakes in New York. This year we got a hankering for a hoppy tripel... so we made it.
Bruz
Locavore, Avant Garde, Barquentine Brewing, OMF, Green Mountain, Propagate Lab (sponsor)
Super Dry Hopped Saison
Saison
International
7.5
The Saison Squad
Rock Cut
Avant Garde
Blue Velvet
Baltic Porter w/ Blueberry & Lavender
Dark
8
For two like-minded, neighborhood breweries that often discuss beers together, Rock Cut Brewing and Avant Garde Aleworks see Collaboration Fest as an opportunity to showcase some more eccentric ideas. For Blue Velvet, we decided to create a Baltic Porter using some ingredients found near the Baltic Sea: blueberries and some florals. The result is a big, delicious, bold lager reminiscent of a gourmet chocolate bar.
Barquentine
Chain Reaction, Rotating Tap Comedy (sponsor)
Thanks, I'll Be Here All Night
Amber with Espresso and Orange
Dark, Weird
6
We went to the same high school and we both love to laugh! Both of our breweries work with Rotating Tap Comedy regularly to bring laughter to our breweries.
Coal Mine Ave
Wild Sky, Chain Reaction
Uncommon Link
Raspberry Jalapeno Popper ale
Weird
6
Chain Reaction inspired the ventures of the people of Coal Mine and Wild Sky. We're all friends and our journeys continue to add links.
LittleFun is a neighborhood collaboration as a way to bring the breweries of Littleton together. This spruce tip and lime tea cream ale highlights local ingredients using local malts and CO spruce tips.
Zymos
Old 121
Smoke & Bramble
Fruited Smoked Porter
Dark
6.2
Taking inspiration from the smoked old-fashioned we are bringing a blackberry smoked porter. We will have two variations one which will be served from a wood stave keg.
Old 121
Lady Justice
Smooth Crimini-Ale
Mushroom West Coast Pilsner
Light, Weird
5.9
Annie are you ok? Our Smooth Crimini-Ale brings the delicious style of a West Coast Pilsner using Amarillo and Lupomax Columbus hops with the rich and complex use of Crimini and Porcini Mushrooms. We wanted to try some experimental flavors that would be both unique and balanced that will highlight traditional dank, piney, and citrus flavors of hops with the earthy, umami, and slightly spicy flavors of mushrooms.
Station 26
Lady Justice
Neat. No ICE
Fruited sour with tajin
Weird, Sour!
5.5
One of our current employees interned at both Station 26 and Lady Justice while he was in the Applied Craft Brewing program at Regis University which led to the connection between the two breweries. Aside from using an interesting fruit combination what makes this beer standout is the use of tajin for a subtle spicy and chili flavor.
Colorado Beer Media
Lady Justice, Joyride
Media Circus
White Stout
Light, Weird
5.7
Lady Justice hosted the 2025 beer media collaboration brew in collaboration with Joyride Brewing and the Colorado beer media. This white stout, named Media Circus, was inspired by this year's Pantone color of the year - Mocha Mousse. Brewed with love, justice, tomfoolery, coffee, cacao nibs, and a significant amount of emails back and forth - you'll find a balanced flavor of chocolate and coffee with a golden color. Raise a glass with us to independent breweries, independent media, and independent thinking.
Joyride
Westbound & Down, Roy Farms (sponsor)
Crop Top
West-Coast Pils
Light, Hops
6.4
Joyride and Westbound & Down are collaborating for the 11th time, and of course, they're making some west-coast hoppy goodness. This time they also teamed up with Roy Farms, a hop farm in Washington and used their estate grown Adeena and Strata hops.
Joyride
Stemma (WA)
Observation Bubble
Red IPA
Hops, Dark
5.2
Stemma's Pat McNerney and Joyride's Tyler Bies were both formally Head Brewers at Denver's Wit's End Brewing and have kept in touch over the years. They decided to rebrew one of Wit's End's staple recipes, Green Man, but put their own modern twist on it. Using RedX malt for color and a blend of Citra, Vista, and Columbus Cryo for the hops.
Second Dawn
Our Mutual Friend
Future Before
American IPA
Hops
7.2
This is a hybrid IPA utilizing modern hopping techniques with classic American hops.
Our Mutual Friend
Cheluna
Monkey Steps
Hazy Ipa with Coconut
Hops
7
We have brewed collabs together before and have incorporated coconut in the beer and wanted to continue experimenting with that ingredient. We thought a tropical hazy ipa would be an awesome next step forward in us exploring coconut in beer. Hopped with Nectaron, Azacca and Vic Secret.
Cheluna
Oaxaca (Mexico)
Red Tepache Sour
Sour
Sour!
5
We've been planning a collab with Cheluna for some time. This year we made it happen and we are including cochineal, a traditional natural dye used in Oaxaca and tepache in our recipe.
Rails End
Comrade, Cheluna
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
West Coast Pils
Hops
5.5
Homies brewing homie beer
Rails End
The Empourium
Recognize
West Coast IPA
Hops
7.2
I got my start in brewing 10 years ago at Rockyard in Castle Rock- where Greg from the Empourium was the Head Brewer. Collab as a thank you to the beer big bro for helping me make a life/career out of beer!
The Empourium
Grimm Brothers
Godfather Death
Dark Czech Lager
Dark
6
Dark yet ridiculously dry, this roasty delight is perfect for no matter what spring in Colorado throws our way.
Comrade
La Cumbre (NM)
Prom Date
West Coast IPA
Hops
5.7
Prom Date is a West Coast IPA made with the latest advanced hop products. We've been collaborating with La Cumbre since 2017 and would definitely take them to the prom. We love The Burque and keeping tabs on who does chiles and IPAs better.
Comrade
Fritz Family
Drive-Thru Closed
West Coast Lager
Hops, Light
6.7
We've known Cory since we were both brewing in the Tetons. For this beer we're using our collective experience to create a cold-brewed stunner using the finest Northern and Southern hemisphere hops in a crispy lager form commemorating the fact that both of our breweries have been crashed into by wayward vehicles.
Crosby Hops (sponsor)
New Terrain, Fritz Family
Secretly Cascadian
Black IPA
Dark
7
A serendipitous trip out to Crosby Hops for hop selection last fall led to an exciting opportunity for collaboration. This beer aims to highlight Crosby's quality hops and to represent the brewing traditions in the Pacific Northwest. Expect this beer to drink citrus and resin forward, with a smooth bitterness and the smallest hint of roast.
Ramblebine
New Terrain
Matcha Man
Vanilla Matcha Lemonade Fizz Ale
Light
5.2
Fermented with a GMO Chico yeast to add acidity and blended with foeder aged seltzer. Then conditioned on Sicilian Lemon puree and vanilla matcha tea. Our breweries always seem to have booths next to each other at festivals. We became friends and took the opportunity to get creative for Collab Fest.
Ramblebine
Base Camp
Tinky Wink
Ube Milkshake IPA
Weird, Hops
5.2
A unique take on a milkshake hazy IPA with the use of Ube to impart a vibrant purple color along with nutty, vanilla sweetness. As good friends and close colleagues we love to collaborate and learn from each other to make the Grand Valley beer scene better as a whole
Glenwood Canyon
Base Camp
Dance in the Desert
New Zealand Style IPA
Hops
7.2
A collaboration between western slope friends highlighting some local malts from Root Shoot and Abtrax Quantum Nectaron. A New Zealand Style IPA that has a little more malt complexity than standard WIPA and saturated with New Zealand Nectaron and Peacharine.
Glenwood Canyon
Cerebral, Rock Bottom
Lublin Life
Polish Style Pilsner
International, Light
4.6
A collaboration between old Rock Bottom brewers. A Polish Style Pilsner brewed with Weyermann floor malted bohemian malts and 100% Polish Lublin hops. Step mashed, lightly dry hopped, spunded and lagered six weeks for a rounded body and smooth bitterness.
New Image
Lyric
F**k What You Heard / It's What You're Hearing
Hazy Double IPA
Hops
8
We really couldn't pick a better partner for this event, given that our relationship with Lyric is an ongoing collaboration in and of itself. Since we've been dialing in their house DIPA recipe together over the past year, we decided to use it as our jumping off point for this collab. We dry hopped the ever loving bejesus out of this one with Nelson, Riwaka and Galaxy, going for an unapologetically cannabis-forward profile with AU and NZ hops and we're adding a touch of NIB flare by finishing this one with King Louis XVIII terpenes.
New Image
Breakside (OR)
Geographically Misleading
Double Dry Hopped West Coast IPA
Hops
6.5
With this collaboration, we are digging into the essence of what makes Breaksides west coast IPAs some of the best in the country. We are using some of their selected lots of Simcoe Cryo and Krush Cryo in addition to Oregon grown Centennial from Crosby and taking inspiration from their approach to water and dry hopping.
New Image
Crosby Hops (sponsor)
Loyal to the Soil
Single Hopped West Coast IPA
Hops
6.3
The concept for this beer is "farm to glass" emphasizing not only what brewers love, but what also benefits the farms and the soil. We love Strata, but it's also an agronomically gifted varietal, it yields well, it's resilient and it has a lower input footprint as a result. For bonus points, it tastes like a strawberry rolled in cannabis, and that's just fucking awesome.
MSU Denver Degree Brewpub
Resolute
Procrastination
IPA
Hops
6
This beer and recipe was made with students in the Brewery Operations program at MSU Denver. It was made at the Charlie Papazian Brewing Education Lab on site at MSU Denver. Resolute has a reputation for making great IPAs, and MSU Denver students had not made an IPA on campus so it was a perfect reason to collaborate.
4 Noses
The Real Dill (sponsor)
Michelada / Cucumber Margarita Lager
Premium Lager
Weird, Light
4
We have been working with The Real Dill on a Michelada collaboration for a few years now so when we heard they were going to start making Cucumber Margarita Mix we felt inclined to make something fun.
4 Noses
Pipeworks (IL)
Spiralling Upwards
IPA with Wood Spires
Hops, Weird
6.5
4 Noses & Pipeworks felt a little inclined to make an IPA, but how would it be different? Playing off what the two of us have been most excited about in IPA, Thiols (responsible for the characteristic tropical fruit notes, such as grapefruit, passion fruit, and guava, that are often associated with hop-forward beers, particularly those with New Zealand hops) and Wood Spires in clean beers.
Hello Brew
4 Noses
Larry
Dank IPA
Hops
4.4
We figured we play around with a product we haven't used before that uses terpenes from hops to simulate the aromas and flavors of weed.
Hello Brew
Roses by the Stairs (AZ)
Wolves at Night
Mexican Dark Lager
Dark
7.3
We made this with a great friend that brewed with us in Spokane when we first started the Hello concept. We were lucky enough to brew a batch of this first in Arizona, going as far as packing some malt from Troubadour to brew with in AZ. We will take elements from the batch we brew and replicate it here.
Very Nice
BJ’s
Fuse Buster
Single Hop (Comet) India Pale Lager
Hops
5.8
Fourth year for Collab Fest partners, The Very Nice Brewing and BJ’s Brewhouse Boulder. Aaron Stueck, the R&D brewer for BJ’s mentored Jeffrey Green, brewer/owner for Very Nice before opening in 2012 and they have been sharing ideas and passion for beer ever since.
Tommyknockers
Very Nice
Fjall Kveik
Farmhouse Kveik
International
4.6
This ale started in the Viking tradition by fermenting it with the ancient Kveik yeast. Known for its explosive fermentation that can reach a temperature north of 90°F and still deliver crisp, clean beer with only a hint of sulfur character. Discovered on traditional Norwegian farms and even in ancient Viking sites where fermentation activities were suspected. The Very Nice Brewing Company and Tommyknocker Brewing collaborated for the 2025 CBG Collaboration fest and decided to add local honey and Spruce essence in the imagining of what may have been available to ancient Nordic farmers living in the unforgiving mountainous regions of Norway.
Green Mountain
Paramount
Tettenator
Wheat Bock
International, Dark
7
After judging a couple home brew competitions together and discussing our mutual passion for malty continental lagers we decided to team up to make the best beer in the world. This is not the best beer in the world. This is just a tribute.
Holidaily
Hopsteiner (sponsor)
Favorite Summer Blonde Ale
Blonde ale with LLZ.
5%
Crushable bonde ale brewed naturally gluten-free with millet and buckwheat malts, classic Cascade and Centennial hops notes turned up to 11 with citrusy LLZ from Hopsteiner.
Crystal Springs
Brewers Insurance CoOp (sponsor)
Sleeping With The Fishes
West Coast Pilsner
Hops, Light
5.8
The insurance nerds over at the Brewers CoOp wanted to learn more about the day to day of brewing. We chose to brew a beer that focuses on a fun new hop called Anchovy. 'Sleeping With The Fishes' is a light, crisp, and hopped up West Coast Pilsner.
Crystal Springs
FlyteCo
Birds On A Plane
Mid-coast IPA
Hops
6.5
This IPA is neither West Coast or East Coast and instead combines our favorite aspects from each style. Appropriately named 'Mid-coast' it is full bodied, pleasantly bitter, and pungently tropical.
Phantom Canyon
Carver
Westie Besties
Double IPA
Hops
9.1
This collaboration is special because it brings things full circle—one of Phantom Canyon’s team members began their brewing career at Carver Brewing! Partnering with Carver felt like a natural fit with our strong personal and professional ties between our breweries. Westie Besties Double IPA isn’t just another hoppy beer—it’s a love letter to Colorado’s West Slope and the hardworking farmers who make craft brewing possible. We want people to know that local sourcing and sustainability can go hand in hand with bold, delicious flavors.
Vicious Cycle
Rule 105
Hop-tato
Potato Lager
Weird
5.2
Neither of us have ever brewed a potato lager, so we figured Collabfest is a great time to try something new.
Loveland
Root Shoot Malting (sponsor)
Brewers of the Corn
West Coast IPA
Hops
8
We love working with root shoot, our local malthouse. This is a adjunct IPA made with root shoot malted corn and Odyssey pilsner malt and CGX hops.
CSU Ramskeller
Zee Loeffler (sponsor)
Cerveza Especial
Mexican Lager
Light
5.4
Cam's Cerveza Especial is a collaboration with the Ramskeller Pub Staff, Fermentation Science and Technology, and Zee. This is a Premium Mexican Lager that features Kernza, a drought tolerant perennial grain and locally sourced malts and is perfect for "putting a lime on it."
Left Hand
High Alpine
Graham Finale
Imperial Stout with Pecans aged in Deerhammer whiskey barrels
Dark, Weird
11.4
The collaboration between Left Hand and High Alpine was a natural fit, sparked by a shared passion for exceptional beer and a friendship that grew between Chris, Scott, and John during visits to SW Colorado. Inspired by our mutual love of pecan pie, this imperial stout blends caramel and specialty malts, toasted and roasted barley, organic graham crackers, and toasted pecans, then ages in American Single Malt Whiskey barrels from our friends at Deerhammer. A true labor of love, it required extended lautering to bring out its rich, complex flavors.
Telluride
Good People (AL), Moe's Original BBQ (sponsor)
Moe's Original GoodRide Lager
West Coast Pils
Hops, Light
5.4
West Coast Pils brewed with Cryo-Columbus, Krush and Nectaron. This is a celebration of Telluride Launching distribution in Alabama, Western Georgia and the Panhandle of Florida! We decided to bring Moe's to the party so we could have launch events at our favorite BBQ joints in South as well as here in Colorado!
Liquid Mechanics
Burgeon Beer (CA)
West Coast Cartel
West Coast IPA
Hops
7
We met the Burgeon crew on a recent trip to Los Angeles. They make some of the best IPAs in the world
Liquid Mechanics
Vail
Moguls and Table Tops
West Coast IPA
Hops
6.5
Long time in the making. We love the mountains...skiing, mountain biking, dirt jumping, etc.
Fossil
Verboten, Old 121, Liquid Mechanics, Focus on the Beer, The Bearded Wrangler
The Council of Joshes Present: Nardless
A Cold Double Imperial IPA
Hops
8.5
6 Josh’s are invited to a brew, 5 show, after some joshing around, a council is formed, the resulting concoction becomes a Cold Double Imperial IPA, Nardless.
Timnath
Gilded Goat
Collective Interference / Why is Brett So Cold & Pale?
Cold IPA / Brett IPA
Hops
6 / 6.8
Timnath
Verboten - North
Supersonic Rocket Ship / Boogie With Stu
Hyper IPA / ESB
Hops
6.8 / 4.8
Verboten
Gravity
Peanut Butter Siracha Imperial Porter
Imperial Porter
Dark
8.5
Brewery friends that came together and said “let's make something weird but not too weird,” thus the idea was born to make a peanut soracha porter
Wibby
Seapine (WA)
Rock Maibock
Steinbier Maibock
International, Light
7.2
We have had a deep connection to this Seattle-based brewery for over 9 years. The reason we met was as much of a heart melting as it is a serendipitous one where forged friendships through raw and uncertain times over our passion, excellent beer.
When we got to brew together for the first time we wanted make it as hot and memorable as possible to set our connection in stone. to Fiery chunks of granitic stones raised to scorching temps of 600+degrees over fine cherry wood.
Wibby
Peculier
Spacemen on Parade
Belgian IPA
Hops, International
7.2
In 1992, two brewers on this collab, Ryan Wibby & Erik Olson play a duet together for the Nation Federation of Music Clubs & were adjudicated on two performances.This was one of them and the judges comments are outrageous! Until you find a VCR to watch the video, the Rating Sheet for Junior Festivals in the pictures will have to do!
Cohesion
Schilling (NH)
La Follette 9°
Leichtbier
International
3.9
We worked with our lager loving friends at Schilling to make our first German lager! This light and refreshing beer has historically been made for field and factory workers to quench their thirst without as much risk to safety. We crafted ours with the idea of delivering full flavor in a small beer package!
Primitive
Cohesion
Stable of Stars
SponSponBingBong Dry Hopped with Žatec Saaz
Sour!
9.6
We present to you Stable of Stars, a very special collaboration with our best friends Cohesion Brewing Company. Departing from our traditional recipe, we brewed a 100% malted barley and Czech Saaz hopped wort for inoculation in our koelschip and two years of barrel maturation on lees. Stable of Stars was dry hopped with Czech Saaz cones prior to packaging and conditioned with fresh barley wort at a weighted average age of 24 months. Inspired by a unique spontaneously fermented all-barley beer released by our favorite Lambic producer in the city of Brussels and directed by the beautiful lucidity of Czech Pale Lager, Stable of Stars is a great addition to any gathering, even if there's no, like, cute restaurants in the neighborhood.
Primitive
Brewery Novalis (NY)
Human Construct
SponSponBingBong Finished in Earl Grey Gin Casks
Sour!
6.8
Human Construct is our Golden Blend, a multi-year ensemble with a weighted average age >34 months at bottling, finished in Earl Grey Gin Casks from The Family Jones Distillery. Our long time friend and Director of Production/Co-Founder/Co-Owner of Brewery Novalis in NY came out to select specific barrels for this collaboration. We chose to blend puncheons of extra mature spon from batches that utilized high hopping rates and extra long marathon boils (>12hrs boil time) to match caramelization flavors of burnt honey, toasted orange
peel, and toffee, to meld with finishing cask notes reminiscent of bright and lively candied lemon, spicy black tea, and undertones of cedar and smoke. When you bring fellow blenders of SponSponBingBong together, magical mixtures emerge, as arbitrary boundaries are just a Human Construct!
Bootstrap
Citizen 33 (ID)
Into the Smoke and Smoke
Smoked English Mild
Dark
4
Able and I were colleagues over a decade ago and friends ever since but we never got the chance to brew a beer together. Milds aren't very common in the industry, let alone a smoked versions - and that sounded cool. The beer should be malt forward, crisp and drinkable with a light, pleasant smoked finish.
Grossen Bart
Bootstrap
Pure Luck Weizenbock
Weizenbock
International, Dark
7.5
So we (Dan, Grossen Bart and Colin, Bootstrap) worked at another brewery, now we are blocks away and we wanted to brew a beer. We both said we want to drink Weizenbock, we got together and winged a Weizenbock off the hip, Pure Luck!
Strange
Bent Barley
Scary Cherry
Chili Cherry Honey Kolsch
Light
5.5
Our two most notorious, award-winning beers smooshed together like chocolate and peanut butter to create a liquid Reese's wedding of flavors, only with Chilies and Cherries. Queue the whiny TV voice, "Hey, you got chilies in my cherries! Well you got cherries in my chilies. Mmmm..."
Bent Barley
Lone Tree
Zusammenator
Doppelbock
Dark, International
7.7
Zusammenator is a play on the German penchant for naming Doppelbock-style beers with "ator". The German word for together/collaborate is Zusammen, so...Zusammenator. This collaboration allowed some old friends and some new friends to come together to make a beer all can enjoy. Alles Zusammen!
Broken Compass
Syndicate
The County Commons
Steam Beer
Dark
5.3
This is a lager beer fermented at a warmer temperature. All four brewers have never made one and thought this was a good opportunity to do so. This beer is a tribute to Anchor Steam.
Steep
Angry James, Syndicate
Get That Corn Outta My Face
Honey Corn Lager
Light
5
This is a honey and corn lager utilizing Colorado grown malts, honey and green chilies. We decided to collaborate after being neighborhood friends for years and finally having time to get together. After working alongside each other for years, we finally got to get together and brew this fun beer.
Angry James
Upslope
McPilznie
West Coast Pilsner
Light
5.7
West Coast Pilsner brewed with McKenzie hops. Light, bright, hoppy and crisp pilsner brewed with non-traditional hops and Root Shoot Malt.
Great friends and great hops! Let's put it all together and make a fun beer, maybe have a couple and take a few ski runs while we're at it. This beer is a collaboration with Upslope Brewing, Gooding Farms and Mill95. We put a unique spin on a west coast IPA by adding cardamom and coriander in the boil and post-fermentation and only using hops from Gooding Farms. The spices together with Idaho Gem, Cashmere, Chinook and Galena hops add a layers of flavor throughout. Notes of tangerine, strawberry, fruity pebbles, bright lemon and green leaves.
Storm Peak
Roadhouse (WY), Melvin (WY), Stillwest (WY), Citizen 33 (ID), Ogden (UT), Western Collective (ID), Snake River (WY), Roy Farms (sponsor)
Get on the bus!
Mountain West Pilsner
Light, Hops
6.4
This is an annual collaboration between Ski Town breweries. We brew a beer together and compete in the Brewlympics for the legendary Golden Boot. This year Roy Farms and Prairie Malt sponsored the raw materials and we brewed and competed in Jackson Wyoming. This “Mountain West Pilsner” is a wonderful display of Cascade, Strata, Bravo and Chinook along with some Quantum Brite from Abstrax.
Purpose
Storm Peak
Couples Therapy
French Saison
Light, International
6.8
A Blend of Purpose's Saison approach dry hopped with Storm Peak's selected lot of Cashmere. Chris from Storm Peak and Frezi from Purpose were classmates, and when Chris and Rob visited Purpose back in December we knew we wanted to work on something together.
Purpose
California Wild Ales (CA)
Deviltrekker
Barrel Aged Sour Saison
Light, International, Sour!
6.6
Blend of two sours from two experimental small batch barrel-age sour breweries. Zach drove from San Diego to blend with Purpose in Fort Collins.
WeldWerks
Trillium (MA)
Juicy Tiles
Hazy IPA
Hops
8.4
Our friends at Trillium Brewing Company have always led the pack of haze-makers, and we’re thrilled to join forces with them (again!) on this extra special Hazy Double India Pale Ale–complete with Wildflower Honey! This refreshing juice bomb is bursting with the big citrus notes we all know and love and finishes with a light, natural sweetness, courtesy of the locally sourced honey.
Zwei
Mythmaker
KirschRauchHellerBock
Rauchbier
International, Dark
7
Custom Cherry wood smoked Malt used in a classic Hellerbock
Eddyline
Soulcraft
Just for the plum of it
Japanese Rice Lager w Plum
International, Light
4.5
Homage to one of Eddyline team members visit to Japan
Cellar West
The Post
Chuffed to Bits
Blonde Pub Ale with Oats
Light
5.5
Nick and I have been fans of each other's beers from across Lafayette for years. We wanted to make a classic European style beer together, with a fun twist, so we worked up a Springtime Blonde Pub Ale recipe featuring some of our favorite British malts and English style Pale Malt from Root Shoot. The unique addition of Blonde RoastOats lends a smooth body and slightly toasty, sweet finish.
Cerveceria Colorado
Howdy
Smokey & The Vaquero
Smoked Helles
Light, Weird
4.8
To celebrate joining in Wilding Brands, they created this beer using 70% beech smoked barley as well as super limited malted corn from Mexico, we took what we both know best (crafting amazing lagers) to create a one of a kind brew for Collabfest!
Denver Beer
Funkwerks, Stem Ciders
Dancing With Myself
Belgian IPA With Apple Cider
Weird, International
7.2
To celebrate the merger of Stem Ciders, DBC, and Funkwerks (among other), we decided to brew a mash-up of a little of what we all do best. DBC contributed our knowledge of IPAs, Funkwerks their Belgian yeast, and Stem contributed some cider as a finishing touch.
Ratio
ISM (CA)
Local Pandemonium
West Coast Pilsner
Light, Hops
5.8
Brewing buddies ISM and Ratio Beerworks have created this awesome West Coast Pils in time for Collabfest! Big time notes of white gummy bears, orange soda and background hashish kick through this banger!
Ratio
Odell Five Points
Homies Hangin IPA
Juicy IPA
Hops
6
This is the 2nd year of the collaboration between Odell Five Points and Ratio Beerworks. We're on the same block of 29th and Larimer St. in Denver, and have been homies for a bit. This beer will boast big notes or candied peaches and tropical vibes.
Odell Five Points
Firestone Walker (CA)
Wandering Don IPA
American IPA
Hops
7
Firestone is brewing a larger batch of this collab at their place for a national release in May. We saw this as a great opportunity to brew a small batch version for the fest.
Black Shirt
Seedstock
Red Crispi Boi
Red Düsseldorf Altbier
International, Dark
5
Brewed using German, Czech and English ingredients, this is a play on a traditional altbier style but adding the twist of Red Beer Project at Black Shirt! We decided to collab after Danny and Adam talked about brewing a collaboration for a bit, and now that Danny is back as Head Brewer for Black Shirt it was the perfect time to do something fun!
Odell Sloan's Lake
Seedstock
Fluid Lupicity
Hazy IPA
Hops
5.8
Brewed with experimental hops, CRYO hops and supercharged hop oil: Hyperboost. We are close neighbors who see each other often and have always talked about collaborating. It's juicy, it's fun and it's experimental.
Odell Sloan's Lake
Monolith
Synaptic Continuum
West Coast Pilsner
Light, Hops
6.1
Brewed to have a light body to enable the hops to shine. We connected the ultimate hop aromas from two strong hop growing parts of the world, New Zealand and the Pacific Northwest. We share a wild eye for creativity in what we brew while enjoying the hard work that goes into it.
A Bit Twisted
Monolith
Bad Ass
Smoked Pulled Pork Stout
Weird
7.5
A Bit Twisted smoked several pork shoulders and tossed them into the whirlpool portion of the brewing process. They also used smoked grains from Troubadour Maltings. This will be the same collaboration recipe as last year, but instead of using smoked brisket we will be using smoked pork.
Two22
A Bit Twisted
Stone Cold Steve Aspen
Aspen Wood aged Steinbier Ale
Dark
5.5
The collaboration grew from a conversation over a Two22 “Old Cluster Fuggle” Barrel Aged Barleywine Matt Vargocko from A Bit Twisted and I had one evening. I believe the style is Steinbier as we are using a hot rock technique and making use of Aspen Wood for aging. And that’s how “Stone Cold Steve Aspen” came to be.
The Elizabeth
A Bit Twisted, Urban Animal
Uncharted Waters
Bomb Pop Hazy IPA
Hops
7
I have wanted to make this beer for a few years and knew just the guys to call to help out. Matt, Jordan and I have collabed a couple of times in the past and it was time to get back at it again. This hazy represents one of our favorite styles of beer, along with 3 different flavors to represent each of us.
The Elizabeth
Kold Prairie Meadery (sponsor)
Prairie Walker
Scottish Ale Buckwheat Braggot
International
7.2
Kold Prairie Meadery is a new meadery opened by a good friend of mine. We have made a few braggots in the past at home for fun, and this recipe was by far our favorite. Braggots are not very common in the commercial world, so collabfest was the perfect way for us to show Kold Prairie Meadery to the world as well as share a project that we are incredibly proud of.
Peaks N Pines
Urban Animal
Cross Current
Kettle Soured Tropical Hazy
Sour!, Weird
5
The love child of two of the Pikes Peak Region’s youngest head brewers and Colorado Springs natives, Cross Current marries a refreshing kettle sour with an abundantly aromatic Hazy IPA.
Tropical hops, pineapple, and marshmallow deliver bouquets of pineapple, tropical fruit, and a pillowy sweetness to complement this beer’s refreshing tartness.
MainStage
Call to Arms
A Kick NZ Pils
New Zealand Style Pilsner
Light
5
French Pilsner malt, hops from the Southern Hemisphere, lager yeast- how did this crew think to go so wild for Collabfest? A 5ish% ABV lager that is heavily dry hopped... it's almost like it's brewed for brewers to drink at a beer festival. Brewed with a stupid amount of Nelson Sauvin, Motueka, and Riwaka hops.
Urban Animal
Call to Arms
Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius
Dry Hopped Hefeweizen
International, Light
5.5
Our mutual friend, Dionne, came up with the great idea to put two of her favorite breweries in touch, and so the magic happened. Combining Call to Arms traditional and straight forward style with Urban Animal's wild and funky side, created this unheard of style of a beer.
Barrels & Bottles
Hideaway Park
Cinnister
Malt Liquor
Weird
12
An "all pale ale malt" malt liquor with 25lbs of red hot candies and homemade cinnamon extract to replicate "Fireball". Salud!
Citrus Heavy classic American IPA fermented with Cedar wood. We decided to brew it on a whim due to our shared fascination in attempting to make food flavored beer. This one is more subtle where we based it off the cedar and citrus ingredients of a Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon recipe one of the brewers grew up eating
Mountain Toad
Evergreen
Friend or Fonio
Fonio Pilsner
Light, Historical
6
Keep your friends close but your fonio closer! This collaboration among friends was an opportunity for us to brew with fonio, an ancient grain that is relatively new to the brewing world. Fonio is a West African grain that is drought resistant and sustainably grown. Brewing with fonio and pilsner malt created a unique beer with aromas and flavors of white wine, lychee, and citrus with a soft, rounded finish.
Mirror Image
Evergreen, Wynkoop
Sharks in the Water
Blue Hawaiian Hazy IPA
Hops
6.2
Sip into waves upon tropical shores and you transport yourself to a beach paradise, but be careful! There are sharks in the water! We are excited to partner with new friends in new places, jumping into inventive ideas and trying new things. Get ready for our Blue Hawaiian inspired Sharks in the Water Hazy IPA!
Mirror Image
Sky Bear, Windfall
The Muffin Man
Pastry Sour
Sour!
5.8
You won't be mad about sitting in traffic along the Northern I-25 corridor with this collab. The creative minds of Mirror Image, Sky Bear, and Windfall have put together a recipe you'll be crossing the median for. Try our a lavender lemon poppyseed muffin pastry sour. Do you know The Muffin Man?
6 & 40
Wynkoop
Hot Rods and Cephalopods
Sour Ale with Fruit and Spices
Sour!
6
American muscle car enthusiasts and squid lovers may not seem like a natural pairing, but neither is beer and vegan strawberry cheesecake! This beer is a blend of a tart ale with strawberries and vanilla with heaps of oats and maltodextrin for a smooth, creamy finish.
6 & 40
LUKI, Lariat Lodge
Biscuit Topper
Hot Honey Wheat
Light
5.2
This three-brewery collaboration is like a family reunion: brewers who worked with or for one another over the years plus another few who joined the industry and used to shop at Tom’s Brew Shop in Lakewood. Biscuit Topper Hot Honey Wheat is the beer we’d pour at a family-style dinner with fried chicken, biscuits, gravy, collard greens, and fried okra.
Public Offering
LUKI
Rising Sun Yuzu Lager
Rice Lager
Light
4.5
Inspired to do a light lager for the summer season, we landed on a rice lager and wanted to lean into some typical Japanese flavors and ingredients without going overboard. So we added ginger and lemongrass hot side, fermented with a Sake lager strain and added Yuzu fruit for a touch of citrus. We tried our best to preserve the delicate nature of a rice lager while lightly highlighting the ginger, lemongrass and yuzu flavors
Mad Macks
Iron Rail (KS)
Orxata
Cream Ale
Light, Normal
5
Horchata is a fine balance of cinnamon, sweet, cream. This will bring Horchata to beer life. Jeff and I worked together at Twisted Pine in Boulder and thought this would be a great way to work together again on a fun project. We want people to expect the unexpected.
Elevation
Salida & The Brewing Science Institute (sponsor)
Uncouth Spunding
Munich Dunkel
International, Dark
5
We all love dark lagers. We don’t like hype beers. We like classic styles.
Oskar Blues
Cigar City (FL)
There’s Passion In These Jorts
Passionfruit West Coast IPA
Hops
7.5
We’re blending two different IPA approaches by creating a Passion Fruit Tropical Hopped West Coast IPA. Cigar City and Oskar Blues are no strangers to hoppy beers so why not create something that hop heads will love!
Cannonball Creek
Oskar Blues
Hooked on a Zealand
New Zealand Style Pale Ale
Hops
6.8
Head brewers Juice and Hutch have known each other since the beginning of both of their careers in craft beer. They have talked for years about working together, and with Hooked on a Zealand, the plan has finally come to fruition. This beer features an exotic blend of southern hemisphere hops, including some of the latest innovations in hop product technology.
Cannonball Creek
Shred (CA)
Alpha Blaster
WCIPA
Hops
5.8
Two breweries that share a common passion for West Coast IPA. Long time friends and mutual admirers, this is the first collaboration among these two breweries. Alpha Blaster is a representation of the modern, aggressively hopped, but highly drinkable approach to WCIPA embraced by both breweries.
Ska
Hopsteiner (sponsor)
Hop Quench
Hop Water
Hops
0
Ska teamed up with Hopsteiner to create a new hop water made with LLZ, creating a bright and citrusy thirst quenching NA beverage!
On Tap Credit Union (sponsor)
Danico
Share Draft
West Coast Pils
Light, Hops
5.5
On Tap Credit Union and Danico Brewing Company have teamed up to create Share Draft, a crisp and refreshing West Coast Pils that embodies the spirit of collaboration. Just like great beer, strong communities are built through partnership, and this brew is a toast to the shared passion for craft and connection. Danico Brewing’s dedication to quality and creativity shines in every sip, making Share Draft a perfect way to celebrate local craftsmanship. Cheers to great beer, great people, and the power of coming together!
Your Colorado Brewers Guild Board of Directors is back with another fantastic Welcome Beer to awaken your taste buds before a big day of Collab Fest! We teamed up with our friends at Hopsteiner, Propagate, and Root Shoot Malting to bring you a crisp, clean, and slightly hop-forward crushable Pilsner. Keeping the name inline with the style, "Kia Ora" means hello and thank you in the Maori language.
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