by Mark Smiley & Jeff Stiglic
Cerveza: Marble Brewery from New Mexico, had a booth at Summer Brew Fest featuring a few different beers, including Cerveza, a crushable take on a Mexican-style lager.
WeldWerks: WeldWerks Brewing Co. from Greeley is a mainstay at the Summer and Winter Brew Fests at Mile High Station in Denver.
Two Standouts: Uhls’s Brewing from Boulder had Smoothie Phizz, a sour smoothie beer, and Coconut & Strawberry Daiquiri, a sour wheat ale.
For craft beer enthusiasts, there are many choices of beer fests throughout the summer. Summer Brew Fest held over two sessions on July 23, 2022, at Mile High Station is one not to miss. Over 25 craft breweries from around the state and a few from outside of Colorado were on hand each session to pour their summer beers.
The event featured live music, which added to the already festive atmosphere. The afternoon session had Chili Powder —a tribute to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who played later that evening at Empower Field.
The first Denver Brew Fest by RightOn Productions was created in a parking lot near Coors Field. Since then, the Summer and the Winter Brew fests have developed into an annual Denver tradition at Mile High Station and now the celebrations have been expanded to Avon, Colo., as well.
Some standouts from the fest included Uhl’s Brewing Company in Boulder, who brought Smoothie Phizz, a sour smoothie beer, and Coconut & Strawberry Daiquiri, a sour wheat ale. They also had a Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel aged tripel they released at 2 p.m.
Steep Brewing and Coffee Company from Keystone was also in attendance with Pau Hana, a coffee coconut porter, with 30 pounds of toasted coconut and infused with smooth cold brew coffee that was brewed using their freshly roasted in-house Free Trade-organic brazil coffee beans.
Marble Brewery from New Mexico, had a few beers to try. Cerveza is their crushable take on a Mexican-style lager. WeldWerks from Greeley, was also on hand with its flight of beers.
For more information on all of the fests including the Winter Brew Fest in January, visit www.brewfestevents.com.