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Colorado Brewers Guild To Host Fuss Off, A Secret Beer Festival for Colorado Craft Beer Week

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DENVER, CO— In response to the recent Super Bowl spoof on pumpkin peach ales, the Colorado Brewers Guild is hosting Fuss Off during Colorado Craft Beer Week.

Imagine yourself in a room full of handlebar mustaches, oversized glasses, and refined palates. Add a lineup of some of Colorado’s most thoughtfully crafted beers, and then picture yourself rubbing shoulders with the fine brewers who made them. Where is this fantasy beer festival, you ask? In downtown Denver, of course, in a mysterious venue that has never hosted a beer festival before. Only guests will be privy to its actual location… and they wont find out where it is until the morning of. Join Colorado’s craft beer aristocracy at Fuss Off, and don’t forget your beard wax for the beard competition. Some festivals are worth the fuss. 

On the morning of Wednesday, March 25 guests of the Fuss Off will receive an email with information about the location of this secret beer tasting of fussy beers. They wont find out what beers are being served until they arrive. Fuss Off will take place that evening from 6 to 9pm. Guests should plan on dressing fussy or hipster formal. Light snacks will be served.

Tickets to Fuss Off cost $50 per person and can be purchased here.

About the Colorado Brewers Guild

The Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG) was founded in 1995 by Colorado craft brewers in an effort to promote the quality and diversity of the growing Colorado craft brewing industry. The CBG provides valuable information to the beer-drinking public and the media while also serving to protect the industry and promote positive public policy for Colorado craft brewers.The Colorado Brewers Guild includes the majority of the craft breweries and brewpubs and represents more than 95 percent of craft beer production in the state. CBG is a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association and retains advocates to work with the state legislature on behalf of Colorado’s craft brewers. For more information, visit coloradobeer.org.

About Colorado Craft Beer Week

Now under the direction of the Colorado Brewers Guild, Colorado Craft Beer Week is a nine-day celebration of the state of craft beer. Join Colorado’s craft brewers, pubs and restaurants at dozens of events that will showcase brewers and educate beer lovers about Colorado’s unique craft beer community. For more information and the complete lineup of events, visit coloradocraftbeerweek.com.

For more information about Fuss Off, contact Emily Hutto at coop@radcraftbeer.com.

Emily Hut​to​ is the author of​ ​"Colorado's Top Brewers," and a contributor at "Zymurgy" magazine, among many other ​craft beer ​storytelling projects that you can read at emilyhutto.com.