During this year’s Colorado Beer Week Denver’s Imbibe and the Colorado Brewers Guild are hosting Collaboration Fest.
Brewers from all over the state are teaming up to create a beer that is new and different specifically for the festival. Last Friday, Aly Hartwig, Focus on the Beer contributor and Assistant Brewer at Pikes Peak Brewing Company, had the opportunity to join the brew day for the Southern Colorado Collaboration. Brewers from Bristol Brewing, Phantom Canyon Brewing Company and Pikes Peak Brewing Company got together to brew a hop-forward wheat pils at Phantom Canyon’s brewery downtown.
“Collaboration is awesome. You have three of the biggest breweries in Colorado Springs producing a product together to sell in each of our establishments. This collaboration highlights the sense of community amongst all of the breweries in the Pikes Peak Region.” – Chris Wright, Pikes Peak Brewing Company
The day was full of camaraderie, beer nerdery, and the opportunity to get together and share each other’s expertise. A few weeks before the brew day all of the breweries came together to plan out what style of beer they were going to make and how to feature it outside of the festival. They decided on a 60% wheat grain bill that would be fermented with a clean lager yeast to showcase the stronger presence and varieties of hops used. The brewers are planning on both bottling and kegging it off so that it can be enjoyed at each of the breweries’ locations. It will be a great style to enjoy, just in time for early spring.
The Collaboration Fest will kick off Colorado Craft Beer Week in Denver at the Curtis Hotel on March 22. For information on tickets go to http://events.imbibedenver.com/products/collaboration-festival
Big thanks to Aly Hartwig for the article and the photos www.focusonthebeer.com
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