Events

Une Expérience Forte Belge et Français de Bière

The theme for this month's meeting will be the strong Belgian and French beer experience.

Bring examples of Strong Belgian and French Ales to the meeting for tasting, evaluation, and education.  These can be homebrewed or commercial examples.

Types include:

Join us Friday, October 3rd from 5pm-8pm for the much anticipated 2008 release of Fresh Hop Pale Ale and Hibernation Ale.  Fresh Hop is an American-style pale ale brewed with freshly picked “wet hops” from the Yakima Valley of Washington.  Hibernation Ale is Great Divide’s celebrated winter tradition and many consider it to be Colorado’s original strong ale.

Both beers will be available on draft and paired with a fine assortment of artisan cheeses and cured meats.  $15 per person.

Join us in 2008 for our 27^th Annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado during the weekend of October 9 through October 11.

UPDATE

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As discussed at our October 2 meeting, use the Signup feature to commit to going the WBF. SIGN UP BY OCTOBER 6.

Geoff will email the organizers the names of those who wish to attend.

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A message from KROC:

Hello Rock Hoppers Brew Club,

I'm Jim Fixari from the Keg Ran Out Club (KROC) in Broomfield, CO and I'd like to extend a personal invitation to your club members to attend our 14th Annual WBF on Thursday, October 9th which is the first day of GABF.  I've attached a PDF copy of our poster that describes what our event is all about.  If you've been to any of our previous events you know what a great time you have listening to our speakers, sampling homebrew, and winning lots of goodies in our raffle and silent auction.  If you haven't been to our event before it is "THE" homebrew event of the GABF week and a guaranteed great time.

Join us in 2008 for our 27^th Annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado during the weekend of October 9 through October 11.

UPDATE

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As discussed at our October 2 meeting, use the Signup feature to commit to going the WBF. SIGN UP BY OCTOBER 6.

Geoff will email the organizers the names of those who wish to attend.

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A message from KROC:

Hello Rock Hoppers Brew Club,

I'm Jim Fixari from the Keg Ran Out Club (KROC) in Broomfield, CO and I'd like to extend a personal invitation to your club members to attend our 14th Annual WBF on Thursday, October 9th which is the first day of GABF.  I've attached a PDF copy of our poster that describes what our event is all about.  If you've been to any of our previous events you know what a great time you have listening to our speakers, sampling homebrew, and winning lots of goodies in our raffle and silent auction.  If you haven't been to our event before it is "THE" homebrew event of the GABF week and a guaranteed great time.

Join us in 2008 for our 27^th Annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado during the weekend of October 9 through October 11.

Hoppers,

Stop by after work and join us this Thursday, October 16th, as we let it flow free in our bar from 6pm to 6:30pm.

NAUGHTY SCOT is a Strong Scotch Ale, brewed with pale ale, crystal, roast, and peated malts for an intense malty profile. As the weather cools down, you will really appreciate this beer's warming glow. Golding hops support this Wee Heavy brew. 7.5% ABV.

2nd Annual Hop Harvest Celebration.  Saturday Oct 18th Noon.
Come join us for our Celebration of the Hop Harvest with a Selection of Wet
Hopped Beers. Last year's celebration was a little overshadowed by the Baseball
playoffs (not an issue THIS year) but this year it's back & even bigger. Come
try:
Deschutes Hop Trip
Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale (the Original wet-hopped Beer)
Sierra Nevada Estate Harvest (Hops from their own Hopyard in Chico) *
Great Divide Fresh Hop
Full Sail Lupulin Ale (from the brewpub in Portland)*
Port Brewing High Tide *
Pizza Port Carlsbad Plant to Pint *

(* = one keg only)
I want to thank the Deschutes Brewery for helping me arrange this event & for
printing up the posters. They'll have 'Woody' their traveling party wagon (as
seen at the GABF) here also.

Also we have a few special taps of special beers left that you just might be
interested in....

Chris

We're doing our monthly beer and cheese pairing Tuesday October 21st, featuring five delicious selections from The Truffle cheese shop, $10 for 5 beers and 5 cheeses.

The Belgian Beer Experience continues!

As discussed at our October 2 meeting, there will be a RHBC meet-up at the Cheeky Monk, 534 E. Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Please use the signup feature to let Izzy know how many to expect. Signup by October 22.

The Belgian Beer Experience continues!

As discussed at our October 2 meeting, there will be a RHBC meet-up at the Cheeky Monk, 534 E. Colfax Avenue in Denver.

Please use the signup feature to let Izzy know how many to expect. Signup by October 22.

3rd ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!
Friday and Saturday
October 24-25

Docking Schedule:

Friday

12:00 no-name IPA

3:00 Braggot (2 yr old)

5:00 Wedding Imperial IPA

8:00 Bligh's Old Ale (HMS Bounty wood-aged in Stranahan's Whiskey barrel)

Saturday

12:00 Apricot Lambic

3:00 Old Ironsides Barleywine (3yr old)

5:00 Ragnarok Barleywine (2yr old)

6:00 Live Music from Likely Story

The next dinner is the regularly scheduled last Tuesday of the month, October 28th at $40 per person and we've been selling out quickly, so grab your friends and make a night of it. Chef Jorge and I will be onsite to talk about how each course is prepared and paired with our great brew.

Event has been cancelled due to lack of interest. Maybe next year.

Adam Glaser has offered his home for the event.  His address is:

Use the signup feature to let Adam know if you will be coming. He has requested that people signed up at least one week in advance for planning (October 25 is the deadline).

He also has suggested that an all-grain brewer bring their equipment to demonstrate the process. Adam will be brewing an extract-based beer:

AHA Membership Ralley at Hops Grill and Brewery (CO)