Annual Brew Tour at Douglas County Libraries Celebrates Community

Douglas County Libraries’ Annual Brew Tour is Underway!

It offers a unique way for the community to come together and celebrate over shared passions: books and brews. The tour runs through September 30 and includes 15 Douglas County craft breweries and coffee shops, as well as exclusive events at select partner and library locations.

Throughout the Brew Tour, residents can experience the library at locations outside of Douglas County Libraries while also supporting local businesses.

“We have a few new partners this year and are doing more events, over double what we did in 2022c1” “We’ve also added a new event for 2023, the Power Hour, which is a pop-up event at select breweries and coffee shops that helps tour participants accumulate more points toward prizes.”

Kerri Morgan, Special Events Manager with Douglas County Libraries

Brew tour participants earn prizes by logging visits to the different partner establishments during August and September, and they are automatically entered into the library’s Grand Prize drawing for a Happy Brew Year, consisting of one premium insulated growler with a booklet of fills from partner breweries. They can also earn points toward prizes by attending exclusive Brew Tour events, like literary trivia, books and authors bingo, beer games, and books and brew pairings.

The library’s first event on August 4 at its Highlands Ranch location had teams of guests ages 21-plus competing in a literary scavenger hunt. Brew Tour partner Burly Brewing of Castle Rock poured craft brews during the event.

Participating in the Brew Tour is free and no purchase is required. For more information and to sign up, visit DCL.org/brew-tour. Must be 18 or older to participate, and 21 or older to consume alcohol.

Brew Tour Partners

3 Freaks Brewery, Highlands Ranch

105 West Brewing Company, Castle Rock

Barnett & Son Brewing Co., Parker

Burly Brewing Company, Castle Rock

Castle Rock Collective Coffee, Castle Rock

Crowfoot Valley Coffee, Castle Rock

Deja Brew Coffee, Parker

Downhill Brewing, Parker

Festive Cup Coffee and Boutique, Highlands Ranch

Fiction Beer Company, Parker

Fika Coffee House, Parker

Iron Mule Brewery, Castle Rock

Living the Dream Brewing Company, Littleton

Lone Tree Brewing Company, Lone Tree

Monk & Mongoose Coffee Co., Lone Tree

Douglas County Libraries elevates our community by inspiring a love of reading, discovery and connection.

Same great local microbrews, better music, and more food trucks this year!

VIP sold out! A limited number of GA tickets are available! We will NOT sell on the day of the event.

* 40 Breweries; unlimited samples

* Food Trucks

* Live Music

* Corn Hole

2024 Parker Brewfest TBA

www.parkerbrewfest.com

August 2024

Downtown Parker, Colorado | O’Brien Park

LIST OF PAST BREWERIES AT PARKER BREWFEST

• 105 West Brewing Company (Castle Rock)
  – Deez Nuts (Hazelnut and peanut butter pale ale)
  – Rocky Mountain Juice (East Coast IPAs have less bitterness, is turbid with loads of fruity hops. Pineapple, Candy, Peach, Tropical Fruit!)
• 14er Brewing Company (Denver)
  – Mt Massive IPA
  – Maroon Bells Tropical Ale
  – Rocky Mtn Saison
• 4 Noses Brewing Company (Broomfield)

• Barnett & Son Brewing Co. (Parker)
  -Blueberry Ale
  -Twenty Mile Rye Pale Ale
  -Saison
  -Berliner Weisse
  -El Gizmito Salted Lime AleBlack Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales (Denver)
  – IVY BELLS – Fruit Punch Blended Sour
  – ATLAS/THOR – Black Currant and Plum Sour Red

• Blue Spruce Brewing (Centennial)

• Brewability Lab (Denver)
  – Strawberry Blonde
  – Ginger Lime Saison

• Bristol Brewing (Colorado Springs)
  – Beehive American Wheat Ale
  – Laughing Lab Scottish Ale
  – Compass IPA

• Burly Brewing (Castle Rock)

• Castle Rock Beer Co. (Castle Rock)

• Cerberus Brewing Co. (Colorado Springs)

• Dad & Dude’s Breweria (Aurora)

• Declaration Brewing

• Downhill Brewing (Parker)- Plum/Orange Saison
  – Peanut Butter Brown Ale

• Dueces Wild Brewery (Colorado Springs)
  – Blood Orange Pale Ale
  – Banana Hammock Hefeweizen

• FERMÆNTRA (Denver)

• Fossil Craft Beer (Colorado Springs)

• Grist Brewing Company (Highlands Ranch & Lone Tree)

• Halfpenny Brewing Company (Centennial)

• Horse & Dragon Brewing Company (Ft. Collins)

• Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project

• Launch Pad Brewery

• Little Machine Beer (Denver)

  – Razz Against the Machine a Tart Raspberry Beer ( This beer has won Silver at World Beer Cup in 2016 and 2018, and gold at GABF in 2017).
  – YAFI IPA

• Living The Dream (Highlands Ranch)
• Locavore (Littleton)
• Lone Tree Brewing Company (Lone Tree)
• Mountain Cowboy (Frederick)
• New Image Brewing Company (Arvada)

  – Pay It Foward Double Dry Hopped Pale Ale

• Odell (Fort Collins)

  – Drumroll American Pale Ale
  – Oktoberfest
  – Cloud Catcher Milkshake IPA
  – Colorado Lager
  – Rupture Fresh Grind Ale
  – St Lupulin Extra Pale Ale

• Paradox (Divide)

• Peak to Peak Tap & Brew (Aurora)

• Platte Park (Denver)

  – Madagascar Dream, Vanilla Cream Ale ( Nitro)
  – Hop Religion, Double IPA

• Resolute Brewing Company (Centennial)
  – Fluffy The Lemon Slayer- Milkshake Sour
  – Spruce Willis- Spruce Tip Marzen
  – Hefeweizen
  – Transparently Trendy- NE IPA

• River North (Denver)

  – River North White
  – FarmHouse
  – Pils
  – Colorado IPA
  – Mountain Haze
  – 2017 Whiskey Barrel Quandary

• Rockyard Brewing (Castle Rock)

  SKA (Durango)
  – Berliner Weiss
  – Rue B SoHo Grapefruit Lager

• Someplace Else (Arvada)
  – Rebel Rasberry Cream Ale
  – Spock’s Brain IPA

• STEM Cider (Denver)

• Talbott’s Cider (Palisade)
  – Colo-Mosa (premixed mimosa cocktail)
  – Summer Sunset (Palisade Peach)

• The Old Mine (Erie)
  – Handlebar Hard Cider is the genre-busting beverage that put us on the map. Drinking Handlebar is like biting into a fresh, crisp apple right off the tree. It begins with a burst of refreshing sweetness, opens up into wholesome apple goodness, and finishes with a hint of tartness from the apple skin. Some call Handlebar “apple juice for adults”. But at 6.8 percent ABV, you might not want to drink it for breakfast the way you used to (or maybe you do. We don’t judge). Handlebar is our flagship and is changing the way people think about cider. – Hopped Up is Handlebar that is dry hopped with organic Citra Hops to bring out the aromatic fruitiness of the apples. It is citrusy with a burst of bright fruit flavor. It is the perfect blend of crisp and delicious and still 100% gluten-free. With the hoppy familiarity of an IPA and the fruity nose of a Sauvignon Blanc, it is truly the best of both worlds and what some call “the best-tasting

  cider in Colorado.

• Two22 Brew

• Verboten (Loveland)- Somebody to Love, Brut IPA
  – Anybody Want a Peanut?, Peanut Butter and Jelly Ale
  – Run By Fruiting, Indian Lassi Smoothie Sour with Guava and Cardamom

• Welcome Home Brewery (Parker)- Caramel Corn Cream Ale
  – Cool Wheat (American Wheat Beer

• Wibby Brewing (Longmont)

  – Lightshine Helles
  – Lightshine Radler
  – Wibby IPL
  – Moondoor Dunkel

• Woods Boss (Denver)- The Oswald NEIPA: super fruity bomb hazy ipa. 7.1%abv
  – Fruity Flash: kettle sour aged on prickly pear and passion fruit. 5.5%abv
  – Start N Ealry: American lager with mandarina Bavaria hops. : 5.2%
  – Swede Hook: American Porter brewed with itty bitty amounts of vanilla and orange peel. 4.7%

Food Trucks:

• Golden Toad
• Cheffin’s Cheesesteaks & Cubano’s

Douglas County BrewPub Tour

Colorado is Craft Beer Country and Parker boasts not one but three local brewpubs with several of the bars & restaurants also serving local beers on tap.

Parker CO BrewPubs

Down Hill Brewing fka Elk Mountain Brewery 
18921 E Plaza Dr # 104,
Parker CO
(303) 805-2739

Down Hill has added their own pizza kitchen and the pizza is delicious! We highly recommend trying the peanut butter beer & the sour!

Barnett and Son
18425 Pony Express Dr, Parker, CO 80134
(720) 420-0462

Barnett and Son have a lovely outdoor patio as well as indoor seating. No food is served but you can bring in your own and food trucks are on hand on weekends.

Hall Brewing Company
Brewed in Colorado but doesn’t currently have a tasting location
Available at local liquor stores

Lone Tree Brew Pubs

Lone Tree Brewing Company
8200 Park Meadows Drive, Suite 8222
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Phone: (303) 792-5822

Yard House
8437 Park Meadows Center Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124
303-790-7453

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
9627 E County Line Rd
Centennial, CO
(303) 792-9090

Castle Rock Brew Pubs

Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. – Family Friendly

Located on the Main Street of Castle Rock at 519 Wilcox St, Wild Blue Yonder Brewing strives to offer a wide range of meticulously crafted beer styles from the classic and simple to more adventurous modern interpretations. All of the beer is brewed on-site in small batches by Head Brewer Garet Clever. They also have cider, wine, and cocktails for those in your party that aren’t beer drinkers as well as a full menu of delicious food.
The outdoor beer garden is perfect for an event, a Girl’s Night Out, a Family Reunion, or a regular Thursday.
Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Company
519 Wilcox St, Castle Rock, CO 80104
(303) 814-3663

105 West Brewing Company
Know for the Deez Nuts Peanut Butter Hazelnut beer but everything they brew is delicious! Outdoor seating with a firepit & excellent food trucks every night.
1043 Park St., Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 325-7321

Burly Brewing Company
A huge variety of brews to try, a great tasting room with outdoor seating, and a food truck schedule on their Facebook page.
680 Atchison Way Suite 800, Castle Rock, CO 80109
(720) 486-0541

Astro Tap House
Beer here is sold by the ounce
3911 Ambrosia St, Castle Rock, CO 80109
(720) 344-6979

Iron Mule Brewery – Food Trucks
 514 Perry St., Castle Rock, CO 80109
(720)328-9008

Rock Yard Brewing Company – Full Menu
880 Castleton Rd, Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 814-9273

Highlands Ranch Brew Pubs

Grist Brewing Company
9150 Commerce Center Cir., Ste 300
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
(720) 360-4782

3 Freaks Brewery
7140 E. County Line Rd., Highlands Ranch
(720) 360-4782

Other nearby breweries include:

Not in Douglas County but just down Parker Road

Dry Dock Brewing
15110 E Hampden Ave
Aurora, CO 80014
(303) 400-5606

• Living the Dream Brewing Company – 12305 N. Dumont Way, Littleton

• Resolute Brewing 7286 S Yosemite St #110, Centennial, CO 80112 (720) 722-1238

Tap Houses with Food

• 2 Penguins 13065 E Briarwood Ave, Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 792-0310.
  This location serves 30-40 different local brews on tap and also has events and delicious food on site.
• Maddie’s Biergarten 330 Third St, Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 663-5073
  Permanently Closed.

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