Category: Events
Hey folks, don’t forget we will close at 6pm on Saturday, December 24 and will reopen at 11am on Monday, December 26. Have a safe and Merry Christmas!
Join us at Sundown on Tuesday, December 20th for the beginning of Chanukah and the tapping of Jewbelation 15 from Schmaltz Brewing.
As Schmaltz Brewing says,
CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF DELICIOUS
BEER & DELICIOUS SHTICK…L’Chaim!
A while back the owners of Falling Rock, The Brothers Black, decided to celebrate the stellar job their staff did during this years GABF. What better way to celebrate than to take everyone to Euclid Hall for food, fun and plenty of drinks? Perhaps opening a 9-liter bottle of Russian River Temptation to be shared amongst our staff and those at Euclid Hall, along with 5lbs of Humboldt Fog, an amazing goat cheese that Natalie Cilurzo of Russian River swears by as a pairing to Temptation… Then we came across this article about the event, and picture of Chris with the giant bottle. One of these days, when I make room on a shelf for it, you’ll be able to walk into the bar and see it graced with our signatures. Here’s to 15 years of GABF at the Falling Rock and the staff who make it possible!!
http://notyourdadsbeer.com/2011/11/08/what-rare-beer-is-all-about/
It’s Beginning to Taste a Lot Like Christmas around here, or winter, or just darn tasty if you please!! We are now pouring an amazing 25+ Holiday Beers on the wall!! Not to mention the 5+ waiting in the cooler. So to make things a bit easier on us all, here’s the current list of beers on tap and in bottles. Some are this years edition, but there are several amazing Vintage beers Chris has been carefully aging. Just remember, these beers are high in ABV, limited edition and and thus subject to change on a moments notice. Don’t worry, there will always be another beer worthy of your attention!
DRAUGHT
Anchor Our Special Ale 2007
Anchor Our Special Ale 2010
Avery Old Jubilation 2011
Bristol Christmas Ale 2011
Bristol Winter Warlock 2010
Bristol Winter Warlock NITRO 2011
Bruery 4 Calling Birds 2011
Deschutes Jubel 2011
DuPont Avec les Bons Voeux 2011
Gouden Carolus Noel 2011
Great Divide Hibernation 2009
Great Divide Hibernation 2010
Great Divide Hibernation 2011
Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza 2011
Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi 2011
New Belgium Snow Day 2011
Odell Isolation 2011
Port Brewing Santa’s Little Helper 2010
Scaldis Noel 2010
Sierra Nevada Celebration
St. Bernardus Christmas Ale 2011
St. Feuillein SpeciAle 2011
Struise Tsjeeses 2011
Struise Tsjeeses Reserva 2010
BOTTLE
Dieu de Ciel Solstice 33cl
Mikkeller Santa’s Little Helper 750 (2009)
Scaldis Noel 25cl
Rosey Nosey 50cl (2009)
Tsjeesus 33cl 10% (2010)(2009)
Gale’s Christmas Ale 9.3 oz (2008)
Criminally Bad Elf 50cl (2008)
Insanely Bad Elf 33cl (2008)
Lump of Coal 50cl (2008)
Pere Noel 7% : (2009) 33cl
Pere Noel 7% : (2009) (2010) 750
St. Bernardus Christmas 750
Blaugies La Moneuse Special Winter Ale
Fantome Noel 750
Gouden Carolous Noel 33cl
Petrus Winter Ale 750 (2009)
Hope to see you soon!!
Couple of things :
Tuesday Nov. 29th
5pm Firestone XV components with David Walker. Come taste some of the components that went into their Anniversary Beer XV. We’ll have Double Jack, a 9.5% Double India Pale Ale & a Special 5 gallon keg of Bravo, a 13.5% Imperial Brown Ale Aged in Bourbon & Brandy Barrels. Also we’ll have a Cask of Pale 31 going.
So we updated our website this past summer & the next improvement in communication with you our customers is we have (finally) joined the current Decade & gone Facebook & Twitter on you. You can Friend us at www.facebook.com/FallingRockTap and Follow us on Twitter @FallingRockTap. We’ll be posting regular updates of what just tapped, who’s playing on the big screen and pics of the fantastic tap wall as it gets updated (by ‘we’ I, of course, mean mostly Beth our Cellar Monkey & Website Wench) but she says that it’s so easy even ‘I’ can do it.
By Wednesday, Nov. 30th we will start tapping into the Vintage Christmas Beers, many are 5 Gal Kegs (the Belgians) so I don’t expect them to hang out for long. Last year we had about 20 different ones, this year looks like a few more, we’ll be posting them on the website & the aforementioned Facebook & Twitter.
Have Fun,
Chris
We will be closed for Thanksgiving, 11/24/2011. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, we’ll see you at 11am Friday morning (normal hours)!
Its Beginning To Taste A Lot Like
Christmas…
The Christmas Beers are beginning to make their way onto the tap wall, so come down and check them out! The only way to taste all of the ones we will tap this year is to start now and check back often!!
Mark your calenders now!! On Tuesday November 29th 5-7pm David Walker of Firestone Walker will be here sharing special tasty treats. If you missed the Anniversary Ale come try some of the component beers, Bravo Imperial Brown ale, Double Jack, and Denver’s newest addition, the gold medal winner for American Pale ale, Pale 31 on cask! Then hang out for the Christmas Beer Dinner downstairs, starting at 7pm. If you need the info, here goes:
Tuesday, November 29th 7pm. 14th Annual Christmas Beer Dinner. Chef Cheryl is already brainstorming over this year’s deliciousness to be paired with the current & past crops of Holiday Beers. We will have a 4-5 course meal paired with around 10 different Holiday Beers from this & past Vintages. This will be the first opportunity to sample the past vintages as most of them we only have one keg (most in a 5 gal size) of the past vintages. Tix on Sale at 11:11 on 11/11/11 $55 per person if purchased by Sunday November 27th at 7pm. $60 after that, if still available. Given the rate of sales in the last two years, we suggest you come in now to pick them up, and have a tasty Christmas beer while you do so!
This Friday November 18th @ 5pm we will be Celebrating Firestone Walker's 15th Anniversary with a tapping of a keg of XV, the 6th installment in their Anniversary Beer Series: (From their press release) Since founding our brewery in 1996, we have specialized in the rare art of brewing beer in oak barrels. In the fall of 2006, we released a limited edition oak-aged strong ale called 10 to commemorate our 10th anniversary. The experience was greater than any one of us could have ever imagined. We now present XV, our sixth release in what has become an annual autumn rite at our brewery. The Vision Behind Our Barrel Aging and Blending Program Remains! The Goal: To create complexity centering on oak, in a multitude of forms, by brewing high gravity beers in complementary styles, aging them in different barrel formats and then blending them together to achieve harmonious new flavors. The Puzzle: To blend these various components (or lots) to create a synergistic whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. This is achieved with the help of a few of our neighboring Paso Robles winemakers who are practicing experts in the art of blending. The Inspiration: Firestone Walkers oak brewing tradition and our connection with winemaking. Of course until the advent of stainless steel, brewing was intimately linked to wood barrels and vessels. Brewing has a deeply rooted history in the alchemy of blending. The Barrels The individual lots were aged in oak barrels, many of which were hand selected from premium Kentucky spirits producers by Tom Griffin, who is extremely passionate and knowledgeable about bourbon barrels and beer. Each barrel lends its own unique influence to the final blend. The Aging Cellar The Components We blended together 197 oak barrels and 8 different beers creating something truly complex and exceptional. Following are descriptions of key components with their original code names: Final Blend % Helldorado (11.7% ABV) Aged in Bourbon Barrels and Brandy Barrels -Blonde Barley Wine OG=24.7P FG=4.5P IBU=24 Color=8 / Brewed with buckwheat honey & 100% El Dorado hops Sticky Monkey (12.5% ABV) Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels -English Barley Wine OG=27P FG=5.4P IBU=45 Color=28 / Brewed with Mexican Turbinado (Brown) sugar Bravo (13.5% ABV) Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels -Imperial Brown Ale OG=26.5P FG=7.7P IBU=35 Color=32 / Hopped with 100% US grown Fuggles Double Double Barrel Ale (11.5% ABV) Aged 100% in retired Firestone Union Barrels-Double Strength English Pale Ale OG=25.0P FG=5.1P IBU=30 Color=16 / A Double version of our flagship created by Ali Razi Good Foot (14.3% ABV) Aged in Bourbon Barrels -American Barley Wine OG=27.5P FG=5.4P IBU=80 Color=26 Brewed with copious amounts of American grown hops Velvet Merkin (8.6% ABV) Aged in Bourbon barrels -Traditional Oatmeal Stout OG=15P FG=5.5 IBU=32.5 Color=Black 15% Oats / Hopped with 100% US grown Fuggles Parabola (13% ABV) - Aged in Bourbon Barrels -Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout OG=31P FG=8.5P IBU=80 Color=Black Hopped with Simcoe, Bravo, Styrian Golding and East Kent Golding Double Jack (9.5% ABV) 100% Fresh-n-Hoppy 100% Stainless Steel -Double India Pale Ale OG=20P FG=3.0P IBU=100 Color=8 Extremely hoppy triple dry hopped DIPA Tuesday November 29th @ 5pm Firestone Walker Special Releases w/ David Walker. We will be tapping 3-4 kegs of their special beers with David Walker on hand to hang out & answer questions. List of beers will be sent out when the truck arrives next week...
Join us on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 9pm MST for the Coast to Coast Toast. Vanberg and DeWulf Importers are celebrating their 30th Anniversary of bringing excelent Belgian beers to the US. Falling Rock is joining in the celebration by tapping two of their imports for the toast: Scaldis Noel and Avec Les Bons Voeux.
From the event website http://coasttocoasttoast.eventbrite.com/:
“On November 15, 2011, the best Belgophile bars, restaurants, and stores across the nation will be raising a glass to celebrate Vanberg & DeWulf’s 30 years of importing Belgian beers to American shores. We could not have hit the big 3-0, however, without the help and support of beer patrons like you. We’re ready to party – are you?
Glass-raising Individuals, make sure to:
- Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and updates.
- Check in to Untappd between November 15, 2011 and December 15, 2011 to unlock the Belgian Badge and be entered into a drawing to win a trip for two to Belgium, sponsored by the Belgian Tourist Office and Delta Airlines. Read more on the Untappd blog: http://untpd.it/belgianholiday”
Howdy Folks,
Here’s the final update on the List of events :
GABF 2011 List of Events
Monday Sept 26th
5pm 14th Annual GABF Kickoff Party. The Countdown Clock that’s been running since early January will reach Zero at 5pm & Falling Rock will tap into around 10 special kegs to get the week started right. Which Kegs ? Not really sure . I’ll decide as I unbury them in the stash.
Tuesday Sept 27th
6 pm Boulevard Brewing- We’ll tap into some Saison Brett Smokestack Series beer. Come Meet Head Brewer Steven Pauwels
Wednesday Sept 28th
4pm Anderson Valley Saison & Imperial Boont Amber. Join us for some of Anderson Valley’s Newer offerings an American take on a traditional Belgian Style and a suped-up version of the beer that made them famous.
9pm Elysian Pumpkin Beer Festival hits the Falling Rock Taphouse
Join Dick Cantwell and the Elysian Brewing Team for a pre-GABF Pumpkin Beer Throwdown
Find out what happens when the nation’s most pumpkin obsessed brewery teams up with one of Denver’s premiere beer bars! Come by the Falling Rock and have your pick of 10 Elysian pumpkin beers on tap including Night Owl, The Great Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Dark o’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout, Hansel & Gretel Ginger Pumpkin Pilsner, Mr. Yuck Sour Pumpkin, and Coche de Medianoche – a Mexican themed pumpkin ale with cumin, cinnamon, black pepper, chilies and roasted pumpkin seeds – to name a few. There will also be collaboration and guest pumpkin beers and a very, very special surprise!
11pm Stone Brewing Collaborations – We’ll tap 4 of Stone’s Collaborations with other breweries including the Hwy 78 Scotch ale (Green Flash/Pizza Port Carlsbad/Stone),Japanese Green Tea IPA (Baird Brewing Co. Japan Ishii Brewing Co., Stone ), Chocolate Cherry Stout (2 homebrewers :Jason Fields & Kevin Sheppard / Tröegs Brewing / Stone), + El Camino (Un)Real Black Ale (21st Amendment/Firestone Walker/Stone)
Thursday September 29th
1pm Boulder Brewing Neapolitan Porter. Come on out & try a Small Batch from the oldest Microbrewery in Colorado. The Neapolitan Porter is their Planet Porter aged for 3 months in oak barrels with Vanilla, Chocolate & Strawberries.
2pm Anchor Brewing Come on out to try some of Anchor’s Newer offerings. We’ll have Breckle’s Brown & Humming Ale Plus a keg of Old Foghorn.
10pm Full Sail Stash & Rarities – Join Head Brewer John Harris to crack open a few rare kegs of Brewmaster Specials Like some ‘06 Bourbon Barrel Aged
Imperial Stout (Silver Medal 2006 GABF), ‘08 Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Porter, Lupulin Wet-Hopped Ale (single Hopped keg)
11pm Green Flash Brewing – The Folks out at Green Flash are sending in some of their really Special Kegs. This Year we’ll have San Diego Saison, Imperial IPA, Special Cuvee Trippel, & Sugar Smack Belgian Dubble.
Midnite – Shorts Brewing For the First time outside of the Great American Beer Festival, Shorts will be available on tap. We’ll Have Kegs of Huma-Luma-Licious, Bludgeon Yer Eye, Key Lime Pie, Spruce Pilsner, & Bourbon Wizard.
Friday September 30th
NOON Sierra Nevada Harvest Release (Kill-A-Keg) – Our Annual insanity of releasing Sierra Nevada’s Harvest Ale (made with wet, Fresh-from-the-Fields Hops) & seeing how fast we can pour a keg of beer. A few years back we noticed that we were pouring a keg pretty quick (like a 15.5 gal keg in about a half Hour) & we wondered, ‘just how fast CAN you pour a keg?’ The next year it was 20 minutes or so, the next 15, then 12minutes. Last year it was a new record: 9 minutes 53 seconds. I’ll look to better that time this Year, One Man, One Keg & a bunch of glasses… After the first keg goes well tap into some more at a more leisurely pace. At 12:30 we’ll release the Sierra Nevada Estate Homegrown Ale (the same style of beer made with Malt and hops grown on the property).
2pm Avery Brewing – Try some of the Avery rarities on tap including Fred’s Mom, Bad Karma, Sacrolicious, Uberschwein, Meph Addict & One keg of Samael’s from the stash (ie. it’s 2 yrs old)
3pm Rogue Brewing – We’ll tap into Double Chocolate Stout & John John Hazelnut, Just in case you’re interested.
5:30pm World Re-Premiere of Courage Russian Imperial Stout (bottles). This beer hasn’t been made since, I believe, 1993. The Youngs/Wells Brewery now owns the rights to it & has Re-made the beer (one of the brewers on that brew is now the head brewer at Youngs/Wells). Wont be released for another month or so, so here’s your chance to try it out. Less than 1000 cases will be coming to the US.
10pm (Upstairs) He’Brew Celebration – We’ll have JewBelation 15, 15:15, & HopManna Plus Jeremy Cowan (the owner/Idea Man behind He’Brew) Will be here with his book Craft Beer Bar Mitzvah: How it took 13 years, Extreme Jewish Brewing, and Circus Sideshow Freaks to make Shmaltz Brewing Company an International Success.
10pm (Downstairs) Colorado Huge, Exotic, Esoteric, Rare, SOCIAL (CHEERS). Join us for a benefit for the Colorado Brewers Guild with special guest Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head pouring some Palo Santo through a Randall filled with Coffee. 10 Beers unavailable anywhere else during the fest will be poured by breweries such as Avery (IMMITUS barrel Aged Sour), Oskar Blues, Ska, Pagosa Springs, Odell (McMurray), Boulder (Mortimer- a barrel aged blend of Mojo IPA & Planet Porter), Great Divide (A Love Supreme, Barrel aged Saison with Brettanomyces), Left Hand (TNT Weizen Dopplebock)& Ashur (Funbarrel IPA). Wristbands for this event will go on sale about 9pm downstairs, Cost $40 for 1/2pt pours of all 10. Limited number of wristbands available
11pm (Upstairs) Alaskan Brewing 25th Anniversary Celebration. We’ll have kegs of their 25th anniversary Imperial Stout is brewed with an array of local ingredients and flavors to add dimension and celebrate Alaskan’s history and home. Alaska birch syrup from Wasilla lends a deep, almost tart character to the dark malt profile, while fireweed honey from Delta Junction adds a delicate sweetness and floral notes to the aroma and finish. The slight addition of our in-house alder-smoked malt alludes to the distinctive roasted flavor of turn-of-the-century malting practices, without overpowering the more subtle flavors of this dynamic anniversary brew.
Saturday October 1st
8pm Firestone Walker – A new Arrival to the Colorado Market, Join Head Brewer Matt Bryndelson & others for a Cask of Velvet Merlin, & some Parabola on tap
10pm New Belgium – When the GABF is over, we tap into special releases of New Belgium’s Beers. This year I went to the brewery & did a blending session with Lauren Salazar, & Eric Salazar. Each of us made our own blend of La Folie. We will release the three versions (appropriately they will be called 1, 2, & 3) and give time for all to sample. After people have had the time to taste them I will ask for applause as a vote on your favorite. Only then will we open the envelope and disclose the Blenders. This should be interesting. I’ll also pull out a couple things from my stash of New Belgium Beers.
All of the kegs are in & We’re ready to GO
Chris
Howdy Folks,
Here’s the announcement you’ve all been waiting for: GABF 2011
Monday Sept 26th
5pm 14th Annual GABF Kickoff Party. The Countdown Clock that’s been running since early January will reach Zero at 5pm & Falling Rock will tap into around 10 special kegs to get the week started right. Which Kegs? Not really sure, we’ll wait till the dust settles in the next weeks & start releasing names as I decide (& unbury them in the stash).
Tuesday Sept 27th
6 pm Boulevard Brewing- We’ll tap into a couple of special Smokestack Series beers. Come Meet Head Brewer Steven Pauwels and taste some of his best work on tap.
Wednesday Sept 28th
4pm Anderson Valley Saison & Imperial Boont Amber. Join us for some of Anderson Valley’s newer offerings; an American take on a traditional Belgian Style and a suped-up version of the beer that made them famous.
9pm Elysian Pumpkin Beer Festival hits the Falling Rock Taphouse. Join Dick Cantwell and the Elysian Brewing Team for a pre-GABF Pumpkin Beer Throwdown Find out what happens when the nation’s most pumpkin obsessed brewery teams up with one of Denver’s premiere beer bars! Come by the Falling Rock and have your pick of 10 Elysian pumpkin beers on tap including Night Owl, The Great Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Dark o’ the Moon Pumpkin Stout, Hansel & Gretel Ginger Pumpkin Pilsner, Mr. Yuck Sour Pumpkin, and Coche de Medianoche a Mexican themed pumpkin ale with cumin, cinnamon, black pepper, chilies and roasted pumpkin seeds to name a few. There will also be collaboration and guest pumpkin beers and a very, very special surprise!
11pm Stone Brewing Collaborations - We’ll tap 4 of Stone’s Collaborations with other breweries including the Hwy 78 Scotch ale (Green Flash/Pizza Port Carlsbad/Stone), Japanese Green Tea IPA (Baird Brewing Co. Japan Ishii Brewing Co., Stone Brewing Co., San Diego), 2 more are coming & when I find that message I’ll let you know what they are.
Thursday September 29th
2pm Anchor Brewing Come on out to try some of Anchor’s Newer offerings.
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Keep your eyes open on this space for a VERY Special World rePremiere of something from overseas .
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10pm Full Sail Stash & Rarities Join Head Brewer John Harris to crack open a few rare kegs of Brewmaster Specials Like some Older kegs of Barrel Aged Yummyness. I think there’s like an 06 somewhere back here if I can just lift this keg
11pm Green Flash Brewing The Folks out at Green Flash are sending in some of their really Special Kegs. I just went out to the opening of their new Brewery & got to go through their list of special releases. More when the kegs get into my cooler
Friday September 30th
NOON Sierra Nevada Harvest Release (Kill-A-Keg) Our Annual insanity of releasing Sierra Nevada’s Harvest Ale (made with wet, Fresh-from-the-Fields Hops) & seeing how fast we can pour a keg of beer. A few years back we noticed that we were pouring a keg pretty quick (like a 15.5 gal keg in about a half Hour) & we wondered, just how fast CAN you pour a keg? The next year it was 20 minutes or so, the next 15, then 12minutes. Last year it was a new record: 9 minutes 53 seconds. I’ll look to better that time this Year, One Man, One Keg & a bunch of glasses After the first keg goes well tap into some more at a more leisurely pace. At 12:30 we’ll release the Sierra Nevada Estate Homegrown Ale (the same style of beer made with Malt and hops grown on the property).
2pm Avery Brewing Try some of the Avery rarities on tap including aged kegs of Beast, Samaels and whatever Adam and Breese will let out of the brewery
3pm Rogue Brewing We’ll tap into Double Chocolate Stout & John John Hazelnut, Just in case you’re interested.
10pm Dog(fish Head) Treats I’ve been saving a few of Sam (& Crew’s) special releases including a World Wide Stout (I think it’s a little over a year old) .
11pm (Upstairs) Alaskan Brewing 25th Anniversary Celebration. We’ll have kegs of their 25th anniversary Imperial Stout is brewed with an array of local ingredients and flavors to add dimension and celebrate Alaskan’s history and home. Alaska birch syrup from Wasilla lends a deep, almost tart character to the dark malt profile, while fireweed honey from Delta Junction adds a delicate sweetness and floral notes to the aroma and finish. The slight addition of our in-house alder-smoked malt alludes to the distinctive roasted flavor of turn-of-the-century malting practices, without overpowering the more subtle flavors of this dynamic anniversary brew.
11pm (Downstairs) HeBrew Celebration - We’ll have JewBelation 15, 15:15, & HopManna
Saturday October 1st
8pm Firestone Walker - A new Arrival to the Colorado Market, Join Head Brewer Matt Bryndelson & others for some special kegs (and a cask) of Firestone Walkers amazing beers.
10pm New Belgium When the GABF is over, we tap into special releases of New Belgium’s Beers. This year I went to the brewery & did a blending session with Lauren Salazar, & Eric Salazar. Each of us made our own blend of La Folie. We will release the three versions (appropriately they will be called 1, 2, & 3) and give time for all to sample. After people have had the time to taste them I will ask for applause as a vote on your favorite. Only then will we open the envelope and disclose the Blenders. This should be interesting. I’ll also pull out a couple things from my stash of New Belgium Beers.
I still have one or two more events that should be nailed down by mid next week, I’ll re-post the updated list that will also include a few more specifics (as in I need to allow for the distributors to finish up w/ the registrations before announcing them) but more is to come.
Also, if you haven’t noticed we have a new updated website that includes some of that Facebook/Twitter stuff. We’ve been trying to post new beers on tap as we hook things up during the week. we are going to really try to keep that stuff going during the Fest, so it just might behoove you to sign up for that kind of stuff ahead of time because it might be one of the ways if you aren’t sitting w/in sight of the chalkboard that you will know what’s just been tapped…
I’m tired of typing,
I think I’ll have a Beer
Chris
After picking fresh Chinook hops at the Hippy Chicks Hop Farm on the outskirts of Downtown Palisade, CO on the morning of September 1, Chris and the Odell crew headed up to Ft. Collins to brew the beer. This video is of them punching down the 42 lbs of wet (fresh) hops in the mash tun. “We were using the mash tun as a giant hop-back. The aroma of all of the fresh hops was amazing!” said the king.
