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Howdy Folks,
Just want to give everyone our schedule for the upcoming 2nd Annual Colorado
Beer Week (http://www.cobeerweek.com/ ) Which Runs from May 12th-19th, 2012.
Since the end of the Colorado Beer Week is full of Baseball games, were going
to start a day early plus our final Event will be an incredible Pork-Centric
Beer Dinner with Chef Justin Brunson of Masterpiece Deli on Tuesday May 16th at
7:30PM. So here it is:
Friday May 11th 5:30pm Russian River tions. Well Start this Celebration of
things Beery with one of everyones favorites, Russian River Brewing from Santa
Rosa CA. Pulling out some of their beers ending in tion like
Supplication
Sanctification
Temptation
Consecration
& of course we always have Damnation.
Saturday May 12th 5pm New Belgium Lips of Faith Extravaganza. After the
opening event for C olorado Beer Week come on over to try out some rarities from
New Belgium. Lips of Faith is New Belgiums Special Release beers that come out
from time to time and are designed to allow their brewers to have some fun & try
new things. Weve been saving a few things for just this kind of event:
La Folie (2009)
Vrienden (Collaboration w/ Allagash, Portland ME)
Tart Lychee (this years new Lips of Faith addition)
Kick (collaboration between Kim Jordan of New Belgium (the KI) & Dick Cantwell
of Elysian (Seattle, WA. The CK) Pumpkin Sour Beer
Clutch slightly tart Stout Collaborative effort between New Belgium & the band
Clutch
Super Cru New Belgiums 20th Anniversary Brew
Abbey Grand Cru
Sunday May 13th 6pm Lost Abbey & Port Brewing. Were going to dig deep in our
stash of Beers and unearth some really special stuff for your enjoyment :
Red Poppy
Deliverance
Older Viscosity
Tuesday May 15th 7:30pm Pork-Centric Beer Dinner with Justin Brunson from
Masterpiece Deli (and the under construction Pork-Centric Old Major
Restaurant). Cheryl & Justin have been working feverishly on the menu and I will
be working on the beer pairings as that gets finalized next week. Cost $65 (tax
& Gratuity included) if purchased by 5/12, $75 after (if still Available).
Sorry, no Vegetarian options on this dinner. This should be an awesome dinner &
we are limited to 40 tickets.
On Sunday, February 12 from 4pm to 7pm we will have a live Blues jam session featuring Sammy Mayfield and friends.
From KUVO Jazz 89 radio’s website: “One of the most solid bass players ever.”
Bassist Nathaniel Wright of Denver, a member of Sam Mayfield’s Blues Band for over forty years, has passed. There will be a Memorial Benefit for Nathaniel this Sunday, February 12 from 4 to 7pm at Falling Rock Tap House, 1919 Blake Street.
All Musicians are welcome; come and celebrate Nathaniel’s life and music. A BBQ buffet downstairs in the Cigar Room will be $15 with all proceeds going to Nathaniel’s family. Donations will also be accepted.
Don’t forget our NO COVER Champagne Toast at midnight tonight!! We will be closing at 2am on January 1 and will reopen at 11am on TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012. During this time off most of the staff are going to rest a bit and a few of us are going to do a few improvements to the bar. Come join us soon in the New Year and see if you can spot the differences!!
Please have a safe and Happy New Year! There are plenty of cabs and services to help you and yours get home safely, please use them!!
True to form, the snow may be piling up outside but we are open and the beers are flowing. Shuffle in (Chris has been diligently shoveling our sidewalk and patio) for a warming Holiday beer, a burger or some steaming fried mushrooms. There is nothing quite like sipping on a winter warmer and chatting with the folks sitting at the bar watching the snow fall… Hope to see you soon!!
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/
A walk down our tap wall on Friday, December 16. Commentary by DanO, if available in your area. Check out all of the holiday taps!!
The wall of 30 Christmas beers has been updated, so check out out Beer List tab to see whats new. There are a few from Belgium we’ve never tapped before, like Silly Noel, Noel de Silenrieux and Boucanier Christmas as well as our standbys of Full Sail Wreck the Halls and Bristol Winter Warlock. Stop in and grab a glass of cheer!!
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 just hooked up St. Feuillien Speciale, St. Bernardus Christmas Ale, Delerium Noel, Anchor Our Special Christmas and Bristol Christmas Ale. So come on down and have a beer (or two, or three…)
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!!
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.
In August Chris spent an afternoon at New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins with Lauren Salazar and Eric Salazar. Using the contents of the 16 wooden foeters blending their own versions of La Folie, NB’s trademark sour brown ale. On Friday, Oct. 1 at 10 pm all three versions (Chris’, Lauren’s and Eric’s) will be available for a blind mass tasting.
