Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. is preparing to open a new taproom: the Crazy Mountain Saloon. For all the details, see the release below:

Edwards, CO: Crazy Mountain Brewing Company’s growth and expansion continues in the fall of 2017 as it is set to open a new taproom space in the Winter Park Village, which will be coined the Crazy Mountain Saloon at Winter Park.

Following Crazy Mountain’s recent taproom additions in the Denver-metro area, the Winter Park location will also feature draft beers, comprised of Crazy Mountain’s year-round portfolio and rotating selections from its limited release Local’s Stash Reserve Series.

In addition to their beers, the Crazy Mountain Saloon at Winter Park will serve food, featuring hand-crafted sausages from Siegi’s Sausage Factory – a family-owned business based out of Tulsa, OK. Led by Siegimund Sumaruk, a fifth-generation sausage maker from Linz, Austria, Siegi’s and Crazy Mountain have partnered together to create sausages that are made with Crazy Mountain beers, the first of which is the Hookiebobb IPA bratwurst. New beer-infused sausages are in development and will include year-round and seasonal flavors. The Saloon will also serve finger foods and other après-ski appropriate offerings.

Sudwerk Brewing Co. is partnering with the Golden Valley Harriers to create 'Lagers for Joggers,' a group formed to promote fitness in a fun, rewarding way. For all the details, see below:

DAVIS — A new running group ‒ formed to celebrate the joys of exercise and beer ‒ plans the first Davis Beer Race on Sunday, Aug. 20 at Sudwerk Brewing Co.

Lagers for Joggers is a joint effort between the Golden Valley Harriers and Sudwerk Brewing Co. Its first race will be a 4.8-mile course through Davis greenbelts, rewarded by a pint of a specially brewed beer at the finish line. To match the course length, Sudwerk brewed the Beer Race Lager to achieve a refreshing 4.8 percent alcohol by volume.

Participants will meet at the Sudwerk Dock Store, 2001 Second St., Davis. Registration is $20 in advance or $22 at the door. The entry fee includes the race and your first beverage. The first 120 runners will receive a commemorative bottle opener. There also will be a free, 1-mile Kids’ Fun Run. All proceeds from the event will go to high school cross country and track programs in Davis, Woodland and Dixon, to send students to championship meets.

Advanced registration is available at the Sudwerk Dock Store, Fleet Feet Davis, 615 Second St., or online at https://squareup.com/store/sudwerkbrew.

New Belgium has added a new Fat Tire variant, a Belgian White. For more details, see below:

Ft. Collins, Colo. August 1, 2017 – New Belgium Brewing’s Fat Tire Belgian White is rolling out nationwide this month. For the first time in twenty-six years Fat Tire, an American craft beer icon, expands its trademark family by adding Fat Tire Belgian White. The new addition is a light-bodied unfiltered wheat ale brewed with juicy Seville orange peel and freshly ground coriander. It offers the perfect balance of refreshment and drinkability with just a hint of sweetness.

“Fat Tire Belgian White is a perfect reflection of our rich history and decades of experience brewing Belgian-style beers,” said New Belgium Brewer Cody Reif. “We listened to what people want in a Belgian White and incorporated all that feedback into this beer. It definitely captures the spirit of everything we believe an authentic Belgian White should be, and what so many desire – subtle sweetness and light bodied.”

Freshly ground Indian coriander, sourced from Old Town Spice Shop in Ft. Collins, Colo., which is less than a mile from New Belgium, paired with juicy Seville orange peel gives Fat Tire Belgian White its bright, yet mild sweetness. The beer also features a blend of Nugget Hops for bittering and Cascade Hops for aroma.

Tickets are now on sale for Flying Saucer's 2017 BeerFeast, which will benefit Pints for Prostates. For all the details, see the release below:

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Aug. 1, 2017 – Tickets are now on sale for Flying Saucer Draught Emporium’s 6^th annual 2017 Texas BeerFeast in Sugar Land, one of the South’s premier outdoor craft beer events. The 2017 festival, which is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at Sugar Land Town Square, will feature more than 100 high-quality craft brews from around the world. A portion of all proceeds will benefit Pints for Prostates.

A pioneer on the craft beer scene since opening its first beer bar in 1995, Flying Saucer was also a leader in the beer festival movement when they hosted their first BeerFeast in Fort Worth in 2005. Although in prior years Flying Saucer has hosted as many as four separate Texas BeerFeasts, the family of taprooms is returning to its roots, combining its annual celebrations of the world’s best beer into a single festival. The consolidation comes with a new nonprofit partnership, a host of food vendors and more of the high-quality and rare brews beer lovers crave.

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The Fifth Annual Collaboration Fest has settled on a date of March 31st, 2018. For more details, see below:

DENVER - August 1, 2017 - For the fifth year in a row, brewers from around the globe will brew together to create one-of-a-kind collaboration beers for Denver’s Collaboration Fest. The festival will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Denver (650 15th St, Denver, CO 80202). Collaboration Fest is the headline event of Colorado Craft Beer Week, which runs March 31 - April 7, 2018. 

“The Hyatt Regency Denver is a great location for Collaboration Fest in 2018 and beyond,” said PJ Hoberman of Two Parts. “The Centennial Ballroom is one of the highest-level facilities in the city, and the hotel has room for us to grow and become more dynamic over the next few years. I'm most excited about finding a home for Collaboration Fest where we can stay, grow, and evolve for a few years to come.” 

Innis & Gunn is preparing to release to small batch, limited edition beers -- Latitude and Longitude a raspberry saison, and Vanishing Point, a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. For all the details, see below:

Edinburgh, Scotland — Innis & Gunn will be introducing two small batch limited edition beers in the upcoming months. These beers will inaugurate two new series; Latitude and Longitude launching this month and Vanishing Point, available this fall.

The Latitude and Longitude series takes inspiration from the best loved beer styles from around the world, adding an Innis & Gunn twist. The first of the series is a Raspberry Saison. “We’ve stayed true to the Saison style, brewing the beer with ale and acid malt, then fermenting it with a wild yeast” stated Neil Innis Sharp, General Manager USA. “Then we’ve matured the beer in bourbon barrels to which we added heaps of Scottish raspberries. The Raspberry Saison is delicious, refreshing, and unique, perfect for warm weather days. There is an amazing raspberry and elderflower aroma, and depth and warmth from the barrel maturation, with a clean, flinty finish.”

The Brewer's Association, in partnership with Craftbeer.com, has updated its professional beer and food course curriculum with new text and video. For all the details, see below:

Boulder, CO – The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers — has expanded its CraftBeer.com Professional Beer & Food Course to nearly 100 pages and now offers four supplemental digital videos to showcase the practices featured in the course. Co-authored by BA Executive Chef Adam Dulye and Julia Herz, craft beer program director of the BA and Certified Cicerone®, the curriculum is the definitive beer and food course for culinary institutions, restaurateurs, chefs and beer educators.

The course teaches how to bring craft beer into the kitchen and onto the plate with five in-depth lectures, including two beer tasting sessions detailing 10 popular beer styles and five Interactive Tasting Forms that include menu planning tips and recipes. Four digital videos — An Introduction to Beer, Beer Service and Storage, Beer Styles and Beer and Food Pairing–accompany the course.Additional content updates include:

Genesee Brew House has announced the release of its Grüngeist Pale Ale, the latest in its Pilot Batch Series. For more, see the release below:

The latest release from the Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch series encourages craft beer lovers to rethink their expectations of the classic American Pale Ale. Pronounced “Groon-guy-st,” the Grüngeist™ Pale Ale is an inventive take on a classic hoppy style, featuring a German hop that showcases a unique profile unlike any other. Flavor and aroma forward with just the right amount of bitterness, the innovative hop creates a juicy and floral hoppy ale; and is the perfect addition to Genesee Brew House’s repertoire of classic styles with unique twists.

“We wanted to offer a crisp, clean beer with the fresh, juicy flavor and aroma profile everyone loves in hoppy craft beers,” Brewmaster Dean Jones said. “Our Pilot Batch series is all about innovating classic styles in unexpected ways, and this beer is a truly unique offering that will surprise Genesee fans and craft beer drinkers alike.”

On the heels of the Lagunitas and Short's partnership, Brooklyn Brewery has announced a deal with 21st Amendment and Funkwerks which will form a joint sales and distribution platform. The deal is similar, strategically speaking, as it pools together resources from breweries with footholds in important markets coast to coast. 

It's also similar because there's another megabrewer behind Brooklyn Brewery. Kirin Holdings Corps. owns a 24.5 percent share of Brooklyn Brewery (the Brewer's Association defines a brewery as independently owned so long as that number remains below 25 percent.)

While it is unclear to what degree Kirin will be involved, Brooklyn is now a minority owner in both 21st Amendment and Funkwerks, which gives these companies access to the same resources Kirin offers Brooklyn.

For more, see the statement from Brooklyn below: