Beers to Look Out for at Collaboration Fest — Indie Creative Co.

Presented by On Tap Credit Union, Collaboration Fest is the original collaboration craft beer festival that pairs Colorado Brewers Guild member breweries with independent brewers near and far to create unique collaborations. This year the festival takes place on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at The Westin Westminster (10600 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CO 80020) from 2 to 6 p.m. (early entry begins at 2 p.m. and general admission begins at 3 p.m.).

Collaboration Fest tickets may be purchased online. General admission tickets cost $65 plus fees and VIP tickets cost $85 plus fees.

Below are some beers to look out for as you navigate the festival:

105 West Brewing and Battle Mountain Brewing Company

Beer style: Dry Hopped Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Battle Mountain recently relocated to Castle Rock. The owners are long time customers of 105 West and they have talked about collabing since they opened

105 West Brewing Company and DoCR (Dads of Castle Rock)

Beer style: Dopplebock
Story behind the collab: 105 West is a gratuity free brewery and all cash left gets donated to charity. DOCR does a lot of community outreach and fundraisers for the people in Castle Rock

4 Noses Brewing Company and Lady Justice Brewing

Beer style: American Lager with grapefruit, blood orange, and other flavors
Story behind the collab: Upon initial discussions, the brewers wanted to make something that was cocktail driven. After thinking through exactly what that could be,they landed on the Spahgett! American Lager, Aperol and Lemon juice. They love that flavor profile which is also perfect for spring time, a juxtaposition of some light champagney beer with the beauty and flavor of aperol

6 and 40 Brewery and Taproom, Great Frontier Brewing Company, Green Mountain Beer Company, Landlocked Ales, Old 121 Brewhouse, and Westfax Brewing Company

Beer style: Hoppy Kölsch
Story behind the collab: The City of Lakewood Collaboration is a Hoppy Kölsch brewed with a combination of HRC002 experimental hops and Colorado-grown Cascade hops using locally-sourced malts. This refreshing beer is a reflection of the indivisible link between beer and agriculture

6 and 40 Brewery and Taproom and Mountain Toad Brewing

Beer style: Spiced Witbier with Coconut
Story behind the collab: Brewers José Quiñones and Andrés Rodríguez wanted to make a beer inspired by Coquito, the spiced coconut and rum beverage Puerto Ricans imbibe during the winter holidays. This hop-forward witbier is brewed with cinnamon and coconut, and then aged on rum barrel American oak staves

Baere Brewing and Milieu Fermentation

Beer style: BA Bareleywine
Story behind the collab: This beer was brewed at Baere at the end of the summer 2022 when Milieu was early in its planning stages. The barrels and project have been tucked away since then to be released at the right time—Collaboration Fest!

Banded Oak Brewing Co. and Old 121 Brewhouse

Beer style: Heritage American Light Lager
Story behind the collab: Old 121 is celebrating its 5th Anniversary March 23, 2024 and to help celebrate, Banded Oak and Old 121 are bringing back the Take It Easy Gramps beer for both the anniversary and Collab Fest. The recipe was developed in collaboration between the breweries back in 2021, when Old 121 founder, Brett Zahrte, pulled out his grandfather's old handwritten brewing journal from his days at Schlitz back in the 1950s. The beer itself was a pilot batch at Schlitz as a small one-off recipe. With a major milestone for Old 121 Brewhouse happening in 2024, the Zahrte family was invited back to brew the beer with current Old 121 owners Sam and Katie Nicholson and the Banded Oak team of Chris Kirk and Will Curtin. The beer is an homage to the Light Lagers from the first half of the 20th Century and an invitation for all to enjoy a beer together

Barquentine Brewing and Bruz Beers

Beer style: Biere De Garde
Story behind the collab:Bruz Beers and Barquentine Brewing both have a focus and love for Belgian-Style beers. Biere de Garde is an underrepresented style that both brewers personally enjoy.

Base Camp Beer Works and Vicious Cycle Brewing Company

Beer style: Cream Ale

Story behind the collab: Vicious Cycle’s former beertender is now working at Base Camp in the brewhouse, so the breweries thought it would be fun to brew something out of the ordinary for Collab Fest

Bent Barley Brewing and Launch Pad Brewery

Beer style: Horchata
Story behind the collab: Launch Pad Brewery and Bent Barley Brewing decided to try to recreate the flavors and texture of Creme Brulee in a beer. Brewed with rice, vanilla, lactose and a touch of cinnamon, this beer is more dessert than beverage

Bent Barley Brewing and Propagate Lab

Beer style: Belgian Dubbel with Grains of Paradise
Story behind the collab: Propagate Lab has been Bent Barley's exclusive yeast provider for several years. This beer couples a classic ester-forward Belgian beer style enhanced with the spicy-citrus flavor of Grains of Paradise

Bent Barley Brewing and Rotating Tap Comedy

Beer style: Belgian Witbier with Salt and Lime
Story behind the collab: This beer is a follow up to last year's Collab Fest entry "This Beer Tastes Funny.” Rotating Tap Comedy and Bent Barley Brewing are celebrating another great year of hilarity in breweries across Colorado. Beer just tastes better when you can laugh too

Beyond the Mountain Brewing Company and Tres Litros Beer Co.

Beer style: Japanese Rice Lager
Story behind the collab: The brewers are making a Japanese Rice Lager with Buddha's Hand, a citron, which should result in a light, crispy beer with citrus notes

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse and Very Nice Brewing Company

Beer style: Experimental Beer with Cannabis Terpenes
Story behind the collab: This is the 4th annual collaboration between BJ's and Very Nice. Both fans of innovation, the goal here is to brew something that no one else has done before

Bootstrap Brewing and Cannonball Creek

Beer style: American Pale Ale

Story behind the collab: Bootstrap Brewing and Cannonball Creek were planning a collab brew just before Covid hit and shut everything down. Both breweries won multiple Gold Medals in the American Pale Ale category at GABF and figured this was the perfect time to get together and hit an American Pale Ale home run

Burns Family Artisan Ales and River North Brewery

Beer style: Blended Barrel-Aged Ale
Story behind the collab: Your favorite Denver barrel-aging and double-digit-abv masters come together with a special blend just for Collaboration Fest! Denver Cuvée is the best of the best, a masterpiece blend of 10 barrel-aged high-abv beers: 5 from each brewery

Cabin Creek Brewing and Crafted MFG Headwear

Beer style: Session Hazy IPA
Story behind the collab: Cabin Creek started working with Ty Kain and his company "Crafted MFG Headwear" for their merch in the very beginning of Cabin Creek's existence and used this opportunity to continue their personal and business relationship. They decided to create a session hazy IPA as fun challenge to create a lighter, but flavorful version of a style they love

Call to Arms Brewing and Joyride Brewing Company

Beer style: Mango Mochi Lager

Story behind the collab: This is the third year in a row Call To Arms and Joyride have teamed up at Collab Fest, and it marks their 5th collaboration overall! When the breweries discovered that both Call To Arms brewer Brandon Shean and Joyride brewer Darby Troke had both previously worked as Sake brewers, the team knew they had to make a rice lager with sake yeast. The addition of mango complements the delicate and fruity flavors from the sake yeast, and a blend of flaked and Jasmine rice help to make this lager light, dry, and extremely drinkable

Call to Arms Brewing Company and Novel Strand Brewing

Beer style: Hazy IPA
Story behind the collab: Call to Arms and Novel Strand have been close good buddies for over 6 years. They always have fun getting together to brew some fun, delicious beers!

Cannonball Creek and Grains of Wrath (WA)

Beer style: West Coast IPA

Story behind the collab: As long time fans of one another's beer, this is the first time Cannonball Creek and Grains of Wrath have collaborated. Both breweries are known for their love of hops and their execution of clean, hop forward styles. This West Coast IPA features hand selected Nectaron, Simcoe, Strata, and Mosaic hops

Cellar West Artisan Ales and Oskar Blues Brewery

Beer style:Oak Aged Wild Ale
Story behind the collab: This collaboration is an amazing blend of a Cellar West Oak Aged Wild Ale and Oskar Blues Oak Aged Brett Beer that is cranked up with Pinot Noir Grape Must and dry-hopped with hand selected Strata and Citra to give a modern twist on an old classic!

Chain Reaction Brewing Company and Zymos Brewing

Beer style: Scottish Heather Ale
Story behind the collab: The brewers wanted to do something traditional and approachable but with a twist. They decided to go back to early brewing and do their own take on the traditional pre-hop Scottish heather ale

Cheluna Brewing and Lady Justice Brewing

Beer style: Fruited Hefeweizen
Story behind the collab: Lady Justice moved into Cheluna's NW Aurora neighborhood back in 2020, and the two have been friends ever since. What began as merely an excuse to hang out, and LMFAO, has morphed into something more significant. Lady Justice is leaving the hood, Cheluna is helping to fill their new beer lines. Little Brain Mushy is how some of us feel when we announce "it's my Friday." This delicious Hefeweizen, replete with tropical Passion fruit, Lemon, and Lime, is just the thing your brain needs to kickstart the weekend

Cohesion Brewing and Hop Butcher For the World

Beer style: Cold IPA
Story behind the collab: Long time friends specializing in lager brews and IPA brews find space in the venn diagram to brew COLD IPA hopped with Kazbek, Simcoe & Centennial

Copper Kettle Brewing Company and Crystal Springs Brewing Company

Beer style: 100% Colorado Pale Ale
Story behind the collab: A collaboration between Louisville and Denver's finest! Bound to astound and impress. All CO ingredients featuring 'Cascade Cup's two-time award-winning' Billy Goat Hop Farms 2023 Cascade!

Craftsman Brew Co. and MainStage Brewing

Beer style: Dad-Style IPA
Story behind the collab: As new dads, Eric (Craftsman) and Sam (MainStage) wanted to go back to a simpler time, full of "C" hops and caramel malt - they believe it was called the early 2010s. With new responsibilities and roles at home, it was time to pop on the New Balance shoes and get back to the basics of a post recession construction of IPA. The brewers are adding in some newfangled technology (Columbus CGX pellets, steamed C40 caramel malt) to try and bring the joys of dank-pine, orange-colored IPAs to a new generation

Crystal Springs Brewing Company and Gravity Brewing

Beer style: West Coast IPA
Story behind the collab: Across The Tracks is a collaboration IPA using Incognito, Cryo Strata, Mosaic, and Citra. The Westest West Coast IPA brought to you by breweries located just across the track from each other in small town Louisville. Taste it!

Danico Brewing and Square State Brewing (WY)

Beer style: Gose
Story behind the collab: This collaboration is a take on chicken and waffles in the form of a salty Gose

Danico Brewing Company and Wibby Brewing

Beer style: Steinbier-Style Schwarzbier
Story behind the collab: Steinbier, which means “stone beer” in German, refers to a brewing process dating back to the Middle Ages. The method involves adding superheated stones to beer wort to affect mash conversion temperatures. This black lager was brewed with this Steinbier method

Denver Beer Co. and New Terrain Brewing Company

Beer style: Thai-Inspired Sour Kolsch
Story behind the collab: A New Terrain brewer saw a Princess Yum Yum tap handle at a bar and thought it said "Princess Tom Yum.” They were excited that DBC was making a Thai soup-inspired beer, but were disappointed when they realized they had just mixed up the letters in the name. DBC and New Terrain are getting together to make that mistake a reality!!

Denver Beer Co, Platt Park Brewing Co, Cerveceria Colorado, and Pumphouse Brewery

Beer style: Belgian Styled Witbier
Story behind the collab: “Need Help With That?” is brewed in partnership with the women-led brewing teams at Pumphouse Brewery, Platte Park Brewing, and Cerveceria Colorado. To make this beer even more amazing, 20% of the proceeds from “Need Help With That?” will be donated to a scholarship fund for female or non-binary students in the MSU hospitality program who are pursuing fermented beverage courses. Each partnering brewery will tap this special brew in March, so visit each taproom to try out their unique twist on the “Need Help With That?” International Women’s Day celebratory beer!

Diebolt Brewing Company and Burns Family Artisan Ales

Beer style: Colorado Common
Story behind the collab: Once upon a time, all malt was kilned over a fire. In Colorado, the fires were commonly made from Cottonwood. Diebolt Brewing Company and Burns Family Artisan Ales clear the smoke-screen of history to present: Cottonwood Common.

Downhill Brewing Greenwood Village and Los Dos Potrillos Cervecería Parker

Beer style: Tiramisu Churro Stout w/ BA Coffee
Story behind the collab: Los Dos and Downhill Brewing GV joined forces to make a Tiramisu Churro Stout just for this event. In the true spirit of Collab Fest they reached out to their friends at Bluegrass Coffee Roasters for some bourbon barrel aged coffee to round this beast out

Eddyline Brewing Co. and Elevation Beer Co.

Beer style: Bohemian Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Elevation and Eddyline have long storied histories in Colorado craft beer but have not been able to connect on a collaborative effort for some time. Newly formed Watershed Distributing will begin distribution of both Eddyline & Elevation in the Spring 2024 to the Gunnison & Crested Butte areas and they thought what better time to reconnect than now to show a united front by showcasing a collaborative effort to make great beer

El Rancho Colorado, Barnett & Son Brewing Co., and Andiamo Brew

Beer style: Session Doppelbock

Story behind the collab: The brewers all share a love for traditional European style lagers and Andiamo’s focus on very low abv led them to craft a super quaffable version of a German Doppelbock. Slightly an oxymoron, Petite Bock is a 3.0% abv version of a "doppelbock." Generous in deep malty flavor and a rich amber/ruby color.

El Rancho Colorado and Steep Brewing and Coffee

Beer style: Potato Lager

Story behind the collab: This beer was inspired by Kartoffelbier (German potato beer) which, much like many unusual sources of grain or sugar in beer, spawned more from necessity. While most contemporary American lager is produced with some combination of barley, corn, and rice, it is not common to see potato as a source of starch. Adam Gurtshaw and Levi Brewer spent time working together in the Denver brew scene and have since made their way up the I-70 corridor into the mountains. This beer was a way to bring our two new endeavors together in a fun and unusual way

Elevation Beer Co. and OCC Brewing

Beer style: Imperial Altbier
Story behind the collab: This all CO ingredient altbier (Coalt 38) meets at the 38th parallel to combine modern ingredients into a classic style

FlyteCo Brewing and On Tap Credit Union

Beer style: Kolsch
Story behind the collab: This collaborative German Kölsch showcases the exceptional partnership between FlyteCo Brewery and On Tap Credit Union. With FlyteCo Brewery's brewing mastery and On Tap Credit Union's 70 years of brewing industry support, “Member the Good Ole Days” is crafted for its sophisticated crisp, and clean taste. This collaboration aims to elevate the experience of enjoying a classic German Kölsch, while supporting Colorado's aviation and brewing communities

FlyteCo Brewing and Something Brewery

Beer style: Cold IPA with Peacharine Hop

Story behind the collab: Could not wait to use these new Peacharine hops and lots of them!

Fossil Craft Beer and Colorado Beer Media

Beer style: Hoppy Lager
Story behind the collab: Every year for Collaboration Fest the Colorado brew media finds a partner with which to brew a beer that will go down in history. Fossil Craft Beer hosted this year’s media brew day. Inspired by their paleontological motif, the crew wanted to honor the spirit of collaboration with a brew fit for the king of the dinosaurs with a hoppy lager, called Collabosaurus Rex: A Mediazoic Lager, for your enjoyment no matter how short your arms might be

Glenwood Canyon Brewpub and MainStage Brewing

Beer style: Lager
Story behind the collab: Sam Scruby grew up in Glenwood Springs so MainStage wanted him to come up and brew a lager with them. The beer is a lager style with Malt Europe's Bavarian Pilsner malt and a Berkeley Yeast

Glenwood Canyon Brewpub and Second Dawn Brewing Co.

Beer style: Italian Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Ross from Second Dawn has been an old friend. Glenwood wanted to tap into his Segal Ranch hop connection to brew an Italian-Style Pilsner with Zumo hops. Both brewers are super into Leopold Brothers Maltings and Berkeley Yeast, so this was an opportunity to explore these ingredients together

Great Divide Brewing Co. and Dry Dock Brewing Co.

Beer style:Fruited IPA
Story behind the collab: Two worlds collide in a fusion of resiny hop assertiveness and bright stone-fruit flavor. Hopricot is an amalgam of two Colorado classics: Great Divide's Titan IPA and Dry Dock's Apricot Blonde. Intense aromas of pine, citrus and apricots partner perfectly with a slightly sweet yet bitter balance on the palate

Green Mountain Beer Company and Over Yonder Brewing Company

Beer style: Pale Lager
Story behind the collab: A fruit forward pale lager brewed with “Lunar Crush”, a thiolized yeast strain that biotransforms thiol precursors from the hops and the malt, releasing waves of passion fruit, guava, and citrus. Simultaneously crisp and complex, the nuanced flavor profile of this easy drinking hoppy lager

Hello Brew Co., Streetside Brewery (OH) and Root Shoot Malting

Beer style: Chit Czech-Style Pilsner
Story behind the collab: The original idea was born out of conversations between Hello and Streetside back at the last Collab Fest. Then Root Shoot recently released Chit malt and a new pilsner malt to play so the brewers began to play!

Hello Brew Co. and TightKnit Brewing Co.

Beer style: Czech Coast Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Both brewers have a love for Czech Style Pilsners and also enjoy making IPAs so why not combine the love of these styles to make a twist on the West Coast Pilsner

Highside Brewing and Odyssey Beerworks

Beer style: Imperial Happoshu/Rice Lager
Story behind the collab: Long time friends and previous collaborators!

Highside Brewing and Ratio Beerworks

Beer style: Best Bitter
Story behind the collab: Shared love of all things Punk Rock!

Holidaily Brewing Company and The Empourium Brewing Company

Beer style: Ale
Story behind the collab: A story of friendship among brewers that turned into a beer collaboration!

Horse & Dragon Brewing Company, Snowbank Brewing, and Zwei Brewing Co.

Beer style: Italian Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Horse & Dragon, Zwei and Snowbank all opened in Fort Collins in 2014, and, to celebrate the Fort Collins breweries’ 10th anniversary year, the brewers will be brewing a delicious and quaffable Italian Pilsner. Named “Fort Collins Class of 2014,” this smoother sipper is a toast to ten years of independent craft beers and to many more!

Incantation Brewing and Purpose Brewing & Cellars

Beer style: Imperial Stout
Story behind the collab: Both Incantation and Purpose enjoy taking a creative culinary approach to crafting beer. For this set of beers they were inspired by a 3 course meal at a Chinese restaurant. Starting with an appetizer of Crab Rangoon, followed by a main course of Panang Curry, and a sweet Thai Tea for dessert

Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery and Ablemaker Brewing (NV)

Beer style: Rice Lager with Cucumber and Aloe

Story behind the collab: A collaboration long overdue! These brewers have been sharing beers back and forth for quite some time which is why they decided to combine their love of good beer at Collaboration Fest!

Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery and Our Mutual Friend Brewing

Beer style: Cold IPA
Story behind the collab: A younger generation of brewers started a Snapchat group together called the "Stuck Mashies,” where they would share brewing techniques, ingredients, and a community. Jagged Mountain and OMF decided to do a collaboration that incorporated everyone's brewing style and came up with a Cold IPA that’s dry-hopped with everyone's favorite hops. A portion of proceeds from this beer will be donated to a brewer’s scholarship program to encourage the younger generation to learn to make beer.

Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery and Public Offering Brewing Company

Beer style: Paper Plane CocktALE
Story behind the collab: Just a couple of Regis graduates brewing up a delicious concoction!

Kokopelli Beer Company and Manitou Brewing Company

Beer style: Belgian Wit
Story behind the collab: Both breweries are celebrating 10 years of business this year

Lariat Lodge Brewing Company and A Bit Twisted Brewpub & BBQ

Beer style: Kottbusser
Story behind the collab: A Kottbusser-Style beer brewed with cinnamon, honey, strawberry puree and Belma hops to make this beautiful sopapilla flavored beer

Launch Pad Brewery, Bent Barley, Incantation, Six Capital and Two22

Beer style: Belgian Dark Strong
Story behind the collab: This southeast Aurora neighborhood collaboration is a Belgian Dark Strong with Indian honey, plum puree, fresh ginger, toasted cardamom, coriander and black pepper

Launch Pad Brewery and Nine Spot Brewing (NY)

Beer style: West Coast Cream Ale
Story behind the collab: The brewers decided to make a spin on a traditional NY favorite with the fine folks at Nine Spot Brewing. Classic American cream ale with a big dose of West Coast style hop additions. Smooth, resin-y, with big aromatics

Left Hand Brewery and Wibby Brewing

Beer style: Colorado Common
Story behind the collab: 2022 and 2023 Brewery of the Year brewers collaborated on this Colorado Common. Brewed with Colorado Ingredients and fermented with lager yeast. Common Ground achieves a delicious approachable beer with copious hops aroma and flavor

Liquid Mechanics Brewing and Beachwood Brewing

Beer style: West Coast IPA

Story behind the collab: West Coast Cartel is a running series of West Coast IPAs brewed in collaboration with some of the best IPA brewers in the country

Los Dos Potrillos, Lone Tree Brewing, and Downhill Brewing

Beer style: Transfusion ale
Story behind the collab: Parker neighborhood brew. One of their favorite golf drinks is a transfusion so that’s what they decided on

LUKI Brewery and Downhill Brewing - Greenwood Village

Beer style: Raspberry Cotton Candy Kolsch
Story behind the collab: The brewers wanted to create something that touched on something that both of their breweries are known for. At LUKI, it's the circus theming and some classic 90s beer styles, and for Downhill Brewing - Greenwood Village (then Peak View Brewing), it's some fantastic adjunct-forward beers with unique flavors. So it made perfect sense to create a classic style of beer in a Kolsch-style with the raspberry and cotton candy flavors

Lone Tree Brewing Company and Bierstadt Lagerhaus

Beer style: Zoigl
Story behind the collab: Zoigl is a type of German beer brewed in the Oberpfalz, eastern Bavaria, between Franconia and the Czech Republic. The name is believed to be derived from a Windischeschenbacher dialect pronunciation of the German word zeigen or Zeichen meaning "sign,” the symbol used to advertise that the beer is available at an establishment. Lone Tree's head brewer and Bierstadt's owner Bill have a long history as friends and former coworkers. This beer brings two friends together to create a beer they both enjoy

Lone Tree Brewing Company and Downhill Brewing

Beer style: Belgian Wit
Story behind the collab: This beer will be accompanied by "buzz buttons" flower that creates a numbing sensation of the tongue and enhances the flavor sensations of the brew. Lone Tree and Downhill have been long time friends and are happy to celebrate a new location for Lone Tree in Parker where Downhill resides

Los Dos Potrillos Cervecería and Citizen 33 Brewery (ID)

Beer style: Sour IPA w/ Gooseberry
Story behind the collab: John Able (Citizen 33) and Chris Gilmore (Los Dos Potrillos) became close friends working the canning line at Dry Dock Brewing back in the day. Able has long since relocated to Idaho and Chris has taken the reins at LDP. This collab has only taken them 9 years to pull off

Mirror Image Brewing and Fermly

Beer style: California Common
Story behind the collab: This is the greatest and the best beer in the world, tribute. Long time ago Fermly and Mirror Image were hitchhiking down a long and lonesome road. All of a sudden there shined a shiny beer and it said, "Make the best beer in the world" and we said "Okay!" And they made the first thing that came to their heads and it just so happened to be a steam beer. This is a tribute to Anchor Steam.

Mirror Image Brewing and Knuckle Puck Brewing

Beer style: Belgian Hazy IPA

Story behind the collab: The two great breweries of the Tri-Town area gnomely go where no gnome has gone before. A magical adventure into brewing a Belgian beer in uncharted waters for the experience of a lifetime

Mountain Toad Brewing and Coal Mine Ave Brewing

Beer style: California Common/Spiced Beer
Story behind the collab: The friends at Coal Mine Ave Brewing in Littleton and Mountain Toad Brewing in Golden wanted to make a savory beer that was inspired by food. They decided to make a beer based on a delicious savory pastry from India, the Samosa, (pastries that are a dumpling made with a flaky dough filled with potatoes and spices) after Manuel from Coal Mine Ave shared a story of how he was sent to Chennai in Southern India for a month for his job in software development where he first tried samosas. He kept in touch with some of his co-workers from his previous job since starting Coal Mine Ave, like his friend Pushpendra, who gave us his recipe for samosas which we used as our base for making the beer. To make the brew, we used roasted potatoes in the mash and then added Ajwan, Cumin, ginger, spicy chiles, and more to resemble the scrumptious samosa

Mythmaker Brewing and Left Hand Brewing Company

Beer style: Belgian Style Dubbel with Fig and Plum
Story behind the collab: After talking beer at GABF, the brewers decided they wanted to brew together. They decided on a Belgian Dubbel because they feel it's an under-appreciated style that isn't brewed too often. They decided on including fig and plum to complement the dark fruit characteristics of the style

New Image Brewing and Primitive Beer

Beer style: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale
Story behind the collab: This collaboration builds on the mutual dedication to Colorado agriculture and love of Belgian traditions shared by Primitive and New Image. The Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale constructed with a less traditional/more contemporary Barleywine-esque foundation using 100% Colorado-grown grains, hops, and yeast. Outside of the uniquely Colorado terroir, to celebrate the changing of the seasons and the upcoming Sugar Moon (aptly named for the late winter thaw and beginning of Maple Tapping), the Dark Strong Ale will make use of Vermont Maple Syrup, instead of traditional Belgian Candi Syrup, as an adjunct source of simple sugar. At Collab Fest, the young and unconditioned iteration of their collaboration will be served tranquil from beer engine through sparkler, like some of their favorite examples of English Barleywine. They will package and naturally condition a larger portion of this collaboration in cans and kegs, as well as mature a smaller contingent in freshly emptied Maple Syrup casks before packaging and conditioning

New Terrain Brewing and Vector Brewing (TX)

Beer style: Contemporary Maibock
Story behind the collab: An intriguing new American hop variety called Lorien and a modest Dry Hop addition of NZ Southern Cross Hop Kief bring in a contemporary citrus and pine character to a traditional German Spring sipper. Allowing the beer to lager on Cypress and Yellow Birch wood accentuates the malt character with notes of yellow cake, vanilla wafers, toffee, butterscotch, and honeyed croissant. Two breweries who love to let their imaginations wander coming together to build a truly unique take on an endeared classic

Novel Strand Brewing and Cohesion Brewing

Beer style: Unfiltered Czech Hoppy Beer
Story behind the collab: This beer was a departure from the classic styles in a way that blended the brewers’ brewing approaches in a new way. Using ingredients and processes familiar to both breweries, they created a beer with New Zealand hops, that is treated more like a Czech style lager in production. With a strong malt backbone, and layered bright hop character, they think this beer will be a fun twist on their typical offerings

OCC Brewing and Old 121 Brewhouse

Beer style: London Brown Ale & Gruit
Story behind the collab: While brewing a London Brown ale the brewers thought it would be very traditional to do a first wort running type beer (parti-gyle), so they decided to pull the grain and do a first running of Gruit as well

Odd13 Brewing and Streetside Brewery (OH)

Beer style: Hazy IPA
Story behind the collab: For the second collaboration with Streetside, Odd13 wanted to expand on the last—this time using a heavy dose of Elani hops to bring this Hazy IPA to life

Odell Brewing Five Points Brewhouse and Baere Brewing

Beer style: Rice lager
Story behind the collab: Pretty straight forward. The brewers wanted to make an all mighty lager!

Odell Brewing Five Points Brewhouse and Bright Eye Beer Co.

Beer style: West Coast IPA
Story behind the collab: Odell brewer Brent Cordle spent some time with Luke (owner of Bright Eye Beer Co.) at hop harvest a couple years ago when he was doing research before opening his brewery. Collaboration Fest was the perfect opportunity to get these breweries together

Odell Brewing Sloan’s Lake Brewhouse & Pizzeria and Mythmaker Brewing

Beer style: Finnish Sahti
Story behind the collab: These brewers at Collaboration Fest last year. Mythmaker was pouring a Juniper and Heather beer. So they got talking and realized they share a love of tradition and different ingredients, thus the duo decided to brew a Juniper branches and berry beer together

Odyssey Beerwerks and Diebolt Brewing

Beer style: Red Wheat Citrus IPA

Oskar Blues Brewery and Cigar City Brewing (FL)

Beer style: West Coast Cold IPA
Story behind the collab: Oskar Blues and Cigar City are no strangers to cranking out hoppy beers so they decided to blend two modern styles into one heavily hopped IPA featuring some classic, new age, experimental and obscure hops that should push the hop sensory experience to the limit

Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company and Primitive Beer

Beer style: Belgian Pilsner
Story behind the collab: The brewers wanted to brew this style of beer because it reminds them of trips to Belgium, drinking Belgian Pilsners in between drinking Lambics

Our Mutual Friend Brewing Company and Odell Brewing Sloan’s Lake Brewhouse & Pizzeria

Beer style: Barrel fermented Brett Saison
Story behind the collab: This beer is a second use wine barrel fermented brett saison using a single isolate Brettanomyces strain and brewed with Troubadour Malt and Colorado Hops. Both breweries have a great love for these types of beer

Over Yonder Brewing Company and Knotted Root Brewing Company

Beer style: West Coast Double IPA / Hazy Double IPA
Story behind the collab: Over Yonder and Knotted Root have parallels that intertwine and meander through the art of craft brewing and the inspiration and endearment of Phish (music). Their camaraderie formed through these commonalities and the talk of collaborations has been growing, coming to fruition with not only one, but two styles, connected through specific aspects including their names. With these, you'll find the moment never ends

Peak View Brewing and Inland Island Yeast Company

Beer style: Fruited mixed fermentation sour grape farm ale with glitter
Story behind the collab: Peak views vision of making statements with beer combines with Inland Island’s mission of art + science is the result of this collaboration

Peculier Ales and Yampa Valley Brewing Company

Beer style: Dopplebock
Story behind the collab: Both brewers are alumni of the CSU Fermentation Science program. The doppelbock was brewed with 100% German malt and German hops. They will be doing a variation of this beer with cocoa, and honey

Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. and Bell Brothers Brewing

Beer style: English Mild
Story behind the collab: The brewers were intrigued by a London Fog beer so they figured why not!

Phantom Canyon Brewing Co. and Evergreen Brewery

Beer style: French Saison
Story behind the collab: The brewers go way back so for Collaboration Fest the duo decided to brew a beer with unique ingredients, particular beets, to create the pink hue for this beer

Prost brewing, Moor’s Brewing (IL), and Indie Hops

Beer style: Kolsch
Story behind the collab: Prost reached out to Moor's about this collaboration because they were excited about the prospect of Moor’s beginning distribution in Colorado felt like this would be a great way to welcome Moor's to Colorado and expose the market to a fresh new brand. Moor's, a black owned brewery based out of Chicago, creates german style biers with a twist and we couldn't be happier to partner with them on a new approach to this timeless style.

Prost Brewing and Seedstock Brewery

Beer style: Polotmavý
Story behind the collab: With this collaboration the brewers wanted to showcase the capabilities of the new Prost Brewing - Northglenn location by using endosperm mashing, open fermentation, natural carbonation, and membrane filtration for a Czech Lager.

Public Offering Brewing Company, Burns Family Artisan Ales, and Monolith Brewing

Beer style: Arnold Palmer Inspired Ale
Story behind the collab: The three newly opened breweries along the South Broadway corridor got together to create a fruit beer with a nod to golf season The brewers added three different lemon elements - lemon peel and Lemondrop hops in the whirlpool and lemon puree in the fermenter - and will dry hop with tea from a local business

Purpose Brewing & Cellars and River North Brewery

Beer style: Barrel-aged Imperial Porter blended with mixed-fermentation barrel-aged raspberry sour
Story behind the collab: The best of both barrel aged worlds. A deep, dark whiskey barrel aged imperial porter blended with the elegance and brightness of a barrel aged raspberry golden sour

Rails End Beer, Comrade Brewing, and Cheluna Brewing

Beer style: West Coast Pilsner
Story behind the collab: This is version 2 of the Homie beer series of hoppy lagers- what started with Rails End and Cheluna getting together last year. This year the Comrade Crew joined the party. Light, crushable lager base, hopped like a hazy

Ramblebine Brewing Company and Base Camp Beer Works

Beer style: White Stout
Story behind the collab: Both Grand Junction breweries opened the same year and have supported each other in the Grand Valley ever since!

Ramblebine Brewing Company and Westfax Brewing Company

Beer style: Triple West Coast IPA
Story behind the collab: Eli Gerson, Ramblebine head brewer used to intern for Anthony Martuscello, head brewer at Westfax, so they thought this was a great opportunity to get back together and make something unique

Red Swing Brewhouse and Peaks N Pines

Beer style: Dry Hopped Czech Lager w/ Tea
Story behind the collab: The brewer at Red Swing Brewhouse (Peter) had visited Colorado Springs a few times before moving to COS in the fall of 2019. Every time Peter visited, one of the first stops was Peaks N Pines. As soon as Peter moved to the Springs, Peaks N Pines was the first stop for a place to relax after a 4,000 mile drive from Alaska. All of the Vieiras and so many more at Peaks N Pines have been great friends. A few years later, Peter became a professional brewer. The opportunity for long time friends to work together could not be passed up

Renegade Brewing and Raices Brewing Company

Beer style: Malt Liquor
Story behind the collab: These two breweries are close neighbors but have never done a collaboration before

Reverence Brewing Company and Sleeping Giant Brewing Company

Beer style: Potato IPA
Story behind the collab: To utilize the wonderful gift of the Irish the Magnificent Potato!

River North Brewery and Drink RiNo

Beer style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Story behind the collab: This collaboration was brewed to celebrate RiNo, the best neighborhood in Denver (possibly the world) for discovering, drinking, and celebrating craft beer, spirits, wine, and cider. Brewed at River North Brewery with the help of Ratio, Great Divide, Stem, Block Distilling, Odell Five Points, Left Hand RiNo, and Ironton Distilling. Fermented with Inland Island yeast. Aged in Block Distilling bourbon barrels for 12 months

Rock Bottom Denver and The Post Brewing Co.

Beer style: Cold IPA
Story behind the collab: The Post and Rock Bottom made a beer together for Collab Fest in 2019 where they cooked up Brut of The North. Being five years since that fateful collab, they decided to run it back by making a completely different beer. This go around unifies their powers to make a Cold IPA that is bursting at the seams with flavors

Rockyard Brewing Co. and Evergreen Brewery

Beer style: Belgian Strong Gold w/ Birch Bark
Story behind the collab: The brewers began this recipe with an idea to incorporate an adjunct that they have never tried before; birch. They found birch bark was the best way to incorporate the unique woody flavor without aging the beer on wood

Rule 105 Brewing Company and Yetters Brewing Company

Beer style: American Mild flavored with Blood Orange
Story behind the collab: Having collaborated before, the two Greeley breweries thought a collaboration that fits the season would be a great way to ring in the new year. Called “It’s a Bloody Mild,” this American Mild was brewed with sweet orange peel and flavored with Blood Orange to create a very drinkable and accessible beer for 2024

Salt Road Brewing and Loveland Aleworks

Beer style: Milkshake IPA without lactose
Story behind the collab: Salt Road and Loveland Aleworks have been beer friends since Salt Road was just a twinkle in the eye. This is their first collaboration together, but it won't be the last. They chose to do a Milkshake IPA because Salt Road Brewing has never released one.

Second Dawn Brewing Co., Platt Park Brewing, and Mountain Merman Brewing Company

Beer style: Czech Dark Lager
Story behind the collab: This is the story of a girl…Jules is the Assistant Brewer at Platt Park and bartends at Second Dawn. She brought the crew together with our sweet friends from La Veta (also a former Platt Park employee) to make this lager

Seedstock Brewery and Barrels and Bottles Brewery

Beer style: Oated Lager
Story behind the collab: Brewed with 50% oats, a combination of malted and flaked oats. The Pilsner malts and malted oats were from Root Shoot malting. Hallertau Mittelfruh and Saaz hops were also used

Ska Brewing Company and Cheluna Brewing

Beer style: Cuban Espresso Stout
Story behind the collab: Javi and Steve Breezley met several years ago at a BA event and became fast friends. Cheluna has participated in Ska’s Anniversary Party the past couple of years, and the duo loves getting together talking beers and of course sharing a few!

Ska Brewing Company and Santa Fe Brewing Company

Beer style: West Coast IPA
Story behind the collab: Always fun joining forces with another Southwest Brewery! The duo bonded over all things beer from their beautiful little corner of the country!

Spangalang Brewery and Ramskeller Brewery

Beer style: Music-inspired fusion beer
Story behind the collab: Spangalang is a community-focused brewery owned and operated by a CSU alum. The Ramskeller brewery is an on-campus brewery driven by the principles of community that support campus operations on CSU. In an effort to connect those principles of community between Fort Collins and Denver, the two breweries are uniting to develop a beer inspired by a universal love, music

Storm Peak Brewing and Roadhouse Pub & Eatery (WY)

Beer style: Hoppy Kolsch
Story behind the collab: After much pleading, Roy Farms and Latitude 46 were gracious enough to provide a healthy sample of a very early experimental hop variety "ADHA-823." The beer is a showcase of this beautiful hop

Storm Peak Brewing and StillWest Brewery & Grill (WY)

Beer style: Hefeweizen conditioned with Yuzu puree and Matcha powder
Two friends who had both been to Japan and were reminiscing on their time there took inspiration from their trip to brew a beer that incorporated two very Japanese ingredients

Storm Peak Brewing, Telluride Brewing, Broken Compass Brewing, Hideaway Park Brewing, Mountain Tap Brewery, Stillwest Brewery, Roadhouse Brewing, Melvin Brewing, and Mill95 Hops

Beer style: Hoppy Lager
Story behind the collab: The 1st annual winter brewlympics! Several ski town breweries from Colorado and Wyoming plus a hop supplier from Idaho got together for a fun-filled day of collaborative brewing and friendly competition. This beer is a result of that passion, skill and determination in the quest for the golden boot

Strange Craft Beer Company and Freetail Brewing Company (TX)

Beer style: Barrel-Aged Baltic Porter
Story behind the collab: This is the brewers’ 14th collaboration together. Two solar eclipses are crossing over San Antonio in 2023 and 2024 and Tim being the astronomy geek that he is, wanted to see them both. So why not brew a beer in conjunction with these celestial events? The Baltic Porter was brewed in October during Tim’s visit for the Annular eclipse, aged in a Ranger Creek (SATX) whiskey barrel, and will be released in April 2024 for the Total eclipse

Strange Craft Beer Company, Guanella Pass Brewing Company, and Gravity Brewing

Beer style: Belgian Brut
Story behind the collab: Taylor from Guanella used to brew at Gravity. At Collab Fest 2023, Strange and Guanella were next to Gravity and they decided that day to collab together this year. The brewers wanted to brew something unique with a play on the number three. This beer fits that requirement with three unique fermentables: Barley, Viognier grape must, and Prickly Pear fruit.

Syndicate Brewing Co. and Steep Brewing & Coffee Company

Beer style: Cold Black IPA
Story behind the collab: This collaboration is a celebration of the friendship that Steep and Syndicate have shared over the last three years. Both opened around the same time in Summit County and have grown together with multiple fun collaborations over that span. This beer combines their mutual love of black IPA with modern brewing techniques to create a fun and flavorful concoction. Call it a cold black IPA, black IPL or Cascadian dark lager; whichever suits your fancy

The Elizabeth Brewing Company and Open Barrel Brewing Company (WY)

Beer style: Banana cream pie Hefeweizen

The Empourium Brewing Company and Inland Island Yeast Laboratories

Beer style: Non-Alcoholic beer
Story behind the collab: Good News Everyone! is a craft non-alcoholic beer produced through the use of limited fermentation from a specialized yeast strain that can only consume certain sugars but still has the ability to create the positive effects of fermentation such as ester production. Through a carefully crafted grain bill, low gravity/high temperature mashing, careful PH adjustments and use of preservatives we've produced a safe craft beverage alternative that will hit the spot without having to worry about the hangover!

Telluride Brewing and La Cumbre Brewing Company (NM)

Beer style: West Coast DIPA
Story behind the collab: Love of the Desert, Mountains and West Coast Double IPA brought these two breweries together

The Rockslide Brew Pub and Trail Life Brewing

Beer style: Maibock
Story behind the collab: The oldest brewery and the newest brewery in Grand Junction are coming together to brew a style of beer neither have ever experimented with, Maibock! The head brewers from each brewery worked together previously at yet another Grand Junction brewery about 15 years prior and the opportunity to work together again couldn't be passed up. “What's Ours is Maibock” represents a core value of the brewing scene as a whole, and certainly one in GJ's brewery culture: camaraderie!

TightKnit Brewing Co. and Timnath Beerwerks

Beer style: Imperial German Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Both breweries have brewed together before and enjoy lagers. They also like to create, so they decided to utilize German Amarillo hops in a bigger than usual Pilsner

Tommyknocker Brewery and Fritz Family Brewing

Beer style: New Zealand Pilsner
Story behind the collab: Cory from Fritz Family brewed at Tommyknocker nearly 30 years ago and was a ski partner of Steve from Tommyknocker. They reunited for the collaboration. This beer collab leans on Cory's passionate expertise on lager brewing and Tommyknocker's heritage and old school techniques

Two22 Brew and Fiction Beer Company

Beer style: Belgian Blonde
Story behind the collab: "Pinky Swear" is a Belgian Blonde where the brewers decided to make use of roasted beets and locally grown Pink Oyster Mushrooms. Flavor should be earthy, floral, mildly peppery and of course Pink in color

Two22 Brew and Vail Brewing Company

Beer style: Belgian Golden Strong
Story behind the collab: "Friend of the Devil" is a Belgian Golden Strong brewed with non-style traditional fruit forward hop varieties and ice cream. The Mosaic, Idaho-7, Azacca, and Huel Melon hops were chosen to complement Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia Ice Cream. The beer has a fruity aroma punctuated by hints of cherry and fudge

Upslope Brewing and VisionQuest Brewery

Beer style: Carbon IPA
Story behind the collab: As good friends and neighbors, it made sense to get together and brew a beer. The brewers decided to make a deceptively drinkable beer with some fun new hops (Anchovy). A beer that might fool the drinker! Brewed with activated charcoal to make it jet black in color, however behind this darkness stands a crisp and fruity hop forward beer

Urban Animal Beer Co. and Wiley Roots

Beer style: West Coast DIPA
Story behind the collab: Big west coast IPAs are good

Vail Brewing Company and Hakuba Brewing Company

Beer style: Japanese Rice Lager with plum
Story behind the collab: Vail Brewing Head Brewer Garrettt Scahill went on a ski trip to Hakuba Valley, also known as the Japanese Alps, last January and was introduced to Hakuba Brewing Owner and Head Brewer Dan Cockburn. A mutual love of beer and skiing brought the duo together for a collaboration, called “Hanami Lager,” as March in Japan is the start of spring and it's customary to sit under the Cherry Blossom (Sakura) and drink with friends (usually beer, sake, or plum wine)

Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project and Ent Credit Union

Beer style: Amber Lager
Story behind the collab: Partnership opportunity with the great folks of Ent Credit Union who do so much to support us and the brewing industry. This amber lager was brewed for their mutual love of malty lagers!

Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project and Liquid Mechanics

Beer style: Barrel-Aged Munichwine
Story behind the collab: A unique variation of barleywine made with Munich malts. A cross between a Dopple Bock and an English Barleywine

Verboten Brewing, Loveland Aleworks, Big Thompson Brewery, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Crow Hop Brewing, Crooked Beech Brewing, Rock Coast Brewery, Big Beaver Brewing, and Sky Bear Brewery and Pub

Beer style: New Zealand Pilsner
Story behind the collab: These Loveland breweries decided a pilsner with New Zealand hops would bring everyone together for a fun day of brewing and collaboration

WestFax Brewing Co. and Urban Animal Beer Co.

Beer style: Cold IPA
Story behind the collab: The owners of both breweries are Buffalo Bills fans and with WestFax opening up a taproom in Colorado Springs it made perfect sense to make a beer together!

Westbound & Down Brewing Company and Joyride Brewing Company

Beer style: West Coast Pils
Story behind the collab: Joyride and Westbound & Down have been friends and collabing on beers for years - in fact this is their 9th collab beer together! Both breweries share an affinity for beers that are light and crushable, as well as packed with hops, so it's no surprise that both are big fans of the West Coast Pils style. This beer is light, crisp, and loaded with Superdelic, Strata, and Citra hops

Wild Blue Yonder Brewing Co. and Barquentine Brewing Co.

Beer style: Roggenbier
Story behind the collab: Both brewers enjoy rye beers, and you don't see them very often, so they thought they would use this opportunity to present one to a crowd that likes to try new things. Fun and interesting brews are half of what Collab Fest is all about, right? The other half, the interconnectedness of the industry leads to why they chose to collaborate

Wild Provisions Beer Project and Funky Fauna Artisan Ales (OR)

Beer style: Blended Mix Culture Saison
Story behind the collab: A Blending project amongst friends. A beautiful blend of three beers. Think of the band The Postal Service but with breweries!

Wiley Roots Brewing Company and Streetside Brewery (OH)

Beer style: Imperial Pastry Stout
Story behind the collab: Kyle (Wiley Roots Co-Founder) and Garrett (Streetside Co-Founder) met when they were stationed next to each other at the More Brewing 5 Year Anniversary Festival back in July 2022. After striking up a conversation and meeting up at other industry events thereafter, a shared respect for each others' approach to brewing (especially pastry stouts) was forged. Streetside and Wiley Roots share a common bond in that they are both family-owned and family-run breweries dedicated to making unique and interesting beers

Woods Boss Brewing Company and Angry James Brewery

Beer style: Kumquat Pale Ale
Story behind the collab: Old friends finally making a beer together! The brewers focused on a pale ale and let the Kumquat shine to drive something delightfully citrus

Woods Boss Brewing and Something Brewery

Beer style: Dortmunder
Story behind the collab: The brewers wanted to appeal to the masses and try something that was out of the ordinary for them and make something traditional

Wynkoop Brewing Company and 6 & 40 Brewery

Beer style: Kristalweizen
Story behind the collab: These brewers have into each other over the years so it was obviously time to collab!

Wynkoop Brewing Company and Bent Barley Brewing

Beer style: Salted Altbier
Story behind the collab: Todd at Wynkoop met Mark and Paul from Bent Barley during his first time hosting Day of Darks in 2021. Mark had his retirement party from the Air Force at Wynkoop and had a fond memory, so naturally they started talking.. After tasting Bent Barley’s delicious beers and making an awesome collab there last year, it was time to return the favor and host them at Colorado's Oldest Brewpub