We’re very pleased to be serving up a special I’d Tap That tapping event for you on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Come to the Rackhouse Pub after 5pm to sample 3 beers from Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project. Crooked Stave is an up-and-coming brewery focused on saison-style beers. They relocated to Denver from Fort Collins in the last year, and have quickly filled up their north Denver location with foeders (those huge wood fermentation vessels) and barrels that are full of beer aging. If you haven’t been to their barrel house, definitely swing by and try some of their beers. Crooked Stave has been featured in a variety of articles, including this spread in the Sunday New York Times.

Here’s what we’ll be pouring:

• Vieille Artisanal Saison
• Surette Provision Saison
• HopSavant – 100% Brett Pale Ale

Wednesday, May 29 is also the first Film on the Rocks movie of the year. We’ve got VIP busses running to Red Rocks from the Rackhouse, so you can have some Crooked Stave beers and then go see Back to the Future – in style! For more on Film on the Rocks and to buy tickets, visit our page (and enter our ticket giveaway contest).

For the 3rd year in a row, the Rackhouse Pub is your official sponsor of the Film on the Rocks VIP Party Bus! If you buy a VIP ticket to Film on the Rocks, these are the things you’ll be getting:

• A tasty buffet dinner at the Rackhouse before the film
• Some free beer, courtesy of Oskar Blues Brewery
• A VIP party bus ride from the Rackhouse Pub directly to the base of Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
• VIP seat in the very front of Red Rocks
• A ride back from Red Rocks to the Rackhouse

That’s not such a bad deal for $50!

The Rackhouse Pub is also giving away a pair of tickets to each Film on the Rocks movie in a contest. So head over to our Film on the Rocks page to see the list of movies, buy tickets to any movie, and enter our ticket giveaway contest!

We’ve got you covered.

We’ve rented a bus to transport you safely between the Rackhouse Pub & Sour Fest on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Help us fill the 40 seats, each is $20. The bus leaves the Rackhouse Pub at 10:30am SHARP on June 8, 2013 and returns at 5:00 from Avery Brewing Company.

Click here to buy tickets on the bus from the Rackhouse Pub to Avery’s Sour Fest 2013.

Course 1 (salad)

Spinach with dried pomegranate, fresh apricot, candied walnuts and goat cheese blue berry vinaigrette paired with Dry Dock Apricot Blonde Ale.

Course 2 (entree)

Pistachio Crusted Chicken w/ Mixed Berry Red Wine Sauce. With gorgonzola sweet potatoes and lemon truffle brussels sprouts. Paired with Odell Brewing Company Peach IPA.

Course 3 (dessert)

Raspberry mint jello with edible wild flowers paired with a Rackhouse signature Mother’s Day gin cocktail – a gin martini with Downslope’s Ould Tom gin, St. Germain, Chef Alex’s rosemary pineapple juice, muddled rosemary and ginger juice.

Here are the details for you to feast on from Westeros.org’s official Facebook Event Page:

You’ve got a relief map of Westeros in your cubicle at work, House of Stark’s grey direwolf is tattooed on your inner thigh, and you refer to your toilet as the Iron Throne. The televised works of George R. R. Martin have taken over your life, but now you’ve got a way to put your fantasy obsession to good use. Fire Cannot Kill A Quizmaster, Geeks Who Drink’s 1st all-Game of Thrones Quiz, is coming to venues all across the country on Saturday, June 8th.

Form your raiding party of six warriors and be sure to remember the $5 admission fee. Winners will bring home a cash prize of anywhere between $200 and $500 (depending on number of players), which ought to help cover your lawyer’s retainer when they nail your BitTorrenting ass.

Important note: this quiz will primarily cover every episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones up through the end of Season 3, but we will draw some — not a lot, but some — material from George R. R. Martin’s long, long, long books. Also, none of the material will spoil anything past Season 3.

Feel free to dress for the occasion– several locations will have a costume contest, though if you bring George W. Bush’s head on a spike you ought to prepare for a visit from the Secret Service.

 

Tuesday May 14, 2013 - Avery Demons of Ale Tapping

To kick off American Craft Beer Week 2013, we’ve conducted a Séance – in the presence of beer, of course – and communicated with the three “Demons of Ale”.

Thankfully for everyone involved, they’ve agreed to meet us at the Rackhouse on Tuesday, May 14 at 5pm.

So we’re pleased to announce we will be tapping all 3 of Avery Brewing Comany’s Demons of Ale Series:

• Samael’s Oak-Aged Ale
• The Beast Grand Cru Ale
• Mephistopheles Stout
• Plus a VERY LIMITED amount of Tweak (foremerly called Meph Addict)

Wednesday May 15, 2013 - I’d Tap That – Yak & Yeti Brewpub Edition

Our American Craft Beer Week Tapping Extravaganza continues with a special I’d Tap That with Yak & Yeti Brewpub.

• GF Apple Ale (gluten-free)
• West-Coast Glutton Double Red,
• Brahmin Dubbel Knowledge

See the whole I’d Tap That lineup here.

Thursday May 16, 2013 - Avery 20th Anniversary IPA Tapping Party

American Craft Beer Week 2013 rolls on with a simultaneous tapping to celebrate Avery Brewing Company’s 20th Anniversary.

The Rackhouse is one of a few bars getting Avery’s 20th Anniversary XX IPA on tap. At 5pm we’ll be tapping our keg of it – along with the party at the brewery in Boulder, as well as a few other lucky accounts.

We love Avery, and hope we can celebrate with them for 20 more anniversaries!

Friday May 17, 2013 - Oskar Blues American Craft Beer Week Tapping

We’re welcoming our friends from Oskar Blues Brewery on Friday May 17, 2013 and are excited about a special beer tapping in honor of American Craft Beer Week 2013.

Come in at 5pm, when we tap the following treats from Oskar Blues:

• IceyPA – Wheat IPA brewed in partnership with Colorado ski manufacturer Icelantic Skis
• Chardonnay Barrel-Aged Mama’s Yella Pils
• Santo Poco Mexican Lager

Saturday May 18, 2013 - New Belgium Lips of Faith Tapping

It may be the 2nd to last day of American Craft Beer Week 2013, but the Rackhouse is still going strong with our specialty beer sampling in honor of our nation’s craft brewing industry.

Stop into the Rackhouse at 5pm on Saturday, May 18, and try some of the Lips of Faith series from New Belgium Brewery. We’ll be pouring the following:

• Pluot (a Belgian ale brewed with Pluots – a plum/apricot hybrid fruit)
• Paardebloem (Belgian ale bittered with dandelion greens, a collaboration with Red Rock Brewing)
• Cascara Quad (bottles)

Sunday May 19, 2013 - Volunteer For Beer

Our last American Craft Beer Week event is chock full of community service. And beer.

On Sunday May 19th, 2013, the Rackhouse Pub is organizing our annual sidewalk cleanup on West Alameda between the Rackhouse and the Alameda Light Rail Station. Be one of the first 20 to sign up in person at the Rackhouse and help us beautify an overlooked section of sidewalk. When we’re done, we’ll all hop on the light rail (at our cost) and head to Great Divide Brewing Company for a VIP tour and free beers.

Learn more about it here.

PRESS RELEASE

RACKHOUSE PUB AND GREAT DIVIDE BREWING COMPANY PARTNER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT

For the third year in a row, two Colorado businesses take to the streets to clean-up areas neglected by the city, and rewarding volunteers with free beer.

DENVER, May 8, 2013 – Today, the Rackhouse Pub and Great Divide Brewing Company announced a community service effort to revamp a stretch of sidewalk largely ignored by the city of Denver. The event is slated to take place on Sunday May 19th, 2013. Volunteers will be rewarded with a trip on RTD’s Light Rail to Great Divide Brewing Company for a VIP tour and beer tasting. Sign-up for the event begins today and runs through May 18th, 2013.

Being a partner in the community was always a goal of Chris Rippe’s when he opened the Rackhouse Pub, one of Denver’s best gastro pubs. In that spirit, The Rackhouse Pub is adopting a heavily trafficked sidewalk stretch which runs parallel to the intersection of Santa Fe and Alameda. While Rippe is serious about the event, they also wanted to make it enjoyable and appealing for potential volunteers, so participants will be rewarded with a seat on public transportation and all the beer they can drink.

“I am an avid Light Rail traveler and the City of Denver has not cleaned up this stretch of sidewalk in our neighborhood in the 3+ years we’ve been open,” said Rippe. “The solution was obvious, and with help from our friends at Great Divide it is a fun way to reward the volunteers who will help enhance our community.”

The cleaning effort begins and 9am sharp on Sunday, May 19th, with volunteers hopping on the train around noon. For those 21 and up, sign-up must be done in person at the Rackhouse Pub, located at 208 South Kalamath St. Those who are not able to join in the revelry at Great Divide’s Tap Room are also welcome to join the clean-up effort at the site.

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About Rackhouse Pub
Nestled in the bosom of Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey Distillery, the Rackhouse Pub tries to be as hardcore Colorado as our neighbors. Here you’ll find a hand-picked selection of Colorado beers, micro-distilled spirits, soda, meats, cheeses and local produce (when available). Our menu brings pub food to a completely different level with creative spins on old classics, as well as new creations that accentuate our unique bar selections. The Rackhouse Pub’s ”steampunk“ décor is created from used Stranahan’s barrels and the cedar beams from the original Stranahan’s rackhouse. Come hungry! For more information, visit us online at www.rackhousepub.com.

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About Great Divide Brewing Company

Great Divide brews some of the globe’s most balanced yet assertive and flavorful beers. These beers have landed an impressive amount of acclaim, earning 17 Great American Beer Festival medals and 5 World Beer Cup awards. Named “Top Brewer In Colorado” by Ratebeer.com (2013), 12th on their list of “Best Brewers In The World” (2013) and 7th on BeerAdvocate’s “All-Time Top Breweries On Planet Earth” (2010), Great Divide is one of America’s most decorated breweries. But why take their word for it? Crack open a bottle and decide for yourself.

Yak & Yeti has been brewing beer for only a few years, but won a Gold Medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2010 for their Himalayan IPA. Here’s what we’ll have on tap for them on the 15th.

GF Apple Ale (Gluten-Free)

West-Coast Glutton Double Red

Brahmin Dubbel Knowledge – 7.8%ABV. ~14 IBUs

An amber-colored, spicy with a distinct banana ester this Belgian Abbey-style Dubbel is made with 25lbs of housemade Belgian candy syrup. Hopped with Styrian Goldings and nobel hops from Germany.

Friendship Black Saison – Our second collaboration with Brasserie St-Feuillien, Friendship Brew, is a Black Saison that blends European and American hops, Belgian yeast and a cache of secret spices. The aroma and flavors are enticing, with delicate fruitiness, subtle spice and rounded roast malt characteristics. Bottle conditioning provides lively carbonation and rich beer foam for a luscious body and a lean, dry finish.

St. Feuillien Bière De L’Amitié – St. Feuillen’s centuries old brewing traditions combine with Green Flash Brewing Company’s cutting edge brewing techniques to form our first collaborative brew: Bière De L’Amitié (Friendship Brew). A blond Belgian collaboration ale, brewed with St. Feuillen’s traditional yeast and spices. For a modern twist, we add rye malt, wheat malt, and American Amarillo hops. At the crossroads of collaboration, we dry-hopped the brew for more zest. It’s old-world Belgian Abbey-style meets new-world American craft brewing – and a friendship is formed.

Saison Diego – Our Summer Saison is a delicious golden farmhouse ale, brewed with orange peel, ginger, and grains of paradise. A very refreshing, Belgian-inspired summer ale.

The Rackhouse Pub is throwing a Kentucky Derby Party on May 4, 2013. While the race doesn’t start until 4:24pm (Mountain time) and only lasts two minutes, we’ll be partying all day. So put your big hats on and come to the Rackhouse Pub. Come drink Mint Juleps, a Bulleit version is $5, and a Stranahan’s version is $8.