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Denver Rare Beer Tasting XVI

  • 2875 Blake St, Denver, CO 80205 (map)

The preliminary beer list for the 16th and Last Call edition of the Denver Rare Beer Tasting has been released and it includes rare, exotic and vintage beers from 56 of America’s most respected craft beer producers. The sold out event supports the Pints for Prostates campaign and takes place on Oct. 9th during the Great American Beer Festival weekend.

The Denver Rare Beer Tasting includes a free health screening event that is open to the public on Oct. 9th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside of Bierstadt Lagerhaus, located at 2875 Blake St. in Denver’s RiNo district. The Beer Lovers Online Auction includes a variety of unique beer experiences and collectibles, and will open on Sept. 25. One of the auction items will be a VIP experience for two at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting. This is the last chance to attend the sold out last call edition of the event. You do not need a Denver Rare Beer Tasting ticket to take part in the health screening or bid in the auction.

“The Denver Rare Beer Tasting brings together some of the country’s best craft breweries pouring some of their hardest to find beers to fight prostate cancer,” said Rick Lyke, founder of Pints for Prostates. “The craft beer community has made this Pints for Prostates fundraiser a tradition during the Great American Beer Festival weekend. We’re looking forward to an incredible afternoon of beer passion as a fitting ‘last call’ for the Denver Rare Beer Tasting.”

The preliminary beer list for the final Denver Rare Beer Tasting includes:

• 49th State Brewing, Anchorage, AK, Cloud 49 Cloudberry Sour Tripel and Spruceplosion Alaska Spruce Tip Hazy IPA

• Alamo Beer Company, San Antonio, TX, Victory or Death

• Allagash Brewing, Portland, ME, Once Upon an Orchard: Pawpaw Fruit

• Amalgam Brewing, Denver, CO, Double Realm

• Avery Brewing, Boulder, CO, Mango Sticky Rice IPA

• Beachwood Brewing & Blendery, Huntington Beach, CA, Funk Yeah Santa Rosa Plum

• Benchtop Brewing, Norfolk, VA*, Marzen

• Bierstadt Lagerhaus, Denver, CO, 2020 BFL, Livonia Baltic Porter and PCP

• Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA, Rum Raisin

• Bow and Arrow Brewing, Albuquerque, NM, Funksloth Foeder-aged Farmhouse Ale

• Carton Brewery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ*, 2022 Gilded Lily Trufpel

• Cerebral Brewing, Denver, CO, Rocky Road Krampus 2024 and Here Be Monsters - William Larue Weller

• Comrade Brewing, Denver, CO, Superdamp AKA Fresh Hop Superpower IPA

• Creature Comforts Brewing, Athens, GA, 2021 Life in Flux

• Crooked Stave Brewing, Denver, CO, Persica Harvest 2023

• Departed Soles Brewing, Jersey City, NJ, 2025 When Life Gives you Lemon Shandy - White Wine Sangria Variant

• Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, DE, Gueuzt Story and Gathering of the Imps

• Downshift Brewing, Ruidoso, NM*, Dangerous Game

• Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, OR, 2022 Orange Giant Barleywine

• Firestone Walker Brewing, Paso Robles, CA, TBD

• Forager Brewing, Rochester, MN, Double Barrel Nillerzzzzz

• Fort George Brewery, Astoria, OR, 2025 Matryoshka Barrel Select

• Garden Path Fermentation, Burlington, WA, The Spontaneous Ferment

• Good Word Brewing, Duluth, GA, Riding Bikes In Munich

• Half Acre Beer, Chicago, IL*, Onyx of High Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Brazilian Vanilla and Candy Cap Mushrooms

• Kane Brewing, Ocean, NJ, 2024 A Night To End All Dawns Vanilla Bean

• Left Hand Brewing, Longmont, CO, 30th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel-Aged Stout

• The Lost Abbey, Vista, CA, 2022 Libri Divini

• Moksa Brewing, Rocklin, CA, Mutuality XXV

• New Image Brewing, Arvada, CO, 2023 Madera and The Study of Dying

• NoDa Brewing, Charlotte, NC, Ode Voyager

• No Label Brewing, Katy, TX*, Perpetual Peace

• Odyssey Beerwerks, Arvada, CO, Rye Barrel Aged Old Fashioned

• Old Irving Brewing, Chicago, IL, 2024 Rocky Road Krampus

• Other Half Brewing, Brooklyn, NY, Snowbirds 8 Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

• Ozark Beer Co., Rogers, AR, Ozark BDCS : Onyx Coffee Blend and Ozark Pawpaw Farmhouse

• Pax Verum Brewing, Lapel, IN*, Syllabus for Dreams to Come with French Oak and Tahitian Vanilla

• Perennial Beer, St. Louis, MO, O’Doyle Rules

• Pilot Brewing, Charlotte, NC, Late Czech Out Dark Lager and Huckleberry Cheesecake Gose

• Radiant Beer, Anaheim, CA, Baklavin' It

• River North Brewery, Denver, CO, TBD

• Rowley Farmhouse Ales, Santa Fe, NM, The Best Part

• Sacred Vice Brewing, Philadelphia, PA*, Oppositic

• Saint Arnold Brewing, Houston, TX, 30th Anniversary Grand Cru

• Samuel Adams Brewery, Boston MA, 2019 Utopias on Cacao Nibs and Orange Peel and Samuel Adams Millenium

• Schilling Beer, Littleton, NH*, Jalowetz

• Side Project Brewing, Maplewood, MO, Beer : Barrel : Time 2024

• Sierra Nevada Brewing, Chico, CA, Tequila Barrel-Aged Otra Vez

• Strangebird Beer, Rochester, NY*, TBD

• Verboten Brewing, Loveland, CO, 2024 Double Oaked Cognac Grow Old With You and In German it's pronounced Wiener, Vienna Wine

• Walter Station Brewery, Phoenix, AZ*, Barrel Aged Ivanna Beer

• WeldWerks Brewing, Greeley, CO, Bubble Wrap

• Westbound & Down Brewing, Idaho Springs, CO, School Night

• Wildbloom Beer, Littleton, NH*, Forage

• Woods Boss Brewing, Denver, CO, Turbid Morals - Barrel Aged

• Wren House Brewing, Phoenix, AZ, King Snake '25

(* Indicates first Denver Rare Beer Tasting appearance.)

Pints for Prostates is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity and all net proceeds from Denver Rare Beer Tasting go towards the group’s awareness mission, education and free prostate cancer screening programs. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in the U.S. based on newly diagnosed cases. The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 313,780 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed in 2025, with 35,770 U.S. deaths from the disease. Prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent survivable when detected early and properly treated. There are currently more than 3.5 million survivors of prostate cancer in the U.S.

All About Beer is the media sponsor for the Denver Rare Beer Tasting XVI. Sponsorship packages are available for companies that wish to support this boutique tasting.

A total of 255 of America’s most respected craft breweries from 45 states will have poured at the event during its 16 editions. Only three breweries – Avery, Samuel Adams and Sierra Nevada – will have participated in all 16, another 58 breweries poured at least five times and 105 made a single appearance at the event.

“The Denver Rare Beer Tasting is a special experience for beer fans and brewers that has the important mission of fighting prostate cancer,” said Lyke. “This event reminds people about the importance of early detection. A simple blood test in 2008 saved my life and we want people to understand that paying attention to regular health screenings can help them to take charge of their health.”