Telluride Blues & Brews Teams With Sierra Nevada To Produce Exclusive Festival Beer
Grand Tasting Held Saturday, September 18, 2010
Telluride, CO – If you are a fan of beer and music, it’s time to rejoice and prepare for the 17th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, which will be held September 17-19, 2010. For the first time in its 17 year history, Telluride Blues & Brews will be unveiling its own beer!
In conjunction with the Sierra Brewing Company, Steve Gumble, Festival Director, and Courtney McClary, Director of Marketing & Operations, will be heading to Chico, CA, on July 21, 2010, to attend the Sierra Nevada Brew Camp. This is a singular opportunity for Telluride Blues & Brews. Only one other festival has been invited by Sierra Nevada to attend the Beer Camp and brew a signature beer.
The Sierra Nevada Brew Camp will be an all-inclusive, hands-on, high-octane beer education bonanza for the Telluride Blues & Brews crew. Gumble and McClary will spend two-days as honorary brewmasters and will receive VIP tours, tastings and sensory training. In addition, they will meet with Sierra Nevada’s award-winning brewmasters to discuss beer styles and develop a recipe for a lighter style of Sierra Nevada, which will be available to festival goers all weekend.
For any beer lover, one of the highlights of the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is The Grand Tasting, which will be held on Saturday, September 18, 2010, from Noon – 3:00 pm on festival grounds. Featuring more than 150 beers from over 50 of the finest microbreweries in the country, the Grand Tasting is quickly becoming a favorite tasting event for beer aficionados.
During the Grand Tasting, all of the microbreweries compete in the Best of Fest competition. Last year’s Best of Fest winner, Smuggler’s Brewpub & Grille, beat the competition hands down with its Nutcracker Brew. The Nutcracker was brewed in Telluride and was a collaboration between Smuggler’s Brewpub and Sweetwater Brewing in Atlanta, GA.
Throughout the weekend, get your fill of cream of the barrel brews at the House of Brews Tent. The Telluride Blues & Brews Official Beer Sponsor, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, along with Great Divide Brewing Co., Oskar Blues Brewery, Ska Brewing Company and Smuggler’s Brewpub & Grill, will all be serving their finest brews for festival goers.
MICROBREWERIES (Breweries as of 7/12/2010)
AC Golden Brewing Company
Amicas
Aspen Brewing Company
Bierbitzch Brewing Co.
Bierwerks
Breckenridge Brewery
Bristol Brewing Company
Bull & Bush Brewing Company
Carver Brewing Company
Crazy Mountain Brewing Co.
Del Norte Brewing
Deschutes Brewery
Dolores River Brewing
Durango Brewing Company
Eddyline Restaurant and Brewery
Eldo Brewery
Eske’s Brewpub
Estes Park Brewing
Flagstaff Brewing Company
Four Peaks Brewing Company
Full Sail Brewing
Gordon Biersch Restaurant
Grand Canyon Brewing Company
Great Divide Brewing Co.
Hallenbrick Brewery
High Desert Brewing Company
Kannah Creek Brewing Co.
Kelly’s Brew Pub
Mahogany Ridge
Marble Brewery
Moab Brewery
Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Odell Brewing Company
Ouray Brewery
Ourayle House
Palisade Brewing
Rock Bottom South Denver
Rockslide Brewpub
Rockyard Brewing Company
Roosters 25th Street Brewing Co.
San Luis Valley Brewing Company
Santa Fe Brewing Company
Second Street Brewery
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Silverton Brewery
Ska Brewing Company
Smuggler’s Brewpub & Grille
Socorro Springs Brewing Company
Steamworks Brewing Company
Twisted Pine Brewing Company
