We’ve Got Some Dang Good Beer
The Rapids and Grass Beer Festival is a celebration of beer in one of the most beautiful settings in Colorado. Taste the finest from 50 participating breweries from Colorado, the intermountain west, and beyond. Discover new brews or revisit your favorites all while taking in some tasty tunes on the banks of the Arkansas River.
See What We Poured in 2019
2019 Rapids & Grass Breweries
Experience The Beer
POUR LIST - 2019 Rapids & Grass Beer Festival
4 Noses Brewing Company (Broomfield, CO)
Perfect Drift | German Style Pilsner | 4.5% ABV
Fruit on the Bottom | Kettle Sour Wheat Ale w/ Strawberries | 5% ABV
Mountain Wave | American Mosaic Ale | 5.5% ABV
Mosaic Demension IPA | 6.7% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Centennial Whimsy NE IPA | 6.5% ABV
Atom Brewing Company (Erie, CO)
Hop Farm | Mixed Culture Ale | 6.5% ABV
Fig Harvest | Mixed Culture Ale aged on Figs | 6.5% ABV
Old Blue | Golden Sour aged in Bourbon Barrel | 7% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Watermelon Basil | Mixed Culture Ale| 6.5% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Blueberry Harvest | Mixed Culture Ale | 7% ABV
Avery Brewing Co (Boulder, CO)
White Rascal | Belgian Style Wit | 5.6% ABV
Grapefruit Shandy | Grapefruit Radler | 4.7% ABV
Hazyish IPA | Hazy IPA | 7% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Cucumber Hibiscus Sour | Neutral Barrel Aged Fruited Sour | 7% ABV
Baere Brewing (Denver, CO)
Baere-liner Weisse | Berliner-Style Weisse | 4.3% ABV
Tough Guy Soda | Hoppy Pilsner | 4.7% ABV
Frambruin | Sour Brown Ale with Raspberries | 7.2% ABV
Barrels & Bottles Brewery (Golden, CO)
Gage Ruined The Picnic | Collab w/ Call To Arms Brewing | Kettle Sour w/ Strawberries & Blackberries | 5.5% ABV
Wolfgang & Reisl | German-Style Weissbier | 4.8 % ABV
Orange Creamsicle Ale | Blonde Ale w/ Orange peel and Madagascar Vanilla Beans | 6% ABV
Beachwood Brewing & Blendery (Long Beach, CA)
Hayabusa | Lager | 5.3% ABV
Amalgamator | IPA | 7.1% ABV
Careful with that Apricot, Eugene | Lambic-Inspired Ale with Apricots | 6.5% ABV
Umeboshi | Lambic-Inspired Ale with Plums & Sea Salt | 6.5% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Come in Grape, Your Time is Up (Zinfandel) | Lambic-Inspired Ale with Zinfandel Grapes | 9.6% ABV
Bierstadt Lagerhaus (Denver, CO)
Vienna Lager | 5% ABV
Helles | 5.2% ABV
Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales (Denver, CO)
SUPERCRUISE | Wine/Beer hybrid | 7.8% ABV
TAGBOARD | Wet-Hopped 3yr Blend | 6.7% ABV
**VIP SESSION: AGENT 2017 | Blueberry & Elderberry Spontaneous Ale | 7.7% ABV
Cannonball Creek Brewing (Golden, CO)
Falling Balls | West Coast IPA | 6.8% ABV
Let’s Talk About Mex | Mexican Lager | 5.2% ABV
Cash Money | American Pale Ale | 5.6% ABV
Cellar West Artisan Ales (Boulder, CO)
Orca | Dark & Tart Saison aged in Rum barrels and finished on Fresh Ginger and Lime Zest | 6.6% ABV
Rooster Crow | Oak aged Brett Saison with Ethiopian Coffee and Blueberries | 6.3% ABV
Feed Your Head | Double Brett Saison Dry Hopped with Ekuanot & Mosaic Hops | 9% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Dragon Blossom | Oak aged Brett Saison with Strawberries & Jasmine | 6.7% ABV
Cerberus Brewing (Colorado Springs, CO)
No Big Deal | Kolsch | 5% ABV
Elysium | Hazy IPA | 6.2%
**VIP SESSION: Teenie Tiny Umbrella Party | Session IPA | 4.5% ABV
Cerebral Brewing (Denver, CO)
Gamma Knife | IPA | 7% ABV
Sight Unseen | Export Lager | 7% ABV
You Can't Do That to IPA | Collab with WeldWerks | IPA with Blue Raspberry | 7.2% ABV
Cigar City (Tampa, FL)
Jai Alai | IPA | 7.2% ABV
Guayabera | Citra Pale Ale | 5.5% ABV
Colorado Cider Company (Denver, CO)
Dry Glider Cider | Dry Cider | 6.5% ABV
Aprècot | Apricot & Apple Cider | 6.5% ABV
Comrade Brewing (Denver, CO) Superpower | IPA | 7.3% ABV
REDCON | Irish-Style Red Ale | 5.3% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Make IPA Clear Again | Collab with La Cumbre | American IPA | 7.2% ABV
Copper Kettle (Aurora, CO)
Prickly Pear Gose | 4.5% ABV
Cherry Basil Blonde | 5.5% ABV
Double Dry Hopped Moral Support | Double Dry Hopped Imperial IPA | 8.5% ABV
Mexican Chocolate Stout | Stout with Chocolate, Chili & Cinnamon | 7% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Snowed In Maple | Barrel Aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout w/ Maple Syrup | 13% ABV
Crestone Brewing Co. (Crestone, CO)
Emergence | American Pale | 5.2% ABV
Impermanence | Colorado IPA | 6.8% ABV
Easy Rider | Light Beer | 5% ABVValhalla | Braggot | 15.2% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Mystics & Misfits | Imperial Stout | 10% ABV
Deerhammer (Buena Vista, CO)
American Single Malt
Hickory Smoked Corn Whiskey
Straight Rye / Finished in Eddyline Cherry Porter Barrels
Straight Bourbon / Finished in Elevation Red Wine Apis IV Barrels
**VIP SESSION: Progeny Series no.1 (American Single Malt finished in cacao seasoned casks)
Eddyline Brewery (Buena Vista, CO)
Crank Yanker | IPA | 7.25% ABV
Epic Day | Double IPA | 10% ABV
Blackberry Sour | 4.25% ABV
Summer in the Citra | IPA Double Dry Hopped with Citra | 6.25% ABV
Elevation Beer Co. (Poncha Springs, CO)
Leopard Complex | Pale Ale with Billy Goat Cascade Hops | 6% ABV
It'sa Citra | Single Hop IPA | 6.2% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Red Wine Apis IV | Honey Quadrupel Aged on David Arthur Mertaggio Red Wine Blend Barrels | 10% ABV
Epic Brewing (Denver, CO)
Escape to Colorado | IPA | 6.2% ABV
Los Locos | Mexican style Lager with Lime and Sea Salt | 4.8% ABV
Tart N’ Juicy | Sour IPA | 4.5% ABV
Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Paso Robles, CA)
Mind Haze | Hazy IPA | 6.2% ABV
Rosalie | Beer Rosé | 5.0% ABV
Luponic Distortion | IPA | 5.9% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Sucaba | Barrel Aged Barleywine | 11.3% ABV
Great Divide Brewing Co. (Denver, CO)
25th Anniversary Ale | Double Hazy IPA | 8% ABV
Wood Werks #5 | Belgian Style Sour | 9.3%
ABVStrawberry Rhubarb Sour | 6.2% ABV
Denver Pale Ale | 5% ABV
Jessup Farm Barrel House (Fort Collins, CO)
Helles in Wonderland | Munich style Pale Lager | 5% ABV
Transfer Day IPA | American style IPA | 6.8% ABV
Tequila Train Delay | Tequila barrel aged Pale Ale | 6.75% ABV
Jester King (Austin, TX) Montmorency vs Balaton | Barrel Aged Sour refermented with Tart Cherries | 6.1% ABV
Provenance Lemon and Lime | Farmhouse Ale with the Juice and Zest of Texas Lemons and Limes | 5.6% ABV
Joseph James Brewing Company (Henderson, NV) Lemongrass and Ginger Berliner Weisse | 4.1% ABV
Fatalisk Barnd | Barrel Aged Sour with Peach and Apricot | 5.5% ABV
La Cumbre Brewing Co (Albuquerque, NM)
Strawberry Gose | Gose 5% ABV
El Jugo | Hazy IPA 6.5% ABV
Elevated IPA | West Coast IPA | 7.2% ABV
A Slice of Hefen | Bavarian style Hefeweizen | 5.5% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Woodland Paradise | Collaboration with Cannonball Creek | West Coast IPA | 7% ABV
Left Hand Brewing Co (Longmont, CO)
Travelin' Light | Golden Ale | 4.8% ABV
Death Before Disco | Porter | 6.0% ABV
Flamingo Dreams Nitro | Berry Blonde Ale | 4.7% ABV
Peach Beerlini | Radler | 4.1% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Push Pop Party Nitro | Hazy Citrus Ale | 5.4% ABV
Liberati Osteria & Oenobeers (Denver, CO)
Vino Veritas | Cabernet Sauvignon Quad | 16% ABV
Germanicus | Riesling German IPA | 6.9% ABV
Parvus Titan | Viognier Farmhouse Ale | 3.5% ABV
Dura Lex Sed Lex | Grenache Dubble | 10.6% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Short France | Franciacorta Sparkling Oenobeer | 12% ABV
Melvin Brewing (Alpine, WY)
Cloudy 5000 | Hazy Double IPA | 8.2% ABV
Pilsgnar | Hoppy Pils | 4.8% ABV
Mockery Brewing (Denver, CO)
Keller Pilsner | 5.2% ABV
Rock the Fuck on Forever IPA | Double Dry Hopped IPA | 6.5% ABV
That's the Way She Gose | Gose with Pink Guava and Passionfruit | 4.7% ABV
Solera #2 | Amber Sour aged in Italian Sangiovese puncheons and Chardonnay barrels then refermented on Blueberry and Black Currant | 6.8% ABV
New Image Brewing (Arvada, CO)
Grapefruit Coriolis Effect | New Zealand IPA | 6.5% ABV
Pay it Forward | Double Dry Hopped IPA | 7.8% ABV
Moped | Blood Orange Witbier | 5% ABV
Dyad | Kombucha inspired Sour | 7.5% ABV
New Terrain Brewing (Golden, CO)
Atlantis | New England Pale | 5.3% ABV
Against the Currant | Black Currant Sour | 4.9% ABV
Ninkasi (Eugene, OR)
Brightberry | Raspberry Lime Gose | 4% ABV
Tricerahops | Double IPA | 8% ABV
Prismatic | Juicy IPA | 5.9% ABV
Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO)
CanObliss IPA | Hazy IPA 7.2% ABV
Guns N Rose | Tart Fruit Ale | 6% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Bamburana I Imperial Stout aged in Whiskey and Brandy barrels with Figs, Dates and Amburana wood spirals | 12.2% ABV
Our Mutual Friend Brewing (Denver, CO)
Schematic | 100% Colorado Light Lager made with Unmalted Corn | 4.3% ABV
Topography | Hazy IPA with New Zealand Hops | 8% ABV
Outer Range Brewing (Frisco, CO)
Artifacts | Grisette Dry Hopped with Nelson | 3.9% ABV
DDH Steezy | IPA with Mosaic & Nelson hops | 7.2% ABV
Pastels | IPA with Citra, Mosaic & Motueka hops | 6.8% ABV
Paradox Beer Company (Colorado Springs, CO)
Future Knowledge | Modern Farmhouse | 6.6% ABV
MFGOSE: Pamplemousse | Contemporary Gose | 5.0% ABV
MFIPA | Mosaic Brut | Hoppy Farmhouse | 5.8% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Blood & Sand | Barrel Aged Scotch Cocktail Sour | 8% ABV
River North Brewery (Denver, CO)
Farmhouse Ale | Session-style saison | 4.2% ABV
Colorado IPA | West Coast style IPA | 7.1% ABV
Mountain Haze | New England Style IPA | 6.5% ABV
J. Marie | Imperial Saison | 8.1% ABV
**VIP SESSION: 2017 Whiskey Barrel Aged God Complex | Barrel Aged Quadruple | 17.8% ABV
Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA)
Sierraveza | Lager | 5% ABV
Otra Vez | Gose w/ Lime and Agave | 4.9% ABV
Soulcraft Brewing (Salida, CO)
Blackberry Lime Gose | 5.2% ABV
Green Chile Ale | 5.2% ABV
Low Vis | Hazy Pale Ale | 6% ABV
Station 26 Brewing Co. (Denver, CO)
303 Lager | American Lager | 5.0% ABV
Brut Rosé IPA | Brut IPA | 6.3% ABV
Stem Ciders (Denver, CO)
Real Dry | Apple Cider | 6.8% ABV
A Salted Cucumber | Cider | 6.7% ABV
Rosé | Cider | 5.5% ABV
Tommyknocker (Idaho Springs, CO)
TK Haze | Hazy IPA | 5.6% ABV
Green Chile Lager | 5.3% ABV
Drift | Blonde Ale | 4.5% ABV
Blood Orange IPA | 6% ABV
**VIP SESSION: TK IPA | American IPA | 7.3% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Special sour | TBD small batch
Two Roads Brewing Co (Stratford, CT)
Cruise Control | Helles Lager | 4.8% ABV
Road Jam | Raspberry Wheat Ale | 5% ABV
Two Juicy | New England Double IPA | 8.2%
**VIP SESSION: Conntucky Lightnin’ | Sour Mash Bourbon Ale | 8.5% ABV
Upslope Brewing Company (Boulder, CO)
Spiked Snowmelt | Juniper & Lime/Pomegranare & Acai/Tangerine & Hops, Craft Hard Seltzer Water | 5% ABV
Sparkling Rosé IPA | India Pale Ale | 7.1% ABV
Craft Lager | Lager | 4.8% ABV
Ursula Brewery (Aurora, CO)
Ultimate Clarity | IPA | 6.5% ABV
Ursicle | Raspberry, Cherry, Lime Blonde | 5.2% ABV
Renata | Passionfruit Kölsch | 4.2% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Coal Miners Delight w/Black Current | Mixed Culture Grisette re-fermented on Black Current Puree | 4.2% ABV
WeldWerks Brewing Co. (Greeley, CO)
S'More Like A Sour | Pastry Sour | 4.4% ABV
3.8 Miles | Double Hazy IPA | 8.4% ABV
Double Orange Creamsicle Milkshake | Milkshake IPA | 8.5% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Double Oaked Barleywine | English Barleywine | 11.6% ABV
Westbound & Down Brewery (Idaho Springs, CO)
Above the Law | Collaboration with The Jailhouse Craft Beer Bar | IPA with Citra, Ekuanot, Rakau | 6.0% ABV
The Coloradan | Mexican Lager| 4.9% ABV
Nectarine Blenders Insurance | Sour Ale with Nectarines | 5.4% ABV
Wild Woods Brewery (Boulder, CO)
Tropical Paradise Imperial IPA | Imperial IPA with Mangoes and Ginger | 10% ABV
Boysenberry Helles | Helles Lager with Boysenberries | 5.8% ABV
Vienna Lager | Classic German lager | 5.4% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Agave Lime Mexican Lager | Mexican style Lager with Fresh Limes | 5.5% ABV
Wiley Roots Brewing Company (Greeley, CO)
Swatches National Grasslands | East Coast IPA | 6.4% ABV
Sangria Slush | Sour Ale with Oranges, Lemons, Syrah and Pinor Noir Grape Must | 4.6% ABV
Local Beer | Helles Lager |4.2% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Geometry | Foeder Aged Sour with Gewurztraminer Wine Grapes | 9.5% ABV
Woods Boss Brewing Company (Denver, CO)
Metacarpal Tunnel Syndrome #2 | American Pale Ale | 5.5% ABV
Chile Lime Start'n Early | American Lager with Roasted Green Chile and Lime | 5.2% ABV
Kerfish | Coffee Oatmeal Brown | 5.4% ABV
The Dreams that Stuff are Made of | Farmhouse | 6.6% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Saison Paradisio | Chardonnay Barrel Aged Amber Saison | 9.9% ABV
**VIP SESSION: Reviresco | Rye Barrel Aged Scotch Ale | 10.5% ABV
Zwei Brewing Co (Fort Collins, CO)
proVelo Pilsner | Export strength Pils | 5.9% ABV
RuachenBock | Smoked Bockbier | 7% ABV
IPL | India Pale Lager | 6.75% ABV
Zwei Helles | Helles Lager | 5.2% ABV