Featuring Colorado pilsners, lagers, and ales
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From left to right: Beer babes Anna Pearce, Addison Braun, and Eleanor Steuby.
Artie Duvall and Nora Medina of Frederick donning TooSteppin' hats.
Local graybeards Kevin Rock (left) and Rico Raynor settling in for some live music.
Kait Caballero and Mitch Hunt of Rick's Cabaret. Viva L'Italia!
Alana Harrison presenting a cold can of Original Style Ginger Beer.
Great music at one end of the venue; delicious food at the other.
For Roman Ponce, a pretzel necklace kept his hands free for beer drinking.
A "hoppy" arrangement by Tommyknocker of Idaho Springs.
CENTRAL CITY – The ancient civilizations of China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt are believed to have been the first to manufacture beer beginning over 7,000 years ago. Perhaps originally a happy accident that occurred when stored grain got wet and fermented, the concoction was porridge-like, bearing little resemblance to what we presently consume.
Thought to have contributed to the development of agriculture and modern society, workers on the Egyptian Pyramids received four to five liters of beer per day as part of their compensation.
In the Middle Ages, Benedictine monks refined the recipe to more closely resemble what we drink today.
Beer has inspired numerous traditions throughout history. Held in Munich, Germany each year, Oktoberfest is one of those that began in the early 1800s.
More recently, a nearby Colorado town has created beer history of its own. On Saturday, August 23, The Great Central City Beer Fest took place for the 14th time.
Denver Beer Company offered Raspberry Poolside Kölsch which compliments the sweeter Princess Yum Yum Raspberry Kölsch. One of Old 21 Brewhouse’s offerings was Honey Brown: a dark American porter brewed with chocolate and honey malts.
Littleton Brew Company had Oui French Pilsner and Manarina Kölsch. The lemongrass in their Lemongrass Lager came from Thailand.
Prickly pear cactus, pineapple, ginger, and lemon went into the making of Aussie-style hard ginger beer by TooSteppin’ Brewery out of Boulder. Just for scanning a QR code and signing up to follow them on Instagram, you were presented with a stylish black cowboy hat with their logo. TooSteppin’ now has 100 new followers including Colorado's 100 new cowboys and cowgirls.
You could sample Peroni lager, a fine Italian beer brought to you by Rick’s Cabaret. Very Nice Brewing Company’s Royal We IPA features piney undertones. Their Special Lady Friend Belgian farmhouse ale is flavored with cherry and ginger.
This is merely a sampling of the samplings; more than a dozen other Colorado craft brewers took part in the festival.
For information about upcoming Central City events, go to visitcentralcity.com.
