Melvin Brewing has a history of outdoing themselves when it comes to the GABF. This year, the Wyoming based brewery offers a wide tasting menu of their awardwinning beers, wild parties, and hop madness. Over the course of the week, the Melvin Brewing team will be hanging WWE Hacksaw Jim Duggan as their special guest, Melvin will be co-hosting the All-Star IPA Throwdown, a Beer Hall Brawl, and Friday night’s Enter the House of Flying Barrels unofficial GABF party.
Starter
MELVIN MONDAY
Monday, October 2nd
BACKCOUNTRY PIZZA – Boulder
Backcountry Pizza in Boulder welcomes back Melvin Brewing starting at 6 p.m. for “an adventure through their brewing techniques.” Backcountry Pizza was the first established beer hub in Boulder to offer Melvin Brewing on tap.
Appetizer
GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL
Thursday, October 5th through Saturday, October 6th
The best way to kick-off GABF is with Melvin Brewing. Not sure how to access the award-winning IPAs? No problem. Look for WWE hall of famer Hacksaw Jim Duggan marching all over the Melvin bus or listen for the tee-shirt cannon firing openingly into the crowd. Better yet look-up for the Melvin Brewing crane with a person hanging from it. Once you find the Melvin watering hole we promise to blow your mind with over ten beers to select from.
“We are lucky to be a sponsor at GABF,” declared Ted Whitney Sales Director at Melvin Brewing. “There is nothing in the world quite like the GABF. Feeling the love for our industry and the passion of the brewers and fans out there, all in onegiant room, is amazing. That we get to go there, celebrate with the industry and fans that gave us a means to make a living and express our passion for beer is fucking rad. It’s just fucking rad.”
First -Plate
ALL-STAR IPA THROWDOWN FALLING ROCK TAP HOUSE
Presented by Melvin Brewing & Lawson’s Finest Liquids
Wednesday, October 4th – 9:30PM to close
So, you say you drink IPA. Let’s see about that. For the second year in a row Melvin Brewing and Lawson’s Finest Liquids Present All-Star IPA Throwdown. In years past media have called this event, North America’s best showcase of IPAs under one roof. Wondering how to kickoff GABF, think no longer The All-Star IPA Throwdown is the place to be on Wednesday night. Come drink the country’s best Indian pale ales. You’ll find a variety of beers from both coasts and both styles, including • Melvin Brewing • Lawson’s Finest Liquids • Beachwood BBQ and Brewing • Berryessa Brewing Company • Bissell Brothers Brewing Company • Boneyard Beer • Breakside Brewery • Carton Brewing • Cellarmaker Brewing Co • Fieldwork Brewing Co • Great Notion Brewing • Kane Brewing Company • Kern
River Brewing Co • La Cumbre Brewing Company • Lord Hobo Brewing Co • Modern Times Beer • Other Half Brewing • Rhinegeist Brewery • Singlecut Beersmiths • Societe Brewing Company • Weldwerks Brewing *brewers list subject to change
Second plate
BEER HALL BRAWL
In conjunction with Bierstadt Lagerhaüs & WWE Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Thursday, October 5TH – 10PM-12AM
Some call wrestling a fetish, at Melvin Brewing we call it beer drinking entertainment. So, help Melvin bring the ruckus over a few (10x) IPAs. $25 gets your 1st beer, a customized collector’s edition mug and an up close-up view of Hacksaw Jim Duggan using his signature 2×4! We hope you can join us for some ringside total wrestling at the Rackhouse with Rocky Mountain Pro. RSVP on Facebook Event Page • Buy Tickets to the Beer Hall Brawl
Entree
ENTER THE HOUSE OF FLYING BARRELS PARTY
Friday, October 6th 9pm
1235 Delaware Street – Denver
This is not your usual Melvin ninja rodeo gathering, this is the House of Flying Barrels Party. We have joined forces with our friends from Avery Brewing, Four Noses Brewing, and Firestone Walker Brewing as we raise cold hard cash and awareness for Water For People and The Chill Foundation. Not only will you be partying with the Melvin crew for two great causes but there will be free shuttle bus from the convention center to the House of Flying Barrels and back every 20 minutes.
You might ask yourself how does a NGO partnership fit into the world’s largest beer pyramid during the GABF? Jeremy Tofte, Co-Founder/Field Hoperative at Melvin Brewing puts it best, “water comes from the mountains where we like to snowboard, the snow runoff travels downhill and becomes drinking water. As brewers, we use that water to brew beer, and then we go snowboarding. Because we believe deeply in brewing and snowboarding which both depend on water and snow we want to give back to people who don’t have access to clean drinking water.”
Water For People’s vision is a world where every person has access to reliable and safe water and sanitation services. Water For People exists to promote the development of high-quality drinking water and sanitation services, accessible to all, and sustained by strong communities, businesses, and governments
throughout the world.
The Chill Foundation is a youth development program that partners with social service agencies, mental health agencies, foster care programs, juvenile justice programs, and schools to teach life skills and increase self-esteem. Each six-week program uses boardsports to help guide youth through life’s challenges. So, if you are looking to get weird, drink cold cans of Melvin beer, build the World’s largest beer can pyramid and give back then join us on Friday October 6th, at 9pm. First shuttle bus is leaving GABF at 8:45 and the last shuttle leaves at 10:15. We are welcoming circus performers, dancers and martial artists.
Munchies
Melvin Home Base
Tupelo Honey – Union Station
If crowds aren’t your thing and you want a more low-key environment then come experience Melvin Brewing at Tupelo Honey. All week-long Melvin Brewing will be featuring special beers, beer pairing ideas, plus much more. So where do we get tickets and more information? … well here’s the catch. There is no catch! All the information you need for a Melvin Brewing event menu at the Great American Beer Festival can be found here: GABF Events