Colorado Brewer’s Festival Coming June 26-28

(Fort Collins, CO) – The 26th edition of the Colorado Brewers’ Festival (COBF) is set for June

26-28, 2015 in downtown Fort Collins. The COBF debuted in 1990 and is one the five oldest

beer fests in the US.

Last year’s 25th edition of the pioneering COBF featured a number of new features and drew

18,000 attendees to the city’s Civic Center Park area.

The 2015 festival will present a Saturday and Sunday beer list of about 60 beers from over 40

of Colorado’s best established and upstart Colorado breweries.

This year’s new attractions include a Friday night pre-festival event (called The Summit) done

in conjunction with the Colorado Brewers Guild. A fund/awareness raiser for the Guild, the

event will showcase exceptional and rare beers from the many Colorado brewers that make

the Guild’s “The State of Craft Beer” mantra ring true.

This beer-connoisseur-minded event will present limited-release and one-night-only beers,

local fare, performing artists and Colorado brewers on hand to discuss their artful creations.

"The COBF is an iconic beer festival,” says Steve Kurowski, marketing director for the

Colorado Brewers Guild. “We’re excited to join forces with the fest for this intimate experience

for Colorado craft beer lovers.  We are asking our brewery members to dig deep and bring

something very special, something they typically don’t serve at public events.”

The 2015 COBF will also include a newly designed area — The Neighborhood – that will

showcase a dozen Fort Collins breweries and their beers. It gives attendees the chance to

meet their local beer heroes and taste exclusive creations brought in just for the COBF.

Last year’s popular Beer School will be expanded for the 2015 fest. Presenters include Pat

Fahey of the famed Chicago-based  Cicerone beer education program, and Jamie Bogner of

Craft Beer & Brewing magazine

The festival is also adding an expanded number of beer-serving stations and taps to ensure

faster serving of beer to COBF attendees.

Returning annual COBF traditions will include live music and local fare from area food trucks.

Admission to the festival is free.

Beer lovers looking to taste the fest’s liquid art can buy beer-tasting packages at

www.DowntownFortCollins.com .

Through June 15, all online/advance ticket buyers will be automatically entered to win a

Downtown Fort Collins Adventure Package. The package includes two tickets on the Magic

Bus “Fort Collins Craft Brews Cruise,” a $250 gift card to Wilbur’s Total Beverage, and a $100

Downtown Fort Collins gift card that can be used at over 150 local businesses and several

breweries.  

The COBF was started in 1990 when Fort Collins brewers Doug Odell (Odell Brewing) and

Brad Page (Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing) approached the Downtown Fort Collins Business

Association with the idea of a festival to showcase local brewers.

At the time, Fort Collins had just three microbreweries, Colorado had nine microbreweries and

the state’s brewery total was 11. Today Fort Collins has 16 breweries, Colorado’s brewery total

has surpassed 250 and the state is an epicenter of America’s world-renowned craft brewing

trade.

"Fort Collins,” Doug Odell says proudly, “is one of the most respected brewing centers in the

United States. The Colorado Brewers’ Festival has played a significant role in our city’s beer-

centric progress and helped make Colorado one of the nation’s best states for craft beer.”

The COBF is produced by the Downtown Fort Collins Business Association. 

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