Brewer Signup Begins
Now that the 2017 ACBF has been announced, it’s time ti sign up breweries. Just to get started, we have 23 brewers committed to attend plus Coaltrain Wine and Liquor , who will again bring a wide range of special beers.
The brewer list includes: Breckenridge, New Belgium, Bristol, 105W, AC Golden, Boulder, Cerberus, Colorado Mountain, Durango, Elevation, Fossil, Great Divide, Kokopelli, Local Relic, Nano 108, Peaks N Pines, Periodic, Pikes Peak, Pug Ryan’s, Resolute, Ute Pass, Verboten, and Yak & Yeti. Keep track on the Brewer Lineup page.
Groupon Deal Coming Soon
For all of you who want an extra special deal on tickets, we will soon announce a deal with Groupon to provide a short time half off price for Festival tickets.
2017 ACBF – 11th Festival on the 11 Day of the 11th Month
The 2017 ACBF Planning is underway. This year we celebrate 11/11/11 – our 11th annual festival will be on the 11th day of the 11th month!
Mark Your Calendars for the 2017 All Colorado Beer Festival
The 2016 All Colorado Beer Festival was a tremendous success. Thank you to all of our patrons, sponsors, and volunteers. The 2016 ACBF raised $82,000 for our beneficiaries. Our 2016 beneficiaries were THEATREWORKS, The Homefront Cares, The Empty Stocking Fund, and the ACBF Scholarship at UCCS. In eight years the ACBF has donated $397,500 to local nonprofits. For more visit our beneficiaries page.
Planning is underway for 2017. It will be bigger and BETTER than ever. We have a NEW location! The scheduled date is Saturday, November 11th.
Norris Penrose Event Center
Stay tuned for more information about the brewers and other activities for the 2017 All Colorado Beer Festival.
- Norris Penrose Event Center
- 1045 Lower Gold Camp Road
- Saturday, November 11th, 2017
- Session 1: 1:00pm – 4:30pm
- Session 2: 6:30pm – 10:00pm
- VIP and Early Entry Access Available For:
- Session 1 at 12:00pm
- Session 2 at 5:30pm
The All Colorado Beer Festival is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation established to operate beer festivals for the express purpose of raising funds for Colorado Springs area nonprofit organizations.
Successful 10th Festival
The 10th All Colorado Beer Festival is over, and it was a success!
We raised enough revenue to donate $82,000, and we are now handing out the beneficiary checks. So far we have given The Home Front Cares $23,000, the Empty Stocking Fund $23,000, and the ACBF Scholarship Fund $10,000. That leaves one more check of $26,000 that will be presented to THEATREWORKS on Friday, December 9th.
Each ticket buyer helped make this possible. We estimate that 67% of the price of each ticket is a donation to the beneficiaries! Congratulations to each of you for your support of Colorado Springs nonprofits.
Champion Award
This year the ACBF celebrates its 10th anniversary. To date we have given away over $315,000 to our beneficiaries.
Each year, in addition to raising a lot of money for our beneficiaries and pouring a lot of beer for our 3,200 guests, the ACBF presents its Champion Award to an individual or organization that has provided special support to the ACBf and/or the Colorado brewing industry. In the past, we have presented the award to Mike Bristol of Bristol Brewing, Kieth Villa of Blue Moon, and New Belgium Brewing. This year we take great pleasure in presenting the award to a true Colorado brewing pioneer: Governor John Hickenlooper.
Governor Hickenlooper was part of the group that opened Wynkoop Brewery in lower downtown Denver and converted that sketchy neighborhood into the destination it is today. Wynkoop was the second craft brewery in the state after Boulder Beer and truly transformed a neighborhood. Just another example of the amazing impact of beer!
The ACBF team presented the award to Governor Hickenlooper in his office on Thursday.
71 and Counting!
That’s right, we have 71 breweries already signed up and planning which of their beer lineup to bring to the festival. Recent additions include: BRU, Durango, Florence, Halfpenny, Periodic, Ursula, and Vail. Be sure to check out our Brewer Lineup page for a complete list of the brewers at this year’s event.
Festival Sponsors
The primary mission of the All Colorado Beer Festival is to raise money for local nonprofit organizations. (Check out our Beneficiaries page.) Most of this money comes from your purchase of tickets to the event – over half of your ticket price goes to our beneficiaries!
However, there are still costs associated with running the festival: t-shirts for volunteers, tasting glasses, ice, venue rent, insurance, and much more. Our Sponsors offset these costs with their contributions to the festival. Every dollar these sponsors provide is another dollar we can give our beneficiaries.
Today another sponsor, Deluxe Corporation, joined our team. Their contribution coupled with a great price from our ice vendor, Ice N Easy, means our ice cost this year will be zero! Check out all our wonderful Sponsors!
2016 Brewer Lineup at 59!
Here’s the brewer lineup so far for 2016. The count is at 59 so far. We are aiming for 80 with well over 225 beers! If your favorite brewer is missing on our 2016 BREWER LINEUP page, please ask them to contact us. Please remember to thank these brewers when you visit them. There would be no festival without the support of our brewers. Remember, the brewers are not paid. They donate all the beer for the festival.
Below are four of our sponsoring brewers. Their financial support is key to making the festival a success.
