2017 Grand Tasting Beer Styles

Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 12:00 - 3:00 pm

It's here! The comprehensive list of all the different beers that will be at the 2017 Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Grand Tasting has been released. Join us on Saturday, September 16 from 12 pm - 3 pm to celebrate the craftsmanship and excellence of craft beer. Explore a vast offering of a dynamic variety of flavors in over 170 styles of beer and cider brought to you by 56 of the best craft breweries from around America.

As you walk into the beautiful Telluride Town Park Festival Grounds you’ll be greeted with a special souvenir tasting glass. This tasting glass is your vessel to sample some of the best craft beer in the world. Costumes, high-fives, smiles and massive crowd-wide cheers are all frequent. After you’ve tried as many beers as you like, it will be time to vote for your favorite brewery. When the Tasting is over, the brewery with the most votes will be crowned "Best of Fest" winner and awarded a trophy on stage. Last year’s champion, Avalanche Brewing Company from Silverton, Colorado, is back this year to defend their title!

4 Noses Brewing Co

Oktoberfest, Pump Action Pumpkin Ale, Fresh Hop IPA

AC Golden Brewing Co

Colorado Native Olathe Lager, Pilsner, Golden Lager

Alpine Dog Brewing Company

"Fresh Soul" Grapefruit Session IPA, "Fireside Romance" Smoked Porter,

Aspen Brewing Company

Ajax Pilsner, Brown Bear Ale, Independence Pass Ale

Avalanche Brewing Co

Sultan IPA, Hardrock100 Strawberry-Rhubarb Gose, Dawn Patrol Breakfast Stout

Avery Brewing Co

White Rascal, Apricot Sour, Vanilla Bear Stout

Big B's Hard Cider

Orchard Original, Harvest Apple, Cherry Daze, Lazy Daze, Hard Lemonade

Bonfire Brewing

Haba-Cream-O (Habanero Cream Ale), Pink-I (Raspberry IPA), Tent Pole (Vanilla Porter), WtFO (Double IPA), GrapepHruit (Kettle Sour IPA with Grapefruit)

Boulder Beer Company

Bump 'n' Rind Watermelon Kolsch, Nothing Too Fancy Pale Ale

Bristol Brewing Company

Lab Scottish Ale, Imperial Belgian Wit

Bull & Bush Brewery

Allgood Amber Ale, Man Beer, Big Ben Brown Ale

Carbondale Beer Works

Big Daddy Ryeder Imperial Rye IPA, Yo Bro Porter, A Whim IPA

Carver Brewing Co

Lightner Creek Lager, Double Pepper Saison, Pine River Fresh Hop IPA

Comrade Brewing

Superpower IPA, Mullet Over, The Specter

Crazy Mountain Brewing Co

Lawyers, Guns & Money Barleywine, Hookiebobb IPA, Lava Lake Wit, Mountain Livin' Pale Ale

Deschutes Brewery

Fresh Squeezed, Pacific Wonderland

Durango Brewing Company

Blueberry Wheat, American Pale Ale, India Pale Ale

Elevation Beer Company

Little Mo Porter, Elevation Pilsner, Wave Wheel Wit

Epic Brewing Company

Los Locos Mexican-Style Lager, Citralush NE Style IPA

Fiction Beer Company

Sly Boots (American IPA), We Can'telope (Gose with Cantaloupe), Writen For Film (Oktoberfest), Logic is Relative (Imperial IPA), Parallel Structure (Limeade Sour)

Flagstaff Brewing Company

Bubbanganoui IPA, Bitterroot ESB, Wiesspread Wheat , Blackbird Porter

Four Peaks Brewing Company

Kilt Lifter Scottish Style Ale, Pitchfork Pale Ale, Four Peaks Golden Lager, White Ale

Full Sail Brewing Co

Full Sail Blood Orange Wheat, Full Sail Hop Pursuit IPA, Session Premium Lager,

Great Divide Brewing Co

Hoss Oktoberfest, Denver Pale Ale, Colette Farmhouse Ale, Yeti Imperial Stout

Horse & Dragon Brewing Co

Harry Hughes' Aggie Ale (Jasmine Green Tea Pale), NoCO IPA, Sad Panda Coffee Stout

Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery

Sawatch IPA, Fetchez La Blonde Biere De Garde, Rocky Mountain Chowda NE Style Session IPA

La Cumbre Brewing Co

Elevated IPA, A Slice of Hefen, Wet-Hopped Elevated IPA

Lagunitas Brewing Company IPA

Little Sumpin' Extra

Left Hand Brewing Co

Travlin' Light Kolsch, Extrovert-American IPA, Oktoberfest-Marzen Lager

Lumberyard Brewing Co

Big Rapid Red, Oktoberfest, Red Rock Raspberry

Marble Brewery

Cuvee Rouge, Wave On, Double White

Melvin Brewing

Heyzeus Mexican Lager, Melvin IPA, 2x4 Double IPA

Moab Brewery

Moab Pale Ale, Red Rye IPA, Desert Select Export Stout

New Belgium Brewing Co

Fat Tire Belgian White, Blackberry Barleywine, Clutch Imperial Sour Stout

Ninkasi Brewing Co

Helles Belles (Helles Lager), Dawn of the Red (Red IPA), Vanilla Oatis (Vanilla Oatmeal Stout), First Rule IPA

Odell Brewing

Rupture Fresh Grind Ale, Drumroll APA, Sunny Rain Golden Tart

Oskar Blues Brewery

Pinner, Mama's Little Yella Pils, IPA, G'Knight, Old Chub, Beerito

Palisade Brewing Co

Dirty Hippie Dark Wheat, Let It Grow Fall DIPA, Laid Back Blonde Ale

Prost Brewing Company

Altfränkisches Dunkel Bier, Märzen Oktoberfest, Hefeweizen

Pug Ryan's Brewing Company

Pug's Dunkel (Munich Style Dunkel), Pug's Pilsner (Bohemian Style Pilsner), Hideout Helles (Helles Bock), Way Over The Rail XXPA (Extra Pale Ale)

Roaring Fork Beer Co

Emma (Hibiscus and Sweet Orange Peel Saison), Lemon Drop Lager, Grapefruit Pale Ale, Flip IPA

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co

BFD (Beer For Drinking), Barrel Aged Narwhal Imerial Stout

Ska Brewing

Pink Vapor Stew, True Blonde Ale, BHC DIPA

Smugglers Brewpub

Smuggler's Oktoberfest, Pumpkin Plunge, High Wire Wet Hop

Steamworks Brewing Company

Colorado Kolsch, Backside Stout, Conductor Imperial IPA

Stone Brewing

Stone IPA, Stone Tangerine Express IPA

Strange Craft Beer Company

Breakfast Grapefruit IPA, Cherry Kriek, Uncommonly Colorado Amber Lager

Suds Brothers

SOB Mexican Lager, Oktoberfest

SweetWater Brewing Company

BLUE (Blueberry Wheat Ale), TripleTail (Tropical India Pale Ale), 420 (Extra Pale Ale)

Telluride Brewing Company

Face Down Brown Ale, American Style Brown Ale

Uinta Brewery

West Coast IPA, Golden Ale, Lime Pilsner

Upslope Brewing Company

Blood Orange Saison, Citra Pale Ale, Hefeweizen, India Pale Ale, Craft Lager

Vail Brewing Company

Tourist Trap Double IPA, Hot Mess Blonde, Apricot Sour

Vernal Brewing Company

Little Hole Lager, She's A Peach (Peach Wheat Ale), Rigor Mortis Red Ale

Victory Brewing Company

Summer Love Blonde Ale, Prima Pils, Golden Monkey Belgian Tripel

Zion Canyon Brewing Company

Burnt Mountain Brown, Pomegranate Kettle Sour, Totality IPA, Sour Cherry Saison


The 2017 Telluride Blues & Brews Grand Tasting will take place on Saturday September 16 featuring 56 craft breweries, 170 styles of beer and, of course, live music. Sign up for our Bluesletter to stay in the loop.

Steve Gumble2017