American Craft Beer Week Celebrations in Durango

Today kicks off  American Craft Beer Week, an entire week dedicated to celebrating craft beer across the country and lucky for us both Ska Brewing Co. and Three Rivers Brewery are celebrating!
Three Rivers  will be giving brewery tours this week and will be offering Red Mountain Wheat pints on special for just $4.  

Ska Brewing Co. will be seriously celebrating what they do best this week with great beer and fun events!  You can even bring canned goods for the Durango Food Bank - drink beer while helping out others, sounds perfect to us!  Come on out and see what they've got going on this week!

Monday, May 17

  • 5 PM – “A Community Toast” is an informal event at Ska Brewing’s World Headquarters in Bodo Park. Beginning at 5 PM, the craft-beer loving public is invited to join Durango’s Mayor Michael Rendon to toast the important role that craft beer and craft beer brewers, both professional and amateur, play in our community. A special tour of Ska’s World Headquarters brewing facility will be led by one of the Ska Brewing founders. Complimentary appetizers from Zia Taqueria.
  • 5 – 7 PM – Craft Beer Week Kick-Off Party, featuring $2 pints (all taps) from 5 - 7 PM.
  • Two special beers on tap all week: True Blonde on Nitrogen, and Special ESB on cask and dry-hopped with Fuggles Hops … plus five more special beers to be tapped on Friday! Bring canned goods!

Tuesday, May 18

  • 5 PM – Scheduled Brewery Tour
  • 5:30 PM – “Dave’s Colorado Craft Beer History”, a short but informative presentation by Dave Thibodeau, Ska President and Co-Founder. Hear it from someone who was there.
  • 5 – 8 PM – Craft Beer Trivia Night / Canned Food Drive, featuring  2-for-1’s  on all taps and prizes for the winners. Teams and individuals are welcome. Test your beer knowledge! Cash prizes! Bring some canned goods!

Wednesday, May 19

  • 5 PM – Scheduled Brewery Tour
  • 5 – 8 PM – Bike Night / Canned Food Drive: Ride your bike to Ska and $1 for every beer you buy will go to the Durango Food Bank. Throw some canned goods in your pack, and if you drive, bring even more! 
  • $3 Pinstripes & ESB’s – Sample two of Ska’s flagship beers, each for 1/3 of the cost of a downtown parking ticket.

Thursday, May 20

  • 4 PM – Craft Beer & Cheese Pairing & Canned Food Drive at Ska Brewing’s Tasting Room. Bring some canned goods down to support Durango Food Bank and for every beer you purchase you’ll receive a complimentary, specially selected cheese from Guido’s to pair with it. A small menu will explain which cheese is paired with each beer, and why. 
  • 5 – 7 PM Live music from “The Assortment”. Local beers, local music, tasty cheeses. Don’t miss.
  • 5 – 8 PM – “She’s Crafty…” the Craft Beer Week Blowout Party featuring “The Casual Fridays.”

Friday, May 21

  • Special Ska Taps: Expand your craft beer horizons with these special, limited release Ska beers on tap: Black Trippel, American Amber, Imperial Brown, Flanders Red & Merlo Stout!
  • Live Ska Music from “The Casual Fridays”, with “Shadow Hills Trio” opening.
  • One free pint for all the crafty, craft-beer lovin’ women who come out!
  • Final chance to sign the Beer Declaration of Independence
  • Cover? Nope. Just bring some canned goods for the Durango Food Bank!

All Week long you are encouraged to participate in the Canned Food Drive to Benefit Durango Food Bank and Community members are encouraged to sign the Beer Declaration of Independence

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