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What a perfect day to spend sipping a brew outdoors - and we have some specialty holiday beers on tap for the occasion!
Come try our Margarita Helles, our Raspberry Habanero, or our Mole Stout on nitro while enjoying the views from our sunbathed patio!
Remember the greatest party you ever went to? It was our two year anniversary party last year, wasn't it? Well, ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves and your livers for round three and help us celebrate our wonderful third year of existence as we throw ourselves a gigantic birthday party Saturday, May 20th!
Join us and approximately the entire population of Breckenridge (and any friends you might have!) for a day of debauchery that will once again feature a FREE pig roast, awesome live music, specialty beer tappings and so much more! Entry is FREE, and this year you'll get to purchase a stainless steel Klean Kanteen souvenir pint glass that comes with your first beer included for just $10.
We're kicking festivities off at 10 AM with Kegs N Eggs with free breakfast burritos provided to the first 50 people that purchase a beer, and just like last year, a stellar lineup of local musicians and bands will serenade you all day long, with DJ Crisp bringing you entertainment between sets. Music will start at 11 AM when Norman Wagner takes the stage for the second straight year. Norman will be followed by The Amelias, a rollicking folk duo, the always rockin' Hollywood Farmers, and if you're pants are danced off by then, El Passo Lasso will be sure to do the job with an epic closing set.
It wouldn't be a party without delicoius beers. We'll be serving up our normal lineup of 13 beers and have multiple pouring stations behind the brewery. We're bringing back the IPA tent - filled with our usual IPAs as well as the Mandarin Double IPA, Grapefruit IPA and Coffee IPA - and a barrel aged beer tent featuring all your favorites. Specialty brews will be tapped every hour two hours, and will feature past one off favorites like the Blood Orange IPA, Margarita Helles and maybe, just maybe, the Peanut Butter Banana Hefeweizen aka The Elvis. Keep your eyes peeled for a full list and release schedule in the coming weeks!
Little Miss Piggy and a ton of pork butts will be roasting all morning with a target serving time between 1-2 PM. If you can't make it until later and miss the pork, don't get too down, Scooter's Five Star Catering will be selling barbeque platters all afternoon long to take the edge off your hunger (and maybe your buzz).
As always, we encourage everyone to be smart and be safe! Do not drink and drive. When parking around our building fills up (which will happen fast), we are using the Colorado Mountain Colorado and skier's free lots for overlow. We are running our shuttle bus from both parking lots multiple times hourly to help you get to the brewery from those lots.
We are always incredibly appreciative of the support and love we receive from all of our amazing friends in Summit County and we cannot wait for the chance to celebrate our existence and give back to all of you. Continue to keep an eye out for more details on the party. We can't wait to see you there!
From Ford:
This one's dedicated to you, friends. Popped open this article curious to see who was on the list and had my mind blown. I can't even fathom being on this list, much less the top 10. So humbling. I want to sincerely thank all of you who have made us who we are and allowed us to share our passion. Truly a dream come true. And we're just getting started
http://brobible.com/life/article/50-best-breweries-in-america/
Breweries have become a big player in the traditional ‘bar scene’ across America. Major breweries like Budweiser have been giving tours to the public forever. But, over the past few decades all of the craft and micro breweries across America woke up and realized they have awesome spaces that can be used to brew beer AND to serve beer to customers looking to chill out in a non-traditional bar atmosphere.
Now, without further ado, here’s the list of the 50 best breweries in America right now, according to Yelp:
1. Allagash Brewing Company, Portland, ME — Rating 4.5, 368 Reviews
2. Samuel Adams Brewery, Boston, MA — Rating 4.5, 1099 Reviews
3. Pure Project, San Diego, CA — Rating 4.5, 198 Reviews
4. Alameda Island Brewing Company, Alameda, CA — Rating 4.5, 163 Reviews
5. Ocean Sun Brewing, Orlando, FL — Rating 5, 81 Reviews
6. Oceanside Brewing, Oceanside, CA — Rating 5, 68 Reviews
7. Florida Keys Brewing Co, Islamorada, FL — Rating 5, 124 Reviews
8. Strand Brewing, Torrance, CA — Rating 4.5, 96 Reviews
9. Broken Compass Brewing, Breckenridge, CO — Rating 5, 162 Reviews
10. Koholā Brewery, Lahaina, HI — Rating 4.5, 99 Reviews
11. Longship Brewery, San Diego, CA — Rating 4.5, 69 Reviews
12. Dutch’s Brewhouse, Long Beach, CA — Rating 5, 37 Reviews
13. Rob Rubens Distilling & Brewing, El Segundo, CA — Rating 4.5, 87 Reviews
14. Karl Strauss Brewing Company, Anaheim, CA — Rating 4.5, 273 Reviews
15. Rök House Brewing Company, Upland, CA — Rating 5, 114 Reviews
16. Draughtsmen Aleworks, Goleta, CA — Rating 5, 39 Reviews
17. MacLeod Ale Brewing, Van Nuys, CA — Rating 4.5, 217 Reviews
18. Bear Roots Brewing, Vista, CA — Rating 5, 98 Reviews
19. Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI — Rating 4.5 1079 Reviews
20. Ferment Drink Repeat – FDR, San Francisco, CA — Rating 5, 48 Reviews
21. Rock Cut Brewing Company, Estes Park, CO — Rating 5, 66 Reviews
22. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Chicago, IL — Rating 4.5, 404 Reviews
23. Burgeon Beer Company, Carlsbad, CA — Rating 5, 30 Reviews
24. Unsung Brewing Company, Anaheim, CA — Rating 4.5, 79 Reviews
25. Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL — Rating 4.5, 560 Reviews
26. Road Dog Tours, Seattle, WA — Rating 5, 182 Reviews
27. Culver Beer Company, Carlsbad, CA — Rating 5, 40 Reviews
28. Avery Brewing, Boulder, CO — Rating 4.5, 359 Reviews
29. Sidellis Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, CA — Rating 4.5, 90 Reviews
30. Helio Basin Brewing, Phoenix, AZ — Rating 4.5, 126 Reviews
31. Goldwater Brewing Co, Scottsdale, AZ — Rating 4.5, 87 Reviews
32. Pint & Plow Brewing Company, Kerrville, TX — Rating 5, 42 Reviews
33. Shadow Puppet Brewing Company, Livermore, CA — Rating 5, 34 Reviews
34. Mt. Lowe Brewing Co., Arcadia, CA — Rating 4.5, 56 Reviews
35. Boulevard Brewing Tours & Rec Center, Kansas City, MO — Rating 5, 34 Reviews
36. Crux Fermentation Project, Bend, OR — Rating 4, 419 Reviews
37. The Shop Beer Co, Tempe, AZ — Rating 4.5, 50 Reviews
38. Junk Ditch Brewing Company, Fort Wayne, IN — Rating 4.5, 74 Reviews
39. Cascade Brewing Barrel House, Portland, OR — Rating 4, 659 Reviews
40. AquaBrew, San Marcos, TX — Rating 4.5, 139 Reviews
41. Tenaya Creek Brewery, Las Vegas, NV — Rating 4.5, 82 Reviews
42. Bruz Beers, Denver, CO — Rating 5, 35 Reviews
43. Karl Strauss Brewing Company, Temecula, CA — Rating 4.5, 594 Reviews
44. Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling, San Antonio, CA — Rating 5, 144 Reviews
45. Pecan Point Gastropub & Brewery, Texarkana, TX — Rating 4.5, 73 Reviews
46. Ale Industries, Oakland, CA — Rating 4.5, 86 Reviews
47. Sweeten Creek Brewing, Asheville, NC — Rating 5, 68 Reviews
48. The Alchemist, Stowe, VT — Rating 4.5, 44 Reviews
49. Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA — Rating 4.5, 449 Reviews
50. AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego, CA — Rating 4.5, 208 Reviews
Happy April Fool's Day from Breckenridge!
THIS IS NOT A JOKE, we once again have the Imperial Bourbon Barrel Aged FDFH Brown on tap! Fresh out of the barrels, 12.5% ABV, decadent and delicious, it joins the super-hopped Imperial Rye Red we tapped this week to round out a killer taplist.
Halloween is right around the corner, which means it's time to plan your weekend around Broken Compass's events!
Join your human and canine pals as we kick off the weekend's events Saturday, October 29th with our 2nd annual Dog-O-Ween celebration and costume contest. We're giving out prizes every hour between 12-8 for the best dressed dog of the hour (human costumes in collaboration are encouraged but not required). Prizes include: our awesome Cycle Dog dog bowls, collars and leashes made from upcycled bike tubing, certificates for a day of doggie day care at the Dog House and doggie chew toys. Break out your pup's best Halloween attire and come celebrate with us!
The party continues on Sunday (October 30th) with specialty beer tappings and the scariest thought imaginable, the Chicago Cubs in the World Series! Starting at 1 p.m., we're tapping three specialty Halloween brews, including a dry hopped Irish Red, a Heath Bar brew (toffee coffee chocolate stout) and a Blood Orange Ginger. Beers will be tapped every two hours or until supplies last. Game three of the losingest World Series matchup in years (the Cubs haven't won a World Series in 107 years while the Indians took one home relatively recently - just a mere 70 years since they've taken home a title) is Sunday evening, and with that terrifying thought in mind, we'll be streaming a watch party starting at 6 p.m that evening. Join bartender and Cubs diehard Buckets as he stresses through nine innings of agonizing baseball.
We're capping our celebrations with a Halloween themed version of our Monday Night Potluck. Break out your scariest aprons and get creative! Pumpkin flavored dishes, dishes served out of pumpkins, cookies shaped like monsters, it all counts! Themed dishes win you bonus points, and the top three voted dishes receive free beer and growlers! Potluck starts at 7 and will go until 8:30-9 when winners will be announced.
We're drooling for the 2nd annual Dog-O-Ween
By golly, another year has passed and we're revving up for the largest beer festival in the world, Denver's own Great American Beer Festival. The fest is celebrating its 35th birthday this year, and is bigger and better than ever.
Broken Compass is also bigger and better than ever (we admit some bias) and we're thrilled to be pouring once again at the fest. We're stoked to be in the Meet the Brewer section of the fest, in the new wing the festival added a year ago, and we'll be pouring some of our most deliciousest brews so track us down. Here's what we're pouring at the fest!
Coconut Porter - This delicious, GABF award winning porter is loaded with so much coconut you'll think it's a liquid candy bar. Not just for breakfast anymore.
Ginger Pale Ale - A classic pale ale spruced with fresh ginger and ginger tea, it's good for you - palate, body and soul.
FDFH Brown - A delicious twist on your typical brown ales, extra earthy hops give this brew a harmonic balance between sweet, nutty and hoppy.
Broken Compass IPA - The heart and soul of this intensely drinkable IPA is a heavy helping of Cascade and Centennial hops. The addition of Amarillo, Simcoe, Wilamette and Nugget in the dry hop makes for a smooth, balanced and refreshing IPA.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Brown - This beer is a delightful near molasses malt flavor. The imperial brown spent nearly a year aging in bourbon barrels from Breckenridge Distillery and came out on the other side dark, intensely delicious and just plain beautiful.
Come track us down to try all the delicious brews! We'll be pouring at booth W20 all four sessions, see you there!
Food is coming to Broken Compass this Thursday and Friday!
Nothing pairs better with beer in the summer than some good old barbeque, and our pals at Scooter's Smokehouse BBQ will be rocking a delicious food truck outside our taproom starting at 11:30 a.m. both Thursday and Friday this week.
It's not Buckets' dream of a Ham Pale Ale, but it's the closest thing to it. Come grab a beer and BBQ with us!
