Last Saturday, March 4th, I attended the first ever Day of Dorks beer festival at Wynkoop Brewing. Day of Dorks was a fun celebration of beer—an event where beer nerds could geek out over all the righteous brews and chat with those who used their scientific know-how to create them. Some 30 local breweries were present (with one absent) to pour their geekiest beers for excited attendees.
Cheers! The guys from New Image Brewing with some happy festival goers
The brewery was decked out in dorkiness: taped spectacles, “beaker” tasting glasses, nerdy movies, and snacks such as Smarties, Dum Dums, and Nerds. And pool tables full of school supplies, for a very good cause. Day of Dorks held a supply drive to help out two Denver high-needs schools, Cheltenham Elementary and Dora Moore, K-8. So many people contributed! It was wonderful to see the piles continue to grow.
Some (not all) of the school supplies collected at Day of Dorks
I sampled numerous tasty beers at Day of Dorks. There was a wide variety available; I tried some IPAs, stouts, mead, saisons, sours, doppelbocks, and more. Apparently I was in a “dark” mood that day, as all of my favorites were stouts!
***My top 3 picks from the fest***
Ginny Girl Stout from Beryl’s Beer Co, an 11.8% stout aged in gin barrels
Erin & James’ Breakfast Stout from Colorado Plus Brew Pub
Social Club Coffee Milk Stout from The Brew on Broadway (The BOB)
Day of Dorks was an awesome, entertaining way to spend an afternoon. Great beer, good people, fun times. Check out the list of all the excellent local breweries who participated. And let’s hope for a Day of Dorks 2018!
Participating breweries in 2017:
Beryl’s Beer Co
Black Shirt Brewing Co.
Blue Moon Brewing Company
Boggy Draw Breckenridge Brewery
Briar Common Brewery + Eatery
Bristol Brewing
C Squared Ciders
Colorado Plus Brew Pub
Crazy Mountain Brewing
Crestone Brewing Co.
Crystal Springs Brewing
High Hops Brewery
Holidaily Brewing Co.
Horse and Dragon
Iron Works Brewery & Pub
New Image Brewing
New Planet Brewery
Nighthawk Brewery
Odd13 Brewing
Odyssey Beerwerks
Platt Park Brewing
Prost Brewing Co.
Redstone Meadery
The Brew on Broadway
Trinity Brewing Co.
Shoes and Brews (Note: this brewery dropped out)
Wonderland Brewing Co.
One of the best nerdy movies ever!
