Gnarly Barley Brew Festival August 7 The Ranch
June 9, 2010 | 
Author SECOND ANNUAL EVENT AT THE RANCH
Gnarly Barley Brew Festival, presented by Shock Top, will be at Larimer County Fair Saturday, August 7, at The Ranch in Loveland, where pouring will begin at 1 p.m. The Brew Festival will be an afternoon of live music, and the sampling of over 60 craft brews, all for a great cause. A portion of every ticket purchased will go towards Loveland’s House of Neighborly Service.
Fair-goers attending Gnarly Barley should prepare for an array of local and national brew tastes, including Colorado ‘Home Grown’ Budweiser, New Belgium, Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing, Boulder Beer Company and for the first time to the Festival, Boston Beer Company. Gnarly Barley will include brew sampling, food and beer pairing, and People’s Choice Award voted on by Gnarly Barley attendees. The judging for the homebrew competition will take place at the Holiday Inn Express in Loveland.
Admission for Gnarly Barley is $15 and includes a souvenir mug and six sampling tokens. Additional tokens will be available for only $1. Anyone 21 years of age and older may participate in the beer sampling and enjoy a wide variety of craft beers by local and nationally acclaimed breweries. For more information about Gnarly Barley, log onto www.GnarlyBarleyBrewFest.com.
The musical acts for the event include local favorites Watertower, Archie Funker, Josh Blackburn and Steve Haven and the Mad Cow Posse.
The Fort Collins Brewery will kick off Gnarly Barley Brew Festival with a Brew Master Dinner on Friday night, August 6 held in the Executive Club Restaurant and patio at Budweiser Event Center. Tickets, $60 per couple or $35 individually, will include a five-course meal, as well as a chance to hear FCB brew masters share their craft and the art of food and beer pairing. To purchase your tickets to the Beer Pairing Dinner, call Joyce Scoggins at 970-619-4013 or log onto www.GnarlyBarleyBrewFest.com
The 2010 Larimer County Fair, presented by Ranch-Way Feeds, runs from August 6 to August 10 at The Ranch in Loveland. Events at this year’s Fair include Gnarly Barley Brew Festival, presented by Shock Top on Saturday, August 7, JAX Timber Works Lumberjack shows, Splash Dogs, Pedersen Toyota’s PRCA Rodeo and much more. Go to www.LarimerCountyFair.org for more information and complete schedule.
The Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds and Events Complex, located in Loveland, CO, opened in 2003 and is owned and operated by Larimer County. The Ranch consists of the Budweiser Events Center, a 7,200 seat multi-purpose arena managed by Global Spectrum, the Ranch-Way Feeds Indoor Arena and Livestock Pavilions, the First National Bank Exhibition Halls, and the Thomas M. McKee 4-H, Youth & Community Building. The Ranch hosts more than 2,000 events annually and is home to the Larimer County Fair and PRCA Rodeo. For more information visit www.TREventComplex.com
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