2019 WeldWerks Invitational Announces Saturday’s Pour List

One of the country’s most prolific new beer festivals returns this Saturday in the 2019 WeldWerks Invitational, and we now know exactly what to expect. The Greeley, CO-based brewery has announced their pour list for Saturday’s SOLD OUT event taking place at the DoubleTree Hotel Greeley and this all-star lineup of heavy hitters ensures there will be no sophomore slump.

While this year’s pour list may not have the volume of individual beer name recognition as last year’s lineup, which included Barrel-Aged Abraxas, Duck Duck Gooze, and Toppling Goliath’s Assassin to name a few, this year’s collection does boast a few immediate stand-outs such as Perennial’s Maman 2018, Bottle Logic’s El Duende, Holy Mountain’s King’s Head, Amalgam’s Other Realms + Vanilla, More Brewing’s Barrel Aged Henna: Coconut, Cinnamon, Maple and Vanilla.

The Lost Abbey Duck Duck Gooze — Photo by Justin Graziano, @BeerBreathCo

Additionally, where the real intrigue lies as was evidenced by last year’s fest, is in the quality of rising young breweries attending that aren’t typically available in Colorado, who’s names may only seem familiar to die hards. Such is the case with Moksa Brewing, Horus Aged Ales, Superstition Meadery, The Veil, Southern Grist, 3 Sons, Hop Butcher for the World, and Other Half to name a few.

As hosts, WeldWerks will also once again use the platform to flex its own muscles with a trio of Medianoche barrel-aged stout single barrel variant releases Bananas Foster Medianoche, Ice Cream Sundae Medianoche, and Coffee Rye Medianoche which will be accompanied by the more familiar 18 Month Medianoche, Coconut Medianoche, Rye Vanilla Medianoche, Bourbon Brandy Medianoche, and Starry Noche.

WeldWerks will also be kicking off the weekend on Friday with 9 can releases and several taproom only tappings. Can releases which have been announced thus far include Peach Pie Berliner, Peanut Butter Cup Achromatic, Evil Pastry Stout Factory with peanut flour, graham cracker, marshmallow, coconut + maple syrup, Revenge of the Evil Haze Factory featuring Citra, Sabro and Lotus hops, Double Orange Creamsicle Milkshake, Guava Lime Gose, and S’more Like a Sour, a kettle sour brewed with smoked malt, milk chocolate, toasted marshmallows, vanilla + milk sugar, You Can’t Do That to IPA, a collaboration with Cerebral Brewing, Blue Raspberry IPA made with Citra Mosaic, Vic Secret, Galaxy Hops and 40,928 blue raspberry gummies, and Advanced Fluid Dynamics, a Hazy DIPA brewed with Sabro and Lotus hops.

Invitational Weekend-only Medianoche releases include three new single barrel Medianoche variants. These include Bananas Foster Medianoche, aged in a Jamaican rum barrel for over 20 months with over 50 lbs of ripe bananas, brûléed with Turbinado sugar, along with cinnamon, vanilla, and even more caramelized Turbinado sugar added, Coffee Rye Medianoche brewed with chocolate and crystal rye malts, which was aged in a freshly emptied 10-year rye whiskey barrel for over 20 months. After nearly two years of barrel aging, WeldWerks cold-conditioned their single barrel of Medianoche with a blend of four different roasts of Peruvian coffee from Zoe’s coffee and one more Medianoche variant, and Coconut Brandy Medianoche, aged 19 months in a freshly emptied 7-year California XO Brandy barrel, then conditioned on 50 lbs of toasted coconut and raw coconut.

Saturday’s schedule will also kick off with an expanded silent auction beginning at 10am and concluding at 3pm. This year’s auction items include offerings from

Amalgam Brewing
American Solera
Barrel Culture Brewing and Blending
Bearded Iris Brewing
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales
Casa Agria Specialty Ales
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
Fremont Brewing
Horus Aged Ales
Mikerphone Brewing
More Brewing Co.
Other Half Brewing Company
Our Mutual Friend Brewery
Perennial Artisan Ales
Prairie Artisan Ales
Side Project Brewing
Southern Grist Brewing Co
Superstition Meadery
The Bruery
The Lost Abbey
The Rare Barrel
The Veil Brewing Co.
Voodoo Brewery
Wiley Roots Brewing Company

Now here’s your first look at the 2019 WeldWerks Invitational Pour List

Brewery Name	City, State	Beer Name	Style	ABV
Mikerphone	Chicago, IL	Barrel-Aged Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	11
Mikerphone	Chicago, IL	Barrel-Aged Imperial Smells Like Bean Spirit: DMV	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	11.5
Mikerphone	Chicago, IL	Rhubarb Love	Fruited Berliner Weisse	8.5
Mikerphone	Chicago, IL	Tiki, Do You Love Me?	Fruited Hazy DIPA	9
Crooked Stave	Denver, CO	Bourbon Barrel Imperial Oatmeal Stout	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	12.1
Crooked Stave	Denver, CO	Persica Grand Cru	Oak Aged Golden Sour	6.1
Crooked Stave	Denver, CO	Member Berries: Tempranillo	Oak Aged Golden Sour	7.6
Crooked Stave	Denver, CO	Raspberry Origins (Tawny Port Barrel)	Wine Barrel Burgundy Sour	6.4
Black Project	Denver, CO	STARGATE:VANILLA	BBA Golden Sour	7
Black Project	Denver, CO	Oxcart: Blend B (2018)	Gueuze-Style Spontaneous Ale	6.2
Black Project	Denver, CO	HABU: Cherry \| Chocolate	Fruited Spontaneous Ale	6.9
Jester King	Austin, TX	SPON Grapefruit	Fruited Spontaneous Ale	5.5
Jester King	Austin, TX	SPON Three Year Blend	Gueuze-Style Spontaneous Ale	5.5
Jester King	Austin, TX	Aurelian Lure	Barrel Aged Sour	6.1
Jester King	Austin, TX	Montmorency vs. Balaton	Barrel Aged Sour	6.1
TRVE	Denver, CO	Beatin' The Odds	Mixed Culture Ale	5.9
TRVE	Denver, CO	Bring On The Clouds	Mixed Culture Ale	5.7
The Rare Barrel	Berkeley, CA	Summer's Gonna Hurt You	Oak Aged Golden Sour	6.3
The Rare Barrel	Berkeley, CA	Kerfuffle 2018	Oak Aged Golden Sour	7.8
Kane	Ocean Township, NJ	A Night To End All Dawns	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	12.4
Kane	Ocean Township, NJ	Stacking Casks	Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine	12.9
Kane	Ocean Township, NJ	El Dorado Punch	Fruited IPA	7.3
The Bruery	Placentia, CA	Fudge Brownie So Happens Its Tuesday	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	14.1
The Bruery	Placentia, CA	Almond Joy So Happens Its Tuesday	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	14.2
The Bruery	Placentia, CA	Cherryversary	Wine Barrel Aged Ale	15.8
The Bruery	Placentia, CA	Sour Tangie	Sour Rye Ale	8
Firestone Walker	Paso Robles, CA	Maple Parabola	Barrel Aged Stout	10
Firestone Walker	Paso Robles, CA	SLOambic	Oak Aged Wild Ale	5.8
Casey	Glenwood Springs, CO	One Key: Double Fruited Funky Blender - Apricot + Peach	Oak Aged Sour Ale	7
Casey	Glenwood Springs, CO	One Key: Double Fruited East Bank - Apricot and Peaches	Oak Aged Sour Ale	7
Casey	Glenwood Springs, CO	Funky Blender Preserves - Blackberry	Oak Aged Sour Ale	7
Casey	Glenwood Springs, CO	Funky Blender Preserves - Raspberry+Blackberry+Cherry	Oak Aged Sour Ale	7
Other Half	Brooklyn, NY	Bourbon BA Pastry Town Imperial Stout	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13
Other Half	Brooklyn, NY	Mosaic Daydream	Oat Cream IPA	6
Other Half	Brooklyn, NY	HDHC More Citra than All Citra	Imperial IPA	10.5
Other Half	Brooklyn, NY	Tumbleweeds	Helles Lager	4.8
Modern Times	San Diego, CA	Monsters' Park Blackberry Cobbler	Barrel Aged Stout	14.2
Modern Times	San Diego, CA	DDH Timewave Zero	Hazy DIPA	8.5
Our Mutual Friend	Denver, CO	Vanilla Thanatoid	Barrel Aged Stout	12.9
Our Mutual Friend	Denver, CO	Chéne Péche	Foeder Sour Beer	6.3
Our Mutual Friend	Denver, CO	Baraka	Red Wine Barrel Saison	8
Our Mutual Friend	Denver, CO	The Fizz	Keller Pils	4.8
Lost Abbey	San Diego, CA	Zinners and Saints	Oak Aged Sour Ale	7
Lost Abbey	San Diego, CA	Agave Maria Reserva	Tequila Barrel Aged Strong Ale	14
Lost Abbey	San Diego, CA	Citrus Sin	Fruited Wild Ale	7
Perennial	St. Louis, MO	Maman 2018	Barrel Aged Stout	13
Perennial	St. Louis, MO	DDH Cave Torch	Hazy IPA	6.7
Perennial	St. Louis, MO	Nothing to Find	Oak Aged Saison	6.2
New Belgium	Fort Collins, CO	Chocolate Barrels on Barrels on Barrels	Barrel Aged Stout	13
New Belgium	Fort Collins, CO	DDH NEIPA	Hazy IPA	8.5
New Belgium	Fort Collins, CO	Err on the Side of Awesome	Barrel Aged Sour	7.2
New Belgium	Fort Collins, CO	L'Amour en Cage	Fruited Golden Sour	7.7
Holy Mountain	Seattle, WA	King's Head	Bourbon Barrel Aged Brown Ale	11
Holy Mountain	Seattle, WA	Demonteller Saison	Foudre Aged Saison	5.1
Pinthouse Pizza	Austin, TX	Time's Person of the Year	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	10.5
Pinthouse Pizza	Austin, TX	DDH Bailing Room	West Coast IPA	7.2
Pinthouse Pizza	Austin, TX	Galaxy DDH Electric Jellyfish	Hazy IPA	6.5
Fremont	Seattle, WA	Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star: Coffee Edition 2017	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13.6
Fremont	Seattle, WA	Nancy	Fruited Saison	6.3
Fremont	Seattle, WA	Head Full of Dynomite, V 11	Hazy IPA	6.8
Fremont	Seattle, WA	Brother	Imperial IPA	8.5
Moksa	Rocklin, CA	Deluxe	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	14.7
Moksa	Rocklin, CA	Exorbitance	Imperial Stout	13.7
Moksa	Rocklin, CA	Moksa Mule	Sour Blonde	5.5
Moksa	Rocklin, CA	Rocklin Lager	Dry Hopped Pilsner	4.9
Outer Range	Frisco, CO	Pastels IPA	Hazy IPA	6.3
Outer Range	Frisco, CO	Final Summit	Farmhouse Ale	6.7
Bearded Iris	Nashville, TN	Rat-a-tat	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	10
Bearded Iris	Nashville, TN	Mood Ring - Raspberry	Milkshake DIPA	8.5
Bearded Iris	Nashville, TN	Flamingo Road - Strawberry Peach	Fruited Sour	6
Bearded Iris	Nashville, TN	Escape Artist	Hazy DIPA	8
Casa Agria	Oxnard, CA	Strickland Ranch Wild Ale	Mixed Culture Sour	6.3
Casa Agria	Oxnard, CA	Bayas de la Casa	Fruited Foeder Saison	6.1
Amalgam	Denver, CO	Other Realms + Vanilla	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	14
Amalgam	Denver, CO	Continuum	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	12
Amalgam	Denver, CO	Hidden Bridges	Barrel Aged Saison	4.8
Liquid Mechanics	Lafayette, CO	Revolver	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13
Liquid Mechanics	Lafayette, CO	Notoriously BRÜTal	Grape Brut Sour	6.4
Liquid Mechanics	Lafayette, CO	Lucid AF	West Coast IPA	7
Voodoo	Meadville, PA	Summagick	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	11.9
Voodoo	Meadville, PA	Black Magick aged in Bourbon Brandy Casks	Bourbon Brandy Barrel Aged Stout	13
Voodoo	Meadville, PA	Зангиеф Aged In Whiskey Tawny Porto Casks	Port Cask Aged Stout	14.6
Voodoo	Meadville, PA	Really Thin Pancakes aged in Bourbon Barrels	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	12.8
Superstition	Prescott, AZ	Aperçu	Oak Aged Apricot Saison Mead	14
Superstition	Prescott, AZ	Hit the Silk	Lemon, Coconut + Vanilla Mead	14
Superstition	Prescott, AZ	Framboesa Atando	Port Barrel Aged Raspberry Mead	13
Superstition	Prescott, AZ	Blueberry Spaceship Box	Blueberry Cider	5.5
Boulevard	Kansas City, MO	Smooth Fuzz	Oak Aged Belgian Ale	7.2
Boulevard	Kansas City, MO	Coffee Imperial Stout Aged in Grape Brandy Barrels	Imperial Stout	13.8
The Veil	Richmond, VA	Cognac Sleeping Forever	Cognac Barrel Aged Stout	13
The Veil	Richmond, VA	Tefnut	Imperial Gose-style Ale	11
Horus	Oceanside, CA	Proper Dose	Imperial Stout	13.9
Horus	Oceanside, CA	Deepest Shade	Barrel Aged Stout	15.5
Horus	Oceanside, CA	Eagle's Exclusivity	Imperial Stout	15.7
Burial	Asheville, NC	Death and the Miser	Red Wine Barrel Aged Sour	8
Burial	Asheville, NC	Anno Domini MMXIX	Imperial Stout	14
Burial	Asheville, NC	Ain't It Wild	Fruited Hazy IPA	8.6
Burial	Asheville, NC	Innertube	Adjunct Lager	3.5
Wiley Roots	Greeley, CO	Wooden Spoon & Whisk	Imperial Stout	12
Wiley Roots	Greeley, CO	Vanilla Anonym	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13
More Brewing	Villa Park, IL	Barrel Aged Henna: Coconut, Cinnamon, Maple and Vanilla	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13.5
More Brewing	Villa Park, IL	Hophorescent	Hazy DIPA	8.2
Great Notion	Portland, OR	Berries and Cream	Imperial Stout	11
Great Notion	Portland, OR	Juice Reviver	Barrel Aged Sour IPA	6.5
Great Notion	Portland, OR	Guava Mochi	Fruited Hazy IPA	7.2
Great Notion	Portland, OR	Jammy Pants	Fruited Kettle Sour	7
Cerebral	Denver, CO	Barrel Aged Safe Word	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13.5
Cerebral	Denver, CO	Prime Lens	Barrel Aged Saison	7
Cerebral	Denver, CO	You Can’t Do That To IPA	Fruited IPA	7.2
Cerebral	Denver, CO	Tactical Maneuver	Foeder Aged Helles	5.5
Barrel Culture	Durham, NC	Erosion Theories: Mango Guava	Mixed Culture Farmhouse Ale	6.5
Barrel Culture	Durham, NC	Pie Time: Blueberry	American Wild Ale	6.3
Primitive Beer	Longmont, CO	Island of Zeros	Oak Fermented Spontaneous Ale	6
Primitive Beer	Longmont, CO	Petit Bon Vivant (P-04)	Oak Fermented Spontaneous Ale	5
Primitive Beer	Longmont, CO	Tidal Wave of Mystery	Oak Fermented Spontaneous Ale	6
Primitive Beer	Longmont, CO	ZUURSTOK	Oak Fermented Spontaneous Ale	6
Southern Grist	Nashville, TN	Batch One Theory: Fluffernutter	Barrel Aged Stout	12
Southern Grist	Nashville, TN	Double Fruited Marshmallow Passion Fruit Pineapple Hill	Fruited Sour Ale	5.6
New Image	Arvada, CO	Maceration - Blackberry, Plum, Raspberry	Wine Barrel Aged Mixed Culture Ale	6.5
New Image	Arvada, CO	Hey, Bartender - Rum Runner	Rum Barrel Aged Mixed Culture Ale	7.5
New Image	Arvada, CO	Hey, Bartender - Blood and Sand	Scotch Barrel Aged Barleywine	10.5
New Image	Arvada, CO	East Coast Transplant - Mango Sunrise	Fruited Hazy DIPA	8.5
Side Project	St. Louis, MO	Derivation Blend #10	Rum Barrel Aged Stout	14
Side Project	St. Louis, MO	Derivation Blend #9	Barrel Aged Stout	14
Side Project	St. Louis, MO	Raspe	Oak Aged Wild Ale	7
Side Project	St. Louis, MO	Abricot du Fermier	Oak Aged Saison	8
American Solera	Tulsa, OK	Apple Cinnamon Dilemma	Apple Brandy Barrel Aged Stout	12
American Solera	Tulsa, OK	Distraction’s Grasp	Imperial Stout	14
American Solera	Tulsa, OK	Merlot Bat House	Foeder Aged Ale	10
American Solera	Tulsa, OK	An Offering of Guava	Sour IPA	7.4
Prairie	Tulsa, OK	Little Festival On The Prairie Ale	Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout	13
Prairie	Tulsa, OK	Rainbow Sherbet	Fruited Sour Ale	5.2
Prairie	Tulsa, OK	Deja Vous	Farmhouse Ale	4.8
Hop Butcher	Chicago, IL	Buffalo Trace Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout	Bourbon Barred Aged Stout	13
Hop Butcher	Chicago, IL	Numerous Different Things	Fruited Hazy DIPA	7.5
Hop Butcher	Chicago, IL	I Want To Believe	Hazy DIPA	7.5
Hop Butcher	Chicago, IL	The Jewels	Hazy DIPA	7.5
Bottle Logic	Anaheim, CA	Details and Dialects	Double Barrel Aged Fruited Strong Ale	14
Bottle Logic	Anaheim, CA	El Duende	Bourbon Barred Aged Stout	14
Bottle Logic	Anaheim, CA	Pele Punch	Fruited Sour Ale	5
3 Sons	Dania Beach, FL	Barrel Aged Imperial Double Scoop	Bourbon Barred Aged Stout	13
3 Sons	Dania Beach, FL	DDH Galactic Space Juice	Hazy DIPA	9.2
3 Sons	Dania Beach, FL	Guava Margarita Acres	Fruited Berliner Weisse	6.3
3 Sons	Dania Beach, FL	Passionfruit Tropical Acres	Fruited Berliner Weisse	6.3
Trophy	Raleigh, NC	Heavyweight Champ Aged in OBX Rum Barrels	Rum Barrel Aged Stout	12
Trophy	Raleigh, NC	Pineapple Now & Laters (w/More Pineapple)	Fruited Hazy DIPA	9
Trophy	Raleigh, NC	Foam Party	Pilsner	4.5
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Juicy Bits	Hazy IPA	6.7
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Double Orange Creamsicle Milkshake	Hazy DIPA	8.5
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Peanut Butter Cup Achromatic	Imperial Stout	9.7
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Bananas Foster Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	14.4
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	18 Month Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	14.2
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Mosaic DDH Juicy Bits	Hazy IPA	6.7
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Evil Pastry Stout Factory Strikes Back	Imperial Stout	10.7
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Coffee Rye Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	13.9
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Ice Cream Sundae Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	14.7
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Coconut Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	13.9
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Revenge of the Evil Haze Factory	Hazy DIPA	8.7
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Peach Pie Berliner	Fruited Berliner	4.2
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Coconut Brandy Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Rye Vanilla Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	13.9
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Advanced Fluid Dynamics	Hazy DIPA	9.2
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Guava Lime Gose	Fruited Gose-style Ale	4.4
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Bourbon Brandy Medianoche	Barrel Aged Stout	13.4
WeldWerks	Greeley, CO	Sweet Disposition	Barrel Aged Stout	13.8

In addition to WeldWerks’ weekend of festivities, nearby Patrick’s Pub, a longstanding highly esteemed beer bar in Greeley will be hosting a pre-fest tap takeover featuring special tappings from many of the participating guest breweries. Tappings include entries from Bearded Iris, Mikerphone, Side Project, Southern Grist, Trophy, Casey, Crooked Stave, Modern Times, New Image, OMF, Outer Range, Perennial, Prairie, The Lost Abby, and Wiley Roots.

Speaking of Wiley Roots, they’ve also announced that they will be releasing a trio of new beers on draft and in cans to-go. These releases include: Sangria Slush, a Sour Ale with puréed Oranges and Lemons, refermented with Pinot Noir and Syrah Grape Must, Swatches National Grassland an East Coast IPA with Mosaic and Cascade hops, and Wooden Spoon & Whisk Double Fudge Chocolate Brownie, a double-mash Imperial Stout with Dark Chocolate, Cacao Nibs, and Vanilla.