15th Annual Telluride
Blues & Brews Festival
and Grand Tasting
See it - Smell It – Taste It! Come Savor the Finest Microbrews at Telluride Blues & Brews, held September 12-14, in Telluride, Colorado!

Beer connoisseurs rejoice!  It’s time for the 15th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and Grand Tasting. The festival, which takes place September 12-14, will host the Grand Tasting on Saturday, September 13, 2008, from Noon - 3:00 pm on festival grounds.  Featuring more than 150 beers from 53 of the finest microbreweries in the country, the Grand Tasting is quickly becoming a favorite tasting event for beer lovers.

During the Grand Tasting, all of the microbreweries compete in the Best of Fest competition, sponsored by Draft Magazine.  Last year’s Best of Fest winner, Sweetwater Brewing Company has had its share of wins in major beer competitions.  In addition to Best of Fest trophies in 2005 and 2007, this stellar microbrewery has taken home awards and medals from GABF and World Beer Cup competitions.  Sweetwater isn’t the only award winner attending Telluride Blues & Brews; many of the participating breweries have also taken home their share of awards from the World Beer Cup, Great American Beer Festival (GABF), North American Brewers Association (NABA) and World Beer Championships. 

Throughout the weekend, get your fill of cream of the barrel brews at the House of Brews Tent.  The Telluride Blues & Brews Official Beer Sponsor, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, along with Great Divide Brewing Co., Oskar Blues Brewery, Ska Brewing Company and Smuggler’s Brewpub & Grill, will all be serving their finest brews for festival goers. 

Featured Microbreweries include: Amicas, Anchor Brewing Co., Aspen Brewing Company. Boston Beer Company, Boulder Beer Company, Bristol Brewing Company
Bull & Bush, Carver Brewing Co., CB & Potts Restaurant and Brewery, Cooper Smith's Pub & Brewing, Deschutes Brewery, Dillon Dam Brewery, Dolores River Brewing
Durango Brewing Company, Eske's Brewery, Flagstaff Brewing Company, Flying Dog Brewery, Four + Brewing, Four Peaks Brewing Company, Grand Canyon Brewing, Great Divide Brewing Co., Gunnison Brewing Company, High Desert Brewing Company, Kelly's Brewery, Moab Brewery, New Belgium Brewing Company, Odell Brewing Company, Oskar Blues Brewery, Pagosa Brewing, Palisade Brewing, Phantom Canyon Brewing Co., Pitchers Brewery, Rock Bottom Brewery – Downtown, Rock Bottom Brewery – S. Denver, Rockslide Brewpub, Rockyard Brewing Company, San Luis Valley Brewing Company, Santa Fe Brewing Company, Silverton Brewery, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Ska Brewing Company, Smuggler's Brewpub & Grille, Socorro Springs Brewing Company, Spoetzel (Shiner), Steamworks Brewing Company, Stone Brewing Company, Sweetwater Brewing Co., Three Rivers Eatery & Brewhouse, Trinidad Brewing Company, Twisted Pine Brewing Company, Uinta Brewing Company, Unibroue Brasserie, and Wolf Rock Brewing.
 

Featured Performers include: The performers for the 15th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival include Etta James and the Roots Band, Gov’t Mule, John Hiatt and The Ageless Beauties, Joan Osborne, Susan Tedeschi, The Derek Trucks Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Blind Boys of Alabama, G. Love & Special Sauce, John Butler Trio, Canned Heat and many more!

One of the most scenic music festivals in the country, the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival takes place in Telluride, Colorado, a world-famous resort town in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.  The festival is a three-day celebration of music and microbrews, held in Telluride Town Park, an outdoor music venue with breathtaking mountains for a backdrop.  By day, experience live blues, rock, gospel and soul performances, the best microbrews in Colorado, a wide variety of food and craft vendors, children’s activities and more – all on festival grounds.  By night, follow the festival as it flows into the town of Telluride, with late night juke joints and after-hours jams.