MONTROSE, CO— Southwest Recent Fest at Billy Goat Hop Farm, Colorado’s marquee celebration of contemporary hop beers, returns for the third yr on Saturday, September 21 with reside music and dancing, native meals, yard video games, and a farm tour. The entire breweries pouring will serve a beer made with contemporary hops that shall be harvested at Billy Goat in coming weeks.
Southwest Recent Fest is a day to do not forget that serves the freshest beers to be discovered within the 4 Corners. Recent hop beers, generally known as harvest ales, are brewed with hops that come straight off the bine and go proper into the brew— often inside 24 hours. That’s the magic of this fleeting crop, made much more particular when you possibly can style a large number of beer expressions on the place it was cultivated and harvested.
Brewers pouring beers made with Billy Goat’s craft hops contemporary off the bine at Southwest Recent Fest are Base Camp Beer Works, Breckenridge Brewery, Colorado Boy Pizzeria & Brewery, Elevation Beer Firm, Glenwood Canyon Brewpub, Woman Justice Brewing, Milieu Fermentation, Mountain Faucet Brewery, Pomona Brewing Firm, and Stronghouse Brew Pub. Collaborating breweries all serve at the least one beer made with Billy Goat contemporary hops, and festival-goers could have an opportunity to vote on their favourite within the Better of Present competitors for the touring hop trophy. For the primary time this yr, breweries have the choice to deliver a second seasonal beer— so there’s sure to be one thing for everybody.
This yr’s bands are Liver Down The River, a 5 piece band of musicians based mostly in Durango promising a full of life good time, and Derek Dame Ohl becoming a member of from Denver, who has been described as ‘heat butter on scorching bread with blustering conduct.’
Tickets are $30 upfront and $35 day-of; $15 for designated drivers and folks beneath 21; and free for teenagers beneath 12. Get tickets to style the freshest beers made with craft hops at southwestfreshfest.com.
“Harvest is a loopy time of yr, and it’s proper across the nook,” says Billy Goat Hop Farm Co-Proprietor Audrey Gehlhausen. “Now we have a variety of good power going into this yr’s competition because of the superior help from, not solely our OG taking part brewers, but in addition people simply opening their doorways. And naturally, we’re grateful for our local people’s ongoing love and partnerships.”
The brand new Rathbone Resort and Nation Lodge will provide discounted lodging for out-of-town visitors attending Southwest Recent Fest. TelluRides will present free shuttle rides to and from each inns, the Montrose Recreation Heart, and the farm. Discover the shuttle schedule at southwestfreshfest.com.
Southwest Recent Fest is made potential by group sponsors together with Pomona Brewing Firm, Maxfield – Peterson, P.C., AgWell, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, Colorado River District, RadCraft, Northwest Rafting Firm, TelluRides, Valley Meals Partnership, Alpine Occasions, and Go to Montrose.
Contact Emily Hutto at hutto at radcraftbeer dot com with media inquiries about Southwest Recent Fest or Billy Goat Hop Farm.
ABOUT SOUTHWEST FRESH FEST
Southwest Recent Fest is the primary and solely contemporary hop beer competition within the Southwest, hosted at Billy Goat Hop Farm in Montrose, CO on September twenty first. Attendees and brewers alike can take pleasure in contemporary hop beers from throughout the area in a rad complimentary taster glass. There will even be a Pickin’ Occasion with reside bluegrass music, native meals vehicles, farm excursions, and video games… to not point out the panoramic views from the San Juan Mountains to the Grand Mesa. Come out for the festivities and keep for the recreation, magnificence, and good beers abound. Be part of the enjoyable at Billy Goat Hop Farm and rejoice harvest at Southwest Recent Fest.
Purchase tickets, signal as much as pour beer, or sponsor at southwestfreshfest.com.
ABOUT BILLY GOAT HOP FARM
Billy Goat Hop Farm is the biggest hop farm within the Southwest, offering superior high quality contemporary, complete cone, and pelletized hops on to craft brewers. Beginning in 2017, they’ve grown to 32 acres that produce 9 varieties of wonderful hops. In addition they supply further kinds of complete cone hops from different high quality growers, pelletizing them themselves to supply extra choices to their brewers. The standard of hops they produce has gained nationwide notoriety with two Cascade Cup wins. They have been the primary farm exterior of Washington or Oregon to win this prestigious award from the Hop High quality Group in 2023, after which in 2024 grew to become the primary farm ever to win back-to-back years.
House owners and farmers Chris and Audrey delight themselves on creating real farmer-brewer relations and bringing true craft into their course of. Combining conventional hands-on practices and state-of-the-art expertise, they use much less water and chemical substances which transcends right into a more healthy ecosystem, soil, and hop vegetation. Brewers benefit from the vibrant aroma and subtly distinctive taste profile imparted from Colorado’s terroir, and the eagerness poured into each step of the method. Know your farmer, Love your beer.
Be taught extra at billygoathopfarm.com.
