Hops & Pie, Wit's End and Boulder Beer celebrate birthdays; Oktoberfest rolls on

Jonathan Shikes September 26, 2012 11:22AM

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Earlier this month, President Obama's designated the 4,700-acres Chimney Rock Archaeological Area in southwestern Colorado -- an area that is sometimes called "America's Stonehenge" -- as a national monument. The move means that the area between Durango and Pagosa Springs (which was home to thousands of ancient Native Americans) should start seeing an influx of new tourists -- with new thirsts. We'll drink to that -- and so will the Pagosa Brewing Company & Grill, which has brewed a beer, Ancestral Ale, that incorporates some of the foods used by the ancient Pueblo People 1,000 years ago. Ingredients include: yellow squash, Anasazi beans, sweet corn and prickly pear cactus fruit. The beer may available during GABF.

Go to the next page for all of this week's beery events. For more, check our continually updated Great American Beer Festival 2012 calendar of awesome events.

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