Colorado Startup Brews Event

There's no shortage of brew festivals in the Denver area but the Colorado Startup Brews event is a uniquely special event that's about so much more than beer.  It's about community, which we can really appreciate. 

Custom Keg Cap Tap handles awarded as trophies to top brewers at the event.

This year was the 3rd annual Colorado Startup Brews event.  This is not your typical brew fest.  There are a couple of commercial brews, but the event is really about bringing the Colorado tech startup community together to showcase their brewing talents for a good cause.  This year, the good cause was the Dear Jack Foundation, which supports kids and young adults battling cancer. Supporting this event and cause by donating customized Keg Cap Tap handles as trophies was even more important being there with a good friend and Keg Cap Tap contributor who is a cancer survivor.

It was a big fun crowd at the Colorado Startup Brews event this year!

We loved connecting with brewers from companies like Ping Identity, GoSpotCheck, BowTie and FullContact.  In addition to learning about their companies and beers they made for this year's event, it was really cool to hear from folks at companies like Ping about how they're using the Keg Cap Tap handles awarded as trophies at last year's event.  

It was also cool to hear that several companies used Co-Brew facilities and expertise to help make their brews for the event.  What a great resource for those in the Denver area and what a great team builder!

Winners have been posted, but my noteworthy brews were from Ping Identity (strawberry and Pineapple kolsch, blackberry and raspberry kolsch an imperial IPA with clementines) and GoSpotCheck (Series B.londe).  

Great label and great beer!

Thanks to Thad and Brenda from Ombud for organizing the event and including us as sponsors. Thanks to Kevin at Unique Embroidery & Engraving for the great, detailed work on the trophies. We hope to be back next year!

Custom tap handles make great brewing event trophies!

Backside of trophy handles giving credit to sponsors!

Homebrew Academy - A review and amazing homebrewer resources

Eric Shepard, a homebrewer and contributor to the Homebrew Academy, recently reviewed our Keg Cap Tap handle. Whoa. It's a great review. He understands our product completely and how it works for homebrewers. Often when we pitch our products at beer fests, homebrewers can't picture how the tap handles would work for them and how it is a  simple solution to answering the questions of what's on tap. Now, I just want to send them the link to Eric's review. 

If you're a homebrewer and not already aware of the Homebrew Academy, you need to check it out. Beyond this detailed review of our handle, the site provides great resources and interesting content that homebrewers and craft beer lovers alike should love. I know I do.

The Homebrew Academy offers homebrewing instructional courses, a weekly email newsletter, and a great blog. The Homebrew Academy blog has great content ranging from recipes, brewing tips, news, book recommendations and occasionally a product review.  

We thank Billy Broas and Eric Shepard for their great site and for sharing their impression of our tap handle. You can also find Keg Cap Tap and Homebrew Academy on Facebook.

The set of items we provided Eric for his review, including a medium silver tap handle, some wood grain caps for use with homebrews and our "Empty" cap to limit disappointment when your awesome brew blows dry.

Keg tap handle reviewed on Beer 47

A great review and photos of our handles by David at Beer 47. His site is a great resource for all things beer and homebrewing with brew and product reviews as well updates on the general brew scene events!

A Keg Cap Tap Milestone

Keg Cap Tap handles have now been sold to great people in over 15 states! Thank you to everyone for all your support thus far.

Weblog Review of the KCT kegerator tap handles

Keg Cap Tap would like to thank Bill for his review of our tap handles in his blog: bbum's weblog-o-mat.

Tap handle products available in more online locations!

Keg Cap Tap products are now available through Austin Homebrew Supply and Kegerator.com.