Latin-owned brewery brings music, beer releases, more to community celebration

Thirst Staff reports

There are plenty of events all over the region for Denver Beer Week (see our story for highlights), but Cheluna Brewing Company is hosting its own full week of eventes y chelas (events and beers).

Cheluna was the first Latin-owned and –operated brewery in Colorado, and opened 5 years ago in Stanley Marketplace. It’s technically in Aurora, but just over the border from Denver’s Central Park neighborhood.

And Cheluna is celebrating like it’s in Denver. It will tap Belga con Pasión, a passion fruit-infused Belgian Saison on Friday, Sept. 10, to kick off the festivities.

On Sunday, Sept. 12, Rudy Grant & The Screaming Eagles will play country music at the brewery from 4 to 6 p.m.

If you need to run off all that beer, Cheluna’s weekly running group meets at the brewery at 5:30 on Tuesdays.

Ballet Folklorico dancers and music begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 15, in celebration of “El Grito” and Mexican independence.

The brewery also will host karaoke and a stein hoisting contest at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17 (also, frontline COVID-19 workers get half-priced beer every Friday). Saturday takes Cheluna to Suave Fest, a Latino craft beer festival, in west Denver.

Salud!