With the Denver Rare Beer Tasting, pints4prostates has one core mission: to raise funds for prostate cancer. 🍺
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Many beer festivals include a charitable component or multiple donation causes; these fundraisers are critical to organizations worldwide. With the, Pints for Prostates has one core mission: to raise funds for prostate cancer. A simple blood test saved organizer Rick Lyke's life in 2008, and the money raised since then has gone toward saving other lives."The craft beer community has embraced our mission," says Lyke."Over the years, the money raised at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting has helped fund free health screening events across the country for thousands of people."
Lyke relies on a troop of volunteers, a majority of them local and many of them returning every year, to set up, maintain and clean up the event. But while the focus of the cause is all about men's health, the beer isn't an afterthought — Rare Beers pours some of the best brews from around the country. At this year's event, set for Friday, September 22, at the McNichols Building, breweries from New York to Texas to California will be pouring some rare gems and sought-after variants.
"Rare beers is one of the few festivals that I look forward to yearly," says Brandon Buckner, co-owner of Bottle Logic Brewing, one of the fest's returning participants."We get the opportunity to show off one of our unique limited offerings with fans and our industry peers, and it's all for a great cause."The Denver Rare Beer Tasting comes close to the end of
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