Hogs & Hops Brunch at Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel Kicks Off the Annual Great American Beer Festival

DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - Sep 11, 2014) - Known as the Microbrew Capital of America, Denver visitors have a clear choice of where to stay to enjoy over 150 beers on tap all in one place. The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel is not just Colorado's largest hotel, but is also Colorado's "Best Beer Hotel." With local and exotic beers on tap and located just four blocks away from the site of The Great American Beer Festival, locals and visitors alike will be hard pressed to find a better beer destination in town.

To celebrate the Great American Beer Festival, the Sheraton will offer a Hogs & Hops Brunch, to be held from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Friday, October 3 on the hotel's 16Mix patio.

"We had great fun creating the menu for the Hogs & Hops Brunch," states the Sheraton's Executive Chef Scott Skomal. "There's nothing better than bacon and a beer to start a day at the GABF!" The Hogs & Hops Brunch menu includes items such as "Pig in a Blanket" with assorted mustards; fried chicken on biscuit with mustard, Fat Tire syrup and fried onions; pork belly corn dogs with black pepper aioli; fresh corn on the cobb wrapped in bacon and pancakes made to order accompanied by fruits, berries, granola, bacon, nuts, strawberry-rhubarb compote, syrup, Nutella, and Snickers. Dessert "push pops" will include corn and bacon ice cream.

The Sheraton's Hogs & Hops Brunch will be held from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Friday, October 3. The price is $24.95 per person and includes beer tasting. Reservations are not required. In addition, during the week of Denver Beer Fest, 16 Mix will again host the annual 12 Tap Takeover, with specialty beers on tap from New Belgium, Odell's and Great Divide, made only for 16 Mix Cocktail Lounge.

The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel also embraces Colorado beer culture year round with a combined tap list of over 150 beers between 15/Fifty restaurant, 16Mix Cocktail Lounge, Katie Mullen's Irish Restaurant & Pub and the Yard House restaurants, all located on the property. The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel is located on the 16^th Street Pedestrian Mall at 1550 Court Place. Make it a night; see www.sheratondenverdowntown.com for guaranteed best rates.