Denver Rare Beer Tasting has been canceled because of COVID-19

A fashionable Denver brew festival walked backmost connected plans to big a 2021 lawsuit this week, offering a somber awesome of however the ongoing pandemic could interaction autumn events.

The Denver Rare Beer Tasting, slated for Sept. 9, has been canceled owed to the resurgence successful cases of COVID-19, organizers announced Monday.

“Back successful June erstwhile we decided to determination guardant with the event, rates of caller cases were dropping and vaccination rates were moving forward. We were optimistic that we had turned a country and by September we could instrumentality precautions to safely big the event,” said Rick Lyke, laminitis of lawsuit co-host Pints for Prostates, successful a statement. “However, the latest accusation connected the Delta variant, on with the upward inclination of caller cases, gave america pause.”

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations person risen successful caller weeks, arsenic statewide vaccination rates person besides slowed. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 5,583 caller cases successful the week ending Sunday, which was the highest full since mid-May. Just implicit 70% of eligible Coloradans are vaccinated, according to Gov. Jared Polis.

The Rare Beer Tasting was expected to beryllium the lone portion of Denver’s revered Great American Beer Festival to instrumentality spot successful 2021 aft other ticketed events were canceled successful April. Ticket-holders volition person a afloat refund, according to the organizers.

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