Our regular group of game nighters are back for a bonus fifth-Tuesday gathering! Swing by our taproom on Tuesday, July 29th from 6pm onward for an open game night.

New members are always welcome. Open game nights offer easy, moderate, and higher level access points for all interests and capacities (because we know, we all sometimes just want to learn something fun and easy to relax after a long week!). You can jump in on a game that seems interesting to you or come prepared with a game you want to teach and share with others.

Regular game nighters are invited to join a Discord channel to stay connected on events and sign up for featured games.

We look forward to seeing you there! All are invited. Our game night space welcomes neurodiverse folx and is LGBTQ+ friendly.

Wizards, witches, and muggles: your time has come! Join us for an evening of drinks, dark arts, and deep-cut trivia at Harry Potter trivia night.

Leave the kids with the house elf and head to the pub for a night filled with questions from the books and films. Bring your cleverest friends (teams up to 6), brush up on your Hogwarts history, and prepare to duel it out for magical prizes, eternal bragging rights, and possibly a shot of Felix Felicis.

Costumes and house pride highly encouraged. Dress up and you'll be rewarded with a beer shot!

We're excited to welcome Red Sax Jazz Trio back into our taproom! Join us for two hours of live jazz while you enjoy some end-of-the-week beers.

Join us for a deliciously unique tasting experience at Fiction Beer, where flavor meets craftsmanship! Enjoy three handcrafted cheesecakes from Joyful Life Bakery, each thoughtfully paired with a specially selected craft beer.

Explore the story behind every bite and sip with detailed pairing notes, and meet the passionate bakers bringing their sweet creations to life. It’s a flavor-packed evening of gourmet desserts, craft beverages, and sweet connections you won’t want to miss!

The Pairings:
Classic Cheesecake — paired with A Beer of Very Little Brain
Lime Cheesecake — paired with Oh the Things You’ll Brew
Pecan Cheesecake — paired with Competing Omens

Please note:
Your ticket includes all three cheesecake tastings. Beer is not included, but curated beer flights are available for purchase at Fiction Beer for just $11.

Sip, savor, and discover your favorite flavor combination!

Calling all Potterheads - we have another limited glassware release for you!

This time, you'll have to choose your house - or will it choose you? Are you a brave Gryffindor or cunning Slytherin? A loyal Hufflepuff or clever Ravenclaw?

Glassware goes on sale at noon sharp, so come early to make sure you can get your house's glass!

You are cordially invited to the next meeting of the Fiction Beer Company Smutty Book Club on the 4th of August at 7pm in the evening. Be prepared to discuss The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton. Please arrive promptly and all weapons will be checked at the door.

As always, Spicy Librarian is our recommended bookstore to grab your copy!

The Fiction Beer Company Smutty Book Club meets on the first Monday of every month. We discuss our current reads, our darkest desires, and share a beverage (or two) with fellow smut enthusiasts. Be sure to check out the Facebook page to join the community and to keep up to date on the monthly polls!

Our book clubs are open and inclusive to everyone. Don't even feel bad if you didn't finish the book! While we all love to read a bit of smut, our book clubs are even more about bringing people together with similar interests.

Our regular group of game nighters are back! Swing by our taproom on Tuesday, August 5th from 6pm onward for an open game night.

New members are always welcome. Open game nights offer easy, moderate, and higher level access points for all interests and capacities (because we know, we all sometimes just want to learn something fun and easy to relax after a long week!). You can jump in on a game that seems interesting to you or come prepared with a game you want to teach and share with others.

Regular game nighters are invited to join a Discord channel to stay connected on events and sign up for featured games.

We look forward to seeing you there! All are invited. Our game night space welcomes neurodiverse folx and is LGBTQ+ friendly.

Denver Book Swap Society hosts events around the Denver metro area for people to pass along their books to new readers in exchange for different books to take home for themselves! All book types are welcome: romance, history, thriller, mystery, memoirs, cook books, etc!

$5 RSVP REQUIRED!

ALL AGES ARE WELCOME FOR THIS EVENT

How Do Our Book Swap Events Work?

Step 1: Please bring at least one book to participate, please bring more if you'd like!

Step 2: Check in with the host and lay out your books on the designated tables

Step 3: Browse through other people’s books

Step 4: You may grab up to four new (to you) books to take home per person

Step 5: Mingle with fellow book lovers and support the venue

Step 6: The leftover books get circulated back into future Book Swap events, donated to Little Free Libraries around Denver, and donated to BookGive.

Questions? Email: denverbookswapsociety@gmail.com

Book Disclaimer: While we hope you find up to 4 books that you enjoy, please note that there is no guarantee that all books will meet your preferences. We encourage you to embrace the bookish vibes and enjoy the event regardless of the selection.

Photography Disclaimer: By attending this event, you acknowledge and agree that you may be photographed or recorded. These images and recordings may be used by Book Swap Society for promotional purposes, including but not limited to social media, marketing materials, and future event promotion. If you have any concerns, please notify event staff upon arrival.

Refund Policy: Refunds are available up to 3 days prior to the event.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, & Tiktok! @denverbookswapsociety

Word on the street is the best trivia in Denver is at Fiction Beer Company - and our team of hosts-turned-owners would love to challenge your knowledge of obscure (and not-so-obscure) topics.

Each week, our regular trivia starts with a round on current events, includes a third round chosen by previous third-place winners, and finishes with a final Jeopardy-style round.

First and second-place winners get money off their next bar tab, while third-place winners get to choose a third-round topic for the next general trivia night.

Feeling crafty but want to get out of the house? We have just the event for you!

Want to work on something else crafty while you're in our taproom? Bring your own project to work on while chatting with other artsy people for the afternoon - and enjoy some delicious craft beer at the same time.

We'll also have some supplies for coloring, origami, and crochet for those of you who don't have a project in process but still want to join in and get creative.

We're excited to have Dungeons n Drafts back in our taproom! If you love tabletop roleplaying games and craft beer, this is the event for you.

How it Works:
- Buy your ticket in advance. There are a limited number for this event.
- There will be two Dungeon Masters. You can choose one or the other when you buy your ticket.
- Games run about 3 to 4 hours.

They're back! We're excited to welcome the James Barela Trio back into our taproom for three hours of live jazz.

About James Barela Trio:
James Barela is an internationally renowned jazz musician having performed with many of the biggest names in jazz and show biz. The James Barela group can vary in size from 2-20 and perform any style of jazz. From the golden age of the 1920's to contemporary jazz, the James Barela group covers it all. World class professional entertainment having served corporations and companies large and small, weddings, private parties, clubs, festivals, schools, and much more for over 30 years!

Playtest Tuesday is back! We're excited to welcome our regular group of gamers and game designers back into our taproom again.

This game night is open to all board game designers of ANY experience level, as well as players who want to help test out games still in development.

Bring prototypes in any stage or just come and give constructive feedback on your experience playing the games offered. All are welcome!

We know many of you are readers, but this evening, we're looking for those of you who write. Whether you enjoy writing poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, we'd love to welcome you into our taproom to workshop and share with peers.

Fiction Beer Company's Writers Group will meet on the second Wednesday of each month at 7pm. You'll have dedicated writing time, plus an opportunity to share your work with peers, get feedback, and be part of a collaborative group to help continue refining your writing skills.

Curiosity didn’t kill the cat—it made them great at trivia! Join us in our taproom for a cat-themed trivia night.

Our favorite connoisseurs of comfort are the center of attention for five rounds of questions on breeds, characteristics, famous cats, and more.

Teams of up to 6 can compete for paw-some prizes, including a pair of this year's limited release cat glass!

• Free to play
• First come, first served
• Cat puns encouraged

Chocolatina Q Dessert will be in our taproom selling pies and performing a few songs - singing along is encouraged! Get here early to make sure you can get the pie you want, because she sells out fast.

To guarantee you get the pies (or quiche) that you want, you can preorder on her website. Just wait until the week of the event and select Fiction's pick-up location!

She accepts payment via cash or Venmo - or you can pay ahead when you preorder.

There's no day like Caturday! Our annual event is back, including a kitten adoption event with Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue and a limited edition cat glass featuring one of any cat's proudest parts: their butts!

Cat glass release deets:
- Glassware goes on sale at noon when the taproom opens.
- Glassware purchases are first come, first served
- Each glass is $12 individually or $10 with the purchase of Neko on draft or as a 4-pack to go.

Kitten adoption event deets:
- RMFR will be on our patio with adoptable kittens from 12-3pm
- To save time, if you know you're interested in adopting, please submit your application online ahead of time. That way you can get approved before the event. Applications can be filled out here: https://www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adopt/RMFR/Cat
- Adoption Fees: kittens (<5mo) are $200 each or two for $350; teens (5mo-1yr) are $150. Adoption fees cover the cost of FIV/FeLV testing, FvRCP & Rabies vaccines, spay/neuter surgery, and microchipping.
- Kittens/cats adopted from RMFR are included in Connect for Care, a program developed by the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association and CATalyst Council. ​The Connect for Care program provides newly adopted pets with a complimentary wellness exam and $250 of treatment for common illnesses in the event your kitty gets sick after adoption at a participating veterinary practice. Please plan to schedule an exam right away; the appointment must be within 14 days of adoption to qualify.
- Not all kittens will be ready to take home the day of the event.
- Donations welcome! Stay tuned for a list of needed items.

Join us in our taproom on August 18th to welcome Mike Ayers for the release of his latest book, Sharing the Groove! If you're a Dead-Head, Phish fanatic, or love any of the 90s jam bands like Dave Matthews and Blues Traveler, swing by to grab a copy of the book and get it signed.

Plus, stick around for Mike in conversation with Fiction co-owner, Elise Sjostedt - and maybe ask some questions of your own.

About Mike Ayers:
Mike Ayers is a seasoned music and culture journalist, with work published in Billboard, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, TIME Magazine, Reuters, Uproxx, and Relix. His first book, One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death and Music, was published in 2020 and picked as one of Variety's Best Music Books of the year.

About the book:
The wild, untold oral history of the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s jam band scene.

Sharing in the Groove is the untold oral history behind the unlikely rise of Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and numerous other bands that helped define the 1990s jam band scene — a scene that paved the way for modern-day cultural institutions such as the Bonnaroo Music Festival, as well as kept the Grateful Dead ethos alive. It was also a scene with its own values and its own unique interactions with fame, record labels, MTV, drugs, and success.

As a veteran music journalist, Mike Ayers has been to more than 130 Phish shows, 20 Grateful Dead shows, and countless others by the bands profiled in this book. In the mid-90s, he stumbled upon a job working backstage for Phish as a prep cook in exchange for all-access passes for the night’s show, and ended up doing this for years. Later in the decade, he dabbled in the taping scene and recorded numerous shows that are still circulated online today.

Filled with anecdotes and stories directly from the musicians, promoters, managers, roadies, producers, label executives, and fans that lived this scene, Sharing in the Groove is a fun, fast-paced oral history that will appeal to music lovers everywhere.

This month, we're heading back to school - but at Scholomance, getting to graduation is life or death, literally. We'll dive into the world of A Deadly Education by Naomi Novir and unlock the secrets of a school with no teachers.

The Fiction Beer Company Book Club meets on the third Monday of every month at 7pm. We discuss the monthly read, our ever-growing TBR list, and enjoy a beverage (or two) with the company of our fellow bookish nerds. Finishing the book isn’t required, but you’ll just have to live with the spoilers.

Word on the street is the best trivia in Denver is at Fiction Beer Company - and our team of hosts-turned-owners would love to challenge your knowledge of obscure (and not-so-obscure) topics.

Each week, our regular trivia starts with a round on current events, includes a third round chosen by previous third-place winners, and finishes with a final Jeopardy-style round.

First and second-place winners get money off their next bar tab, while third-place winners get to choose a third-round topic for the next general trivia night.

Word on the street is the best trivia in Denver is at Fiction Beer Company - and our team of hosts-turned-owners would love to challenge your knowledge of obscure (and not-so-obscure) topics.

Each week, our regular trivia starts with a round on current events, includes a third round chosen by previous third-place winners, and finishes with a final Jeopardy-style round.

First and second-place winners get money off their next bar tab, while third-place winners get to choose a third-round topic for the next general trivia night.

Music video bingo with Brain Reaction Trivia is back! There's no quizzing with this event - Sir Lanka will play themed rounds of music videos, you mark them off your bingo sheet, and shout BINGO as loud as you can!

All materials are provided and it's free to play. Just show up, have fun, and win prizes!

Get ready for a books and beer afternoon! We're excited to host The Teeny Tiny Bookshop again on Sunday, August 30th! They'll be parked outside the taproom from 1-4pm with a selection of books in their adorable trailer.

Swing by to grab some books, then stay to enjoy some brews!

If you can spell any word from B-E-E-R to O-N-O-M-A-T-O-P-O-E-I-A, prove it at our Grown-Up Spelling Bee! Compete in rounds that get increasingly difficult until you're the last one standing.

We'll have a special prize for our winner and opportunities for free beer.