Every Thursday morning for as long as I can remember, Great Divide Brewing hosts a hospitality reception at their production brewery near Coors Field for brewers, media and their distributors. It’s always a fun event with great cheeses, desserts and other tasty comestibles. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to make it this year, but my morning judging session ended with enough time to cab over to the brewery with a few other similarly minded judges.

A packed house at Great Divide’s hospitality reception.

Friends and colleagues Stephen Beaumont and Tom Dalldorf.

Who let this clown in? Actually, this is Great Divide’s keg washer, who used to be with Cirque du Soleil.

Matt Brynildson, from Firestone Walker Brewing, gets a peck from Jennifer Talley, of Squatter’s Pub Brewery, who is not his wife.

The only couple to have both won Beer Drinker of the Year, Cornelia Corey and Ray McCoy.

Britt Antrim (center) showing off his new equipment to Jason Ebel, from Two Brothers Brewing (left) and Fal Allen, with Asia Pacific Breweries in Singapore.