Darkness Day. Our favorite day of the year. Created by the fans, curated by Surly, crafted for everyone who loves beer, metal, punk, fire, spectacle, and the occasional goat. We gather to celebrate the first sip of 2024 Darkness, our legendary imperial stout, along with variants, vintages, collaborations, and so much more. What started as a hearty band of craft beer diehards shivering in a parking lot is now one of America’s most beloved beer festivals. Welcome to Darkness Day.

October 5th, 2024 – 11AM – Midnight

Event is free to attend.

Darkness plays well with others. Every year, we ask our brewers to make their own riff on our classic stout and invite our friends in the industry to collaborate as well. Throw in a couple surprises and our annual release of WET, and there’s more than enough to warm even the most jaded beer geek’s heart.

ON DRAFT ALL DAY:

• Darkness 2024 (duh)
• WET
• Deathwestern Dark Lager (collab w/TRVE)
• Wackelbier Strong Lager (collab w/Revolution)
• Sunset Cream Orange Cream Ale
• Bitter Brewer

TIMED TAPPINGS:

11:00AM–2024 Brewers’ Variants

• Horchata Darkness (Joe Nourse)
• Marzipan Darkness (Sam Goertz)
• PSL Darkness (Matthew McKenna)

Noon–2024 In-Market Darkness Variants Preview

• Cola Darkness
• Double Barrel-Aged Darkness
• Chocolate Limoncello Darkness

1:00pm–Darkness Collabs

• Darkness with Friends: TRVE. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Darkness with Raspberry, Pistachio, and Sea Salt
• Darkness with Friends: Revolution. Bourbon Barrel-Aged Darkness Aged on Single-Origin French Oak Staves

2:00pm–2023 Darkness Variants

• Cold Smoked Cherry Bourbon Barrel-Aged Darkness
• Coco Nitro Bourbon Barrel-Aged Darkness
• Parker’s Heritage 10-Year Heavy Char Bourbon Barrel-Aged Darkness

3:00pm–Bottle Project Favorites

• King Harvest (2023)
• North (2024)
• East (2024)

4:00pm–2021 Darkness Variants

• Blueberry Crumble Darkness
• Gimme S’More Darkness
• Midnight Manhattan Darkness