Photo: These two breweries make a nice pair

Alan Simons, left, managing brewer at Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, and Ken Martin, head brewer at Steamworks Brewing Co., talk Thursday at Steamworks about the process of brewing this year’s collaboration beer, “Nice Pear,” a sake yeast malt-based beer with pear juice for the Collaboration Beer Fest on March 31 in Denver. Ten barrels will be available along with about 120 other beers at Collaboration Beer Fest, which is the headline event of Colorado Craft Beer Week, which runs March 31 through April 7.