Caution: Big weekend ahead.

Official start of summer. Father’s Day. And, if the forecast holds, no rain and temps in the 80s and 90s.

Celebrate with fellow craft beer fans — and balloons, food, arts and crafts — at Great Storm Brewing’s Midsummer Bash, noon-10 p.m. Saturday at the brewery, 204 Mount View Lane, Suite #3, in Colorado Springs.

The brewery partnered with Cottonwood Center for the Arts to host the shindig, which includes a mixed media art display and a free pottery demonstration by artist Paula Buist. Winners of an hourly balloon toss score prizes and free beer, and there will be a free raffle for two tickets to the Springs Beer Fest, set for August 1 in America the Beautiful Park. The brewery also will premiere new seasonal releases including Midsummer Ale, a light, golden ale aged on lemon, lime and orange zest and Get Buzzed, a light honey-infused summer ale.

Across the Front Range region (and beyond) taps are looking brighter and fruitier as brewers swap out heavier, cold-weather suds for the season’s lighter offerings.

Pete Kilman at Storybook Brewing has been working on several gluten-reduced beers and plans to release the first, an IPA, June 24. Later this summer, he’ll serve up a gluten-reduced Kolsch — and he’ll be needing your feedback.

“The reason I want to use the Kolsch as a second beer for reducing gluten is because I believe it to be a very mild-flavored summer beer and I will notice even slight changes to flavor,” said Kilman, adding that the hops in an IPA can hide changes to the malt profile. “This will give me and my customers a chance to decide if gluten reduction enzymes are something I can continue to use on other beers besides an APA or IPA.”

For more about summer beers and a list of seasonals on tap at area breweries, check out the story by Pikes Pub columnist Jakob Rodgers.