Thirst Colorado, May-June 2017

SERVING UP THE COLORADO LIFESTYLE

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Spring is upon us and summer is around the corner. It is time to get out and explore. I challenge you to get off the beaten path and find a new oasis.

You may choose to spend a day carving a trail with your sand board on one of the many peaks of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and quench your thirst at Crestone Brewery, a hidden gem in the San Luis Valley. Or head northwest for some fly fishing, camping and two-wheeler challenges. The area around Hayden offers an abundance of outdoor activities that are sure to leave you ready for a hand-crafted brew at Yampa Valley Brewing Company.

Colorado’s great escapes are getting tougher to find each year. But with a little homework, it’s possible to pop your head out of your tent and feel that blast of morning sun on your face without hearing a trailer generator or your neighbor’s beer-fueled snoring.

It’s easier to get away from reality in places such as Dolores and Mancos, where the San Juan and La Plata ranges await. And these small towns don’t mean you have to suffer bad libations. Here, the Dolores River Brewery and Mancos Valley Distillery await.

Finally, don’t forget to head east for some water fun. North Sterling State Park has uncrowded boat launches, swimming areas and great fishing. Finish your day at Parts & Labor Brewing Co. enjoying a selection of beers to make your trip complete.

The I-70 corridor will always fill up with people trying to find adventure, and for good reason! But sometimes the dusty path to what seems like the middle of nowhere can be the most rewarding. So, get out and take a backroad this summer. You might just find your new, great escape.

As always, live your passion and Thirst responsibly!

ADVISORY BOARD Jean Ditslear Owner, 300 Suns Brewing Bess Dougherty Head Brewer, Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe and Brewery Alan Laws Owner, Laws Whiskey House

Kimberly Naslund Owner, Dancing Pines Distillery Charlie Sturdavant Owner, Golden City Brewery Terri Viezbicke Owner, Boulder Distillery

Publisher Paul Johnson paul@thirstcolorado.com Associate Publisher & Editor Joe Ross joe@thirstcolorado.com Vice President of Sales Tod Cavey Advertising Sales Kelli Starbuck, Jason Van Houten Design & Layout Michele Garner, Stacey Krull, Sandy Birkey President & Founder Wilbur E. Flachman Marketing & Digital Coordinator Neill Pieper Editorial Assistant Dylan Hochstedler Contributors Amanda Arnold, Petar Dopchev, Holly Gerard, Steve Graham, Emily Hutto, Ranay Janssen, Kyle Kirves, JP Krause, Kristen Kuchar, Zach Mahone, Jamie Mills, Daniel O’Brian, Tiffany Puza, Lisa Van Horne, Angie Wright For advertising and editorial information, please contact Joe Ross at 303.428.9529 Ext. 227 or email joe@thirstcolorado.com Proud member of Brewers Association and the Colorado Brewers Guild Thirst Colorado is produced by The Publishing House, a division of Colorado Word Works, Inc. The Publishing House also produces Colorado’s Performing Arts Publications, serving arts venues along the Front Range.

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INTERSECTIONS

12 Art of Brewing

Odell Brewing captures and sets the scene for quintessential Colorado beer art

22 Strange Brews

Upslope takes inspiration from a classic cocktail for this tasty brew

28 Untapped

Summer’s here and so are your favorite events. Check out the calendar

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32 Prime Pairings

Savory and sweet meetup.

Recipes to try in your kitchen

44 Characters of the Craft

Four-legged characters deserve love too

45 Brewers’ Favorites

Find out what the industry is drinking, straight from the horse’s mouth

47 Tales of the Lying Log

Some of the best stories come from unsuspecting places

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48 Brewery, Cidery & Distillery Guide

We’ll help you find great drinks wherever you end up in Colorado

ADVENTURES

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Rafting & Spirits

34 Sour Beer

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Biking Colorado

38 Distillers’ Roots

Take a ride through sandstone canyons and southwest panoramas on the mighty Colorado

Mountain bike your way across the state at five can’t-miss biking destinations

What’s in that sour beer you love oh, so much?

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A Colorado Craft Beer Story 24 12 Collaboration

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By Joe Ross

ou might remember a distinct echo from a canyon wall that bounces around in your mind for weeks or months. You might remember the exhilarating moment when you realize you’re going to get soaked with a wave of river water. Or maybe you’ll simply remember the solitude.

Rafting the Colorado River near the UtahColorado border has generated boatloads of memories in recent decades for floaters and thrill-seekers alike. Two of the most popular destinations in the area are Westwater and Ruby canyons.

In rounded numbers, Ruby runs about 25 miles in Colorado and Westwater picks up at the border and runs through Utah for another 25 miles.

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Ruby tends towards calm waters, whereas Westwater can turn from calm to crazy, all in a day’s journey.

“Westwater is pretty much my favorite run,” says John Haas, a private boater who grew to love the river and its rafters when he lived in Grand Junction.

“There’s a very big social component to it,” he said, adding that he constantly runs into people he knows or “who know people who know people” in the rafting communities across Colorado. From hippies and environmentalists to rednecks and ranchers, he’s bonded with all kinds of folks during his trips.

He bought his own boat 10 years ago. He estimates he has run Westwater 100 times, including 24 times from March to October in 2009, shortly after the river addiction got hold of him. Depending on the time of year, the canyon can be navigated quickly in high water or more slowly when the water level drops and the rapids become more fun and challenging. Class III-IV rapids can be expected.

For those who have no experience on the water and would like an expert’s help before diving in, Travis Baier is available.

Baier and his sister Shelly run Rimrock Adventures in Fruita, not far from Ruby Canyon. Their family bought the land about 30 years ago and opened the business in 1989.

Baier said tourists, “especially those from big cities back East,” are often astounded at how peaceful a float trip in Ruby Canyon can be. Stops along the river include hikes to petroglyphs, lunch on a beach or watching wildlife navigate the red sandstone that screens the view of the deep blue desert sky.

“It’s unnerving to some of the folks,” he explains. “It just kind of slows things down … when you are floating at river speed.”

Tours are offered in one- to three-day trips and visitors have the option of renting a raft and setting out on their own.

One thing is for certain, Baier points out: “The only way to truly see these canyons is by floating the river.”

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RIVER INSPIRED WHISKEY

Whitewater and brown liquor flow together at Salida distillery

By Kristen Kuchar

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t was 1996, and P.T. Wood was on his third Grand Canyon River trip when a local bar owner brought out a variety of whiskeys, bourbons and scotches to share. By the end of the trip, Wood knew he wanted to make whiskey to share with friends. Working with his brother Lee, he went on to open Wood’s High Mountain Distillery in historic downtown Salida.

For Wood, there has always been a connection between his love and passion for river trips and whiskey.

“At the end of the day, camped out on a river, the natural thing to do is share whiskey with friends and tell tales,” Wood said. “They just fit together perfectly.”

He started kayaking in the early 1980s while going to school at Fort Lewis College in Durango. A fellow kayaker invited him to help guide raft trips on the Arkansas River, and the job fully immersed him in river culture.

Guiding was one of his favorite jobs because not only was he on rivers all day, but he learned about communication, risk taking, commitment, recovery and mostly, storytelling.

“In some ways, the storytelling was what ultimately led to me making whiskey,” he said. “I started to tell anyone that would listen that I was going to make whiskey someday, and eventually I talked myself into a corner and had no choice but to follow through.”

The results include finely made spirits,

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such as Tenderfoot Whiskey, a singlemalt made with three barley malts, aged in new American Oak barrels and delivering a chocolaty, smoky flavor. Other spirits include Alpine Rye Whiskey, Treeline Gin, and Fleur de Sureau, a blend of Colorado Muscat and Riesling wines infused with elderflowers picked from local bushes and sweetened with raspberry blossom honey.

Salida is not only home to the distillery, but to Wood himself.

“I love that the commute to work on my bike takes about five minutes. I can ride my bike, kayak, or fish right out of the back door and can watch the sunrise on

Monarch Pass and ski a few laps and be at work before nine,” he said.

Colorado is the perfect place for any outdoors enthusiast, and Wood is no exception. What does he love about rafting? In part, the excitement, the tranquility, being disconnected from the outside world and having “real” conversations with friends.

He also enjoys skiing, biking, fishing, kayaking and camping.

“I love being outside,” he said. “It helps to inspire my spirit making.”

Kristen Kuchar is a Colorado-based writer covering craft beverages, food and travel.

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MOTION IN THE POTION

Odell Brewing Makes the Scene in Brewing Artwork

By Kyle Kirves

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otion. In a word, that’s what Alex Kayne, director of marketing at Odell Brewing, suggests is the unifying vision for their artwork: conveying a sense of movement. It’s imagery that you can see yourself in.

That’s you snowshoeing across the wintry glade to the secluded cabin of Isolation. You tending hops and grains in the close-to-a-snow-globe pint glass of St. Lupulin. You wading in the shallows beneath the falls of Runoff Red. Maybe that’s even you, the whooping yahoo on the rodeo elephant of their IPA, halfway through your eight-second ride. They are stills like one page of a flip-book, but you can easily piece together the rest with your imagination.

In terms of the creative process, Kayne insists it always starts with the product. “We spend a lot of time iterating on every beer,” says Kayne.

Each one is piloted as part of an iterative brewing and validation process – including feedback from the tasting room, where new beers are frequently

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test-driven. Once they’ve settled on a recipe that they love, it graduates to larger scale production. Then, a complex creative process begins with the quality assurance team where everything about the spirit of the beer is taken into account, including style and flavor notes and what makes it distinct from other offerings both in- and out-of-house.

From there, names for the product are bandied about and the team brainstorms design possibilities for marketing, even asking questions like, “If this beer were a celebrity, what celebrity would it be? And why?” The passion of the people at Odell feeds the creative process, sourcing from a passionate group of poets, artists, musicians, skiers, mountain bikers, hikers, fishers, kayakers and Coloradans who also happen to be brewers.

Ultimately, the beer’s persona emerges out of these conversations and the sketches begin to hone in on a particular appealing direction.

All of it comes through in the sense of motion or growth, from the mad-dash getaway that is the Myrcenary label, to the sun-pursuing moon of Mountain

Standard, to the breath-holding bear on the Brombeere Gose.

“Great care and effort goes into every release. We put that same attention into the design aesthetic and the details in the artwork and the story behind the beer. Every one,” says Odell brand artist Regan Reynolds, “has its own unique story that we want to bring to life or implies a scene that we want to create and make memorable.”

Nowhere is that sense of flow more apparent than in a relatively recent addition to the lineup, Drumroll American Pale Ale. “With Drumroll,” Kayne says, “we had a lot more real estate to work with in terms of artwork because it is a can-only offering. Rather than a snapshot, like a bottle label, we could use the whole wrap to put in a complete rolling landscape.

The wind, the river, the mountains and golden trees. We could really capture a sense of place.”

It works. The can art on Drumroll is as animated as a label can get, and it represents a gradual evolution in Odell’s packaging over the past ten years or so. Prior to a redesign around 2005, Odell had great, enviable beers, but inconsistent artwork and packaging.

Beginning in 2005, that changed. “The original artwork was good, but there wasn’t a lot of continuity from label to label.

The focus was to get a cohesive look.

Something that was easily identifiable as an Odell product,” says Reynolds.

Longtime fans will notice updates to the Easy Street Wheat artwork (and perhaps others) in the coming months – consistent with the old look, but evolving in a new direction.

And why not? When you make as many great beers as Odell does, you want beer lovers to know – and try – them all, picking from what now amounts to a wall of Odell Brewing’s offerings in the beer aisle. And when you do choose one, you can rest assured that the beer in the bottle or can has been tested and approved by beer lovers like you.

Kyle Kirves is a solid dude who believes drinking beer should be a five-senses experience.

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s the snow melts in the high country, mountain bikers around the state eagerly anticipate one of Colorado’s best ways to meet their adrenaline needs. From solitary desert slick rock to alpine “flowy” ups and downs, Colorado has it all.

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LYONS

The original home of the enthusiastically outdoor-oriented brewery Oskar Blues, Lyons is a perfect place to begin a Colorado biking journey. With some of the best single-track mountain biking along the Front Range, the small town of Lyons has trails for all skill levels.

Beginners can start out at Rabbit Mountain east of town. Short beginnerintermediate trails in the Rabbit Mountain area are framed by snowcapped peaks in the background and picturesque views of rolling hills and wildflowers. More experienced riders will find Hall Ranch to be one of the more diverse and exciting trail networks in the state. Hall Ranch highlights are the challenging rock garden along Bitterbrush trail and the silky smooth Nelson loop with great views of Longs Peak. End your day with a cold brew down at Oskar Blues and share stories with locals about your day on the trail.

FRUITA

Fruita mountain biking is characterized by epic Utah-esqe landscapes and playful ups and downs, leaving riders grinning ear-to-ear throughout the day. Fruita’s two prime areas, 18 Road and Kokopelli loops, provide challenging and adrenaline filled rides that push even the best bikers. Camp at the 18 Road (also known as Bookcliffs) Bureau of Land Management campsites for easy access to the goods. The 18 Road features smooth-rolling laps whereas Kokopelli has breathtaking views and technical rock and ledge riding. Looking for a challenge? Try the Horsethief Bench loop. Flow past sandstone formations and commanding views of the mighty Colorado River in this 3.9-mile stunner. After a hot day of riding, roll into Fruita for an 18 Road IPA at Copper Club Brewing Co. With old bike parts as taps, you couldn’t feel more at home with brews and blues after a dusty day in the desert.

Above: Austin Schneider cruises atop a mountain outside of Crested Butte.

Right: Isaac Tafoya rides past epic views of the Front Range near Lyons.

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CRESTED BUTTE

SNOWMASS

Pull into Crested Butte in the summer and you’ll see immediately why this town is a mountain biking mecca. You may see more bikes than cars tooling around the city streets. More than 500 miles of trails are found in the area, with unbelievable views of the Elk Range, alpine lakes and wildflower-filled glades. Classic rides 401, Lupine and Teocalli Ridge are some of the must-hits in the area. Crested Butte’s ski area provides lift access mountain biking starting in June. With a great balance of trails, beginners and experts alike can access close to 30 trails on the mountain.

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At Snowmass Bike Park, no granny gear is required. A lift-served downhill is perfect for any skill level. New riders can test their mettle at the skills park and graduate to the gentle rollers of Verde Trail. With 2,897 feet of vertical, you can experience summer in Snowmass like you would on skis in the winter. Shred through aspen trees, cut across ski runs and rip down into Snowmass on two wheels. If the bike park’s runs aren’t enough, 50 miles of classic cross-country trails are accessible from the top of the gondola.

While in the Roaring Fork valley, stop in at Aspen Brewing Co. or grab one of their sixers for the trail. Light, crisp and tart, Aspen Brewing’s Silver City Ale is a great refreshment following some hours of pedaling.

Right: The path of least resistance makes for fast rides at Mt. Crested Butte’s lift-accessed terrain. Below: Bikers cruise down Elk Avenue in Crested Butte during the One Good Weekend festival.

DURANGO

The southwest is calling, but don’t forget your bike. With proximity to alpine steeps, forested mesas and solitary desert, the Durango area offers just about every kind of terrain you could want when it comes to mountain biking.

If alpine biking is more your style, check out Durango’s northern options. The Colorado Trail descends toward Durango and is one of the most picturesque, wild and advanced sections of the trail. On the other side of the valley, the Missionary Ridge trail parallels highway 550 and heads north through an old burn area. Great views of the San Juan’s and Florida River valley can be seen from the ridge. For a more desertlike option, head west toward Cortez and find Phil’s World. Straddle your saddle and experience 60 miles of dips, ledges and slick-rock encrusted trails.

Neill Pieper uses his considerable thirst for the craft beer scene to provide editorial, marketing and online production at Thirst Colorado.

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own in the southwest corner of the state, the town of Durango is known for its historic train, its world-class skiing and biking and now, more than ever, its incredible craft beer scene. Durango’s diverse brewing scene has evolved over the last 20 years. From its first brewery, Carver Brewing Co., to heavyweight Ska Brewing, locals and tourists alike have plenty of options to grab a brew.

Of the six breweries in town, Carver Brewing might be the most unassuming.

Located downtown on Durango’s bustling main street, Carver is Durango’s veteran brewery and eatery. Established in 1988, it is the self-proclaimed pioneer of craft beer in the southwest (since prohibition that is) and the second brewpub to open in the state.

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I was part of the Thirst Colorado team that joined Carver brewers and its affiliated brewery, Glenwood Canyon Brewing, to jump in and create a wheatwine.

The crew consisted of Carver head brewer Patrick Jose and brewer Cody Looman, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. head brewer Todd Malloy, Thirst Colorado publisher Paul Johnson and myself.

Jose and Looman began at neighboring brewery Ska but now are the gurus behind Carver’s beers. Their lab is tucked behind the restaurant and adjacent to the kitchen. A 10-barrel system is tightly packed into a roughly 400 square-foot room, soon to be our home for the day.

The goal? Brew Carver’s first wheatwine.

A spinoff of the barleywine style, a wheatwine is brewed with a majority wheat mash as opposed to barley. The wheatwine style purportedly originated in California when brewers made a mistake

and used too much wheat in a barleywine recipe. Wheatwines belong to the American strong ale style and have soft, bready and sweet characteristics with a “fluffy” mouth feel.

Packed into Carver’s brewhouse for around seven hours, it is apparent that brewing life is rewarding yet not as glamorous as many might think. Dumping heavy grain sacks into the mill, scooping mash out of a mash tun, sanitizing and cleaning all the equipment and working next to a 150-degree kettle is taxing work. The results of a brewer’s creation make the hard work worth while when the tap is pulled.

In these close quarters, inspiration for some of Carver’s best selling beers come to fruition. Their Raspberry Wheat Ale begins as a simple wheat-based beer that is dominated by oodles of fresh raspberry puree that lends to a tart and dry finish. Jose prefers beers like their

At right: Carver brewers Cody Looman, left, Patrick Jose, center, and Glenwood Springs brewer Todd Malloy, right, scoop and stir rice husks into the mash.

Bottom left: Cody Looman takes a breather from stirring the dense wheatwine mash.

Bottom right: Thirst Colorado team member Neill Pieper, right, empties a bag of Simpson malt into the mill while Patrick Jose picks another bag of malt for the brew.

Lighter Creek Lager, balanced and clean in traditional European fashion, because “there is nothing to hide behind.”

Lucky for us, Carver’s is known for its food. Executive chef Dave Cuntz serves up mouthwatering meals from breakfast through dinner. Whether ordering a buffalo burger or a zesty Thai curry quinoa bowl, the kitchen pumps it out. Chef Cuntz periodically checked in on us while we brewed (probably wondering if the Thirst guys were doing any work). We, on the other hand, had undisputed evidence of his handiwork, judging from the divine smells wafting from the kitchen.

It wasn’t long before the brewhouse began to give off its own scent. Our 53 percent wheat mash bill featuring chocolate and German wheat was transferred to the kettle, where we added Chinook, citra, centennial, simcoe and warrior hops. Some of the hops hailed from the nearby town of Bayfield, while the rest were sourced from the Northwest.

When all was said and done, the fruits of our labor appear to have paid off. The wheatwine is on track for an 8.8 percent ABV. Jose and Looman dry-hopped the brew for added aroma.

Now our crew will sit back and wait as the beer rests in barrels. Yes, that’s right, Glenwood and Carver intend to barrel age the lot of it.

So, look for barrels to be released here and there during the upcoming year once the barrel-aged wheatwine is deemed perfect by the experts. When we know more about its release, you’ll know more!

Neill Pieper uses his considerable thirst for the craft beer scene to provide editorial, marketing and online production at Thirst Colorado.

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STRANGE BREWS

UPSLOPE POURS SOME MOJITO FLAVORS INTO AN IPA

By Steve Graham

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nyone can add strawberry puree to a minty mojito. It takes a creative mind, and perhaps a chef’s taste, to add strawberry puree and mint oil to a hop-forward India Pale Ale. “The Strawberry Mint IPA is my brain child,” said Charlie Condon, specialty beer production manager at Upslope Brewing Company. “I used to work in the culinary world, and this beer was definitely inspired by my culinary experiences. I think that there are a lot of lessons that we, as brewers, can learn from chefs.”

Condon manages barrel aging and special projects for Boulder’s canned beer leader, and he is not afraid to experiment. Last year, Upslope collaborated with New Belgium on a tropical stout made with plantains, and one of the brewery’s favorite seasonal offerings is a Thai white IPA flavored with ginger, Thai basil, lemongrass and coriander.

His latest IPA may push the envelope even further. Condon said he has never heard of another beer combining strawberry and mint flavors.

“The concept is very good at catching the attention of our patrons,” Condon said. “The reviews are mixed, but mostly positive. I think the further you push flavor boundaries, the more often you see a lack of agreement on beers.”

The beer earned an average 3.65 out of 5 on the crowd-sourced Untappd beer rating app, and one reviewer simply said it’s “not my thing.” However, another drinker wrote, “This was really good. Hoppy with a sweetness. Perfect for summer.”

Such positive reviews and enough taproom sales encouraged the Upslope crew to package the Strawberry Mint IPA in its 19-ounce tallboy cans. Condon has brewed the unusual beer three times in three different ways.

“This beer has been an evolution,” he said.

For the canned version, he added whole-fruit strawberry puree to the fermenter at the start of fermentation, then added a distilled essential oil of mint in

the bright tank just a couple days before packaging the beer.

The resulting flavors are surprisingly subtle, but hints of mint and strawberry certainly present themselves in both the smell and flavor of the beer, making for a beer unlike anything you might have tasted before.

“For me, this beer highlights the experimental side of Upslope Brewing and the creative atmosphere that has been cultivated at our Lee Hill brewery in North Boulder,” Condon said.

Steve Graham is a Fort Collins writer who enjoys the outdoors and great beers.

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A NEW GENERATION OF BREWING Historic Tivoli Brewing now part of beer degree program

By Dylan Hochstedler

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olorado native Corey Marshall remembers sitting on his grandpa’s lap and drinking Tivoli beer as a three-year-old, before the brewery shut its doors in 1969.

After spending much of the next four decades in and around the Tivoli site on the Auraria campus, Marshall finally helped revive Tivoli Brewing Company both as a brewer of classic and acclaimed beers, and as a classroom and laboratory for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

In the 1980s, Marshall worked as a bouncer at the Tijuana Yacht Club, a popular bar of the era on the renovated site of the old Tivoli brewery. Metro State’s rugby team would often hang out at the Yacht Club, and Marshall got to know

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the players. Marshall eventually got close enough with them to join the team, even though he never attended the school.

“Nobody on Metro’s team cared and none of the other teams cared enough to check my credentials,” he said.

Marshall also dipped his feet into the world of beer, and worked for Coors Brewing Company from 1998 to 2012.

His office in downtown Denver overlooked the historic Tivoli Brewing complex, so he remained as connected to that brewery as to the Coors mothership in Golden.

Peering down at the building every day from his office ate away at his curiosity, so he decided to dive into the revival of Tivoli Brewing. He spent countless hours and resources tracking down legal documents, copyrights and recipes

before he started contract-brewing the original Tivoli beer at four different Colorado breweries in 2012.

Around the same time, Marshall met Michael Wray, a Metro State beverage and hospitality professor. As the Colorado craft beer scene began to explode, Wray recognized the need for an accredited beer program at Metro State.

“I always knew the students wanted more, but what do you do when you’re a humble teacher. Not a lot of people want to spend money on labs for alcohol,” said Wray. “When I met Corey, it was a short conversation. He was willing to spend the money and I was willing to teach the kids.”

Tivoli is now a brewing, bottling and distribution center that can produce 28,000 barrels of beer per year, and

John P. Good sells hops to Frederick Salomon

While the Denver skyline is ever-changing, Tivoli’s building and beer are still recognizable icons in the Rocky Mountains.

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Phillip Zang purchased Rocky Mountain Brewery

X helps Metro State students learn every aspect of the brewing industry from fermentation to hospitality and marketing.

Tivoli is currently working with Metro State on three major projects: recreating the same yeast strain that was used in the original Tivoli beers, establishing beer quality certifications and assembling expert sensory review panels. Marshall points out that the main goal of these programs is working to achieve accredited ways of measuring the flavor of beer and the best overall technical quality of beer.

Other schools offer brewing programs and certificates, but according to the Brewers Association, Metro State is the only university in the United States to offer a bachelor’s degree in brewery or brewpub operations.

Metropolitan State College founded

Occhiato brothers purchase Tivoli-Union

Reopened as a bar and retail center

John P. Good dies. His son, John E. Good takes over

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1959

Tivoli celebrates 100 years in business

1965

South Platte River floods the basement

1969

Tivoli-Union shuts down after more than 100 years

Turn the page for a detailed history of Tivoli

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1994

Corey Marshall revives the brand, brews Tivoli beer at other breweries

Tivoli Brewing and Union Brewing consolidate making Tivoli-Union

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Prohibition repealed

Maximillian Melsheimer purchases Colorado Brewing, renames it Milwaukee Brewery

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Sigi dies in horse carriage accident

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Good forecloses on Milwaukee Brewery, and names it Tivoli Brewing

Moritz Sigi acquires original Rocky Mountain Brewery location and renames it Colorado Brewing

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Colorado receives its statehood

Frederick Salomon starts Rocky Mountain Brewery

Opens as the Tivoli Student Union after the Auraria purchase

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The Tivoli Brewery and taphouse reopened at its original location

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orey Marshall helped relaunch Tivoli Brewing Company this decade, but the company has a deep history that predates the founding of Colorado, and mirrors the fortunes of lower downtown Denver.

Legend has it that Denver merchant John P. Good brought the first hops to Colorado in an oxcart, and sold them to Frederick Z. Salomon who opened the Rocky Mountain Brewery next to the current Auraria Student Union building in 1859. Good later became a partner in the venture, which was selling the first local beer to Colorado’s gold miners and Denver’s early settlers.

The brewery moved across the South Platte River to a site that is now a parking lot for the Denver Aquarium.

In 1871, brewer Phillip Zang took over the brewery and renamed it Zang Brewing Co., which became the largest brewery in the Rockies until Prohibition.

Meanwhile, German immigrant Moritz Sigi began constructing the Colorado Brewery in the building that would become Tivoli Brewing Co. Sigi operated Colorado Brewery for roughly 10 years until he died in a horse and carriage accident in 1874.

Oddly, the site was briefly known as Milwaukee Brewery. Wisconsinite Maximillian Melsheimer had purchased the Colorado Brewery in 1878 from Sigi’s widow and received a loan from Good to renovate the property.

However, he could not cover his loan, so John Good foreclosed on the property and named it Tivoli Brewing after an amusement park in Copenhagen.

Melsheimer continued to run the brewery, and spent the early 1890s expanding Tivoli Brewing.

The area was still cluttered with smaller breweries and in 1900, Tivoli merged with Union Brewing, creating Tivoli-Union Brewing Co., which produced more than

100,000 barrels per year, second only to Zang in Colorado.

John P. Good died in 1918, so his son, John E. Good, took over the operation during Prohibition. Unlike many other breweries, Tivoli-Union survived Prohibition by producing near beers. John E. Good died just nine years after his dad, leaving ownership to his wife, Lorraine. Following Good’s death, Lorraine remarried twice and passed around management of Tivoli-Union several times. She owned the property until she died in 1964.

Tivoli-Union was sold in 1965 as part of Lorraine’s estate to brothers Carl and Joseph Occhiato. After the purchase, they immediately ran into a wave of challenges. The South Platte River flooded and filled the Tivoli-Union basement with several feet of water, causing $135,000 in damages.

From 1966 to 1969, the workforce at Tivoli-Union decreased by 50 percent, and the Occhiato brothers were forced to close shop.

On April 25, 1969, one of the longest running breweries in the nation shut down after more than 100 years of operation.

The building was condemned but not torn down because it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

A popular bar, the Tijuana Yacht Club, and other retail outlets opened in 1982 at the renovated Tivoli site.

In 1991, students at the Auraria Higher Education Campus (which includes Metropolitan State University, University of Colorado Denver and Community College of Denver) voted to spend student fees to purchase the building.

After more renovations, it opened in 1994 as the Tivoli Student Union building. Tivoli brewery resumed production inside the building in 2015.

Dylan Hochstedler is a marketing student at Metropolitan State University of Denver and regular at the Tivoli.

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16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE BREWPUBS MAY 28 Dillon

The Festival of the Brewpubs is a large, springtime party in a small mountain town. There will be a variety of Summit County breweries, as well as other breweries from across the state participating in this bash. This event takes place at the base of the Arapahoe Basin ski area. arapahoebasin.com

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BACON AND BEER CLASSIC MAY 13 DENVER

Party on the field at Mile High Stadium and indulge in unlimited bacon and craft beer.

Sample 80+ beers from regional breweries, eat

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THE DURANGO WINE EXPERIENCE MAY 4-6 Durango

Experience three days of wine dinners, educational seminars, artisan spirits and craft beers. The two major events at this extravaganza are the Walk-About Durango and the Grand Tasting. durangowine.com

COLORADO NATIONAL BANK BREWS & CRUISE FESTIVAL MAY 6 Palisade

The Brews and Cruise Festival offers a chance to taste and chat with fellow beer lovers. They will have several acclaimed craft breweries, beer and food pairings, live music and fine handcrafted products. palisadecoc.com

DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE FURRY SCURRY MAY 6 Denver

Animal lovers and their dogs will be at Washington Park for a two mile walk followed by food, contests, refreshments and more than 150 petrelated vendors and sponsors. Proceeds from this event will benefit homeless animals. ddfl.org

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30+ bacon-infused dishes from local chefs, play giant Jenga, battle it out on the bungee run, and more. Looking for tickets? Use coupon code THIRST for 15% off.

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Come to Civic Center Park for the 30th annual Denver Cinco de Mayo celebration. There will be contests, food and live entertainment at this event. cincodemayodenver.com

DU VIN FESTIVAL MAY 11-13 Denver

Join DU’s college of business for days of wine, food, music and art. DU Vin Festival features something for everyone including a wine pairing dinner, a grand tasting with more than 100 wines to sample, live music, art and more. daniels.du.edu/duvin-festival

BEAVER CREEK BREWS BLUES & BBQ’S MAY 27-28 Beaver Creek

As the unofficial launch of summertime in the mountains, top barbecue chefs from around the state join local chefs in serving up mouth-watering barbecue complemented by thirst-quenching brews at the 14th Annual Beaver Creek Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival. beavercreek.com

Kick off your summer with Denver Beer Co. at the Sun Drenched Music Festival! Look forward to great music, hydrating craft beer, food and beer pairings, a bouncy house and other outdoor activities. denverbeerco.com

2017 MANITOU SPRINGS COLORADO WINE FESTIVAL JUNE 3 Manitou Springs

Spend your day in Manitou Springs enjoying generous tastings from 30 Colorado wineries.

Listen to live music and enjoy food & gift

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This event takes place at Bohn Park in Lyons and there will be more than 50 breweries, a full lineup of

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Admission includes access to the tastings, plus a commemorative wine glass. manitousprings.org

COCKTAILS ON THE ROCKS JUNE 3 Morrison

30 distillers will have more than 150 varieties of spirits for a four hour sampling event that is complete with food, vendors, a live DJ and dozens of free bottle giveaways. cococktailsontherocks.com

SNOWMASS RENDEZVOUS CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL JUNE 10 Snowmass

Kick off the summer season with the 2nd annual Snowmass festival! The event will stretch throughout the Snowmass Mall and Base Village with fun activities on Fanny Hill and the Gondola!

After the event enjoy the sunset on Fanny Hill as a free concert closes out the day’s festivities. gosnowmass.com

5TH ANNUAL ERIE BREWFEST JUNE 10 Erie

The Erie Chamber of Commerce puts the brewfest together and it takes place in beautiful

live music and a site for camping if you wish to stay all night. Visit thirstcolorado.com to enter and win tickets to the Burning Can Beerfest. Contest closes mid-May.

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RIO GRANDE RAILS AND ALES FEST JUNE 17 ALAMOSA

The Rio Grande Rails and Ales Fest merges the unique history of the Colorado railroad

downtown Erie. There will be more than 25 breweries represented and the purchase of a ticket includes a commemorative glass to use for tastings. eriechamber.org

FEAST OF SAINT ARNOLD JUNE 10 Colorado Springs

There will be an assortment of beverages from Colorado breweries, winemakers and emerging distilleries. This event takes place in a beautiful historic church located in the Broadmoor neighborhood. The Feast of Saint Arnold features a separate area for the children to do crafts and activities. feastofsaintarnold.com

FOOD AND WINE CLASSIC IN ASPEN JUNE 16-18 Aspen

Join celebrity chefs, renowned winemakers and epicurean insiders for a spectacular weekend.

This premier culinary event consists of three incredible days of cooking demonstrations, wine tastings and panel discussions by world-class chefs and wine experts. foodandwine.com

scene with the beer community. Tickets include a round-trip train ride, access to the brewfest and a commemorative glass.

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VAIL CRAFT BEER CLASSIC JUNE 16-18 Vail

Come to Vail and experience the mountains the way they should be enjoyed, with your friends and cold beer. The Vail Craft Beer Classic will focus on pairing beer with adventure and the best breweries from Colorado and beyond. vailcraftbeerclassic.com

REDS WHITES AND BREWS IN THE BOAT FESTIVAL JUNE 24 Steamboat Springs

The Reds Whites & Brews In The Boat Festival is moving to Steamboat Springs this June. This event will feature amazing unlimited wine & craft beer tastings, live music, vendors and food all in beautiful downtown Steamboat Springs. redswhitesandbrews.net

2017 WILD WEST FERMENTATION FEST JUNE 30-JULY 1 Glenwood Springs

With a Rocky Mountain backdrop and live music, the festival will feature an assortment of the best fermented potables from across the region, including craft beer, cider and liquor. roaringforkevents.com

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Prime Pairings Pig Brisket - Bulgogi / Peppers/ Scallions Breckenridge Distillery brings us a Korean-inspired delicacy with a Breckenridge twist. Paired with the Stumbling Tumbleweed, citrus and zest flavors balanced with Breckenridge Distilleries award-winning bourbon, you have a pairing that is bound to keep your taste buds longing for more.

Ingredients

3 oz gochujang (red chili paste)

Pig Brisket

2 oz hoagie relish

32 oz pork shoulder, cubed in to 20-30 pieces

4 ½ oz brown sugar 1 ½ oz garlic

9 oz chicken stock

1 ½ oz ginger

Salt

Toppings

Pepper

Scallions (Chopped)

Korean Bulgogi sauce

Peanuts

4 oz Soy sauce

1 oz Peru peppers (Chopped)

4 oz Dr. Pepper

Directions Pig Brisket Place 20 to 30 pieces of pork into an oven bag, add chicken stock, salt and pepper. Put the pork brisket in the oven at 325 degrees fahrenheit for 3 hours.

(This temp and time may need to be adjusted)

Korean Bulgogi sauce Place ingredients into a sauce pot and bring to a boil. Simmer for 7 to 10 minutes.

To put the dish together In a frying pan, add oil and heat. Take 6 pieces of pork and fry until golden brown.

Once finished, place pork in a bowl, add Korean Bulgogi sauce and toss. Place on a plate, top with peanuts, scallions, and peppers.

Pair with Stumbling Tumbleweed 2 oz Breckenridge bourbon 1 oz cranberry/apple/ sage syrup 1/2 oz lemon juice 2 dashes cranberry bitters Garnish with sage leaves Chef Daniel O’Brian has been a culinary force as an award-winning chef in our nations capitol and a Top Chef alum. Now O’Brian brings local and seasonally inspired small plates to the tables of Breckenridge Distillery, paired with craft cocktails straight from the distillery.

Ultimate Squealer Sub Chef JP Krause brings us a fresh and flavor-filled sub perfect for summer. “Warm weather makes me think of fresh ingredients, spring flowers and dreams of that escape. I made the Ultimate Squealer Sub.”

Ingredients

Directions

5 oz ¼” sliced pork shoulder

Pepper

2 tbsp corn starch

Fresh cilantro

¼ cup Squeal Spiced Black Rum

Fresh jalapeño

3 tbsp basil (sliced)

Alfalfa sprouts

3 red thai chilis (sliced)

Aioli

2 cloves garlic (chopped)

Pickled daikon (winter radish)

Salt

1 bolillo roll

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Start off with ¼” sliced pork shoulder and marinate in ¼ cup Squeal Spiced Black Rum overnight.

The next day drain off the excess liquid into a bowl. Toss in black pepper, salt and 2 tbsp corn starch. Set aside.

Sear meat in a hot pan until golden brown, pour in the reserved liquid, 3 tbsp thinly sliced

Orange Beer Cake with Beer-infused Fruit Using a boxed cake mix saves time and makes a simple dessert that looks far from store-bought.

The White Ale is light enough not to completely take over the cake, but adds a nice flavor. Avery Brewing’s Liliko’I Kepolo Belgian-style White Ale is a perfect, tropical addition since it’s brewed with sweet passion fruit and spices.

Ingredients Strawberries 2 cups fresh or thawed strawberries, sliced 1 tsp orange zest 1 tbsp juice from orange

Directions

1 tsp sugar

To make strawberries: Combine ingredients in a bowl, stir and refrigerate as cake is being made.

1 tbsp White Ale (such as Liliko’I Kepolo)

Cake 1 box Duncan Hines Yellow Cake Mix 1/ 3

cup vegetable oil

1 cup White Ale 1 tbsp orange zest 1 tbsp juice from orange 3 eggs*

To make cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease baking pan. Combine cake ingredients in a large bowl.

Beat on medium until well blended, scraping the sides when necessary, about 1 minute.

Pour cake into pan, and bake as directed on the box. Baking time will depend on the type of pan used. The cake is done when you can insert a toothpick in the middle and it comes out clean.

Allow cake to cool. When ready to serve, top each slice with strawberries. Top your cake with powdered sugar, ice cream or whipped cream. *Note: Eggs can be replaced with 3 tbsp ground flax meal and 9 tbsp water, whisked, and allowed to thicken for 15 minutes.

Powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, or whipped cream (optional)

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Thai basil, 3 sliced red Thai chilis, 2 cloves of chopped garlic and bring to a boil. Drop to a simmer for 15-20 minutes until liquid is glazed on the pork and meat is tender.

Pair with

For the sub take a fresh bolillo roll, add a touch of aioli, fill it with 5 oz of pork, a hearty pinch of alfalfa sprouts, sliced jalapenos, a few slices of homemade pickled daikon & fresh cilantro.

2 oz Squeal Spiced Black Rum 1 oz fresh lime juice ½ oz almond syrup ½ oz elderflower liqueur 4 dashes of bitters Splash of soda A few fresh blueberries Serve on ice

JP Krause is a man of many talents. As a chef at a local Denver hospital and proprietor of the award-winning Squeal Rum, he showcases his culinary and mixology prowess.

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Commonly known as sour beers, there are numerous variations and interpretations of what goes into the brew that ranges from fetching to funky

PUCKER UP Story & graphics by Neill Pieper

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nter most breweries these days and take a gander at the beer list.

You’ll typically see the usual IPA, pale ale, lager, hefeweizen and amber. But what about a Berliner Weisse? Or a mixedfermentation sour? Or maybe even a gose?

More likely than not, you’ll run into one of these beers on your path to finding the newest brews and logging them into Untappd, that neat little app that helps you track the beers you’ve tried.

The sour craze that has enveloped the craft beer community is spreading, and first-time sour drinkers are offered an astounding array of flavors that range from slightly tart to stinging heart-burn inducers.

The unique flavor profiles of this broadening segment of beer leaves room for a lot of discussion.

Alan Simons, head brewer at Dry Dock Brewing Co., said he and other brewers face a similar problem when trying to introduce sours to their patrons: What’s in these sour beers? Where did they come from? An industry-leading book can help explain it.

“American craft brewers have built their industry by combining and adapting brewing techniques and recipes from all over the world,” Michael Tonsmeire wrote in his book “American Sour Beers.”

The same can be said for sours.

Breweries here in the States are adapting lambic styles from Belgium, gose and

Berliner-weisse styles from Germany, among others. These “sours” involve a bit more science than your typical ale.

What is a sour?

Sour is a blanket term used for beers brewed with bacteria and unusual yeasts.

Sour often refers to beers that have enough lactic or acetic acid to create varying degrees of tartness. These acids come from intentionally infecting beers during different times of the brewing process with known strains of bacteria (lactobacillus, pediococcus and acetobacter — see the tree at right).

Though they sound unusual, they are commonly found in yogurt, in the air or on fruit.

In addition to bacteria, yeast is an important part of a sour beer’s makeup.

Although it has no souring properties, unique yeast strains provide funky, fruity flavors and aromas.

How are the bacteria introduced?

Yeast and bacteria can be added in three ways: intentionally by kettle souring, during fermentation, or spontaneously through open-air fermentation.

The spontaneous approach involves leaving the beer, typically in the wort stage, open and exposed to airborne wild yeasts and bacteria.

“Brewing a lambic relies on spontaneous fermentation with wild

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microbes, predating the study of microbiology and making it more art than science,” Tonsmeire said.

On the other hand, bacteria and yeast are intentionally added during the kettle souring brew process. It’s then boiled away before fermentation.

Wood and steel souring occurs during fermentation, in either wood barrels or steel tanks. (See diagram below).

How should one taste a sour?

Simons from Dry Dock offers the threesip rule for tasting sours.

1. Shock: The first sip is the harshest, overwhelming the palate.

2. Calibration: By the second sip, you have acquainted yourself with the intense flavor.

3. Distinction: Third time’s the charm.

You begin to pick up on the nuances prevalent in the beer. Find the different flavors of the beer coming together and decide what you like, and what you don’t.

Who should drink sour beer?

Trick question. Everyone. Whether you think you like sours or not, part of drinking beer is experimentation, from that first sip of your dad’s Rolling Rock to your 50th Fat Tire. Recently converted wine drinkers are often attracted to sours because of the similarities of taste. Techniques used in sour beers are similar to that of vinification (wine making) and sours are often aged in wine barrels, imparting grape and oak flavors.

Want to know more? Ask questions. The fine folks behind the bar at most craft breweries are happy to advise and educate you aging & on what’s in their sour. distribution Neill Pieper uses his considerable thirst for the craft beer scene to provide editorial, marketing and online production at Thirst Colorado.

The Bruxellensis strain of Brettanomyces has some of the most “colorful” descriptors. A unique flavoraroma profile will remind you of a countryside farm.

Brettanomyces is often confused as a souring agent in beer. It contributes to unique flavors yet will not make a beer sour on its own.

Lactic acid is the by-product of both Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. These acids produce the sour taste you find in “sour” beers. Many sours utilize both.

“Wild” signifies that the yeast and bacteria used in a beer was cultivated from the air or off plants in the outdoors.

Lactobacillus and Pediococcus are commonly found in yogurt, sauerkraut, dried sausage, kimchee and fruits.

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Saccharomyces is often called brewers’ yeast. This yeast is responsible for fermenting (alcohol production) in a beer. It is easily adapted and controlled as opposed to the unwieldy Brettanomyces strain.

Belgian-style sours are the inspiration for most sours produced today.

7 Colorado sours to try

• Dry Dock Brewing - Funk & Sour Series

• Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales Shadow Factory

• Crooked Stave - Nightmare on Brett • Casey Brewing & Blending - Oak Theory • Avery Brewing - Tequilacerbus • TRVE Brewing Co. - Restarter • Trinity Brew - 7 Day Sour

American-sour style is a diverse and hard-to-classify segment. American brewers utilize many different methods for producing the sour beers they make.

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DISTILLERS’ ROOTS BEER BEFORE WHISKEY

By Emily Hutto

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rewing beer is a typical first step toward distilling whiskey. Perhaps that’s why so many distillers come from brewing backgrounds, especially in Colorado.

The list of Centennial State brewersturned-distillers is long, and includes noteworthy names such as Jake Norris of Laws Whiskey House, Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros., Ted Palmer of Vapor Distillery and Stephen Gould of Golden Moon Distillery. Also on this list are Hans Stafsholt and Gina Lechuga of the Breckenridge Distillery, who gave us a glimpse into the spirits world from the brewer’s perspective.

“In order to make any spirit, in essence you have to first brew a beer and then distill it,” says Lechuga, who cut her teeth at Joyride Brewing Company in Edgewater. “(Like in brewing), you are mashing in grains and adjuncts to convert the starches to simple fermentable sugars,” said Stafsholt, who brewed at Broken Compass Brewery in Breckenridge before joining the distillery staff. “But in distilling, that is where we end. No

hops are added, and there is typically no separation of the grain from the wort in the distilling process, as we ferment ongrain. There is no boiling of the wort in the distilling process either.”

Beyond some overlap in the technical brewing and distilling processes, Lechuga and Stafsholt say there is great synergy between Colorado’s brewing and distilling communities.

“We are all friends and have a certain sort of inherent camaraderie with one another, even if we’ve never met before, just because we have the same passion and understanding of making drinkable, upstanding products,” said Lechuga.

Stafsholt agrees.

“Both communities have the very same feel, we’re all a big family in the way we reach out to each other and love to have a few brews (and whiskeys) with one another,” he said.

Ask a distiller about his or her roots, and you’re almost guaranteed to have a conversation about homebrewing.

“My favorite beer I’ve ever brewed would have to be a raspberry chocolate stout,” Stafsholt says of his homebrewing

days. “It was a brew my dad had brewed before he passed and was the reason I ever started brewing when I was younger.

Finding that recipe was probably the biggest reason I got into brewing.”

Lechuga’s most memorable brewing experience was designing Joyride’s Bee’s Knees Belgian Tripel recipe using Colorado wildflower honey.

“I researched several different tripel recipes in order to design the exact mash bill I wanted for the flavor profile I was shooting for,” she said. “There was also a bit of my Colorado pride thrown in with the honey addition.”

Lechuga and Stafsholt apply a brewers’ passion for ingredients and curiosity about process to their work at Breckenridge Distillery.

“While I still love brewing, distilling has become my new passion. I love the history and science more than I ever thought I would,” Lechuga said.

Emily Hutto is a Colorado-based journalist and marketing professional who has spent many of her days picking the brains of the country’s best brewers. She founded RadCraft in 2012 to support the communications needs of craft breweries.

Distiller Hans Statsholt works on all of Breckenridge Distilleries award-winning spirits.

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FROM FARM TO GLASS

By Amanda Arnold

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hree years ago, Larry Janusz and Gretchen Bresien planted their one-acre hop farm into the ground at Fruita Hop Works, and what a success it’s been. In the fall of 2016, they harvested their labor and packed it up in the pickup truck to take around the corner to the Copper Club Brewing Company.

“So we were two and a half hours from plant to beer. Within 24 hours is the timeframe because the oils break down,” Janusz said.

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Copper Club Brewing Co. makes several fresh brews featuring Fruita Hop Works hops, including their Fresh Hops IPA.

Photo top: Courtesy Fruita Hop Works Inset Photo: Amanda Arnold

Hops don’t have a very long shelf life, and they will quickly lose their taste and smell. One can, of course, dry the hops and store them, but then they wouldn’t be as fresh. Most breweries get their hops from the Northwest. However, what if it’s a bad year for weather? What if disease rips through the crop? That could indeed leave brewers without a much-needed ingredient.

“That’s why we’re here, for local hops, and so people don’t have to rely on the Northwest. It saves on transportation costs too,” Bresien said.

The folks from Copper Club Brewing Company even came out for the harvest and picked the Chinook and cascade hops for the Fresh Hop beer that seemed to be a favorite with the Copper Club crowd.

“It’s always cool and it’s the big thing to use local, and having it a mile away is really cool. They are really great people, and they help us out. It’s a good relationship and great product,” brewmaster Jason Mattingly said.

In October, Mattingly brewed a black IPA with Fruita Hop Works’ dried whole cone crystal hops. Mattingly admitted that

the black IPA was one of the most hoppy beers he has made.

Bresien and Janusz are indeed beer enthusiasts, and having a relationship with the local breweries in the community is very important.

“Our heart is working with places like Copper Club. What I love about the Copper Club is that they experiment and make new beer. They are always trying new things,” Bresien said. She also looks forward to working with the homebrewers.

Janusz and Bresien moved to Fruita from the Front Range, and they picked the area because of the reliable weather.

The Front Range is prone to cropdamaging weather, such as hail and high winds. Weather in the Grand Valley is a bit more trustworthy and supportive of hops.

The couple currently has a about 1,200 hop plants, and they are making plans for the future.

Within a couple of years, Fruita Hop Works will expand to five acres. The growth will include more trellises, a mechanical picker and a dryer. Notably, they said five acres are just as much work

Photo Top: During a harvest, the crew from Copper Club Brewing Co. came out to lend a hand for a true farm-to-glass experience.

Inset: Larry Janusz and Gretchen Bresien are the proud owners of Fruita Hop Works.

to manage as two acres, but five clearly yields a greater return.

The first harvest was picked by hand.

During the harvest, Janusz and Bresien put in a couple of 10-hour days. Next year will be more involved, with more hops.

“The dream was planted five years ago. Just to see the progress is amazing, and that we found the right property. Larry designed and got the first acres in, and had people help. Now we have a beer.

I can’t imagine a better first year. I pinch myself a lot, and think ‘did we really do this?’” Bresien said.

Amanda Arnold has written professionally for various publications for 10 years. When not writing, she explores the backcountry of Grand Canyon National Park with her young son.

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PIONEERS IN CRAFT MALTING: The Colorado Malting Company

By Tiffany Puza

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very once in a while, you stumble across a business that’s just doing things right.

From processes to people, the Cody family is doing just that. They founded the Colorado Malting Company in Alamosa in 2008 on the site of their 80-year-old family farm. The company now grows and processes malts for a variety of Coloradobased breweries and distilleries.

Colorado Malting is headquartered on a quaint farm down a long, rustic road.

The agrarian view is vast and stretches flat for many miles before eventually reaching a distant mountain range. It isn’t some big corporation with workers buzzing around pushing buttons. It’s a family farm with intensive labor and intense passion for what they do.

President and CEO Jason Cody has been involved from the start.

“It was unique to watch the industry be created from an idea,” he said. “We watched the initial growth. In 2008 there were only three craft malting companies [in Colorado], now there are over 40.”

With the continued growth of craft

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breweries and distilleries, there’s no slowing down in the malt industry. The brewing and malting industries have a lot of history and a lot of tradition. In recent years, many brewers have taken advantage of imported ingredients from other corners of the world. But traditional brewing began with local sourcing.

“It’s been a return to the old way of doing things,” said Cody. “Companies are wanting to use quality local product. We’re taking beer back to its roots and bringing the ingredients to the door of the brewery.”

So who were some of their first craft beer supporters?

“San Luis Valley Brewing in Alamosa used the first batch of malt we ever made,” Cody said. “Three Barrel Brewing in Del Norte bought the first batch of malt we ever sold.”

Today, some of Colorado Malting Company’s biggest customers are New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins and Laws Whiskey House in Denver.

Enriching the local craft beverage community is paramount to the Cody family.

Above: Josh Cody Below: Jason Cody Photos: Courtesy Colorado Malting Company

“It’s what’s in your beer that makes it local, not just where it was brewed,” Cody said. “Giving that local terroir to the consumer – people need to know what’s in their beer. We’re trying to revive the industry to what it once was.”

While there is certainly something to be said for having access to exciting hops, malt, and other ingredients from areas of the world beyond our reach, there is no doubt that consuming a beverage made with ingredients from our own backyard is something quite extraordinary.

Former Boulder resident Tiffany Puza is usually stuck between a rock and a beer place.

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CHARACTERS OF THE CRAFT

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eet Steve Indrehus, director of brewing operations at Tommyknocker Brewery and Pub. Indrehus has spent 21 years developing well-rounded beers with quality ingredients.

The humble nature of Tommyknocker Brewery’s old-school beers are a testament to his mantra: “nothing fancy.” Yet, his creations keep drinkers coming back for more. Maybe it’s because he’s a self-proclaimed anti-hophead, or that he started from the bottom and worked his way up, or maybe because he has never used a kernel of cascade hops (the most prolific hop used in the brewing industry). For Tommyknocker’s Blood Orange IPA, an unwillingness to have a loss in quality makes production more difficult

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omero isn’t just any other regular at a taphouse in Lafayette. He is the face of the company at Romero’s K9 Club & Tap House.

“When we began thinking about opening a business in Colorado, there was no way we could leave out our canine sidekick. Therefore, we started a plan based around what we, as dog-lovers, would like to see out of a craftbeverage-focused establishment,” said Maria Redondo, co-owner of Romero’s.

Romero’s K9 Club & Tap House hosts all kinds of beer and dog-centric events including

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sh Bernal’s family has lived in Fruita for six generations and it seems she has no plans of relocating any time soon.

After living in both California and Spain, Bernal has always returned to her roots and she is excited to have a home on her family’s 92-year-old farm. She previously worked as a park ranger in Colorado National Monument and was a regular at Copper Club Brewing Co., where she was among the first to learn they were in search of an extra taptender.

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K9 Halloween parties, K9 first aid and CPR classes and the Great American Bark Festival.

Redondo also added that Romero has visited dozens of breweries, both in state and out of state. One time while camping at the Melvin Brewing taproom in Alpine, Wyoming, Romero was caught face deep in a glass full of beer. He is always dragging his tongue around the bar in search of beer droplets and he is a fan of malt-forward beers rather than hoppy offerings, Redondo said.

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because real oranges are hand-zested for every batch brewed.

Tommyknocker starts with snowmelt and rainwater fresh off Mt. Evans. The iconic waterfall that cascades into Idaho Springs adjacent to I-70 is the overflow from the water source that feeds Tommyknocker mountain brews. One of the original mountain breweries in Colorado, Tommyknocker’s beer is inspired by the landscapes that surround the town.

New beers are constantly popping up. Of the 18 rotating beers they serve, the most popular is always the newest, a testament to Indrehus’ new recipes. Tommyknocker beer is sold in 6-packs and they are “made to be drank.”

Bernal worked both jobs for a while, but as business picked up at Copper Club, she left her park ranger job so that she could spend more time in what she calls Fruita’s living room. “Our team is small and feels more like a family,” she said. Copper Club Brewing Co. is a place where everyone feels at home and newcomers are always welcome, Bernal explained.

Copper Club Brewing Co. Characters of the Craft by Dylan Hochstedler

BREWERS’ FAVORITES

WHERE INSIDERS SHARE THEIR OPINIONS

Evolution IPA, 7.1% ABV, Golden City Brewery

During my earlier days brewing in Colorado, I was at Golden City Brewery. Evolution IPA was in its infancy. It’s a lighter colored easy drinking hop forward beer that has some bright citrus and pine aromas and flavors. E-IPA has been brewed since 1999, and it’s seen a wide variety of malt and hop combinations. It’s been very satisfying to see this beer change and “evolve” from brewer to brewer and to know that I was a link in that evolutionary chain! The current recipe is very hoppy, keeping in line with current hop levels that drinkers demand.

Current brewer Josh Norton is doing a great job of brewing the GCB beer lineup!

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Continuous Thunder, 8.8% ABV, Ratio Beerworks

Ratio is one of my go-to breweries in my neighborhood and they always have a ton of tasty beers. Right now I can’t get enough of the Continuous Thunder Double Dry Hopped Double IPA. This crystal clear beer has amazing hops notes from Mosaic and Simcoe.

The aroma and first sip lead to an explosive pineapple bite that quickly moves to dank, resinous pine. It comes in at 8.8% but is still balanced. I highly suggest enjoying one on their patio.

Kelissa Hieber, Head Brewer, Goldpsot Brewing Co. - Compiled by Dylan Hochstedler

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Foreign Extra Stout on Cask, 7.5% ABV, Hogshead Brewing Company (collaboration with Blue Moon Brewing)

Pours a beautiful beer engine cascade of micro bubbles that turn the black-as-night brew into a frothy cappuccino impression. The head lingers well into the first sips and leaves a beautiful lace around the glass. Served warm (50 degrees), as is the custom at Hogshead, it allows me to explore this beautiful stout in all its glory. Roast notes hit the nose and palate immediately, as do hints of chocolate and coffee. One of the largest brews Hogshead serves, the bittersweet balance between the roast and the hops makes this beer incredibly drinkable. Brilliant!

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Featherweight Pale Ale, 5.2% ABV, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co.

This is my go-to beer when traveling to and from the mountains. It’s a light, clean, perfectly balanced American pale ale. Big citrusy hops are delivered with a pleasant bready finish.

Weighing in at 5.2% ABV, I can go many rounds with this beer and still be left standing at the end of the day.

Eric Schmidt, Co-Owner, Amalgam Brewing

Tim Myers, Owner/Head Brewer, Strange Craft Beer Co.

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S’mores Stout, 4.9 % ABV, Wild Woods Brewery

I’m not one to wander far off the Reinheitsgebot in my beer designs so when I do I always tread cautiously and leave it to the guys who know what they’re doing. Wild Woods to me is a brewery that flies under the radar most of the time with their “beers inspired by the outdoors,” and their s’mores stout is a solid offering. This sweet stout, aged on cocoa nibs, has a creamy full body, with a nice coffee flavor that melds with a sweet chocolate flavor reminiscent of mocha. The medium carbonation and wellbalanced bitterness in this beer are perfect for sitting around a fire!

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4 Grains in the Membrane, 14.9% ABV, Baere Brewing Co.

I have chosen Four Grains in the Membrane from Baere Brewing in Denver, a strong ale aged in Laws Four Grain Straight Bourbon barrels for six months with Brettanomyces. For being nearly 15% ABV, this is by far one of the most enjoyable/drinkable beers I’ve ever had the pleasure of hitting my palate. The brett character, hopping rate, malt flavor and booze contribution have all been kept in perfect harmony. They’ve even got the intangible cool factor of collaborating with arguably the top local distillery to incorporate their grain bill and enhance the cohesiveness of the final product. These guys absolutely nailed it!

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heck out any bonafide rancher, cow-puncher or sheepherder in the West and they all have one thing in common: he or she will be connected to a wide-brimmed hat that emanates a distinguishing personality.

They won’t all be Stetsons (reserved for the National Western Livestock Show and dinner in town on Saturday night).

The everyday beaver felt generates its character from rain-soaking Nor’westers, summer blizzards and quartering into a stiff wind, while on horseback.

The following account is inspired by the resilience of one of my all-time favorite head pieces, a hat that slowly propagated a reputation, and ultimately an unsolicited trademark.

It was not a ten-galloner, but originally was very craftily shaped. And, it accompanied and protected my noggin and ears during a few thousand miles of horse packing and backpacking in the 1970s and early 1980s.

To some trail companions, as the High Country weather contorted its contours, it became affectionately unsitely. (On one occasion, when a low hanging branch dislodged it, “Unc” told me the hat was so ugly that a pack mule even passed up the opportunity to pee on it … uh huh!).

Sure, the lid was a tad bit deformed and maybe, just maybe, its Texas crease had gone South.

O’Farrell Hat Company in Durango likely would have cringed at a remake!

That was not an option anyway.

To ol’ Clapsaddle it was just getting broken in.

And, its legacy was yet to come!

We had established camp adjacent to Sky Ranch Lutheran Center, west of Fort Collins in the Roosevelt National Forest, for a family reunion. Aunts and uncles and cousins from across the Midwest joined we Coloradans as did our trail horses.

By Bufford T. Clapsaddle

The itinerary for the initial full day called for a ride up the “backside” (North side) of Rocky Mountain National Park, an afternoon picnic on the far side of Mummy Pass, then back to camp.

At the get-go, in order to access the established trail, we needed to navigate the South Fork of the Cache La Poudre River, which yet had snowmelt and semiswift currenting about four feet deep in the channel.

My lead mount for the day was Cinnamon, a talented savvy do-it-all Blue Roan mare who relished being out front.

Mostly, she was as dependable as a Rolex watch. Very occasionally, Cinnamon unveiled, as her former owner declared, “a mind she won’t change.”

This July day was one of those ever-sooftens.

Cinnamon fast-paced into the South Poudre like she had dozens of times previously … until I needed to put my legs up by the saddle horn to keep the boots dry. Mid-stream she resolved to unload me. I managed to stay aboard. My favorite hat did not. When I crested the bank on the far side, awaiting the other riders, I watched the ol’sombrero heading downstream north to the main Poudre, then to the Platte River, on to the Missouri

and Mississippi winding up in some fisherman’s net in the Atlantic Ocean.

A baseball cap and I had a respectful ride in the Rocky Mountain Park that day.

Two days later, my nine-year-old daughter was belted into the passenger seat of “Old Grunt” pulling nine horses enroute home. More than 20 miles down a winding and dusty gravel road, as we approached the confluence of the main Poudre, an ecstatic little voice screamed “Dad, stop the truck … stop the truck.”

Incredulously, Angie spotted the AWOL hat clinging fiercely to a snag on a downed tree … on the far bank of the river. And, then another miracle. Two hikers were hoofing it toward their car across the water. One of the teens, with agreeable pleasure, crawled out on the log for retrieving. We met them at a bridge a quarter mile down, where we offered a cash reward, and they politely refused.

We placed the hat on the truck floor to dry as we made our way toward Fort Collins. However, this lucky reunion tale yet does not conclude.

A nail on the wall of the Clapsaddle tack shed would be the Lucky lid’s home for several months. The following summer a hat box showed up at an impromptu birthday gathering arranged by newspaper and magazine staffers. The itinerant head piece made another unexpected appearance. This time every corrugation, furrow, ridge, crease, crumple and pucker was eternally held in place by a solid coat of bronze. The pithy little tag inside read “KEEP AWAY FROM WATER!” Bufford T. Clapsaddle (aka Wilbur Flachman) is a retired newspaper and magazine publisher who has guided hundreds of horse pack trips into the Rocky Mountains for family, friends and business associates during the past 45 years. Majority of his tales are revealed only at timberline.

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COLORADO BR Bootstrap Brewing ● ● bootstrapbrewing.com

West Flanders Brewing Co ● ● wfbrews.com

Lost Highway Brewing Co losthighwaybrewing.com

Boulder Beer Co ● ● boulderbeer.com

White Labs Tasting Room whitelabs.com

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BRU Handbuilt Ales ● bruboulder.com

Wild Woods Brewery wildwoodsbrewery.com

Rock Bottom Park Meadows ● rockbottom.com

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Cellar-West Artisan Ales ● cellarwest.com

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Echo Brewing Co echobrewing.com

BierWerks Brewery ● ● bierwerks.com

Floodstage Ale Works ● facebook.com/floodstagealeworks2013

Bristol Brewing ● bristolbrewing.com

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Grand Lake Brewing Tavern ● ● grandlakebrewing.com

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Fate Brewing Co ● fatebrewingcompany.com

Odyssey Beerwerks ● ● odysseybeerwerks.com

Finkel & Garf Brewing Co finkelandgarf.com

Someplace Else Brewery someplaceelse.beer

Front Range Brewing Co ● ● frontrangebrewingcompany.com

Something Brewery somethingbrewery.com

Cogstone Brewing Co ● cogstonebrewing.com

Spice Trade Brewing Co ● spicetradebrewing.com

Gravity Brewing ● ● thegravitybrewing.com

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Colorado Mountain Brewery ● cmbrew.com

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Gunbarrel Brewing Co gunbarrelbrewing.com

BJ’s ● bjsrestaurants.com

Industrial Revolution Brewing Co theirbc.com

Cheluna Brewing Company cheluna.com

J Wells Brewery jwellsbrewery.com

Dad and Dudes Breweria ● breweria.com

James Peak Brewery & Smokehouse jamespeakbrew.com

Dry Dock Brewing Co ● North Dock drydockbrewing.com 303.400.5606

Kettle and Spoke Brewery facebook.com/KettleandSpoke Liquid Mechanics Brewing Co ● ● liquidmechanicsbrewing.com

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Southern Sun ● mountainsunpub.com

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BOULDER AREA

Uturn BBQ ● uturnbbq.com

12Degree Brewing ● 12degree.com

Very Nice Brewing ● verynicebrewing.com

Amalgam Brewing amalgambrewing.com

Vindication Brewing Co vindicationbrewing.com

Asher Brewing asherbrewing.com

Vision Quest Brewing Co visionquestbrewing.com

Avery ● averybrewing.com

Walnut Brewery ● walnutbrewery.com

BJ’s ● bjsrestaurants.com

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Upslope Brewing Co ● ● upslopebrewing.com

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Royal Gorge Brewing & Restaurant ● royalgorgebrewpub.com

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Ute Pass Brewing Co ● utepassbrewingcompany.com

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Pints Pub ● pintspub.com

Little Machine Brew House ● littlemachinebeer.com

Factotum Brewhouse factotumbrewhouse.com

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Station 26 Brewing Co ● station26brewing.co

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Cerebral Brewing cerebralbrewing.com CO-Brew cobrewdenver.com Deep Draft Brewing Co deepdraftbrewery.com Fiction Beer Co ● fictionbeer.com

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Denver Chophouse ● chophouse.com

Sojourner’s Brewing Project sojournersbeer.com

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Great Divide Brewing Co ● ● greatdivide.com

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MILE HI/AURARIA

Call to Arms Brewing Co ● calltoarmsbrewing.com

Briar Common Brewery & Eatery briarcommon.com

De Steeg Brewing desteegbrewing.com

Denver Beer Co ● ● denverbeerco.com

Diebolt Brewing Co ● ● dieboltbrewing.com

Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe + Brewery ● thegratefulgnome.com Hogshead Brewery ● hogsheadbrewery.com Oasis Brewing Company oasisbeer.com Prost Brewing Co ● prostbrewing.com

RINO 10 Barrel Brewing Co. ● ● 10barrel.com/pub/denver 720.573.8992 2620 Walnut St., Denver

Beryl’s Beer Co. ● ● berylsbeerco.com Bierstadt Lagerhaus● bierstadtlager.com Black Shirt Brewing Co ● ● blackshirtbrewingco.com Blue Moon Brewing Co. ● ● bluemoonbrewingcompany.com 303.728.2337 3750 Chestnut Place, Denver

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Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project crookedstave.com

BREW Pub & Kitchen ● brewpubkitchen.com

Equinox Brewing ● equinoxbrewing.com

Epic Brewing Co ● epicbrewing.com

Carver Brewing Co ● carverbrewing.com

Fort Collins Brewery ● ● fortcollinsbrewery.com

Great Divide Brewing Co ● ● greatdivide.com

Dolores River Brewery ● ● doloresriverbrewery.com

Freedonia Brewing freedoniabrewing.com

Mockery Brewing ● mockerybrewing.com

Durango Brewing Co ● durangobrewing.com

Funkwerks funkwerks.com

Our Mutual Friend omfbeer.com

J. Fargo’s Family Dining & Micro Brewery ● jfargos.com

Gilded Goat Brewing Co gildedgoatbrewing.com

Ratio Beerworks ● ● ratiobeerworks.com

Main Street Brewery & Restaurant ● mainstreetbrewerycortez.com

Zephyr Brewing Co ● zephyrbrewingco.com

Mancos Brewing Co ● mancosbrewingcompany.com

SOUTHEAST DENVER

Ska Brewing ● ● skabrewing.com

Bull and Bush Brewery ● ● bullandbush.com

Steamworks Brewing Co ● steamworksbrewing.com

Comrade Brewing ● comradebrewing.com

WildEdge Brewing Collective facebook.com/wildedgebrewing

Copper Kettle Brewing Co ● copperkettledenver.com

EAGLE COUNTY

Fermaentra ● fermaentra.com

7 Hermits Brewing Company ● 7hermitsbrewing.com

SOUTHWEST DENVER

Bonfire Brewing ● bonfirebrewing.com

Black Sky Brewery ● ● blackskybrewing.com Chain Reaction Brewing Co ● chainreactionbrewingco.com Crazy Mountain Brewing Co ● crazymountainbrewery.com Declaration Brewing Co ● ● declarationbrewing.com Platt Park Brewing Co ● plattparkbrewing.com Renegade Brewing renegadebrewing.com Wit’s End Brewing Co witsendbrewing.com

WHEAT RIDGE/EDGEWATER/ LAKEWOOD

Crazy Mountain Brewing Company crazymountainbrewery.com Gore Range Brewery ● gorerangebrewery.com Vail Brewing Company ● ● vailbrewingco.com

Ironworks Brewery & Pub ● ironworkspub.com

FORT COLLINS AREA Anheuser-Busch anheuser-busch.com BJ’s ● bjsrestaurants.com Black Bottle Brewery ● blackbottlebrewery.com C.B. & Potts ● cbpotts.com Coopersmith’s Pub & Brewing ● coopersmithspub.com

Animas Brewing Co ● animasbrewing.com

DC Oakes Brewhouse & Eatery dcoakesbrewhouse.com

Bottom Shelf Brewery ● bottomshelfbrewery.com

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New Belgium ● ● newbelgium.com Odell Brewing Co ● ● odellbrewing.com Old Colorado Brewing Co oldcoloradobrewing.com Pitchers Brewery ● pitchersbrewery.com

Zwei Brewing Co ● ● zweibrewing.com

Green Mountain Beer Co greenmountainbeercompany.com

New Terrain Brewing newterrainbrewing.com

GRAND JUNCTION AREA

Edgewater Brewery ● kannahcreekbrewingco.com/ edgewater-brewery

ESTES PARK

South Park Brewing Co ● southparkbrewingcolorado.com

900 Washington Ave., Golden

McClellan’s Brewing Co. mcclellansbrewingcompany.com

Three Four Beer Co ● threefourbeerco.com

FAIRPLAY

Mountain Toad Brewing ● mountaintoadbrewing.com 720.638.3244

Copper Club Brewing Co ● copperclubbrew.com

Dead Hippie Brewing deadhippiebrewing.com

Great Frontier Brewing Co greatfrontierbeer.com

801 Brickyard Cir., Golden

Maxline Brewing maxlinebrewing.com

Soul Squared Brewing Co soulsquaredbrewing.com

Rock Cut Brewing Co rockcutbrewing.com

Holidaily Brewing Co. Holidailybrewing.com 303.278.BEER

4 B’s Brewery ● ● 4bsbrewery.com

C.B. & Potts Denver Tech ● cbpotts.com

Colorado Plus Brewpub ● ● coloradoplus.net

Golden City Brewery ● gcbrewery.com

Mash Lab Brewing mashlabbrewing.com

Snowbank Brewing snowbank.beer

Lumpy Ridge Brewing Co lumpyridgebrewing.com

DURANGO AREA

Jessup Farm Barrel House ● jessupfarmbarrelhouse.com

The Brew on Broadway ● ● thebrewonbroadway.com

CAUTION: Brewing Co cautionbrewingco.com

WestFax Brewing Company westfaxbrewingcompany.com

Intersect Brewing intersectbrewing.com

ENGLEWOOD AREA

Estes Park Brewery ● epbrewery.com

Landlocked Ales landlockedales.com

Horse & Dragon Brewing Co horseanddragonbrewing.com

Rally King Brewing rallykingbrewing.com

Brewery Rickoli ● breweryrickoli.com

Joyride Brewing Co ● joyridebrewing.com

High Hops Brewery ● ● highhopsbrewery.com

Coors Brewing Company millercoors.com

GLENWOOD SPRINGS/ CARBONDALE/ASPEN

Kannah Creek Brewing Co ● kannahcreekbrewingco.com Palisade Brewing Co ● ● palisadebrewingcompany.com Revolution Brewing ● ● revolution-brewing.com The Rockslide Restaurant and Brewery ● rockslidebrewpub.com Suds Brothers Brewery ● ● sudsbrothers2fruita.com

GREELEY AREA Brix Taphouse and Brewery ● ● brixtaphouseandbrewery.com Broken Plow Brewery ● brokenplowbrewery.com Crabtree Brewing ● ● crabtreebrewing.com Grand Lake’s 16th Street Tavern ● ● grandlakebrewing.com

Aspen Brewing Co ● aspenbrewingcompany.com

WeldWerks Brewing Co weldwerksbrewing.com

Capitol Creek Brewery ● capitolcreekbrewery.com

Wiley Roots Brewing Co ● wileyrootsbrewing.com

Carbondale Beer Works ● carbondalebeerworks.com Casey Brewing and Blending caseybrewing.com Glenwood Canyon Brew Pub ● glenwoodcanyonbrewpub.com Roaring Fork Beer Co ● roaringforkbeerco.com

IDAHO SPRINGS/EVERGREEN/ CENTRAL CITY Dostal Alley Saloon & Gambling Emporium ● dostalalley.com El Rancho Brewing Company ● elranchobrewing.com

GOLDEN

Evergreen Taphouse & Brewery evergreentaphouse.com

AC Golden Brewing Company acgolden.com

Guanella Pass Brewing Co. guanellapass.com

Barrels and Bottles Brewery ● barrelsbottles.com

Lariat Lodge Brewing Co ● ● lariatlodgebrewing.com

Cannonball Creek Brewing Co cannonballcreekbrewing.com

EWERY LINEUP Tommyknocker Brewery & Pub ● tommyknocker.com 303.567.2688 1401 Miner St. Idaho Springs

Westbound & Down Brewing Company ● westboundanddown.com

LITTLETON AREA 38 State Brewing ● ● 38statebrew.com Boggy Draw Brewery boggydrawbrewing.com

Bootstrap Brewing bootstrapbrewing.com

Big Thompson Brewery lovelandbrewery.com

PAGOSA SPRINGS/ DEL NORTE/ALAMOSA

Grossen Bart Brewery ● ● grossenbart.com

Buckhorn Brewers buckhornbrewers.com

Pagosa Brewing Co ● pagosabrewing.com

Left Hand Brewing Co ● lefthandbrewing.com

City Star Brewing ● citystarbrewing.com

Riff Raff Brewing ● ● riffraffbrewing.com

Open Door Brewing opendoorbrewco.com

Crow Hop Brewing crowhopbrewing.com

San Luis Valley Brewing ● slvbrewco.com

Oskar Blues ● oskarblues.com

Grimm Brothers grimmbrosbrewhouse.com

Square Peg Brewerks squarepegbrewerks.com

Pumphouse Brewery ● pumphousebrewery.com

Loveland Aleworks lovelandaleworks.com

Three Barrel Brewing Co ● threebarrelbrew.com

Rock Bottom ● rockbottom.com

Wolfe Brewing Co ● ● wolfebrewingco.com

Verboten Brewing Co. verbotenbrewing.com

PARKER

Veteran Brothers Brewing Company veteranbrosbrewing.com

Barnett and Son Brewing Co ● ● barnettandsonbrewing.com

MONUMENT

Elk Mountain Brewing Inc ● elkmountainbrewing.com

Shoes and Brews shoesbrews.com 720.340.4290

Breckenridge Brewery ● breckbrew.com Coal Mine Ave. Brewing Co. coalmineavebrewing.com

63 S Pratt Pkwy, Longmont

Living the Dream Brewing Co livingthedreambrewing.com

Skeye Brewing ● skeyebrewing.com 303.774.7698

Locavore Beer Works locavorebeerworks.com

Wibby Brewing wibbybrewing.com

LONGMONT 300 Suns ● 300sunsbrewing.com 720.442.8292

335 1st Ave., Unit C, Longmont

PUEBLO AREA

Pikes Peak Brewing Co ● ● pikespeakbrewing.com 719.208.4098

900 S Hover St, Unit D, Longmont

Saint Patricks Brewing Co saintpatricksbrewing.com

Brues Alehouse Brewing Co ● ● bruesalehouse.com

1756 Lake Woodmoor Dr., Monument

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Berthoud Brewing Co berthoudbrewing.com

Beer by Design Brewery ● beerbydesign.com

Big Beaver Brewing Co ● bigbeaverbrew.com

Mother Tucker Brewery mothertuckerbrewery.com

PDub Brewing Co. pdubbrewing.com

Shamrock Brewing ● shamrockbrewing.com Walter’s Brewery & Taproom waltersbeer.com

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Colorado Boy Pizzeria & Brewery● coloradoboy.com/montrose

Amica’s ● amicassalida.com

Colorado Boy Pub & Brewery ● coloradoboy.com/ridgeway

Crestone Brewing Company crestonebrewingco.com

Golden Block Brewery ● goldenblockbrewery.com

Eddyline Restaurant and Brewing Co ● eddylinebrewing.com

Horsefly Brewing Co ● ● horseflybrewing.com

STERLING Parts & Labor Brewing Co facebook.com/partsandlaborbrewingco

SUMMIT COUNTY

Elevation Beer Co ● elevationbeerco.com 719.539.5258

Ouray Brewery ● ouraybrewery.com

115 Pahlone Pkwy, Poncha Springs

Hubbub Brewing hubbubbrewing.com Moonlight Pizza and Brewpub● moonlightpizza.biz Periodic Brewing periodicbrewing.com

The Eldo Brewery and Taproom ● ● eldobrewpub.com High Alpine Brewing Co ● highalpinebrewingcompany.com Irwin Brewing Company irwinbrewingco.com

Smuggler’s Brewpub ● smugglersbrewpub.com

Avalanche Brewing Company ● avalanchebrewing.com

Atom Brewing Company atombrewingcompany.com

Breckenridge Brewery & Pub ● breckbrew.com

Black Sheep Brewery facebook.com/BlackSheepBrew Burgundian Brewing facebook.com/BurgundianBrewing Centennial Beer Company centennialbeercompany.com

Outer Range Brewing Co. outerrange.com

Telluride Brewing Co telluridebrewingco.com

Gemini Beer Co geminibeer.com

Pug Ryan’s pugryans.com

Good River Beer grbeerco.com

TRINIDAD

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Idylwilde Brewing idylwildebrewing.com

Dodgeton Creek Brewing Co dodgetoncreek.com

Butcherknife Brewing Co butcherknifebrewing.com Mahogany Ridge Brewery & Grill ● mahoganyridgesteamboat.com Mountain Tap Brewery mountaintapbrewery.com

SOUTHWEST COLORADO

The Baker’s Brewery ● thebakersbrewery.com

Dillon Dam Brewery ● ● dambrewery.com

Two Rascals Brewing Co tworascalsbrewing.com

GUNNISON/CRESTED BUTTE

Acidulous Brewing Company facebook.com/Acidulousbrewing

Broken Compass Brewing brokencompassbrewing.com

Ourayle House Brewery ouraylehouse.com

Lady Justice Brewing ladyjusticebrewing.com

WINTER PARK AREA

New Planet Beer newplanetbeer.com

Hideaway Park Brewery hideawayparkbrewery.com Moffat Station ● winterparkhotel.com/moffat-station-microbrew-restaurant

Storm Peak Brewing Co. stormpeakbrewing.com

Never Summer Brewing Co. facebook.com/neversummerbrewingco

Yampa Valley Brewing Co ● yampavalleybrew.com

DISTRIBUTION ONLY 14er Brewing 14erbrewing.com

Backcountry Brewery ● backcountrybrewery.com

Northman Brewery facebook.com/NorthmanBreweryMontrose

The Peak Bistro & Brewery thepeakwp.com

The Occasional Brew theoccasionalbrew.com Sleeping Giant Brewing sleepinggiantbrewing.com

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COLORADO DISTILLERY/CIDER LINEUP DENVER/BOULDER Altitude Spirits, Inc. - Boulder altitudespirits.com Anders’ Vodka - Parker andersvodka.com Arta Tequila - Englewood artatequila.com Bear Creek Distillery - Denver bearcreekdistillery.com Blank & Booth Distilling - Central Denver blankandbooth.com Boulder Distillery and Clear Spirit Company, Inc. - Boulder 303vodka.com/boulderdistillery Colorado Sun ‘Shine - Englewood cosunshine.com

Spirit Hound Distillers - Lyons spirithounds.com Squeal Rum - Aurora squealrum.com State 38 Distilling state-38.com 303.895.1485

400 Corporate Cr. Ste. B, Golden

Stranahan’s - South Denver stranahans.com Strongwater Spirits & Botanicals - Denver sipstrongwater.com Vapor Distillery - Boulder vapordistillery.com

SOUTHERN COLORADO 3 Hundred Days of Shine - Monument 3hundreddays.com Axe and the Oak Distillery - Colo. Springs axeandtheoak.com Black Bear Distillery - Green Mountain Falls blackbeardistillery.com Boathouse Distillery - Salida boathousedistillery.com Cockpit Craft Distillery - Colo. Springs cockpitdistillery.com Deerhammer Distilling Co - Buena Vista deerhammer.com Distillery 291 - Colo. Springs distillery291.com

Stoneyard Distillery - Dotsero stoneyarddistillery.com Telluride Distilling Co - Mountain Village telluridedistilling.com Woodshed Distilling - Pagosa Springs facebook.com/Woodshed-Distilling Woody Creek Distillers - Basalt woodycreekdistillers.com

CIDERIES Big B’s Juices and Hard Cider - Hotchkiss bigbjuices.com Branch Out Cider - Fort Collins branchoutcider.com C Squared Ciders - Denver ● csquaredciders.com

Devil’s Head Distillery - Englewood devilsheaddistillery.com

Weaver’s Spirits - Parker weaversspirits.com

KJ Wood Distillers - Ouray kjwooddistillers.com

Downslope Distilling - Englewood downslopedistilling.com

Whistling Hare - Westminster whistlinghare.com

Lee Spirits - Colo. Springs leespirits.com

Geek Spirits - Boulder geekspiritsdistillery.com

NORTHERN COLORADO

Mystic Mountain Distillery - Larkspur mmdistillery.com

Anvil Distillery - Longmont anvildistillery.com

Sangre Distilleries - Westcliffe sangredistilleries.com

Art of the Spirits Colorado Whiskey - Idaho Springs artofthespirits.com

Wood’s High Mountain Distillery - Salida woodsdistillery.com

Golden City Winery - Golden facebook.com/GCWinery/

Black Canyon Distillery - Longmont blackcanyondistillery.com

WESTERN SLOPE

The Ice Cave Cider House - Monument facebook.com/theicecaveciderhouse

Golden Moon Distillery goldenmoondistillery.com 303.993.7174 412 Violet St., Golden

Golden Moon Speakeasy goldenmoonspeak.com 720.638.1155 1111 Miner’s Alley, Golden

J & L Distilling Co - Boulder jldistilling.com Laws Whiskey House - Denver lawswhiskeyhouse.com Leopold Bros - Northeast Denver leopoldbros.com Mad Rabbit Distillery - Westminster madrabbitdistillery.com Mile High Spirits - Lodo milehighspiritsllc.com Rado Distilling - Arvada radodistilling.com Rising Sun Distillery - Northwest Denver risingsundistillery.com Rocker Spirits - Littleton rockerspirits.com

Climb Hard Cider Company, - Loveland climbhardcider.com Colorado Cider Co. - Denver www.coloradocider.com Colorado Common Cider - Colo. Springs coloradocommon.com Compass Cider - Fort Collins compasscider.com

Coppermuse Distillery - Fort Collins coppermuse.com

10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit CO - Vail 10thwhiskey.com

Dancing Pines Distillery - Loveland dancingpinesdistillery.com

808 Distillery - Eagle 808distill.com

Scrumpy’s Hard Cider - Fort Collins scrumpys.net

Elevation 5003 Distillery - Fort Collins elevation5003.com

Breckenridge Distillery - Breckenridge breckenridgedistillery.com

Snow Capped Cider - Cedaredge snowcappedcider.com

Feisty Spirits - Fort Collins feistyspirits.com

Colorado Gold - Cedaredge coloradogolddistillers.com

St. Vrain Cidery - Longmont stvraincidery.com

Old Town Distilling - Fort Collins oldtowndistilling.com

Durango Craft Spirits - Durango durangospirits.com

Still Cellars - Longmont stillcellars.com

Honey House Distillery - Durango honeyhousedistillery.com

Spring 44 Distilling - Loveland spring44.com

Mancos Valley Distillery - Mancos mancosvalleydistillery.com

Syntax Spirits - Greeley syntaxspirits.com

Marble Distilling Co - Carbondale marbledistilling.com

Tesouro Distillery - Longmont tesourodistillery.com

Montanya Distillers - Crested Butte montanyarum.com

Old Mine Cidery & Brewpub - Erie theoldmine.com

Stem Ciders - Denver ● ● stemciders.com Summit Hard Cider - Fort Collins facebook.com/summithardcider Talbott’s Cider Company - Palisade talbottsciderco.com Talisman Farm Cidery - Hygiene talisman.com Wild Cider - Firestone wildcider.com

Peach Street Distillers - Palisade peachstreetdistillers.com Peak Spirits - Hotchkiss peakspirits.com

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