Breckenridge Brewery, some of the oldest craft beer makers within the state and the topic of 2 separate company buyouts during the last decade, will open but any other bankruptcy in its lengthy lifestyles in August by means of transferring right into a storied Colorado beer marketplace: Castle Collins.
The brewery, now owned by means of the worldwide hashish corporate Tilray, will take over and rebrand the taproom lately occupied by means of Sweetwater Brewing at 1020 E. Lincoln Ave. Tilray additionally owns Sweetwater, in addition to Inexperienced Flash Brewing, Alpine, Blue Level and others. The exchange is predicted to happen on Aug. 17 with a birthday party that includes reside song and giveaways.
“Given Breck Brew’s Colorado historical past and ties to the Colorado craft beer group, Tilray, Sweetwater Brewing, and Breck Brew have determined that it used to be easiest for Breckenridge Brewery to transport into the East Lincoln Road taproom in August 2024,” Tilray stated in a observation to The Denver Publish. “SweetWater loved a really perfect run in Castle Collins for the previous 2.5 years, however we expect it’s easiest for an iconic Colorado emblem like Breckenridge Brewery to ascertain roots in Castle Collins, which may be house to one of the most state’s most famed craft breweries.”
Andy Go, The Denver Publish
SweetWater Brewing has ceded its Castle Collins taproom to sister corporate Breckenridge Brewery. (Photograph by means of Andy Go/The Denver Publish)
Breckenridge will proceed to perform its 12-acre brewing campus, eating place and taproom at 2920 Brewery Lane in Littleton, in addition to its small brewpub within the ski the city of Breckenridge.
“We attempted for quite a few years to peer the place our emblem would stick all the way through the USA, and we discovered it’s comfiest within the state of Colorado,” stated Breckenridge Brewery “Tradition Czar” Todd Thibault, who has been with the corporate for almost 30 years. Breckenridge is understood for its Avalanche Amber Ale, Juice Drop Hazy IPA and Palisade Peach Wheat.
The verdict to change the branding from Sweetwater to Breckenridge used to be a quite contemporary one, however Thibault stated the group will stay all of its personnel and brewers and that it gained’t have to near for any roughly renovation. “If we do that proper, it’s going to transfer in a single day.”
The eating place will proceed to serve nearly all of its menu pieces – despite the fact that there will probably be a couple of minor adjustments – whilst the taproom will nonetheless to pour a handful of Sweetwater, Alpine and Inexperienced Flash beers, all of which can be brewed on-site.
Sweetwater, based in Georgia in 1997, moved into the Colorado construction in 2021 in an effort to increase its presence within the western U.S. It took over the massive manufacturing facility and taproom from Purple Truck Brewing, a Canadian beer maker that handiest lasted 4 years. Purple Chair had, in flip, had purchased out Castle Collins Brewing in 2017 on the similar deal with.
Breckenridge used to be based in its namesake the city in 1990 earlier than transferring its headquarters to Denver. It moved to its present campus in Littleton in 2015 and used to be bought by means of Anheuser Busch InBev in a while thereafter. In 2023, AB InBev offered Breckenridge (in addition to the Surprise Most sensible, Blue Level, 10 Barrel, Redhook and Widmer Brothers manufacturers) to Tilray.
Castle Collins is among the birthplaces of craft beer in Colorado and is the headquarters for independently owned Odell Brewing, based in 1989, and New Belgium Brewing, identified for Fats Tire, which opened in 1991 and is now owned by means of Kirin, a Jap conglomerate.
However there also are upward of twenty-two different craft breweries and brewery taprooms in Castle Collins, together with Funkwerks, Coopersmith’s, Horse & Dragon, Zwei, Objective and Hi Brew.
“It’s essential to spend a month in Castle Collins” simply attempting all of them, stated Thibault, who stated he’s excited so as to add Breckenridge’s title to the roster of legacy breweries on the town.
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