Fort Collins Beer: A History of Brewing on the Front Range

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Although alcohol arrived with the first settlers in Fort Collins, Prohibition lingered until 1969. But the city was one of the first to latch onto the burgeoning craft beer movement. In 1989, Old Colorado Brewing Company paved the way as the city's first microbrewery. And with the inception of breweries like Odell and New Belgium, local beer soon saw a strong resurgence followed by popularity nationwide. By 2010, a new generation of breweries, like Funkwerks and Equinox Brewing, emerged. Brea D. Hoffman divulges the history of Fort Collins's evolving beer scene.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467137706
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/12/2017
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,125,561
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Brea D. Hoffman has been a Colorado resident for twenty-five years. She attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins. In the mid-2000s, she wrote an entertainment column for the Denver Daily News. She is a Level II executive sommelier through the International Wine Guild, a certified beer server through Cicerone and working toward her certified cicerone. She has been working in the hospitality and alcoholic beverage industry since 2011.

Table of Contents

Foreword Joshua B. Hall 5

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

Part I A Condensed History

1 The Birth of a Frontier Town 13

2 The Long Road to Recovery 16

3 A New Start: The Pioneers of Fort Collins Beer 20

Part II Craft Trailblazers

4 Odell Brewing Company: The "British" Invasion 29

5 New Belgium: The Bike Ride That Changed America 33

6 Fort Collins Brewer: From Berger to Banshee to Brewpub 55

Part III The Next Generation

7 Noteworthy Newcomers 65

8 Shaping the Fort Collins Beer Culture 79

9 The New Frontier: New Perspective, New Ingredients 88

10 The Expanding Landscape and the Future of Graft 92

Fort Fun Festivals and Events: A Guide 99

Notes 103

Index 109

About the Author 111

Editorial Reviews

"That sense of community is what Brea Hoffman, author of Fort Collins Beer: A History of Brewing on the Front Range, pointed to when she was asked about what makes Fort Collins' brewing culture so special. Her book, which essentially chronicles brewing in Fort Collins, weaves in story after story as she highlights what's best about breweries in For Collins: the community, collaboration, and (obviously) excellent brews." 5280 Magazine

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