Photos of the new Colorado Mountain Brewery

 

Last Friday was opening night for the new Colorado Mountain Brewery in Old Colorado City. The brewery has received a lot of attention for being the final business in the old Roundhouse building, which was originally built in 1888. There's a great article about this historic building in Fresh Ink. We headed over to the opening, but we showed up after 9pm so we could miss the larger crowds. Please enjoy the photos and our recap!

Colorado Mountain Brewery to open Sept 7

Image taken from the CS Indy post.

Yesterday evening the CS Indy reported that the second Colorado Mountain Brewery is set to open on September 7th. A week ago both ourselves and the Indy reported it would be tonight, Aug. 31st, so I just wanted to send you all the update. The Indy has some cool photos and some good information about what we can expect so I'd like to send your attention there. Cheers!

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Colorado Mountain Brewery Expands

We're off to GABF right now, or else we'd make a longer post about this, but we want you to be able to read the news now. The CS Indy broke the news today that Colorado Mountain Brewery will be expanding into Old Colorado City, with plans to open a large taproom for their beer, an additional 30 other local brews, and a small production area for lagers.

Check out the full article at the CS Indy.

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Collaborative Buddha Nuvo Image Recap

Last Friday a gathering of Colorado brewers took place. The project they were/are working on is a collaborative beer called Buddha Nuvo, named after the Buddha's Hand citrus fruit that has been added to the beer. There are more breweries involved in the project that I can beautifully list here, but I've got a bunch of pictures from the brew date below. Here's a bit of information about the beer:

Our malt bill consists of a complex blend Weyerman Pilsen, Vienna, Rye, and spelt for a golden color yet vinous body. Pumpkin was added in the boil for the smooth textures dancing over the palate. Several varieties of whole peppercorns were added to the boil to further reinforce the expected spiciness of this Saison. In fermentation, we mixed 5 distinct yeasts creating a spicy and fruity ester profile. Post fermentation the batch will age on American Oak Chardonnay barrels, 6 varieties of Bretta, and the rare fruit known as Buddha's Hand. Expected ABV is 12%. (Buddha's Hand was also added to the boil).

If you want more information on this beer, there is hours worth of information online about it at this point. Jason Yester took a lot of video from the event, so check his video-blog page to see the activities. Additionally, Rockyard Brewing set up a blog page devoted to this collaborative beer, which includes a wonderful entry of the email exchange happening between the brewers. Check it out!

This is what a Buddha's Hand looks like. Pretty friendly looking fruit, eh?

Jason Yester of Trinity Brewing mashing in the grains. *

Jason Yester, Jason Leeman of Rock Bottom COS, and Tim Myers of Strange Brewing checking mash temperatures.

Jim Stinson of Rockyard Brewing checking to see if the mashing procedure had finished extracting sugars from the malt. They were shooting for 16-18 degrees Plato.