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Brian Connery’s brewing career has taken him all over the country.
He brewed at Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewery during its largest growth period. He’s worked at breweries in Las Vegas and San Francisco. In Colorado, he’s brewed at Fort Collins’ New Belgium Brewing, Boulder Beer Co., Aurora’s Dad & Dudes Breweria, Colorado Springs’ Il Vicino and most recently at Denver’s Lost Highway Brewing.
Now, Connery is helping build a new brewpub in Fort Collins from the ground up — Envy Brewing plans to open by the end of the year out of a portion of the Peloton Cycles at 3027 E. Harmony Road, The Coloradoan reported on October 18.
‘I’m someone who likes a challenge in my life,” Connery said. “You put in your heart and more of yourself when you are building something from scratch.”
Connery provides plenty of experience to Envy, which has been about seven years in the works. He joins business partners Erik Schmidt, Joe Morgan and Dana Hood.
“His expertise will be worth every penny,” Schmidt said. “You can’t open with bad beer, and with (Connery) we will be able to get open as soon as we are able.”
Envy will focus on collaboration beers, with plans to partner with other breweries, malt companies, local businesses and area homebrewers.
The brewery plans to serve its beer in-house and also distribute to area accounts.
“We were hesitant of doing a normal tasting room and wanted another aspect to our brewery,” Hood said. “We think collaborations will be one way we can stand out here in Fort Collins in a crowded beer scene.”
Envy will have about 35 indoor seats plus additional seating on a patio.
The restaurant portion of the brewpub will offer pizzas, wings and salads. Special pairing dinners and events will also be planned.
Envy was first dreamed up by Schmidt and Morgan, who were avid homebrewers. They came up with the Envy Brewing name seven years ago and have looked at multiple locations throughout Fort Collins.
“We can’t really remember how we came up with the name — it was a long night with a lot of beer,” Morgan joked. “We wanted something short and memorable.”
And now with the well-traveled Connery on board, Envy Brewing is about to become a reality.
“The response I've gotten so far is people are extremely excited,” Connery said. “We are chomping at the bit to get going.”
Breweries of Fort Collins Anheuser Busch, 1988 Coopersmith's Pub & Brewing, 1989 Odell Brewing, 1989 New Belgium Brewing, 1991 C.B. & Potts, 1996 Equinox Brewing, 2010 Funkwerks, 2010 Black Bottle Brewery, 2012 Pitchers Sports Restaurant, 2013 Horse & Dragon Brewing, 2014 Snowbank Brewing, 2014 Zwei Brewing, 2014 Rally King Brewing, 2015 Soul Squared Brewing, 2015 McClellan's Brewing, 2015 Jessup Farm Barrel House, 2015 Maxline Brewing, 2016 Intersect Brewing, 2016 Gilded Goat Brewing, 2017 D.C. Oakes Brewhouse & Eatery, 2017 Purpose Brewing & Cellars, 2017 Red Truck Beer, 2018 Ramskeller Brewpub at CSU, 2018
Under construction: Envy Brewing, Prost Brewing, Freedonia Brewing and new C.B. & Potts brewery.
18 October, 2018
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