USA, CO: 1933 Brewing Company now open in Fort Collins

1933 Brewing Co. is now open, marking Fort Collins’ 12th brewery and the farthest south brewery in the city, Coloradoan.com reported on March 12.

The brewery’s owners Jimmy Vanderweide and Cody Pisacka were thrown off when four fermenters were stolen in January from behind the Mason Street building.

At the time, Pisacka said the theft would not keep them from opening in early March, and — on schedule — 1933 opened its doors quietly on March 11.

Manager Amanda Kaan said the brewery’s name, which comes from the year Prohibition ended, lends itself to “an older theme, with a hip look.”

Behind the wood U-shaped bar, head brewer Z. Wilson has five beers on tap, including amber, pale and brown ales; an oatmeal stout; and an IPA. By the weekend, a blonde should be ready to add to the list, as well as a nonalcoholic, house-made ginger ale that Wilson was brewing on March 12.

Wilson said he wasn’t sure yet of 1933’s signature beer. As he gets started, working in five-barrel batches, he will test recipes and then narrow them down based on customer response.

“I’m just going to go with the flow and see what people are liking the most,” he said.

People visiting the brewery can buy taster trays of four and six beers, and, starting soon, food trucks will be parked outside — at least on weekends, Kaan said.

14 March, 2014