USA, CO: Verboten Brewing moves to larger location in Loveland

Loveland’s Verboten Brewing has closed its original, industrial district brewhouse and taproom and is moving to a larger downtown space, Coloradoan reported on October 19.

The new Verboten brewery will open at 125 E. 5th St. in Loveland in mid-January, said owner Josh Grenz. It will be almost three times the size of the brewery’s former space, which was located across from Dancing Pines Distillery on Taurus Court.

Grenz said he is looking forward to a central Loveland location and more room for growing his nearly 3-year-old business. The new brewery will fit around 65 people in its taproom and allow for an expanded brewing operation and bottling line in the back.

Verboten currently distributes kegs and bottles only around Northern Colorado and as far south as Denver.

Even with brewing halted, though, Grenz said that bars and stores carrying beers such as Thinking of Something Orange, Killer Boots and Angry Banjo shouldn’t run dry before the new brewery’s opening.

“We brewed enough to pretty much bridge the gap,” he said. “But it’s getting pretty tight at this point.”

To keep the beer flowing, Grenz and his team will contract brew at Snowbank Brewing in Fort Collins.

The practice of contract brewing is common for brewers who are either without a brewhouse or without a big enough brewhouse to get their product to market.

Grenz said he brewed his three bottled brands there last week as well as the seasonal Pure Imagination oatmeal stout.

Those beers will be delivered around Northern Colorado, with some brands also featured on Snowbank’s taps.

Snowbank also is contracting with Soul Squared Brewing, Fort Collins’ first CSA-style brewery, so craft beer fans who haven’t joined the CSA will be able to try Soul Squared beers on tap at Snowbank in coming weeks.

The three breweries plan to release a collaboration brew by the end of the year.

21 October, 2015