USA, CO: Goat Patch Brewing Company now open in Colorado Springs

Goat Patch Brewing Company has opened in Colorado Springs, as of Monday, July 31. Owned by Justin and Jen Grant and Cate and Darren Baze, the Lincoln Center brewery has been on the beer enthusiasts’ radar for about a year. Brewer Darren, a veteran of Bristol, Trinity and Colorado Mountain breweries, says it's been "So far, so good", Colorado Springs Independent reported on August 1.

"People seem to like the beers… we did a bunch of soft openings to dial in the service," he adds. "I think that helped.”

Currently, the brewery offers six beers on tap. Their blonde and red ales are the first of their flagship brews. Baze says he's considering making their session IPA a flagship as well. They're also offering an unfiltered IPA, a porter, and an oddball beer they've dubbed Goat Patch Punch. It's a Belgian-style ale brewed with cherries and orange peels, fermented with a German-style hefeweizen yeast (best known for, when used traditionally, imparting banana and clove notes) and a Belgian saison yeast. It's notable also for being their only named beer.

“Eventually, if we get into packaging we might start naming them," explains Baze. "Everything we think of to name stuff, another beer’s already named that.” Beyond the six available now, Baze says they have a double IPA and a smoked ESB fermenting, set for release sometime early this month.

Currently, customers can take beer home in both 32 ounce crowlers and 64 ounce growlers. During the day, customers will be able to bring in food from the brewery's neighbors in the Lincoln Center. Denver-based, fast casual barbecue spot Carve Barbecue has yet to open in the adjacent space, but once that does, it'll serve as the brewery's evening foodservice spot.

“Until then, we’ll do food trucks in the evening,” says Baze, explaining that he has no intention of introducing competition to the eateries with which the brewery shares the Center. “We want to help out the other businesses in the building.”

03 August, 2017