E-Malt.com News article: USA, CO: West Flanders Brewing Company opens in Boulder

West Flanders Brewing Company (WFBC) will open in Boulder on Monday, September, 24, beerpulse.com reported on August, 31.

The owners are restaurant veterans Mark and Chris Heinritz who have owned The Sink in Boulder since 1992, and were founders of the Redfish New Orleans Brewhouse, which was tremendously popular in Boulder in the mid-to-late 90s. Mark and Chris are joined by longtime restaurateur Barry Wolfman who will be the operating partner.

They are also joined by award-winning brewmaster Brian Lutz, previous brewmaster at Left Hand Brewing Company, Redfish and Oskar Blues. Lutz is known for his audacious beers with creative flavor profiles, and for being instrumental in helping Oskar Blues become the first craft brewery to can their beer (Dale’s Pale Ale).

West Flanders will be the fulfillment of decades of dreaming and planning to build a brewpub that celebrates both community and beer.

“The world’s beer drinkers have also been evolving since that first batch of Angry Monk I made,” says Lutz. “Now the craft beer community is finally ready for beers with complex flavor that are as dynamic as they are intriguing.”


31 August, 2012