Green lights all the way!

Looks like Denver is going to get it's own sake brewery after all! The Department of Revenue gave us the green light on Monday and we've jumped immediately into high gear. We're super excited to move into Grandma's House, a collective brewery space at 1710 South Broadway Denver, CO 80210. Not only will it be a great place to make sake, but it is a great neighborhood. We're still working through a few of the final details, but should hopefully be moved in and starting to brew by the end of September / beginning of October. We'll post our brew schedule soon. We just want to say thanks to everyone who has helped us get this far and we look forward to all the crazy months ahead! 

Marc & Keith

2014 Fermentation Festival

We had a great time at the first day of the Fermentation Festival today.

1. We found a great new tequila - Casta Negra
2. Found a great beer in a very excellent can - Crystal River Stout Ridge Amber
3. Got to experience the excellent Baere Brewery Baere-Liner Wies with all its lovely syrups
4. Melted our faces with some great fermented jalapeños from Vibrant Veggies
5. Got hopped up on the intense flavor of hopped coffee from Corvus Coffee
6. Helped save some tents from getting sucked up into the crazy storm
7. and drowned ourselves in super fantastic Korean BBQ and kimchi from Dae Gee

We were also fortunate to teach a Sake 101 class. It was super fun and really challenging to squish a lot of tasting and homebrew knowledge into just 30 min.

Sake Time!

We're excited to have our head brewer featured in this month's 5280 magazine! http://www.5280.com/eatanddrink/spirits/magazine/2014/07/sake-time

Well July Just Blew Up!!!

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Well July Just Blew Up!!! Hey Kids! Last week just blew our summer up! We learned that we will be in August's edition of 5280. So that means July is going to be kinda crazy for us. Not only are we preparing for two tastings in August, but we have to prepare for whatever the article throws at us. We're finishing up bottling the latest batch of the El Colorado and will have it ready in the next week.  If you're interested in a bottle shoot an email to Marc with how many bottles you'd like. We also sat down with the liquor board yesterday and made significant progress. We hope to have answers back by the end of the month! Our friend Anna Greenhous over at Harpers.co.uk was also nice enough to mention us in her recent article Anna Greenhous on America's growing love affair with sake. It is full of history on sake and sake breweries in America. Thanks again for all your support and we look forward to your feedback! Marc & Keith

 

Upcoming Events August 1st - First Friday Art Show at HeadDress Salon (12th & Santa Fe). Come down and sip our late spring Leadville Snow Queen and get a taste of the latest El Colorado as Marc and Keith play some tunes! August 8th - Happy Leaf Kombucha will be opening their kitchen which will feature different fermented foods from around the world. We will also have a special carbonated version of the El Colorado on tap for the celebration. August 9th & 10th - Unfortunately we had to back out of a booth at the  2014 Fermentation Festival, but we'll be there checking out some great fermented foods, beverages and products! Last year was really great and this year is poised to be even better.

 

Upcoming Brews We are also working on developing a sake/beer with our friends at Grandma's House. It is still in the initial stages, but it will be a combo of The Leadville Snow Queen and Grandma's saison. It's almost peach season here in Colorado and we're working on a new sake commemorating the miners of Auraria, CO and its sister mining site in Auraria, GA. More info to follow when we get our hands on some peaches!

 

 

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