Boulder Beer Company

n 1979 two professors at the University of Colorado started Boulder Beer Company, Colorado's First Craft Brewery.  At that time there were only 42 other operating breweries in the country!  The original site of the brewery was a small farm northeast of Boulder, the brew house sharing space in a shed originally housing a few goats.

In a world of light yellow lagers, Boulder Beer won industry and consumer accolades for its line of bold Boulder Beers: Boulder Porter, Stout and Extra Special Bitter. Five years later, the brewery moved to 2880 Wilderness Place in Boulder and expanded from its original one-barrel brewing system to a 50-barrel brew house with top-of-the-line packaging equipment. In 1994 we converted the original tasting room to a full service pub with an epic patio under the Flatirons.