MORE ON TAP THAN JUST BEER.

It’s been quite a year. On November 6th, we mark our second year. Let’s recap some of the highlights: December 2009: One of Matt’s first homebrew recipes makes it to the production system. The kettle boils orange peel and juniper berries for the first time. Upslope Christmas Ale is born. January:  Killer cold snap. Luke…

Since as long as I’ve known, a few times a day, you decide the meal that your appetite and taste buds desire and take the necessary means to make it happen. The next thought, instigated from an equally  primitive part of the brain, is that you might  get  thirsty as you enjoy that meal. What…

Once in a while, as a result of following your passion, your path will cross with another, following a different passion. Because you are both, obviously passionate, a mutual respect is shared  no matter what  each has come to pursue.  This is a story about what happens when passions collide. I  fell into  a unique…

Photo courtesy of Wende Cragg, Rolling Dinosaur Archives, copyright 2008. Account below written by Joe Breeze for Upslope Brewing Co. The ride that made mountain biking epic. Founded in 1976 by Crested Butte Hotshot firefighters, the ride’s goal was to one-up Aspenites who rode motorcycles over Pearl Pass to Crested Butte. The 1978 ride was…