Fort Collins brewers plan to expand operations
Currently, Yakobson (of Crooked Stave) is looking for investors to help him start the brewery in Denver. He already has a 13,000-square-foot facility picked out in the River North area of Denver east of Coors Field.
He plans to have an 8,000-square-foot brewery, bottling line, 30-barrel brewhouse, barrel room, cellar and a tasting room. With room to grow, Yakobson plans to be right on the cusp of a regional brewery with a 15,000 barrel capacity brewery.
The article also mentions that brewerymate, Funkwerks, will be looking for a distributor to takes its beers to the western slope.
Breweries: Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Funkwerks
I hope Chad has a lot better luck raising funds than Black Shirt Brewing did. Black Shirt (Denver) tried using Kickstarter to raise $20,000 but fell way short of their goal. I like Chad’s idea of a membership with benefits. That may make getting a lot more investors willing to put up money to invest. If Chad wants to have 15,000 barrels in the near future, then he’s going to need a LOT of investors. It’ll be interesting to see who he partners up with to run the overall business end of the brewery.