Big things happening at Breckenridge.

As many of you are aware, there are big things of all different kinds are happening, and have been happening, at Breckenridge Brewing - folks who we consider to be Dear Friends of ours in Craft. We first covered them in Denver in 2009, not long after we began producing regularly. We had a glorious hang at their ballpark pub and met Captain Earthman. Then there was the infamous BBQ 'Buddha Keg' Incident from later that year

Truth is, the folks at Breckenridge Brewing are friends who've treated us like family, time and time again; they've even taken care of Mark and I as guests of theirs during the Great American Beer Festival in 2010 and 2014. We adore them, we love their beers, and we always believed in their mission.

So we were as surprised as any when it was announced this year, just after they completed their stunning new $40 million dollar campus in Littleton, CO, that they were being purchased by "Big Beer" (ABInBev).

So what's the new normal at Breckenridge? Is the culture the same? Are our friends still there? We stopped in recently, to see what's happening - have a look; what you see may just surprise you. Cheers! 

The old 'happy tap truck' in the foreground (it stars in one of our old episodes with them); their new facility in the background.

The old 'happy tap truck' in the foreground (it stars in one of our old episodes with them); their new facility in the background.

Oh, how we Long (Island) for Sand City Brewing!

Mark, Jimmy and Squigs take the short journey from NYC to Northport NY, on Long Island; a beautiful little village with a historical part of the very bones of New York City. Also where, right in the middle of Main Street, Sand City Brewing is making craft beer that... well, it pretty much blew our minds. Click below for more about this great place and these TERRIFIC beers that will soon be much, much harder to get. This is a #WalkDontRun alert, people! GET THEE TO NORTHPORT! 

Frank McNally, Kevin Sihler, and Bill Kiernan, Co-Owners of Sand City.

Frank McNally, Kevin Sihler, and Bill Kiernan, Co-Owners of Sand City.

This was just the start of DELICIOUS.

This was just the start of DELICIOUS.

Press keeps Rolling (Stone) for the #BroadwayBrewsProject!

When we started the Broadway Brews Project, we certainly had hopes that it would blossom into the Next Big Thing. But I'm not sure we had any idea that it would go like this. Check out the latest press that just dropped yesterday: A great video from Brittany Spanos and the good folks over at:

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And here's a lineup of some (just some!) of the coolest press we've had so far: