Crabtree Brewing Co.
Coordinates: 40°23′22.96″N 104°43′38.07″W / 40.3897111°N 104.7272417°W
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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Jeff Crabtree |
| Headquarters | Greeley, Colorado, USA |
| Products | Beer |
Production output | 900 US barrels (2009) [1] |
| Website | crabtreebrewing.com |
Crabtree Brewing Company is a regional brewery located in Greeley, Colorado. Jeff and Stephanie Crabtree, the founders, started brewing in 2006 after they decided to turn their homebrewing hobby into a commercial endeavor. In 2009, the brewery produced over 900 barrels of its various labels. As of 2011, it was still Greeley's only brewery.
Beers
Crabtree has certain "classic" beers available year round:
- Jeff's Pale Ale, a pale ale
- Twisted Creek Wheat, an unfiltered wheat beer styled after German hefeweizen.
- Boxcar Brown, a brown ale
- Ginger Bee, a blonde ale flavored with ginger
- Head Turner Blonde Ale, a floral blonde ale
- Serenity Amber Ale, an unfiltered amber ale
- Oatmeal Stout, a stout beer
They also brew various seasonal beers:
- Braggot, a braggot
- Golden 8, a Belgian strong pale ale
- Dearfield Ale, an ale commemorating Dearfield, Colorado[2]
- Others, including those flavored with seasonal fruit
- "5", a special Belgian abbey made with coriander, orange peel and fresh raisins and aged in wine barrels, to celebrate the brewery's fifth anniversary[3]
Distribution
As of 2011, Crabtree Brewing distributed in only 3 states (Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska).
Logo
The company logo is a play on words. Rather than feature a crabapple tree (also referred to as a crab tree), it depicts a crab in a tree. An animated version of the logo plays automatically on the front page of the company website, and appears as an Easter egg on all subsequent pages.
References
- ↑ Call to Action: Support Small Breweries (HR 2178) Rattle N Hum Bar blog. March, 2010. Accessed Sun, June 26, 2011
- ↑ Dearfield Ale is a toast to long-gone town The Denver Post. Monte Whaley. May 10, 2010. Accessed Sun, June 26, 2011
- ↑ Crabtree Brewing celebrates fifth anniversary The Greeley Tribune. Chris Casey. May 4, 2010. Accessed Sun, June 26, 2011