Down Brewing News Today

There is no denying it: Town is quiet these days. With the last of the four ski mountains officially powering down its lifts this past weekend, the mass exodus of seasonal workers and the traditional...

Even with Vine Street still closed, February is all about dark beers at Mountain Sun, Hops & Pie and Bull & Bush Brewery.

Vault Comics and Buckledown Brewing are releasing the official Barbaric beer, Barbaric Blood Red Ale, in time for Christmas.

When asked what he loves most about beer, Jake Gardner, director of brewery operations and operating partner for Westbound & Down Brewing, said, “Oh, too much.” What started as a hobby of making homebrew while...

When asked what he loves most about beer, Jake Gardner, director of brewery operations and operating partner for Westbound & Down Brewing, said, “Oh, too much.” What started as a hobby of making homebrew while...

Founded in late 2015, Westbound & Down Brewing Company owns and operates its flagship location in Idaho Springs, CO, a pizzeria and brewpub in Lafayette, CO, and its satellite taproom in downtown Denvers The Dairy Block. Last week the company added Aspen Brewing & Capitol Creek Brewery which it acquired from High Country Brewing LLC.

Jake Gardner, the director of brewing operations for Colorado’s Westbound & Down Brewing, guests on this episode of the Drink Beer, Think Beer podcast. He talks about his brewery’s recent acquisition of two other Colorado breweries and how Westbound & Down approaches brewing different styles. Among the brewery’s many talents and passions is creating barrel-aged

New ownership announces acquisitions and new hires

It has also hired Matt Husted, formerly of Id Est Hospitality, the group behind Michelin-starred Brutø and the Wolf's Tailor, to oversee all brewpubs.

Westbound & Down Brewing buys two other Colorado beer makers, Aspen Brewing and Capitol Creek Brewing as part of a continuing consolidation trend in craft beer.