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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 Denver's 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.