Slow St. Paddy's Day Keg Sales Lead to Green Cans of Left Hand Stout
The week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day is usually a festive one for Left Hand Brewing. Not only is the taproom at 1265 Boston Avenue in Longmont packed with green-clad revelers, but the brewery sells thousands of kegs of its Milk Stout Nitro to bars and restaurants across Colorado and in others states, many of which have adopted the dark, creamy ale as the perfect American craft replacement for the still-iconic Guinness. But the luck of the Irish wasn’t with Left Hand on Saint Paddy’s Day 2020. That’s the same day Governor Jared Polis ordered restaurants, breweries and bars across ...