Denver brewery returns from the dead with new owners

Regardless of being interest homebrewers and longtime craft beer lovers, Aaron Uhl and Dan Colbourne had by no means visited Renegade Brewing Co. in Denver earlier than this spring.

For months prior, the 2 Coloradans had been prospecting areas to open a brand new brewery. Once they heard about Renegade’s plans to shut, they determined it was time to pop in for a pint.

The vibe and sense of group within the taproom received them over nearly instantly and by July, that they had inked a take care of the earlier proprietor to buy the spot at 925 W ninth Ave., together with the brewery’s recipes, gear, web site and different mental property.

“What Aaron and I have been searching for was one thing that had a taproom-centric setup, however didn’t have distribution. We are not looking for distribution,” Colbourne mentioned. “As we talked about opening organically, we felt it made rather more sense with a longtime presence, a longtime clientele, and one thing that had a model with historical past that we might take and construct on.”

Renegade Brewing Co., initially based in 2011, tentatively plans to reopen on Aug. 17 underneath the identical title and new possession. Uhl has brewed professionally in Colorado since 2018, most lately because the proprietor of Uhl’s Brewing Co., which operated in Boulder from 2020 to 2023. Colbourne presently works as a CFO with a background in enterprise acquisitions.

At first, Renegade’s faucets will serve visitor beers from common breweries alongside the Entrance Vary, together with a few of Uhl’s earlier collaborators like River North Brewery, WestFax Brewing Co. and Goldspot Brewing Co. The homeowners plan to exchange the Renegade brewhouse with a brand new, 10-barrel brewing system and ditch most of the onsite fermentation vessels to allow them to develop the taproom’s footprint. Whereas that’s within the works, Uhl hopes to create authentic beers with a few of the aforementioned companions to serve at Renegade.

By this fall, drinkers can look forward to finding house-made drinks, Colbourne mentioned, together with a few of Renegade’s authentic staples. The lineup may additionally embody some non-alcoholic choices, he added.

Uhl encourages longtime patrons to cease by and let him know which outdated Renegade recipes they’d prefer to see on the brand new menu. “We’re going to let the group choose their prime three beers for the core lineup,” he mentioned.

“The thought is we wish to take three months to supply beers throughout a large spectrum to see what shopper is searching for,” Colbourne added.