Crabtree Brewing Co. Explained

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Crabtree Brewing Company
Foundation:	2006
Founder:	Jeff Crabtree
Location City:	Greeley, Colorado
Location Country:	USA
Industry:	Alcoholic beverage
Products:	Beer
Production:	900 US barrels (2009) ^[1]
Homepage:	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 West Coast IPA
Boxcar Brown, a brown ale
Ginger Bee, a blonde ale flavored with honey and ginger
Serenity Amber Ale, an unfiltered amber ale
Oatmeal Stout, a stout beer

They also brew various seasonal beers:

The Dish - Hazy IPA series
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.

External links

Notes and References

http://rattlenhumbar.wordpress.com/2010/03/ Call to Action: Support Small Breweries (HR 2178)
http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_15074200?source=rss Dearfield Ale is a toast to long-gone town
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20110504/BUSINESS/705049984 Crabtree Brewing celebrates fifth anniversary