WELDWERKS BREWING STARTED LIKE MANY OTHER SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES: IN A GARAGE. NEIL FISHER (CO-FOUNDER AND HEAD BREWER) BEGAN HOME BREWING WITH FRIENDS AT HIS HOME IN 2009, AND OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, A FULL ROSTER OF NEARLY 2 DOZEN DIFFERENT COLORFUL CHARACTERS WOULD COME AROUND ONCE A MONTH TO BREW, LEARN AND ENJOY ONE ANOTHER’S COMPANY. 

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‍FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS TO THE 2014 BIG BEERS, BELGIANS AND BARLEYWINES FESTIVAL, HELD AT THE TIME IN VAIL, CO, WHICH IS HOME TO ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST HOME BREW COMPETITIONS. A SOFT AGREEMENT WAS MADE IN ADVANCE THAT IF NEIL WAS ABLE TO BRING HOME A MEDAL AT THIS PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITION, HE WOULD CONSIDER OPENING A BREWERY. WELL, AS IT HAPPENED, HE DIDN’T WIN A MEDAL – HE WON TWO. THAT INFORMAL HANDSHAKE BETWEEN FRIENDS QUICKLY TURNED INTO A BUSINESS PLAN AND, 11 MONTHS LATER, THE FIRST BEERS WERE POURED AT WELDWERKS BREWING IN GREELEY, CO.

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