City Star Brewing
IPA dry hopped with Galaxy hops, imparting tropical fruit and citrus flavors. 6.2% ABV
Available on draft or 16oz 4 packs to go! You can place your order for pickup starting 7/31 at citystarpickup.com
Raise a pint in support of Colorado beer! $1 from each limited edition glass goes to Colorado Brewers Guild which is instrumental in keeping breweries operational.
Glass sales launch online the morning of Colorado Pint Day, Wednesday 4/7. $8 glass + first beer. Take your glass ‘to-go’ by picking up from citystarpickup.com and we’ll include a ‘free beer’ nickel inside.
A regular favorite returns! Squeeze, City Star’s American Kölsch brewed with sea salt and finished with lime puree. Pairs well with sunshine, fish tacos, grass skirts, and beach balls.
As Squeeze is one of our staff favorites too, our crew came up with the idea to release a Squeeze flight this year. Inspired by various flavored margaritas we plan to release Strawberry Squeeze, Peach Squeeze, and Mango Squeeze alongside the original version on May 20th. All four options will be available on draft by the glass and in flights (City Star is sample friendly!) as well as in 16oz cans, including mix 4-packs.
Cans were not in the plans for City Star Brewing in 2020. Whenever asked over the past eight years when the Berthoud brewery’s beer would be available in cans the answer was always similar, “Quality canning is a big investment. It’s not part of our current model, and we’re waiting for the saturated craft beer scene to stabilize.” Then COVID-19 ushered in a demand for to-go beer with the mandatory taproom shutdown, and improved packaging became critical. Launching beer in 25oz aluminum crowlers the first week of the shutdown improved City Star’s ability to satisfy curbside customers. Amazing volunteers, affectionately dubbed “the crowler crew”, spent hours weekly pre-filling crowlers to offer the best quality beer in that particular package. It quickly became apparent pre-filling hundreds of crowlers weekly was inefficient and unsustainable in the long run. The search for the right canning line began.
In May City Star purchased a canning line built by Michigan-based MicroCanner from Grand River Brewing Company in Jackson, Michigan. The MC-Flex canning line fills up to 24 cans per minute, including a 6-head filler, automatic pre-rinse, CO2 purge in the can and under the cap, and post-rinse. Installation and operation at City Star has been smooth, allowing for 4-packs of 16oz cans to roll off the line and sell off the shelves earlier this month.
Cowboy’s Golden Lager and All American IPA are both currently available in 16oz cans, with Bandit Brown, Sim’s Red, and Black is Beautiful launching in cans this Friday, July 3rd. 4-packs are currently only sold through the downtown Berthoud taproom, with no immediate plans to distribute. Cans are a superior packaging option, perfect for camping or summit celebrations. They have a smaller environmental impact than bottles, and most importantly, they limit oxygen and light exposure, ideal for keeping beer fresher and flavorful longer.
As this rollercoaster of a year progresses and concerns of another wave of COVID-19 in Colorado hover, City Star is poised to keep it flowing. The independent small town brewery entered 2020 as a strong, healthy business with incredible community support. The pandemic closed the taproom doors and business declined, but City Star pivoted business models. “We doubled-down on what we love, making and sharing quality craft beer” – Whitney Way, City Star Co-Owner.
Hazy IPA double dry hopped with cashmere hops, lending a flavor and aroma profile of stone fruit and tropical fruit. 6.5% ABV
Order cans to-go at citystarpickup.com
City Star Brewing joined hundreds of breweries worldwide in 2020 to brew Black is Beautiful and we’re bringing it back again this year. The Black is Beautiful initiative launched by Weathered Souls Brewing Co. is a collaborative effort amongst the brewing community and its customers, in an attempt to bring awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily. The mission is to bridge the gap that’s been around for ages and provide a platform to show that the brewing community is an inclusive place for everyone of any color.
City Star’s Black is Beautiful is a chocolate blackberry stout, to be released on draft and in 16oz cans. We will donate 20% of sales to NAACP.
Colorado Shield Maiden is a female owned and operated small batch donut producer in Colorado. Offering a rotating variety of hand-crafted donuts at local breweries and farmer’s markets.
Refreshing sour salted lime kölsch aged and soured 9 months in Tequila chili oak barrels. 5% ABV
American IPA conditioned with passion fruit purée. Available on tap and in cans to-go.
We’re celebrating Colorado Craft Beer Week by giving back. Monday – Thursday order a 4 pack of crowlers and receive a FREE BEER token at pick up (3-7pm every day) to be redeemed when the taproom reopens!