Here at Left Hand Brewing Company, we sum it up all in one word: balance. Everyday we strive for that perfect balance between malt and hops - from our lightest to our darkest – allowing a unique flavor experience in every bottle. From a golden, crisp Polestar Pilsner to a roasty, black.

1. Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) is very close to the St. The brewery even has a beer honoring the river. Over the past week, the river earned it’s “mighty” name. Over a 3-4 day period, over 10 inches of rain fell. That’s more than a half a year’s worth. 20,000 homes were.
2. Jul 25, 2017  If asked what first comes to mind when you think of Left Hand Brewing, I would guess Milk Stout and Nitro top that list. As much as I enjoy Milk Stout and the Nitro lineup of beers, one beer in Left Hand’s vast portfolio that might be overlooked is Fade to Black, their winter seasonal.

LONGMONT, CO –Fade to Black, that time of year when the skies turn dark, ushering the return of Left Hand’s Foreign Export Stout for the winter season. Fade to Black is a style-leader with a cult following – winning its third Gold Medal, in the three years it has been entered, just weeks ago at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival.

Brewed for the darkness, Left Hand’s seasonal stands out from the holiday fare, pouring deep black with notes of licorice, espresso bean, and molasses. The brewing team hand-smokes malt, smoking 2550kg over several weeks with pimento wood from Jamaica. The crafted addition gives Fade to Black its distinct smokiness and roasted character. Fade to Black is available in six packs and draft across Left Hand’s 35 state distribution & DC.

About Left Hand Brewing Company:

Celebrating twenty-two years of brewing a well-balanced portfolio of craft beers, Left Hand Brewing Company is located at 1265 Boston Avenue in Longmont, Colorado. Left Hand is one of the most honored and recognized breweries in the state, with over 27 Great American Beer Festival medals, 9 World Beer Cup awards, and 7 European Beer Star awards. Famous for their Nitro series, Left Hand Brewing was the first craft brewery to release a bottled nitrogenated beer. Left Hand’s collection of perennial and seasonal beers are available in 35 states & DC. “Sometimes you’re not in the mood for what everyone else is having.”

Distribution: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI

Coordinates: 40°9′30.588″N105°6′55.604″W / 40.15849667°N 105.11544556°W

The Left Hand Brewing Company is a craft brewery located in Longmont, Colorado.^[1]

History[edit]

Left Hand began in December 1990 with a homebrewing kit founder Dick Doore received from his brother. According to Doore, 'it was all downhill from there.' By 1993, Doore had teamed up with college buddy Eric Wallace and they resolved to start a brewery.

On September 21, 1993, they incorporated as Indian Peaks Brewing Company, and purchased a former meat-packing plant next to the St. Vrain River outside downtown Longmont, Colorado. A few weeks after beginning production, it was discovered that the name Indian Peaks was already in use by another Brewery, so the name was changed to Left Hand, in honor of Chief Niwot (the Arapahoe word for 'left hand') whose tribe wintered in the local area.

Left Hand's doors opened for business on January 22, 1994. Their first batch of beer was Sawtooth Ale, which has since become their most popular brew. In October of that year, Left Hand took home two medals at the Great American Beer Festival, a Gold Medal in the bitter category for Sawtooth Ale, and a Bronze Medal in the Robust Porter category for Black Jack Porter. In 1995, the brewery was able to start putting its logo on bottle caps. But when it came down to shrinking down the original logo to put on a crown, the design was illegible. Left Hand created a small hand to be the logo. It morphed into a sticker, and eventually into the company logo used today.

The year 1998 offered big changes for the still young brewing company. In April, Left Hand merged with Tabernash Brewing, and doubled the size of their brewery. In June, they began packaging 12 oz. bottles for 6 packs (up to that point they had been bottling 22 oz. bottles and kegs exclusively). In November, they started their own distribution business, Indian Peaks Distribution Company. Tabernash was phased out and Indian Peaks Distribution Company was sold, allowing Left Hand to focus and redirect their energy back to brewing.

In recent years, the brewery has experience significant growth.^[1] With over 30% growth in 2010, Left Hand has steadily increased its production, making the Brewers Association’s Top 50 Craft Brewers list in 2012.^[2] The brewery has added six 480 barrel fermenters, an additional 500 barrel bright tank, and a new KHS keg line. Left Hand has also expanded the brewery property, purchasing the warehouse across Boston Avenue to house offices as well as the site of a new 6,000 square foot cooler, bringing the total brewery acreage to 5.5 acres. In the fall of 2012, Left Hand opened a new bottling line that runs four times faster than their previous system and fills 200 bottles per minute.^{[citation needed]}

Left Hand Brewing Flamingo Dreams

On the first night of the 2011 Great American Beer Festival, Left Hand introduced Milk Stout Nitro in a bottle, making it both the first American and the first craft brewery to bottle a nitrogenated beer without a widget.^{[3][citation needed]} Two years later, Left Hand expanded the bottled Nitro series with Sawtooth Nitro and Wake Up Dead Nitro.

Left Hand produced approximately 65,879 barrels in 2013.^[4]

Left Hand Brewing White Russian

Bottled Beers[edit]

Note: all active beers are available in 6 packs of 12 oz bottles unless otherwise noted.

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

Left Hand Brewing Black Jack Porter

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abRochat, Scott (27 May 2014). 'Gardner tours Longmont brewery, says bill to protect brewers' 'spent grain' to reach committee soon'. The Longmont-based microbrewer. Longmont Times Call.
2. ^'Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries'. Brewers Association. Brewers Association. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
3. ^'Left Hand Brewing | Specialty Beverage of Virginia'. www.specialtybevva.com. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
4. ^Ed Sealover (2014-03-31). 'Left Hand Brewing leaps onto list of 50 largest U.S. brewers'. Denver Business Journal. Denver Business Journal. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
5. ^ ^abStaff Writer (7 May 2014). 'Left Hand Brewing expands product presence to Western Pennsylvania'. Drinks Business Review.

Left Hand Brewing Foundation

External links[edit]

Left Hand Brewing Stout