Sanitas Brewing Co.

We began with two brewers’ audacious passion for beer. Hustling by day and brewing by night. As old friends from Boulder Beer, Michael and Chris wrapped up a long, double-brew day by playing with a recipe in a leftover whiskey barrel. That Imperial Stout marked the start of a long venture between the two. As they walked out into the parking lot, they heard something on the roof. Perched overhead, with the moon at its back, sat a large owl. It took flight overhead, flaunting its 6 foot wingspan to the brewers below. After that, they couldn’t help but name their first beer the Blackhorn Owl Imperial Stout, a species of owl that most definitely does not exist, but paid homage to the impressive creature from the night of what would become many late brew nights together. ​ After their first experimental brew together, Chris and Michael continued to spend many nights drinking beers together after their brew shifts on each other's front porches here in Northern Colorado. Many owl sightings continued, and the execution of Sanitas began to really take flight. Owls watched the two at each of their homes during these nocturnal business planning sessions. When they finally came across the large brewhouse, taproom and patio space you are in now, they knew Sanitas had found its first home. To make that decision even more clear, an owl sat hooting in the treeline along the train tracks during the first night of taproom construction.