Crystal Springs Brewing Co., Great Divide Brewing Co., And Lone Tree Brewing Co. Collaborate On Colorado Sweep Wheat Ale

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DENVER, CO— Last year three prized Col­orado craft brew­eries made head­lines when they swept the com­pet­i­tive Amer­i­can Fruit Beer cat­e­go­ry at the 2021 Great Amer­i­can Beer Fes­ti­val®. Their col­lab­o­ra­tion brew Col­orado Sweep, an Amer­i­can Wheat Ale, is now avail­able at each brewery’s tast­ing room.

The hard­ware that the Crys­tal Springs Blood Orange Kölsch (gold), Great Divide Wild Rasp­ber­ry Ale (sil­ver), and Lone Tree Peach Pale Ale (bronze) took home last year was the per­fect impe­tus for these Front Range brew­eries to join forces for a col­lab­o­ra­tion beer to cel­e­brate and serve at the annu­al Col­orado Brew­ers Guild Col­lab­o­ra­tion Fest.

“This idea came about imme­di­ate­ly after the GABF awards were announced in Sep­tem­ber 2021,” says Matt Sandy, Great Divide’s Mar­ket­ing Man­ag­er. The win­ners were Crys­tal Springs Blood Orange Kölsch (gold), Great Divide Wild Rasp­ber­ry Ale (sil­ver), and Lone Tree Peach Pale Ale (bronze). “Because Col­orado swept the Amer­i­can Fruit­ed Ale cat­e­go­ry, we thought it would be fun to col­lab­o­rate with the oth­er brew­eries and keyed in on Col­lab­o­ra­tion Fest as being the per­fect are­na to cel­e­brate this group effort. Not only has the fest become one of the country’s pre­mier show­cas­es for unique col­lab­o­ra­tions, it also fell around the same time we were plan­ning on releas­ing our win­ning beer, Wild Rasp­ber­ry Ale, in 6‑packs.”

Crys­tal Springs, Great Divide, and Lone Tree gath­ered last month to craft an Amer­i­can Wheat Ale with both white and flaked Wheat, and Haller­tau Mag­num, Saaz, Cas­cade, and Lemon­drop hops to cre­ate com­plex­i­ty of body, and refresh­ing, cit­rus and fruit-for­ward fla­vors. The brew­eries then added blood orange, rasp­ber­ry, and peach to rep­re­sent the fruits in all three of the award winners.

“The com­bi­na­tion of fruits con­tributed by each brew­ery should cre­ate a fun and refresh­ing beer that we are all excit­ed to share with the pub­lic at Col­lab­o­ra­tion Fest,” says Lone Tree Sales & Mar­ket­ing Direc­tor Den­nis Stack.

Fes­ti­val-goers at Col­lab­o­ra­tion Fest should be on the look­out for this inspired fruit beer before it’s gone. Catch Col­orado Sweep on tap at each brewery’s respec­tive loca­tions while sup­plies last.

Con­tact Emi­ly Hut­to at hutto@radcraftbeer.com with media inquiries about Col­orado Sweep.

ABOUT CRYSTAL SPRINGS BREWING CO.

Crys­tal Springs Brew­ing Com­pa­ny is ded­i­cat­ed to brew­ing craft beer that uti­lizes the poten­tial of hops, malt, yeast, and adjuncts to make the world a hap­pi­er and bet­ter place. The brew­ery was start­ed in the own­ers garage in 2010 and opened in Louisville, CO in 2013 where we have expand­ed our pro­duc­tion to serve the Front Range of Col­orado. Vis­it Crys­tal Springs online at crystalspringsbrewing.com.

ABOUT GREAT DIVIDE BREWING CO. 

Found­ed in 1994, Great Divide Brew­ing Com­pa­ny is Denver’s old­est and largest pack­ag­ing brew­ery and one of the most dec­o­rat­ed brew­eries in Amer­i­ca, rec­og­nized for brew­ing some of the globe’s most bal­anced yet assertive and fla­vor­ful beers. These beers have land­ed an impres­sive amount of acclaim, earn­ing 18 Great Amer­i­can Beer Fes­ti­val® medals, five World Beer Cup® awards and 14 spots on Beer Advo­cate’s “Top Rat­ed Beers: Col­orado.” Here at Great Divide, Bold Char­ac­ter isn’t just a catch­phrase. It’s the phi­los­o­phy behind what we brew, how we think and what we believe. For more infor­ma­tion vis­it greatdivide.com.      

ABOUT LONE TREE BREWING CO. 

Lone Tree Brew­ing Com­pa­ny was the first brew­ery to open in Lone Tree, Col­orado in Denver’s South Metro area in 2011, and has remained a local sta­ple for a decade. Lone Tree cre­ates com­mu­ni­ty around a styl­is­ti­cal­ly diverse line­up of flag­ship, sea­son­al, and lim­it­ed release beers that are sold in cans and on draft across Col­orado, and in select loca­tions in Kansas. Find the brew­ery online at lonetreebrewingco.com.