It's only fitting that with a logo and mascot of a jaunty red truck, Vancouver's Red Truck Beer has taken a road trip south of the border, and is opening a brand new brewery and restaurant in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Photo courtesy Red Truck Beer
Red Truck's new brewing facility and Truck Stop tasting room and restaurant will open to the public on August 18.
On tap: 18 brews, including Red Truck's four "flagship" beers, and 14 taps specific to the Fort Collins market.
Just like at their Vancouver brewery and Truck Stop, Red Truck Beer will feature live music and events, and a collection of red trucks, at their new Colorado spot.
The craft brewer has been in its Mount Pleasant digs in Vancouver since 2015, when they launched their brewing facility, diner, shop, and parking lot perfect for summer events like their popular concert series.
Red Truck’s new Fort Collins Truck Stop (Photo courtesy Red Truck)
But Red Truck’s roots go back even further, to even a decade earlier, when they began in North Vancouver, and would trundle their brews to Nat Bailey Stadium for delivery in an old ‘46 Dodge Pickup that brewery owner Mark James called “Old Weird Harold.”
Now they've trundled on down to Colorado--another significant North American beer location. They chose Fort Collins after visiting multiple cities, and Red Truck's owners say the place "felt right" to them.
"From our first visit, we could see that Fort Collins was a hub for first class brewing,” said Red Truck Beer Company General Manager Jim Dodds. “We wanted to join this passionate community of brewers and beer lovers and share our love of beers and brewing with them."
This is the first time in over a decade that a Canadian beer company has added operations in the United States.
