Colorado-crafted, German-inspired: Prost’s new Northglenn brewery headquarters opening this yr kicks off awards, deepened distribution, and expanded markets
Prost Brewing Co. is sustaining its dedication to German craft bier perfection in 2024 following the opening of its Northglenn biergarten in late 2023. The primary half of the yr has been characterised by native development, recognition for his or her German-inspired, Colorado-crafted biers and expanded distribution. Prost’s distinctive strategy to brewing blends tried-and-true conventional German brewing knowledge with trendy brewing ideas and revolutionary applied sciences.
New Brewery Headquarters in Northglenn
Prost Brewing Co. opened its new brewery headquarters in Northglenn in January, modernizing previous world brewing methods with leading edge tools, together with a state-of-the-art mill and horizontal lagering tanks, amongst different applied sciences. The brewery’s German-imported 50-barrel, 6-vessel Kaspar Schulz brewing system, together with the very best high quality, hand-selected substances straight from German farmers, enable the Prost staff to create essentially the most genuine German-style biers attainable.
The brewery’s present annualized run price is 50k bbls, and the power just isn’t achieved rising. The Prost staff put in eight 200 bbl horizontal lagering tanks in June, greater than doubling its quantity potential, with plans to increase manufacturing even additional. Prost’s Northglenn brewery invitations different craft brewers to brew like a German, providing contract brewing and co-packing companies. To this point in 2024, Prost has hosted 4,500 barrels of contract quantity.
The 60,000 square-foot campus options 10,000 sq. toes of biergarten house, the place bier lovers can collect and revel in German meals and the freshest attainable bier.
Development in Current Markets
Prost is deepening relationships with bier drinkers inside its house state of Colorado and different regional markets. The brewery is up in gross sales quantity this yr, reporting 10.3% total quantity development in Q2. Since January, complete native quantity elevated 30% and on-premise gross sales are up 27.5%.
Prost’s flagship Pilsner leads the brewery’s portfolio, with expanded on-premise factors of distribution and a 25% improve in half barrel placements. Prost Pilsner (4.9% ABV) is a crisp, clear, floral North German-style lager that balances Germany’s best malts and noble hops with approachable opulence.
Awarded Gold Medal at World Beer Cup for Biergarten Lager
In April, Biergarten Lager (4.2% ABV) earned a Gold within the extremely aggressive Worldwide Gentle Lager class on the World Beer Cup, broadly thought to be one of many world’s most prestigious beer competitions. Extremely attenuated and extremely crisp, this bier’s dry, balanced taste exemplifies the fashion.
Although this isn’t Prost Brewing Co.’s first main medal—having earned a Silver medal for its Prost Pils German-style Pilsner and a Gold medal for its Luna Nueva Mexican Lager collaboration with Cheluna Brewing at GABF 2023—that is the primary time one in all its German-style biers has been acknowledged by the World Beer Cup. The Prost staff was happy with the achievement and happy to see a standard German-style bier being acknowledged as one of the best within the class.
Expanded distribution with Utah Launch
Prost now provides its lineup of world class biers to Utah craft beer lovers, after efficiently launching distribution to the state in Might, incomes statewide placements in on and off premise institutions. Prost’s biers are actually out there throughout seven states: Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Utah, Idaho and Montana.
Wanting Forward
The staff at Prost will additional develop its Northglenn brewery within the second half of the yr, with continued funding and capability deliberate over the subsequent yr; and can proceed to ship the very best high quality bier, meals, experiences and contract brewing companies. Most significantly, Prost will preserve its dedication to brewing a bier so good, it fosters a way of neighborhood round all those that take pleasure in it.
Prost Brewing Co. operates biergarten areas in Denver, Fort Collins, Highlands Ranch, and Northglenn and distributes to 6 different states. Study extra about Prost Brewing Co. or discover a location close to you to Drink Like a German at prostbrewing.com.
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ABOUT PROST
Prost Brewing Co. is a Colorado craft brewery targeted on constructing neighborhood and honoring German brewing traditions. Prost’s award-winning biergarten-style biers are brewed authentically with sustainably sourced German-grown hops and malts which might be hand-selected for high quality. Brewed with state-of-the-art precision, Prost’s lineup of German impressed, Colorado crafted biers are clear, refined and approachable, but layered with complexity. To drink like a German, be part of us for a Prost Pils at one in all our 4 vacation spot biergartens all through Colorado or discover us at a craft beer retailer close to you. Discover out extra at prostbrewing.com.
