Kickstarter Goes Live!

Today is a monumental day for Black Shirt Brewing Co. Over the past several years, we have spoken about our little brewery with anyone and everyone who would listen. We have talked about how our approach to beer is completely different from anything currently in the market. We have spoken with great pride and joy about our ideas, our passion for beer, and our need to be creative and to share our creations. And along the way, we have lit the fire in other people. Whether we have convinced them to chase their dream, or we have made them a believer in Black Shirt Brewing Co, the network of inspired people that we are proud to call our friends has multiplied many times over. We couldn't feel more blessed and thankful to have each and every one of these people in our lives.

On this day, we are doing something that we rarely do, but we need to now more than ever - we are asking for help. We have just launched our Kickstarter campaign. If you're not familiar with Kickstarter, here is the link for more information. Basically, it's an online funding platform for creative projects. For us, it is a huge opportunity to gather our friends, family, and our community, in the hope of inspiring them to get behind us. We need more cash than we have to realize our dream, and to follow through with these ideas that we have spoken about for years. If you would like to help us out, here is the link to our kickstarter project. We can't do it without you! If you can donate $1 or $1000, every single bit helps. Please pass this link along to your friends and family, and together we can get Black Shirt Brewing Co off the ground!

A very warm and sincere Thank You,

Chad, Branden, and Carissa

Monday, Sept 12th Update

Last week was a great week for Black Shirt Brewing Co. We heard back from Kickstarter that our project has finally been accepted, and we can start our online funding campaign. This is great news considering how badly we need a financial push to get the doors open. More details on the funding campaign are coming in the next few days. We also submitted our plans to the City of Denver Building Department, again, in the hopes of getting a construction permit. Finally, this time, we had all of the necessary forms and materials to submit our application, and now the project is under a 2 week review. I am sure there will be a number of hurdles, but at least we are moving forward...

A few pics of our friends Aaron and Kyle working their butts off for us. These guys are the best friends we could ask for, sacrificing their weekends for almost nothing in return, to help us out. Thanks a million guys!

In Response To Brian Hernando...

Hey man, for some reason I couldn't comment back to you, but I wanted to respond.


I am glad you have gained a little from our miscellaneous ramblings and venting! As for your question of "what moved you to this step," there is no simple or quick answer to that. This project has been in the works, in one form or another, for over ten years now. It has always been a creative project that my brother and I shared.


As for the new location, size, etc., it came out of necessity. The TTB wouldn't allow us to brew commercially out of our home and so we set out to find a commercial space. In having to pay rent, it quickly became apparent that we would need to increase the size of our brewery in order to brew enough beer to be sustainable and not go completely crazy. So we grabbed a brewhouse when the opportunity presented itself, we picked up larger fermenters and brites as we could, and have been piecing things together over the last two years.


What really drives us is the desire to own our own business, be our own boss, and do things our way and not the way someone else thinks it should be done. It's the desire to create. It's the hope to inspire others to follow their dream. Some people are just born with ambition and drive, and sometimes it takes a long time to figure out what to put all of that effort into, but we have found what makes us happy and gives us fulfillment and we are pursuing it with every ounce of our being. It hasn't been easy. And we still have a really long way to go. But we keep chasing the dream that we share and hoping other people find inspiration in it and support it.


Thanks for seeking out information about the brewery. How did you find out about us? Are you a homebrewer yourself? Are you considering opening a brewery?


P.S. Because I don't really know how to respond on this blog (it's probably quite simple) you might email me @ branden(at)blackshirtbrewingco(dot)com