Oskar Blues - Lyon, CO

Oskar Blues located in Lyons, CO

In 2002 we became the first US microbrewery to brew and can its own beer. We started hand canning our beer two cans at a time, on a small table-top machine.

Why cans? We thought the idea of our bold, hoppy pale ale squeezed into a little can was hilarious. It made us laugh for weeks.

But then we discovered that the belief that cans impart flavor to beer is a myth. The modern-day aluminum can and its lid are lined with a water-based coating, so the beer and the can never touch. Cans, we discovered, are actually good for beer. Cans keep beer especially fresh by fully protecting it from light and oxygen. Our cans also hold extremely low amounts of dissolved oxygen, so our beer stays especially fresh for longer. Cans are also easier to recycle and less fuel-consuming to ship.

Better still, cans make it easier for beer fiends to enjoy great beer outdoors, where a fine brew is especially satisfying. Our cans also give us big pleasure when we hand somebody the first canned beer that ever put goosebumps on their back.

“We’re in this,” says our man Dale, “to have fun and put some extra joy on the planet. We love the way people’s heads spin around after they try one of our monster canned beers. ‘That came out of a can?’ We hear it all the time.”

Our “Canned Beer Apocalypse” has now changed the way craft beer consumers perceive canned beer. (Our beers are now hand-canned on a five-cans-at-once machine here at our brewery. If you’re ever out this way, come in and see it.)  (( pulled from oskar blues websites ))

Inside Boulder Recommendations: Check out the old school arcade in the bottom bar. Ms. Pacman, Qbert, Frogger all the classics for a quarter.

Combo Bohn Park? and Oskar Blues.  Nice Sunday afternoon. Hang out at Bohn Park in download Lyons in the morning to mid afternoon by the creek.  Maybe do some tubing, walking, dip your feet - whatever. Then head over to Oskar Blues for some cold beer and some appetizers.

Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

303 Main Street, Lyons, Colorado 80540
P: (303) 823-6685
Website: http://www.oskarblues.com
Email: info@oskarblues.com

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