The increase that the RiNo brewery will bump capacity 50% to 4,500 barrels. Workers yesterday (12/10) began installing four new fermentation tanks and two new brite tanks, which should be ready for beer by Jan. 1, officials said.
The additional capacity will allow the brewery to handle increased demand for beers including Blue Moon Mango Wheat, Blue Moon Iced Coffee Blonde, Blue Moon Blood Orange Pale Ale and other small-batch and experimental beers that are sold at Blue Moon’s eight U.S. and international taprooms.
“When we opened RiNo, we were working on (research and development), new product development and focused on making the best beers for our own taproom,” says John Legnard, Blue Moon’s Denver brewmaster. “Today, we’re still doing all those things — plus sending beer all over the place.”