The Godfather of Fort Collins brewing

In 1989 Doug Odell established Odell Brewing Co., the first independent microbrewery in Fort Collins. Today OBC employs 45 people and is one of the most respected companies in the area.

Odell’s beer is currently distributed in eight states: Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and New Mexico. For a short time in the late 1970s, Odell worked at Anchor Brewing in San Francisco, where he had held one of the worst jobs in the brewery, cleaning out the mash tubs and brew kettles. And prior to OBC, Doug ran a landscaping business in Seattle.…