Newsmaker Q&A: Funkwerks: It’s not just the beer

What does it take to start a brewery during the heart of a recession, and in less than three years become a nationally recognized, state-wide distributor that can hardly keep up with demand? We didn’t know either. Which is why the Business Report caught up Brad Lincoln of Fort Collins-based Funkwerks, the winner of the Best Small Brewer Award at this year’s Great American Beer Festival in October. Lincoln shared a few of the ways that he and co-founder Gordon Schuck have found success in the Northern Colorado market, and why it takes more than great beer to start a…