Brewing, Cideries & Spirits  June 27, 2018

Liquid Mechanics builds on fermentation and fun

LAFAYETTE — The Lafayette brewery and tasting room with the odd name could have had an even odder one.

“We originally wanted Boneshaker,” said Liquid Mechanics chief executive Davin Helden. “It’s a British slang term for a wooden bicycle with metal wheels. But a pub in California had that name.”

OK, how about Barking Iron?

“That was a British term for a revolver,” Helden said. “Again, the name was kind of nostalgic, old-timey, gritty.” But no, that…

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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