Brewing, Cideries & Spirits  March 5, 2019

Red Truck delivers bold look, cold brews

Red Truck Beer Co.’s high profile at East Lincoln and Lemay avenues in Fort Collins includes its 34,000-square-foot building, a 40-foot water tower that holds “500 gallons of future beer,” and the bright red 1957 Power Wagon truck they’ve nicknamed “Paul.” Dallas Heltzell / for BizWest
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Laird Mulderink, general manager of operations at Red Truck Beer Co. in Fort Collins, shows off the brewery’s 50-barrel system. The tanks can produce 1,000 kegs of beer during an eight-hour work shift. Dallas Heltzell/for BizWest

FORT COLLINS — One thing about Red Truck Beer Co.: You can’t miss it.

Devotees of Northern Colorado’s burgeoning craft-brewery scene are used to searching for new taprooms that are tucked away in nondescript warehouse districts with minimal signage.

Not so with Red Truck. Its sprawling white building dominates the…

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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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