Sanitas eyes expansion throughout the West

ENGLEWOOD — Sanitas Brewing Co. has opened its second taproom in Englewood, marking the first of what could be a series of moves to expand the 10-year-old, Boulder-born concept throughout the Rocky Mountain region.

A second tap, rather than, say, an expansion in Sanitas’ retail sales footprint, plays to the brewery’s strengths, Sanitas co-founder and CEO Michael Memsic told BizWest.

“We do distribute, and our beers are found up and down the Front Range,” he said. “But what we’re best at is (operating) our taproom.”

Now Memsic and partner Chris Coyne are doing taproom operations both in Boulder, at Sanitas’ original location on…