Avery celebrates 30 years, patio expansion approval

BOULDER — Avery Brewing Co., which celebrated its 30th anniversary in Boulder in July with hundreds of friends, family and fellow brewers, won approval last month for a major expansion of its patio, while local stewards of flora and fauna won assurances that impacts on the neighboring Twin Lakes wildlife area would be minimized. 

Boulder’s Planning Board gave its unanimous blessing to the patio project, which calls for a 7,062-square-foot outdoor seating area to be built on the southeast corner of the 4920 Nautilus Court site. The proposed expansion would roughly triple the existing patio space, city planning documents show. 

Avery’s “request…