Berthoud’s City Star Brewing pivots to cans after focusing on taproom growth

BERTHOUD — City Star Brewing Co. is launching a wide release of its first canned beers, marking a rapid shift from a taproom-focused brewery into a to-go sales model echoed by other small brewers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Berthoud-based brewery said it purchased a canning system from a Michigan brewery, able to fill up to 24 cans per minute. City Star was quietly selling canned beer out of its taproom for weeks, but now says it is ready for wider demand.
City Star’s strategy is a pivot from last October, when it…
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