OUR STORY
105 West is your local community Brewery. We were founded in 2015 by local Homebrewer and Army Veteran helicopter Pilot, Eric. Our main goal was to make a variety of great craft beer and serve it in a tap room that builds long term friendships and relations.
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Our beer is designed to be among the best. With 2 Great American Beer Festival awards, we think we are doing pretty well.
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You'll notice our tap room is a little different. It warm, welcoming, friendly and we prohibit tipping the servers. All of our servers are paid higher wages and many work in multiple areas of the brewery. We wanted to ensure wherever you worked each day your pay was not subject to the whims of a busy night at the bar. We feel we succeeded with the most friendly staff around willing to talk to you about our beer and much much more. If you do happen to leave cash behind, we do take it! We give it to a local non profit of the month to help build a better community.
The Brewers
While our founder does not brew as much as he wants to, we've got two of the best in the business to run day to day operations.
Hayley Thorsen has been 105 West's Head Brewer for 2 years. She earned a BS in Fermentation Sciences from Colorado State University and completed her internship right here at 105 West. She has excelled at brewing excellent consistent classic styles and creating some of the newer brands of 105 West.
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Jason Butler is our Brewmaster. Jason's background as an Engineer and Manager serve him well to tweak the more scientific side of brewery recipe and logistics planning.