Ska Brewing Co.

Ska Brewing Co. Beer Blogger Collabeeration Tapping Party

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
By Jeff
Ska Brewing Co. Beer Blogger Collabeeration Tapping Party

This Saturday, Febrary 13th at 5pm we’ll be tapping the Ska Brewing Co. Beer Blogger CollaBEERation brews at the Ska Brewing Co. tap room. If you haven’t been following along, Ska Brewing Co. invited myself and the Soggy Coaster of Beer at 6512 to each brew a beer on their 10 gallon pilot system. We... »

Roller Races in Durango

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
By Jeff
Roller Races in Durango

While the roads are still icy and it’s not quite outdoor riding season yet, there are two indoor races coming up in the next couple weeks in Durango. On Tuesday February 16th, 5:30PM at The Hub Training Center they’ll be holding Computrainer races. I’ve heard these Computrainers are pretty sweet. I’ve heard there will be... »

2nd Annual Ska Brewing Snowdown Homebrew Competition

Friday, February 5, 2010
By Jeff

The second annual Ska Brewing Snowdown Homebrew Competition took place this past Saturday at Ska Brewing. 71 home brewed beers were entered and Clancy Calhoun of Aztec, NM walked away with Best in Show for “Clancy’s Black Beer” a dark lager. Clancy will brew a full batch of “Clancy’s Black Beer” at Ska Brewing Co.... »

Snowdown 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
By Jeff

I’ve written a bit about Snowdown (Carver Beard Growing Contest and Ska Brewing Co’s Hyper Fierce Gnar Gnar Hefe), and now that it’s upon us I thought I’d post some of the beer and bike related events. As expected there are more beer related events than bike related events. In fact I’m not sure... »

Ska Brewing Collabeeration: Belgian-American IPA Is In The Fermenter

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
By Jeff
Ska Brewing Collabeeration: Belgian-American IPA Is In The Fermenter

A little over a week ago I went to Ska Brewing early on a Saturday morning and met head brewer Thomas Larsen and we got to work brewing our beer. You can read the recipe here, and in that blog post I forgot to mention the yeast we were to use, which is the... »

Ska Brewing Collaboration Tomorrow, Belgian-American IPA Recipe

Friday, January 15, 2010
By Jeff
Ska Brewing Collaboration Tomorrow, Belgian-American IPA Recipe

Thomas Larsen, headbrewer at Ska Brewing Co. and I met up a few days ago to come up with a recipe for our Belgian-American IPA. I don’t have much experience crafting beer recipes, but I told Thomas what I was hoping the beer would look, taste and smell like, as well as looked at some... »

Ska Brewing Co.’s Snowdown 2010 Beer: Hyper Fierce Gnar Gnar Hefe

Monday, January 4, 2010
By Jeff
Ska Brewing Co.’s Snowdown 2010 Beer: Hyper Fierce Gnar Gnar Hefe

Every year Ska Brewing Co. creates a special, limited release, only available in Southwest Colorado beer for Durango’s Snowdown Festival. Snowdown 2010 is no different, and last week Ska release Hyper Fierce Gnar Gnar Hefe, a 5% ABV Hefeweizen with pineapple and toasted coconuts. The thermometer on the wall outside says it’s 10 degrees Fahrenheit... »

Ska Brewing Collaboration: Formulating a Belgian-American IPA Recipe

Wednesday, December 30, 2009
By Jeff
Ska Brewing Collaboration: Formulating a Belgian-American IPA Recipe

As I previously mentioned, Ska Brewing Co. has invited myself and Beer at 6512 blogger Soggy Coaster to each brew a 10 gallon batch of beer on their pilot system at Ska. A couple weeks ago I met with Soggy Coaster, Ska President and Co-Founder Dave Thibodeau and Ska Head Brewer Thomas Larsen to set... »

Four Corners Mug Club Update

Tuesday, December 15, 2009
By Jeff
Four Corners Mug Club Update

As I mentioned two months ago, the Four Corners Mug Club is going through some changes. Soggy Coaster of Beer at 6512 posted an email from Ska Brewing Co. co-founder/co-owner Bill Graham detailing some of the changes coming to the Mug Club around the same time. I hadn’t heard anything else regarding the Mug... »

Ska Brewing Nominated for 2009 Craft Brewing Trendsetter

Thursday, December 10, 2009
By Jeff
Ska Brewing Nominated for 2009 Craft Brewing Trendsetter

The USABeerTrends blog, which covers trends in the American Craft Brewing market has posted their Top 5 Trendsetter breweries for 2009 and Ska Brewing Co. has been nominated. The reason’s cited for Ska’s nomination include Ska’s new “green” building, their support of homebrewers, their recent increase in capacity and willingness to experiment with new... »