It’s only fitting that with a logo and mascot of a jaunty red truck, Vancouver’s Red Truck Beer has taken a road trip south of the border, and is opening a brand new brewery and restaurant in Fort Collins, Colo.
Red Truck’s new brewing facility and Truck Stop tasting room and restaurant will open to the public on Aug. 18.
On tap: 18 brews, including Red Truck’s four “flagship” beers, and 14 taps specific to the Fort Collins market.
Just like its Vancouver brewery and Truck Stop, Red Truck Beer will feature live music, events and a collection of red trucks at the new Colorado spot.
The craft brewer has been in its Mount Pleasant digs in Vancouver since 2015, when it launched its brewing facility, diner, shop, and parking lot perfect for summer events such as its popular concert series.
But Red Truck’s roots go back even further, when it began a decade earlier in North Vancouver, and would trundle brews to Nat Bailey Stadium for delivery in an old ‘46 Dodge pickup that brewery owner Mark James called “Old Weird Harold.”
Now it’s trundled on down to Colorado — another significant North American beer location. The brewery chose Fort Collins after visiting multiple cities, and Red Truck’s owners say the place “felt right” to them.
“From our first visit, we could see that Fort Collins was a hub for first class brewing,” said Red Truck Beer Company general manager Jim Dodds. “We wanted to join this passionate community of brewers and beer lovers and share our love of beers and brewing with them.”
This is the first time in over a decade that a Canadian beer company has added operations in the United States.
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