For our first podcast, we discuss what is was like to leave a 50,000 barrel/year brewery to open Call to Arms Brewing Co. with a 10 barrel system and a focus on the community rather than large scale distribution. We scoured the entire city of Denver in search of our current location, and we kept coming back to Tennyson St. and the Berkeley neighborhood based on the small-town feel, the growth of NW Denver, and the incredibly close relationship between residential and commercial real estate. From business plan to opening, we discuss our backgrounds, the trials and tribulations of fundraising, and the future of the craft beer industry.


Beer Theory with Call to Arms Brewing Company: Scaling Down

For February's podcast, we discuss the local support Call to Arms has received on Tennyson St., the growth of the craft beer industry as a whole, and how for years the media has been creating and spreading a mindset of doom and gloom - only to see the industry grow stronger, more efficient, and more professional as each year passes. Sadly, positive news doesn't create as much hype, sell as many papers, or bring attention to one's byline. Note to the AP, bloggers, and amateur beer journalists everywhere: there is no bubble, new breweries will continue to open and succeed, and when breweries do fail, it'll be due to the very same reasons that every other business fails - not because of their sheer number. We also read a haiku and discuss the top three pizza slices in Colorado. Enjoy!

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