Dreamed up in a snow cat and brought to fruition at 8,888 feet, Irwin Brewing Company crafts award-winning ales and lagers in Crested Butte, Colorado. We have been turning snow melt into beer and celebrating outdoor adventures in Colorado’s last great ski town since 2017.
We honor Crested Butte’s high mountain heritage by combining pristine water and the finest ingredients with the traditions and techniques of classic craft beer making.
We value our customers’ trust to provide fresh, drinkable beer. We have collaborated to create a simple process for ordering, delivery and billing.
If you would like to carry our beer at your establishment, please email us at [email protected].
Not in Colorado? Check out Beer Drop to have our beer shipped to you.
Best Brewery
Keystone Bluegrass & Beer Festival
2017
Best German-Style Maerzen Amber’s Lager
Great American Beer Festival®
2020
Best Stout
Crested Butte Chili Beer Festival
2017
Best Beer
Crested Butte Chili Beer Festival
2020
Best Ale
Crested Butte Chili Beer Festival
2022
Our Beers
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Mexican Lager
A blonde, light-bodied lager with a clean and crisp finish. Distinctive corn notes leave a cracker feel. Overall a thirst-quenching and wonderfully drinkable beer.
MALTS: 2-Row, Vienna, Flaked Maize, CarafoamHOPS: Tettnanger, Mt. Hood, Magnum -
Pilsner
A lighter-bodied American-style Pilsner offering a flowery, herbal flavor and aroma, with a honey-toasted cracker quality and mildly spicy hop bitterness.
MALTS: 2-Row, Pilsner, DextrineHOPS: German Magnum, Sterling, Mount Hood -
Amber’s Lager
A light bodied, crisp and refreshing lager with delicious floral and herbal hop attributes. Slight honey and toasted cracker notes create an incredibly subtle and balanced lager.
MALTS: 2-Row, Vienna, Munich, Biscuit, Caramel 70, CarafoamHOPS: Magnum, Sterling, Tradition -
India Pale Ale
A refreshing, medium bodied, copper colored ale. Herbal and citrus orange blossom aromas yield to flavors of resinous pine and grassy floral hop bitterness. This is all balanced by a light caramel sweetness and dry finish.
MALTS: 2-Row, Light Munich, Caramel 30, CarafoamHOPS: Columbus, Simcoe, Centennial, Cascade, Citra, Mosaic -
Hazy IPA
A hop saturated IPA brewed to accentuate tropical fruit flavors of mango, passionfruit, and papaya as well as lime, grapefruit, orange and subtle notes of pine. Soft, rounded, and less bitter on the palate than a traditional IPA.
MALTS: 2-Row, Wheat, Flaked Oats, Flaked Barley, Honey, CarafoamHOPS: Citra, Mosaic, Idaho 7 -
Hazy Pale Ale
A pale ale brewed with oats and generous dry hopping. It is 5.2% and is incredibly drinkable. Double Dry hopped with Nugget, Amarillio, and Azacca hops.
MALTS: 2 Row, Wheat, Rolled Oats. Flaked Wheat, Barley Flakes, Light MunichHOPS: Nugget, Amarillo, Azacca -
Sour Red Ale
Collaboration
Introducing the first collaboration between Gunnison Valley’s two premier brewing institutions: Irwin Brewing Company and The Eldo. This mixed fermentation ale gains estery and phenolic phunk from Trappist ale yeast, while a souring yeast produces a tempting tartness. The brew is balanced by a strong malt base and a mid-fermentation addition of dark sweet cherries.MALTS: 2 Row, Vienna, Munich, Biscuit, Caramel 70 & CarafoamHOPS: Magnum, Sterling, Tradition -
Oatmeal Stout
A plethora of roasted chocolate and Munich malts combined with a generous portion of oats creates a rich beer with a silky texture. Perfect for crisp nights and warm fires.
MALTS: 2 Row, Munich, Chocolate, Naked Oats, Caramel 70 & 110, Carafoam, Black Malt, Roasted BarleyHOPS: Nugget, Willamette, Cascade -
Chili Lime Mexican Lager
Small Batch
A blonde and light bodied lager with a clean crisp finish. Distinct corn notes leave a cracker feel. Fresh lime and a triple chili blend give this beer some heat!MALTS: 2 Row, Vienna, Flaked Maize, CarafoamHOPS: Tettnanger, Mt. Hood, Magnum
Our Labels
Irwin Brewing Co. was incredibly humbled to join with legendary San Francisco psychedelic poster artist, Wes Wilson, to create our label. Based on his classic 1966 poster entitled “The Sound,” commemorating a Jefferson Airplane and Muddy Waters concert, Wilson revised his landmark illustration to capture the importance of music to the DNA of Irwin Brewing Company and our tap room at Public House. Wes passed away in January 2020.
Visit Us
Brewery
326 Belleview Avenue
Crested Butte, CO 81224
(4th & Belleview)
Hours Open
Friday & Saturday 1-6pm
(or whenever you see the Open flag out come on in!)
Offerings
- Canned beer to go
- Growler Fills — bring your own, or get your Irwin Brewing Company growler
- Sixtel, or half barrels for fresh draft beer at home
- Merchandise, hats, shirts, coasters, etc.
- Ask about renting the beer truck for your next event!
Upcoming Events
We’re tapped out but stay tuned when festivals resume.
Want the Irwin Brewing Co. truck at your next event?
Contact us to book and select up to five draft beers on tap.