Chama River changes brewers but aims to remain among the best

The brewers may change, but the quality beer remains the same over at Chama River Brewing. At least, that has been the case throughout the history of the popular brewpub. From Ted Rice to Jeff Erway to Justin Hamilton to Zach Guilmette, Chama has served as a finishing school for many a great brewer to go onto his own operation. With Zach heading back to Canteen as head brewer there, it now falls to Andrew Krosche to keep up the tradition.

Chama is coming off a solid, steady 2015. While he did not pick up another GABF medal, Zach was still able to produce a long line of excellent seasonal beers, while some of his house beers (thinking of Sleeping Dog Stout, for one) continued to improve.

“Chama, that was an exciting year,” Zach said. “The two years went by so fast. The whole thing was a great experience because the entire time I was able to experiment, play around with recipes, and they really supported the brewing of good beer.”

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