La Cumbre looks to roll from one successful year right into another

Welcome to the first entry in our annual Look Back/Look Ahead Series for 2016-17. Just as we have done the last three years, these stories will be a comprehensive reflection on the year gone by for each of our breweries, while also taking a look at their plans for the coming year.

Just as it was in 2015-16, my first stop was La Cumbre, where I sat down with owner Jeff Erway to discuss how his last year went and what plans he has for the coming year. The good news was his office has been repaired after a mishap with a truck had damaged the outer wall. Or, as Jeff put it best, “Oh, my god, that scared the fucking shit out of me. I was next door. Scot (Nelson) and I looked at each other, ‘What the fuck was that?’ The whole building shook.”

While workers were outside putting up a new barrier to protect the building, Jeff started off by recounting the high points of 2016, which also included a gold medal for BEER at the World Beer Cup in April a

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