When You are Ready to Learn the Business
Mentorship in Brewing, Design, Equipment Sourcing, and Business Development
Welcome
Our immersion course is more than just the time you spend with us. It is a mentorship and after you leave, we continue to work with you answering questions until you are open. Just check out our alumni!
About Us
The team
Tom Hennessy
Tom Hennessy has opened seven breweries of his own and helped open over 100 more with his Colorado Boy Brewery Immersion Course. He is the founder, along with past partners Tom White, Greg Atkin and Rick Post, of Scalo Northern Italian Grill in Albuquerque, Pranzo in Santa Fe, and IL Vicino Wood Oven Pizza in New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. His video Frankenbrew, from 1995 has become a cult classic in the brewing world. His three previous brewing books include The Brewery Operations Manual, The Affordable Brewery, and Colorado Boy SOP. Tom lives, brews and writes in his mountain town of Ridgway, Colorado, with his wife Sandy.
Dennis Richards
Dennis is the evil twin of Daniel and co-founder of Echo Brewing Company and Mirror Image Brewing Company north of Denver.
Dennis currently also owns Colorado Boy Southwest Pub in Ouray, CO. Dennis' specialty is brewing and food, having won numerous. medals at the Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup, including Gold for his lagers and ales. Not an easy thing to do. He has also studied pizza making under Tony Gemignani in San Francisco, and regularly works with all the Colorado Boy restaurants on recipe development.
Nathaniel Miller
Nathaniel along with his wife Andrea started out as a production brewery, which now serves food. Nathaniel is our resident evil genius at building breweries without spending a fortune. In fact he built a 6 head canning line for about 1/10th the price of a conventional one.
Daniel Richards
A graduate of the University of Colorado, Daniel's initial career was with IBM running the company's perimeter IT infrastructure. After 12 years at IBM Daniel went on to found Echo Brewing Company and Mirror Image Brewing Company with his twin brother Dennis north of Denver, Colorado. In 2015, Daniel moved to SW Colorado and now owns and operates Colorado Boy Pub & Brewery in Ridgway, CO as well as a secondary brewpub in Ridgway - the Colorado Boy Depot. In 2019 Daniel and Dennis opened the Colorado Boy Southwest Pub in Ouray, CO. Daniel enjoys exploring the outdoors and 4 wheeling with has family wife Tracey, daughter Ashleigh and son Tyler. Daniel serves on the board of the Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce and is an avid supporter of area organizations including Sherbino/Weehawken creative arts, Uncompahgre Watershed Project, Friends of Ridgway Schools and the Fortuna Tierra Club.
Jenny McClellan
Jenny is Tom's cousin, and owner of the Montrose Colorado Boy. She has over 30 years operating restaurants and breweries, and is our lead person on the business side of operating a profitable brewery. Along with Mike Thomas
Books and DVD's
DVD
Frankenbrew
14.95
How to Build a Brewery for Under $20,000. Made in 1995, but still relevant and has become a cult classic in the brewing world.
Books
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This book we teach from. 3 steps to building a brewery, and operating it profitably too!
