Primitive Beer

Primitive Beer is a family-owned blendery that makes a single style of beer: a spontaneously fermented wheat beer inspired by Belgian Lambic. The beers are made with Colorado-grown grain, hops and fruit, inoculated overnight in a shallow open vessel called a koelschip, then fermented and matured in oak barrels for multiple years. Some barrels are blended or refermented with fruit and spices.

The business originally listed an address at 2025 Ionosphere St in Longmont but has moved out of town while it builds a new barrel house in Denver. Its beer is currently released in bottles once a month at an event hosted by New Image Brewing in Wheat Ridge, and takeout bottles are available. Check the website for current release dates.