Crabtree Brewing Co.
# Crabtree Brewing Co.

40°23′22.96″N 104°43′38.07″W﻿ / ﻿40.3897111°N 104.7272417°W﻿ / 40.3897111; -104.7272417

Crabtree Brewing Company is a regional brewery located in Greeley, Colorado. Jeff and Stephanie Crabtree, the founders, started brewing in 2006 after they decided to turn their homebrewing hobby into a commercial endeavor. In 2009, the brewery produced over 900 barrels of its various labels. As of 2011, it was still Greeley's only brewery.

## Beers

Crabtree has certain "classic" beers available year-round:

* Jeff's West Coast IPA
* Boxcar Brown, a brown ale
* Ginger Bee, a blonde ale flavored with honey and ginger
* Serenity Amber Ale, an unfiltered amber ale
* Oatmeal Stout, a stout beer

They also brew various seasonal beers:

* The Dish - Hazy IPA series
* Dearfield Ale, an ale commemorating Dearfield, Colorado
* Others, including those flavored with seasonal fruit
* "5", a special Belgian abbey made with coriander, orange peel and fresh raisins and aged in wine barrels, to celebrate the brewery's fifth anniversary

## Distribution

As of 2011, Crabtree Brewing distributed in only 3 states (Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska).

## Logo

The company logo is a play on words. Rather than feature a crabapple tree (also referred to as a crab tree), it depicts a crab in a tree. An animated version of the logo plays automatically on the front page of the company website, and appears as an Easter egg on all subsequent pages.

