{"id":129766,"date":"2015-10-12T14:29:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/local-news\/brewpub-planned-for-old-yvea-building-on-yampa-street\/"},"modified":"2015-10-12T14:29:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:29:57","slug":"brewpub-planned-for-old-yvea-building-on-yampa-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/contests\/brewpub-planned-for-old-yvea-building-on-yampa-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Brewpub planned for old YVEA building on Yampa Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Scott Franz<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

Craft beer will flow, and wood-fired pizza will be served next year in the garage bays where utility trucks used to park on Yampa Street. <\/p>\n

Steamboat Springs resident and experienced brewmaster Rich Tucciarone plans to open a brewpub in the former Yampa Valley Electric Association headquarters being redeveloped downtown.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone will have an easy sales pitch, especially in the summertime.<\/p>\n

“Pull out of your kayak or your tube, and walk across the street for a cold one,” he said.<\/p>\n

His Mountain Tap Brewery will be the lead tenant in the building across the street from the Yampa River.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone said he is excited to be a part of the revitalization of the historic building.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been a dream of mine to do a brewery here in Steamboat,” he said. “We like Yampa Street, and the opportunity came up to work with Blue Sage Ventures in that location.”<\/p>\n

Tucciarone has an impressive brewing resume.<\/p>\n

He was head brewer at Breckenridge Brewery in Denver before he becoming brewmaster and VP of brewery operations at Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

He returned to Steamboat in 2011 and has worked as a consultant to new and expanding breweries.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone said Mountain Tap Brewery<\/a> will feature a dozen handcrafted ales and lagers made on-site, plus wood-fired cuisine.<\/p>\n

Beers will range from a light pilsner to the darkest stout.<\/p>\n

He’s planning on bringing in a seven-barrel system.<\/p>\n

The brewery will also feature an outdoor biergarten in the summertime.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone plans to open the brewery during the second half of 2016 after a major renovation project is completed.<\/p>\n

“We’re looking forward to getting more deeply rooted in the community and doing so through this brewery,” he said.<\/p>\n

Blue Sage Ventures is redeveloping the entire YVEA property into a mix of retail, commercial and residential space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe principals behind Mountain Tap Brewery have extensive experience with some very notable breweries and enjoy a national stature within the craft beer industry,” Steve Shelesky, managing principal of Blue Sage Ventures, said in a news release. “We have no doubt that this will be a first-class operation and will complement our project, as well as the restaurant scene on Yampa Street. With high-quality beer and wood-fired food at affordable prices, we expect this to become a popular gathering place for both residents and tourists.\u201d<\/p>\n

To reach Scott Franz, call 970-871-4210, email scottfranz@SteamboatToday.com<\/a> or follow him on Twitter @ScottFranz10<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Via:: Steamboat Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Craft beer will flow, and wood-fired pizza will be served next year in the garage bays where utility trucks used to park on Yampa Street. <\/p>\n

Steamboat Springs resident and experienced brewmaster Rich Tucciarone plans to open a brewpub in the former Yampa Valley Electric Association headquarters being redeveloped downtown.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone will have an easy sales pitch, especially in the summertime.<\/p>\n

“Pull out of your kayak or your tube, and walk across the street for a cold one,” he said.<\/p>\n

His Mountain Tap Brewery will be the lead tenant in the building across the street from the Yampa River.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone said he is excited to be a part of the revitalization of the historic building.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s been a dream of mine to do a brewery here in Steamboat,” he said. “We like Yampa Street, and the opportunity came up to work with Blue Sage Ventures in that location.”<\/p>\n

Tucciarone has an impressive brewing resume.<\/p>\n

He was head brewer at Breckenridge Brewery in Denver before he becoming brewmaster and VP of brewery operations at Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii.<\/p>\n

He returned to Steamboat in 2011 and has worked as a consultant to new and expanding breweries.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone said Mountain Tap Brewery<\/a> will feature a dozen handcrafted ales and lagers made on-site, plus wood-fired cuisine.<\/p>\n

Beers will range from a light pilsner to the darkest stout.<\/p>\n

He’s planning on bringing in a seven-barrel system.<\/p>\n

The brewery will also feature an outdoor biergarten in the summertime.<\/p>\n

Tucciarone plans to open the brewery during the second half of 2016 after a major renovation project is completed.<\/p>\n

“We’re looking forward to getting more deeply rooted in the community and doing so through this brewery,” he said.<\/p>\n

Blue Sage Ventures is redeveloping the entire YVEA property into a mix of retail, commercial and residential space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe principals behind Mountain Tap Brewery have extensive experience with some very notable breweries and enjoy a national stature within the craft beer industry,” Steve Shelesky, managing principal of Blue Sage Ventures, said in a news release. “We have no doubt that this will be a first-class operation and will complement our project, as well as the restaurant scene on Yampa Street. With high-quality beer and wood-fired food at affordable prices, we expect this to become a popular gathering place for both residents and tourists.\u201d<\/p>\n

To reach Scott Franz, call 970-871-4210, email scottfranz@SteamboatToday.com<\/a> or follow him on Twitter @ScottFranz10<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 19:12:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}