Funkwerks cherry saison.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF - Brief article

The first batch of winter seasonal beer has been bottled at one of the state's newest breweries, Funkwerks. Accountant Brad Lincoln and engineer Gordon Schuck co-founded the brewery last year after meeting while studying brewing at Chicago's Siebel Institute.

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Funkwerks specializes in Belgian saison beers, which Lincoln describes as "a farmhouse ale from the Wallonia region in Belgium," noting that Funkwerks' saisons are a tad more alcoholic (6.8 percent by volume) than the norm.

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