Beer

Oskar Blues

Oskar Blues began as a brewpub in 1997, although beer production didn’t start in the restaurant’s basement until 1999. In 2002, Dale Katechis (the brewery’s founder and owner) began canning their flagship beer, Dale’s Pale Ale, and the success story took off.

Oskar Blues was one of the first craft breweries of the new wave to choose cans over bottles. This decision sparked a true can revolution in the United States, which continues to this day. Cans are the superior choice both in terms of carbon footprint and beer quality. Today, the brewery produces nearly 15 million liters of beer across its two facilities in Colorado and North Carolina.

In 2016, the brewery joined forces with Florida-based Cigar City and a few other breweries to form the Oskar Blues Holding Company. In 2017, the collective was renamed CANarchy.