DETROIT - The first 1,000 custom New Belgium Brewing Company Fat Tire bicycles from Detroit Bikes have rolled off the line.

It's been just over a year since Colorado-based New Belgium Brewing announced they were tapping Detroit Bikes to manufacture a custom cruiser, which looks a little like the bike on the label of the popular New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale.

The beer company ordered 2,500 custom bikes to celebrate its 25th anniversary. It's the largest order Detroit Bikes has ever filled.

The bike takes its inspiration directly from the bike on the Fat Tire beer label, officials said last year.

The order makes Detroit Bikes one of the largest bicycle manufacturers that builds bikes in the U.S.

The only way to get your hands on one of the custom cruisers is through a New Belgium fundraiser, a giveaway or if you're celebrating a one-year anniversary as a New Belgium employee, according to a Wednesday news release.

The ordered prompted Detroit Bikes to bump its workforce from 20 to 40 employees.

"As I started to think about production and making bikes back in 2011, Detroit was the best place to look," said Zak Pashak, founder and president of Detroit Bikes, in the release. "Detroit has such a rich history of production and certainly we've benefited greatly with a skilled local workforce. This partnership is hugely exciting because it marks a big shift in the industry and an amazing show of support for American bike manufacturing."

Said Ryan McKee, New Belgium Brewing bike designer: "Bikes are a big part of our history and culture so partnering with Detroit Bikes just made sense in every way...Zak first reached out to us and we were inspired by his vision. We've been looking to source U.S. made bikes for some time, which isn't easy at scale. We now get to work with a U.S. bike manufacturer to produce thousands of bikes, while also giving an economic boost to Detroit."

New Belgium will mark its 25th anniversary with a celebration later this summer, according to a release.

Detroit Bikes specializes in minimalist bicycles. The company was launched in 2012 by Pashak in a 50,000 square foot factory on the city's west side with a team of five people. The company's A-Type and B-Type bikes are both assembled and manufactured in Detroit -- a claim no other company can make.

Ian Thibodeau is the business and development reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. He can be reached at ithibode@mlive.com, or follow him on Twitter.