Loveland’s Verboten Brewing hopes to open in its new downtown location in January, but it had to stop brewing last month, so a Fort Collins brewery has offered its facility to cover the gap.

Snowbank Brewing has a 15-barrel system, so it had room to accommodate Verboten and another Fort Collins brewery, according to Angie Grenz, marketing director and co-owner of Verboten.

Verboten, which opened at 1550 Taurus Court in January 2013, uses a three-barrel system, she said, although when it reopens in mid- to late January 2016 at 127 E. Fifth St., it will start expanding its capacity.

“While our taproom is closed, it will allow us to continue to grow our wholesale side,” she said.

Verboten brewed its first batch at Snowbank on Oct. 13, Grenz said, and did two more beers over the weekend.

“We estimate we’ll probably do between three and four different beers in November and possibly December,” she said. Because of the interim situation, Verboten will focus on its standard beers such as Thinking of Something Orange and Killer Boots.

Those two most popular beers continue to be available on draft at local establishments and in 22-ounce bottles, she said.

Snowbank Brewing also is contracting its facility out to Soul Squared Brewing of Fort Collins, according to a press release from Snowbank. Some beers from Verboten and Soul Squared will be available on draft at the Snowbank taproom, 225 N. Lemay Ave., Suite 1, according to the release. And the three companies are planning to brew a collaborative beer to be released before the end of the year.

Grenz said Verboten underwent an ownership change in July. She and her husband, head brewer Josh Grenz, bought out the other two co-founders, Joe and Keri Akers, and they brought on Jason Bowser as a new business partner.

“Jason’s been in the craft beer industry for 10 years now,” Grenz said. He ran the taproom for Odell Brewing Co. in Fort Collins for eight years, she said, and also spent time with New Belgium and Grimm Brothers.

She said Bowser will manage Verboten’s wholesale division and help set up the new downtown taproom.

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