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Flying Dog Brewery is a Beer Brewery located in Aspen, Colorado . When it first opened in 1990 , it was the first brewery in Aspen in over 100 years, and one of the first Brewpub s in the Rocky Mountain Region . The next year, in 1991 , Flying Dog’s “Doggie Style” was bottled and won the “The Best Pale Ale in America” award at the Great American Beer Festival .

The reputation of Flying Dog beers grew quickly, and demand soon exceeded the brewpub’s capacity, so in 1994 Flying Dog opened a 50-barrel main brewery in Denver, Colorado from which its ales are Distributed to more than 25 states of the United States . Currently, the brewery has a capacity to brew 35,000 Barrel s of beer per year.

Flying Dog Brewery is noted for using the unusual art of Ralph Steadman , best known as the Illustrator of the works of Hunter S. Thompson , on its labels.

The brewery is reported {Link without Title} to be creating a new beer in Thompson’s honour, Gonzo Imperial Porter.


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