(LAKEWOOD, CO) Previous 121 Brewhouse is altering possession with the sale of the enterprise from Karla and Brett Zahrte to Katie and Sam Nicholson. The sale of the enterprise was made ultimate on September 15, 2022 and the possession change has taken impact. Sam and Katie have a protracted historical past with Previous 121 Brewhouse as longtime regulars and staff of the three BBL brewery in Lakewood.
“Previous 121 has at all times held a particular place in our coronary heart,” says Katie Nicholson, the brand new majority proprietor of Previous 121 Brewhouse. “We closed on our house in Lakewood and went to rejoice at Previous 121 on the brewery’s mushy opening. We met Brett and Karla, who had been working behind the bar, and instantly started a friendship.”
“It was a troublesome determination to step away from Previous 121 but it surely was the simplest alternative ever to deliver Katie and Sam in since they had been a few of the first folks by our doorways,” says Karla and Brett Zahrte. “They love this neighborhood and Previous 121 like we do.”
The Nicholsons would not have plans to vary the identify of the brewery and are conserving the core beers on faucet. The brewery’s give attention to approachable and sessionable beers will proceed with the aim of rising the enterprise whereas staying true to the next the brewery has constructed. The enterprise can even proceed to give attention to neighborhood influence and persevering with applications like Crowlers for the Frontlines, partnerships with the VFW, highlighting native artists, and partnering with native organizations like The Motion Middle.
The Nicholsons are excited to deliver their mixed expertise to assist broaden the brewery into turning into much more of a Lakewood staple. This can embody upgrades to the taproom and persevering with enlargement of the brewery’s manufacturing capability.
Katie Nicholson will deliver her 10+ years of expertise in occasions, relationship constructing, and nonprofit work to assist lead Previous 121 Brewhouse as the bulk proprietor with a give attention to entrance of home. She beforehand has labored at Previous 121 as a beertender and has been main occasions since April 2022.
Sam Nicholson brings his 10+ years of expertise in advertising and a pair of+ years of brewing expertise to Previous 121 as a minority proprietor and can function Head Brewer. Sam can be an alumni of the Regis College Craft Brewing Certificates program the place he interned with Previous 121 in 2019. Along with persevering with to assist out at Previous 121 on the manufacturing facet, Sam has additionally been working advertising for the brewery starting in April 2022.
Previous 121 Brewhouse began in March 2019 with Karla and Brett Zahrte after buying the area from Warning Brewery. The brewery, named for Wadsworth Blvd’s formal identify (Colorado Freeway 121), makes a speciality of approachable and sessionable beers and handcrafted sodas. The brewery’s flagship beers embody Previous 121 Lager, a Czech-style pilsner, Honey Brown, a brown ale made with native honey, and West Coast IPA, an IPA with agency bitterness and malt with a pronounced hop profile.
