(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 closing on September 15, 2022 and the possession change has taken impact. Sam and Katie have an extended historical past with Previous 121 Brewhouse as longtime regulars and workers 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 residence in Lakewood and went to rejoice at Previous 121 on the brewery’s delicate opening. We met Brett and Karla, who have been working behind the bar, and instantly started a friendship.”
“It was a troublesome resolution to step away from Previous 121 but it surely was the best selection ever to convey Katie and Sam in since they have been among the first individuals by way of 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 title of the brewery and are holding the core beers on faucet. The brewery’s concentrate on approachable and sessionable beers will proceed with the purpose of rising the enterprise whereas staying true to the next the brewery has constructed. The enterprise will even proceed to concentrate on neighborhood affect and persevering with packages like Crowlers for the Frontlines, partnerships with the VFW, highlighting native artists, and partnering with native organizations like The Motion Heart.
The Nicholsons are excited to convey their mixed expertise to assist increase the brewery into changing into much more of a Lakewood staple. This can embrace upgrades to the taproom and persevering with growth of the brewery’s manufacturing capability.
Katie Nicholson will convey her 10+ years of expertise in occasions, relationship constructing, and nonprofit work to assist lead Previous 121 Brewhouse as the bulk proprietor with a concentrate on 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 marketing and a couple 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 operating advertising and marketing for the brewery starting in April 2022.
Previous 121 Brewhouse began in March 2019 with Karla and Brett Zahrte after buying the house from Warning Brewery. The brewery, named for Wadsworth Blvd’s formal title (Colorado Freeway 121), makes a speciality of approachable and sessionable beers and handcrafted sodas. The brewery’s flagship beers embrace 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.
