Colorado’s Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales has been a favorite of sour beer fans since they opened. We aliens loved our couple of visits and we truly enjoyed the beers we had from Black Project. When Tavour starting carrying Black Project, we ordered those and eagerly awaited their arrival. We will truly miss Black Project, especially on our next visit to Denver. — sad aliens —
James Howat posted the following on Black Project’s instagram as an official announcement, a thank you and a good-bye:
“It is with a heavy heart that I write to tell you that I’ve decided to close and bring Black Project to an end as gracefully as possible. A lot of different things have come together over the last year that have made this project no longer viable…
A combination of business decisions that were made prior to and not expecting a pandemic, followed by decreased foot traffic, rising rent and raw material prices, and a changing beer market, among other things – have made it so that it isn’t possible for me to go on making the kinds of beers I want to make.
It wasn’t an easy decision but I’m happy with what Black Project has achieved and now I feel like it is time that I have to move on to other things.
Our taproom will be closed effective immediately.
This account will no longer be monitored after this post, so I just want to go out by saying thank you to all of our fans, Agents, supporters, employees, friends, and mentors.
You all have made Black Project what it was and provided the motivation to make beer in probably the most difficult way possible for the last 8 years. So, again, thank you all so much for your love and support. We’ll miss seeing your faces at the taproom and at beer festivals around the world. Thank you for everything and long live spontaneous fermentation. “
