Golo technology

We’ve come a long way…

A bit of backstory:

If you’ve been with us from the beginning in 2014-15, you know that our taproom space was rather quaint, to put it nicely. After a few years of growth, we acquired some more space, knocked down some walls, and nearly tripled our taproom capacity in late 2017.

Because we couldn’t have our fine patrons inside during the Covid pandemic, we thought the best way to utilize this space would be to add to our production output and capability. Sadly, this meant we had to sacrifice that same taproom space (and our Ping Pong tournament area) that we worked so hard to expand, for this shiny new machine. But we believe the juice was worth the squeeze. To make room in what was once a bustling taproom, we also had to tear out our hand-made and hand-shaped bar made of concrete (you can see the skeleton of it above after we removed the concrete). We were sad to see it go, but this new chapter has us all very excited and allows us to make some of the best quality Non-Alcoholic beers out there.

here’s how it works:

The alcohol reduction takes place via vacuum distillation, which essentially boils off the alcohol at a cooler temperature than normal (about 100 degrees Fahrenheit compared to 180 degrees F without the vacuum distillation), which is more gentle on the beer in terms of taste and overall flavor.

The GoLo allows us to complete an entire brew process using our original recipes while maintaining our high-quality standards of great-tasting beer by gently removing the alcohol and maintaining the intended "real beer" flavors.

In comparison, most breweries making Non-Alcoholic beer use a process called "Stuck" fermentation, which means they halt fermentation very early in the brewing process before the alcohol percentages rise, and then add artificial flavorings to attempt to get back the full beer flavor. After a bit of R&D, we've found this process yields results of dull, flavorless "burnt wort" characteristics.

You can learn more about the GoLo from our friends at BevZero.

this way to NA Beers

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High-Quality spirits made from beer?

This is the next step in the evolution of our GoLo production process! See how we make our super clean, double-distilled spirits for our brand new ready-to-drink canned cocktails.