title: Crabtree Brewing Co.
text: # Crabtree Brewing Co.
  
  40°23′22.96″N 104°43′38.07″W﻿ / ﻿40.3897111°N 104.7272417°W﻿ / 40.3897111; -104.7272417
  
  Crabtree Brewing Company is a regional brewery located in Greeley, Colorado. Jeff and Stephanie Crabtree, the founders, started brewing in 2006 after they decided to turn their homebrewing hobby into a commercial endeavor. In 2009, the brewery produced over 900 barrels of its various labels. As of 2011, it was still Greeley's only brewery.
  
  ## Beers
  
  Crabtree has certain "classic" beers available year-round:
  
  * Jeff's West Coast IPA
  * Boxcar Brown, a brown ale
  * Ginger Bee, a blonde ale flavored with honey and ginger
  * Serenity Amber Ale, an unfiltered amber ale
  * Oatmeal Stout, a stout beer
  
  They also brew various seasonal beers:
  
  * The Dish - Hazy IPA series
  * Dearfield Ale, an ale commemorating Dearfield, Colorado
  * Others, including those flavored with seasonal fruit
  * "5", a special Belgian abbey made with coriander, orange peel and fresh raisins and aged in wine barrels, to celebrate the brewery's fifth anniversary
  
  ## Distribution
  
  As of 2011, Crabtree Brewing distributed in only 3 states (Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska).
  
  ## Logo
  
  The company logo is a play on words. Rather than feature a crabapple tree (also referred to as a crab tree), it depicts a crab in a tree. An animated version of the logo plays automatically on the front page of the company website, and appears as an Easter egg on all subsequent pages.
  
  