Meet the Makers

Beer and Cider · Nederland, Colorado

Knotted Root Brewing Co

Hazy IPAs and creative ales from a Colorado mountain-town brewery.

Founded
2019
Founded by
Chris Marchio
Based in
Nederland, Colorado

Making it since

2019

Their story

Knotted Root Brewing opened in the mountain town of Nederland, Colorado, in July 2019. Founder Chris Marchio had spent years at craft breweries along the Front Range and helped popularize hazy IPAs in Denver before building his own place over two and a half years.

The brewery was designed as a rustic, independent taproom for locals and for hikers and skiers coming down from the hills. Its opening lineup mixed a classic Kolsch with single-hop pale ales, a Southern Hemisphere IPA, a fruited Berliner weisse and a farmhouse ale brewed with foraged dandelions.

How it's made

Knotted Root brews in small batches, leaning on aromatic hops from the Pacific Northwest and the Southern Hemisphere for its hazy beers. Marchio describes the approach as led by intuition, and the brewery packages in 16-ounce cans.

Our brewing philosophy is based on our intuition
Chris Marchio, founder, to Brewbound (2019)

Why we carry them

We like Knotted Root for juicy, soft hazy IPAs that taste like a day in the Colorado mountains.

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