Oskar Blues Brewery and live music have gone hand-in-hand since the early days in Lyons. Our original brew-pub, which Rolling Stone called our original brew-pub the hottest place to be on a Saturday night in Colorado, has presented the best national and local acts since 1997 and we’re bringin’ that energy to our newest stage in Longmont. Staying true to our music roots, Home Made Liquids & Solids plays host to local & national touring bands as well. We welcome everything from blues, rock, bluegrass and jam music to folk, Americana and trad-country. Check out our music calendar after listening to these podcasts for more information!
Home Made Liquids & Solids (Longmont) February Podcast & Music Line-Up
Thursday 2/2- Craig Corona solo
Friday 2/3- Danny Shafer’s 21st Century band
Saturday 2/4- King Stan band blues & R&B
Sunday 2-5 Super Bowl party no evening music
Wednesday- 2/ 8- Songs from The Silo with Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore 8pm
Thursday- 2/9- Steve Manshel solo
Friday 2/10- Quemando salsa dance party
Saturday 2/11- Delta Sonics blues Colorado IBC winner
Sunday 2/12- Gin Mill Gypsy’s
Tuesday 2/14- Comedy with Nancy Norton 8pm
Thursday 2/16- Prairie Scholors
Friday- 2/17 Johnny O band
Saturday 2/18- Mojomama
Sunday 2/19- George Nelson band
Tuesday 2/21- Fat Tuesday party with Jockamo-7-10pm
Thursday 2/23- Randall Dubis solo
Friday 2/24- School of Rock 8pm
Saturday 2/25- John Lee Hooker Jr. band
Sunday 2/26- School of Rock 3pm & 8pm two shows
Wednesday 2/29- Home grown singer/songwriters 7pm with Bonnie & Taylor Sims hosting
Every Sunday Bluegrass pick 12-3pm
Every Monday electric blues jam 7:30pm
Every Thursday dinner music downstairs 5:30-8:30pm
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9pm free all ages except 2/26
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (Lyons) February Podcast & Music Line-Up
Wednesday 2/1-1st Wednesday music Club 7:30pm
Friday 2/3- Wendy Woo band rockin’Americana
Saturday 2/4- Randall Dubis blues band
Sunday 2/5- Super bowl party no music
Friday- 2/10- JoJo Reed Zydeco band from Louisiana
Saturday 2/11- Farewell Drifters from Nashville * K.C. Groves opening
Sunday 2/12- Danny Shafer’s 21 century band
Tuesday 2/14- Love & Hate songs by the Jameson’s 7pm
Wednesday 2/15- Tribute to The Rolling Stones 7pm
Friday 2/17- Blue Krewe- Mardi Gras party
Saturday 2/18- Lionel Young band
Sunday 2/19- Swing State new & vintage swing
Tuesday 2/21- Fat Tuesday party with The Zydecoasters 8pm
Friday 2/24- John Lee Hooker Jr. band
Saturday 2/25- Cowboy Dave’s honky tonk band
Sunday 2/26- Wild Road band old country
Tuesday 2/28- Lyons High School jazz band 7pm
Every Tuesday bluegrass pick 8-11pm
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9pm all ages & free
Posted on January 31st, 2012
Archived in Podcasts
Tags brewery, Craft beer, february, longmont, lyons, music
The New Guy’s First Big Boy Beer Tapping!
Lou, our new beertender from upstate New York, has been missing home sumpin’ fierce & who are we to deny him the finer things of his home state? He’s invited John from Brewery Ommegang, the top Belgian-style brewery in the US, to come to Oskar Blues in Longmont on Thursday, February 9th to talk about the old country & sample some of Ommegang’s best beers.
Ommegang’s bringing 3 Philosophers, Seduction, Adoration, & Hennepin & we hope you’ll love getting all four of these great beers in one place at one time. You can also sample the likes of Oskar Blues’s Red Eye Rye Pale Ale, Columbian Supreme Coffee Porter & Deviant Dale’s IPA (all three only available at Oskar Blues at this time).
It’s all going down at 6PM on February 9th at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids at 1555 S Hover Rd in Longmont. Corner of Hover Rd & the Diagonal Highway.
Posted on January 30th, 2012
Archived in Blog
Tags belgian, brewery, Cans, ommegang
Spring is in the air at Hops and Heifers Farm, can YOU feel it? We CAN! Although it is the middle of winter, the sun has been shining, allowing us to get many projects completed to make 2012 one Fuh-Can good time down on the farm. All 2500 hop plants are nestled in their beds with a thick layer of our very own compost.
The three new Berkshire pigs are enjoying their new accommodations- you can tell they are happy because their tails are always curly! We built them an enclosure for those chilly nights full of fluffy straw and an insulated floor! They are also figuring out their own water tap system. Healthy pigs require lots of available fresh water, so we’re givin’ it to ‘em!
The Goats are chillin’ like villains, and have done a great job eating down the summer garden.
The Cows are all on new pasture filling their bellies with lots of grass and enjoying the warm mash breakfast served daily. The mama cows are all pregnant and will begin calving in early spring.
This year is going to be full of exciting events, please feel free to look us up at www.oskarblues.com. We are now on twitter @hopsandhefers, or via old school email, farmergeoff@oskarblues.com. Thank you for supporting craftAculture! Keep the brown side down!– Farmer Geoff
Posted on January 25th, 2012
Archived in Blog, Hops & Heifers
Tags Angus Cows, Berkshire pigs, Goats, Hops and Heifers, Hops Oskar Blues
Does down-home, hand-planted, home-grown and hand-picked happen anymore? It does with Oskar Blues Brewery’s Hops & Heifers Farm inspired “HGH part DUH” Ale!
We’re teaming up with Old Chicago restaurants during their “I Love Beer Tour,” and will be offering a very limited and exclusive release of the farm raised, strong ale born on the brewery’s Longmont, CO based farm. The tour kicks off on Wednesday, January 25th at all Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Oregon and Wisconsin Old Chicago locations. The beer will be flowing while the limited amount lasts. For a complete list of Old Chicago locations, check out www.oldchicago.com
“HGH (Home Grown Hops) Part DUH” is a 7.5% A.B.V and 70 I.B.U. Strong Ale brewed with hops locally grown at our Hops & Heifers farm. The home gown, high-potency, home run hitter is dry hopped with Amarillo, double dry hopped with Centennial, Summit and the last of our first crop of whole Cascade Hops. This farm-raised strong ale injects more HGH than the 1998 home run race.
Our 50 acre Hops & Heifers Farm was reborn by Dale Katechis and Farmer Geoff Hess in an area hosting views of Boulder’s Flatirons and Haystack Mountain, and sits just down the road from the brewery and our Home Made Liquids & Solids restaurant, creating an opportunity for a true farm to table experience. The farm hosts 2 acres of hops planted in celebration in May 2011 by the Oskar Blues employees. The initial Hops & Heifers work day saw 3,500 hop plants laid in on 2 acres of land across 181 hop poles. The hopyard menu includes Centennial, Columbus, Nugget, Chinook, Willamette, Mt.Hood, Cascade and Sterling.
The farm also hosts 100% Oskar Blues-raised Black Angus cattle, Berkshire pigs and goats that are part of the sustainable model. Our cattle are grass fed on our pasture grasses and alfalfa in addition to spent grain and water reclaimed from the brewery, while Berkshire pigs are fed a mix of high protein grain, brewery spent grain and restaurant kitchen scraps.
This is not the first collaboration we’ve done with Old Chicago. In 2011, Old Chicago was the exclusive launch of Deviant Dale’s IPA during the same “I Love Beer” tour. Deviant went on to win a Silver Medal in the 2011 Great American Beer Festival American India Pale Ale category, the most competitive category in the competition’s history, with 176 entries. Deviant Dale’s will be released in March- our first 16 oz. tallboy can!
In addition, the companies share much in the way of history. Dale Katechis, our heart & soul owner at Oskar Blues, gained experience within the Old Chicago group of restaurants & was the General Manager at the Longmont Old Chicago location, just a few blocks away from Home Made Liquids & Solids. Dave Chichura, our head brewer, worked at Rock Bottom Brewery, a sister concept to Old Chicago, for four years.
Set in the heart of Colorado craft beer country, our original brewpub in Lyons began canning its beers in November of 2002 with a hand-canning line in the 60- year-old barn next door to our funky little brewpub. Celebrating our 10th CANiversary this year, we now have a full- throttle canning operation that is quickly expanding our cult-like following across the nation!
Check out which Old Chicago’s locations we’re hosting “I Love Beer” Tour Events:
January 25th
Old Chicago- Tejon, Colorado Springs, 7-9pm
Old Chicago- Powers, Colorado Springs, 6:30-8:30pm
Old Chicago- Woodman, Colorado Springs, 6-7:30pm
Old Chicago- Academy, Colorado Springs, 6pm
Old Chicago- Arapahoe Crossing, Parker, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Lodo, Denver, 6pm
Old Chicago- Boulder, 6pm
Old Chicago- Loveland, 6-7pm
Old Chicago- Old Town, Fort Collins, 7:30-9pm
Old Chicago- Silverthorne, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Westminister, 5:30-7pm
Old Chicago- Thornton (#9), 7:30-9pm
Old Chicago- Thornton, 7-9pm
Old Chicago- Longmont, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Grand Junction, 5-7pm
Old Chicago- Chandler, Arizona, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Tucson, Arizona, 7-9pm
January 26th
Old Chicago- Iliff, Aurora, 6-8pm
January 27th
Old Chicago- Lakewood, 6-8pm
February 1st
Old Chicago- Harmony, 5:30-8pm
Old Chicago- Southlands Mall, Denver, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Glendale, Arizona, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Superior, 6-8pm
February 2nd
Old Chicago- Lakewood, 6-8pm
February 8th
Old Chicago- Broadway, Littleton, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Silverthorne, 6-8pm
Old Chicago- Cheyenne, Wyoming, 6pm
Old Chicago- Tucson, Arizona, 6pm
Posted on January 18th, 2012
Archived in Blog
Tags HGH, I Love Beer Tour, Old Chicago
Oskar Blues Brewery and live music have gone hand-in-hand since the early days in Lyons. Our original brew-pub, which Rolling Stone called our original brew-pub the hottest place to be on a Saturday night in Colorado, has presented the best national and local acts since 1997 and we’re bringin’ that energy to our newest stage in Longmont. Staying true to our music roots, Home Made Liquids & Solids plays host to local & national touring bands as well. We welcome everything from blues, rock, bluegrass and jam music to folk, Americana and trad-country. Check out our music calendar after listening to these podcasts for more information!
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew (Lyons) January Podcast & Music Line-Up
Sunday 1/1- The Jaspers
Wednesday 1/4- 1st Wednesday music Club 7:30pm
Friday 1/6- Turn 4 alt-country band
Saturday 1/7- Johnny O band
Sunday 1/8- Gadzukes!
Thursday 1/12- Southern Rock Mountain jam 7pm
** Friday 1/13- Ruined Nation Band with David Richey
Sunday 1/15- Kristina Murray & 2 Hearted Jones
Wednesday 1/18- Tribute to the Beatles 7-11pm
Friday 1/20- Rory Carroll band country & bluegrass
Saturday 1/21- Mosey West alt-country band
Sunday 1/22- Fauxgrass bluegrass from Michigan
Monday 1/23- Longmont all-stars youth jazz band 7pm
Thursday 1/26- Johnny Sansone from New Orleans 8pm
Friday 1/27- Pelta-Tiller Band
Saturday 1/28- Gary Bragg band alt-country
Sunday 1/29- Felonius Smith acoustic blues band
Every Tuesday bluegrass pick 8-11pm
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9p
Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids (Longmont) January Podcast & Music Line-Up
Sunday 1/1- Gospel Brunch with the New Spiritual Wonders 12-3pm
Thursday 1/5- Connally & Ramey
Friday 1/6- Lionel Young band
Saturday 1/7- Patti Fiasco band
Sunday 1/8- The Strangebyrds
Wednesday 1/11- Songs from the Silo with Wendy Woo 8pm
Thursday- 1/12- Tyler Grant solo
Friday 1/13- Interstate Stash Express
Saturday 1/14- Cowboy Dave Honky Tonk Band
Sunday 1/15- Words in Flight band
Monday 1/16- closed for holiday party
Tuesday 1/17- Frederick & Longmont Christian jazz bands 7pm
Thursday 1/19- Steve Manshel solo
Friday 1/20- Wendy Woo band
Saturday 1/21- Quemando Salsa Dance Party
Sunday 1/22- Ashleigh Flynnn band
Wednesday 1/25- Homegrown singer/songwriters 7-10pm
Thursday 1/26- David & Enion Tiller
Friday 1/27- Fully Belly band
Saturday 1/28- Buckner Funken Funk band
Sunday 1/29- Swing State band
Every Monday electric blues jam except 1/16
Every Sunday Bluegrass pick 12-3pm except 1/1
Thursday shows are 5:30-8:30 dinner music downstairs
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Posted on January 9th, 2012
Archived in Podcasts
Tags beer, live music, Oskar Blues
Cows, pigs, goats, music, food, bikes & craft beer-in-a-can: it all added up to a 40% increase in our national sales. So, some might say 2011 was the YEAR OF THE CAN! Here’s a re-cap of our year, and a little looking-forward.
A lot happened around here in 2011- we announced the opening of our sustainable Hops & Heifers Farm, began building our own bikes with REEB Cycles (www.REEBcycles.com), rolled out our Bonewagon Food Truck, and posted a 40% increase in national beer sales.
We grew from 42,000 barrels in 2010 to 59,000 barrels in 2011 — the 17,000 barrel increase is nearly equal to what we produced in 2008- thanks to you guys!
Why do we have so much going on, and what does all of this have to do with craft beer in a CAN? Dale commented that “the farm, the bikes, the music are all an extension of what this is all about; doing what you love. It’s important to stay hands-on and passionate. We just hope everyone has as much fun with it as we do.”
In addition to all of the CANdimonium listed above, we just doubled-down our commitment to providing you with more beer with a $4 million brewery-improvement project. What’re we adding to the brewery? Fourteen 200-barrel fermenters, two 400-barrel bright beer tanks, and a new canning line that will allow us to double our canning speed (300 cans per minute!) and send some 16oz cans your way (Deviant Dale’s IPA in 16oz cans is coming out mid-March!).
For those who haven’t had the chance to try Deviant yet, it’s been a restaurant favorite for the past few years, and took silver at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival in the American-Style IPA category, the most competitive category in the history of the event, with 176 entries. Mama’s Little Yella Pils also won a silver and “Best in Class” in the Bohemian Pilsener category, and Old Chub Scotch Ale was awarded a bronze metal in the Scotch Ale category.
We’re excited about this last year, and want all of you to know that we couldn’t have done it without you, our loyal fans who make our dream possible! Thanks for all of the Oskar Blues love you share with the world. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Posted on January 4th, 2012
Archived in Blog
Tags beer, bicycles, bikes, Cans, Farm, Hops, Oskar Blues
Eldora Mt Resort has partnered up with the Oskar Blues Hops and Heifers Farm, offering you an honest to goodness, straight up H-and-H mogul-busting burger, a bag-o chips, and your choice of a Dale’s Pale Ale, Mama’s Little Yella Pils or Old Chub, all for just $11.75. Come by Timbers Lodge for this slope-side deal of the season!
And, this Friday, December 23rd, when you’re catchin’ some fresh tracks, make your way to the outdoor grill on the deck at Timbers Lodge, where we’ll be pouring samples of our beers. Our burgers and beers are sure to make you a better skier, boarder and an all around better person (in our opinion at least!). Go ahead, do something good for the local economy- support Eldora, Hops and Heifers and Oskar Blues, You deserve it!
Ho, Ho, Ho Happy Holidays!
Posted on December 21st, 2011
Archived in Hops & Heifers
Tags Dale's Pale Ale, Eldora Mountain Resort, Farm, Hops & Heifers, mama's little yella pils, Old Chub, Oskar Blues, Ski, Snowboard
Hops and Heifers introduces our new Berkshire Pork program! In an effort to continually utilize the Farm to increase the overall Oskar Blues sustainable system, we have integrated Berkshire pigs onto the Hops and Heifers farm. The Berkshire breed dates back over 300 years to the swine heard of Windsor. From royalty to emperors, Berkshire pork is prized for exceptional taste and tenderness. We worked with the only breeder in Colorado endorsed by the American Berkshire Association to source our pigs Zimmerman Pork in Hotchkiss Colorado. An 18 year Berkshire breeder and producer, Rick Zimmerman delivered three seven week old pigs to the Hops and Heifers Farm. The pigs will be hand raised with TLC, fed the finest grains, and fresh kitchen scraps of fruits, vegetables, and breads from the Oskar Blues restaurants. Look for Hops and Heifers Berkshire Pork available Spring 2012! As Jason Rogers Executive Chief of Oskar Blues and Top Chef of Northern Colorado quoted abut Berkshire Pork, “It’s unbelievably the best pork you can eat, and we want the very best!” .
Posted on December 15th, 2011
Archived in Hops & Heifers
Tags Berkshire pork, Hops and Heifers, oskarblues
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew- Lyons December Podcast & Music Line-Up
Friday 12/2- The Grant Farm
Saturday 12/3- Blue Canyon Boys Bluegrass band
Sunday 12/4- The Jaspers with K.C. Groves
Wednesday 12/7- 1st Wed music club 7:30-10pm
Friday 12/9- Flexigrass with Dr. banjo Pete Wernick
Saturday 12/10- Rhythm all Stars band
Sunday 12/11- Jami Lunde band
Wednesday 12/14- Lyons High School jazz band 7pm
Friday 12/16- Long Road Home bluegrass band
Saturday 12/17- Bonnie & The Clydes
Sunday 12/18- Giddyup Kitty bluegrass band
Wednesday 12/21- Tribute to Neil Young 7pm
Friday 12/23- Mollie O’Brien, Rich Moore, Eric Thorin & Ross Martin
Wednesday 12/28- Capricorn B-day party 7:30pm
Friday 12/30- Fox Street All-stars rock & funk
Saturday- 12/31- NYE with Halden Wofford & The Hi-Beams
Every Tuesday 8-11pm Bluegrass pick all levels welcome
Friday and Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9pm all ages and free
Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids- Longmont December Podcast & Music Line-Up
Thursday 12/1- Steve Manshel solo
Friday 12/2- Fox St. All-stars rock & funk
Saturday 12/3- Johnny O band
Sunday- 12/4- Felonius Smith acoustic blues band
Wednesday 12/7- Felonius Smith on songs from the silo 8pm
Thursday 12/8- James Moors solo
Friday 12/9- Hindsight classic rock
Saturday 12/10- Harmonius Junk roots rock band
Sunday 12/11- Gadzukes! Ukulele swing band
Friday 12/16- Jeff Brinkman band
Saturday 12/17- Lee Thomas band
Sunday 12/18- Kort McCumber & High Road
Thursday 12/22- Jack Hadley solo
Friday 12/23- Pete Kartsounes band
Wednesday 12/28- Homegrown singer/songwriter night
Thursday 12/29- Danny Shafer solo
Friday 12/30- Zydecoasters Cajun Slam jam
Saturday 12/31- NYE with Suburban Cowboy Noise band
Every Sunday bluegrass pick noon-3pm
Every Monday electric blues jam & open stage 7:30-11pm
Thursday shows are 5:30-8:30pm downstairs
Friday & Saturday shows are 8-11:30pm
Sunday shows are 6-9pm all ages & free
Posted on December 1st, 2011
Archived in Podcasts
Tags music, Oskar Blues, podcast
Oskar Blues and Hops and Heifers was proud to host the National Cattleman’s Beef Association’s NCBA annual meeting. With the increase in small all natural beef producing farms, the marketing group that goes behind promoting the countries #1 source of protein spent the day with us. We greeted the group with the new Oskar Blues Bonewagonfor a beef breakfast burrito then off to the Hops and Heifers Farm. The Chef Jason Rogers blew them away with a three course lunch featuring a braised beef brisket! Finishing up with a brewery tour and Tasty Weasel Tasting Room session. The NCBA is the countries leader in all aspects of Beef education and marketing support for beef producers. We were very humbled they chose Oskar Blues Hops and Heifers farm to showcase our sustainable beef production system. Please visit their website at www.beefusa.org for some great information!
The Crew
Posted on November 30th, 2011
Archived in Hops & Heifers
Tags beef, Hops and Heifers, national cattleman's Beef Association, NCBA, Oskar Blues Brewery
