At Asher Brewing Company our mission is to operate a successful brewery that produces world-class
certified organic ales, while utilizing environmentally sustainable and
socially responsible business practices. Our brewery is run on 100% wind power!
Owners, Chris Asher and Steve Turner, decided that the Boulder market deserved
to have locally brewed organic beers. After nearly a year of planning,
research, and hard work building a brewery, Asher Brewing Company opened the
doors for business on November 20th, 2009.
On February 25th, 2010 organic certification was issued for all beers at Asher
Brewing Company; making it the first all organic brewery in the state of
Colorado. Organic ingredients are better for the consumer, better for the
environment, and better for the beer. (Studies have shown that pesticides are
detrimental to the shelf-life of beer.)
Chris Asher
A native of Massachusetts, Chris has been brewing beer since his days at
Wesleyan University, where he taught home-brewing classes. After college he
brewed for four years at the Golden City brewery in Golden, Colorado before
getting a Master’s in Business Administration from the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder.
Then he ran the brewery at the RedFish in Boulder, Colorado for five years
before starting Asher Brewing Company. Brewing awards include two GABF silver
medals and a gold medal in 2004 for Fat Tuesday Strong Ale.
Steven Curtis Turner
Graduate of Colorado State University and the American Brewers Guild, Diploma
in the Craft Brewers Apprenticeship Program. Holds the General Certificate in
Brewing and Packaging from The Institute and Guild of Brewing. Member of the
Master Brewers Association of America, Rocky Mountain Chapter. Brewing Awards
2002 World Beer Cup Gold Award, 2005 GABF Silver Medal, 2006 World Beer Cup
Bronze Award, 2008 GABF Silver Medal. Steve began his professional brewing
career in 1999. He lives with his wife, three kids, five cats and Bandit the
Border Collie in Fort Collins.
