BioFuels Journal

Reprinted from the Sept. 2010 NBB Biodiesel Bulletin

A popular biodiesel-using brewery that is growing in international prestige hosted a biodiesel and biobased products workshop for fleet managers and government officials in Northern Colorado.

Odell Brewing Company teamed up with Northern Colorado Clean Cities for the August event.

After the workshop, attendees were treated to a tour of the brewery.

The Odell family started its brewing odyssey in 1989, in a converted 1915 grain elevator in Fort Collins, Colo.

Odell's was just the second microbrewery to open in Colorado.

Since then, Odell has become a huge success.

Its classic beers, such as Easy Street Wheat, 5 Barrel Pale Ale, 90 Shilling and IPA, have earned the company a wall full of national and international awards.

The brewery uses a number of renewable energy sources for its needs, including biodiesel blends in its delivery trucks.

The company also uses wind power, and photovoltaic electricity generation.

"As a manufacturing company we understand our impact on energy usage and feel it is our responsibility to explore and promote all possibilities," said company founder Doug Odell.

Odell Brewing has been named a "Best Company to Work For" in Colorado, and biodiesel may play a role in that.

"Everyone here is environmentally minded and they are happy that their using biodiesel, but the great thing about using it in our delivery trucks is that it really doesn't function any differently," said Karla Baise, community outreach coordinator.

For more information, call 573-635-3893.

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