Over the past few years, it's a combination that's worked well for more than a dozen breweries in Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins, who bring in trucks serving everything from pizza and Korean barbecue to burgers, arepas and banh mi.
This week, Oskar Blues decided to get in on the act at its Tasty Weasel taproom in Longmont, but rather than relying on outside trucks, the brewery -- which runs two restaurants in Longmont and Lyons -- created its own food truck, the Bone Wagon.
"We've been doing breakfast burritos and just cruising around doing practice runs," says Oskar Blues spokesman Chad Melis, adding that the brewery is still looking into the permitting process for food trucks in Longmont, but has been staying on private property.
The Bone Wagon will get its official debut on November 18 at the brewery's ninth anniversary party at the Tasty Weasel, when it will be serving burritos, along with smoked wings, and burgers made with beef from Hops & Heifers, the breweries spent-grain-and-grass-fed cattle ranch and farm. After that, it will spend Tuesdays parked at the taproom, as well as other times when it isn't hitting up other local spots.
Eventually, the Bone Wagon, and chefs Jason Rogers and Bart Dickerson, plan to hit up beer festivals, music festivals and anywhere else where "it can get its dirty little wheels to," the brewery says. Follow the truck on Twitter at @OBbonewagon.
