But over the past four and a half years, that “one thing” has changed, Chad says. “We always said that we were just going to concentrate on the beer, but as we grew and world changed around us, we said, maybe we need to concentrate more on the experience that people are having here. I love brewing beer more than anything, but we realized that it is not just about us; it's about the people who are coming in here.”

The Cash is topped with roasted chicken, Taleggio cheese, mango, caramelized onions, arugula and IPA barbecue sauce.
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The menu right now includes three artisanal pizzas, three salads, bread, candied bacon and dessert. All of the menu items are named for Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and the Millers — along with menu consultant Bill Greenwood, of Beano’s Cabin in Beaver Creek, and longtime pizza chef Matthew Kender — put as much thought into the way the ingredients in these items play on the palate as they do with their beers.
They have also incorporated their beers into the food — marinating chicken or olives in saison, using spent grain in the pizza crust, and in other ways. “I think we're doing a good job of utilizing the beers and flavors of the beers in our menu,” Branden says. “But only when it makes sense on the palate.”

The Sue: a salad made with roasted zucchini, a fried egg, walnuts, grapes and lemon-herb vinaigrette. This is a smaller version of what guests can expect.
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Still, the transition took a lot of time — more than eighteen months — and work: Black Shirt opened up and remodeled part of its brewhouse for seating, creating more cramped quarters for brewing and barrel-aging. They also gutted a room that had served as an office for the pizza oven and kitchen. “We had to get really, really creative,” Chad says. “It’s been stressful as hell.”
And they are still on a learning curve. As Branden was serving pizzas during a soft open on Tuesday, he set the pizza stand on the table upside down before setting the pizzas on them, laughing as he fixed the problem. “I’m a brewer,” he says.

The details of adding a restaurant can prove vexing, as the wonky pizza stands prove.
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Here is the current slate:
Pizzas:
The Carter: Roma tomatoes, mozzarella, extra-virgin olive oil, fresh basil
The Johnny: Red Ale roasted sausage, fennel, fontina, BSB tomato sauce, oregano, roasted garlic clove
The Cash: BSB IPA BBQ sauce, roasted chicken, taleggio cheese, mango, caramelized sweet onions, arugula
Salads:
The Folsom: Roasted chicken, avocado, egg, Tender Belly bacon, Maytag blue cheese, buttermilk ranch, iceberg lettuce, marinated cherry tomatoes
The Sue: Whole roasted zucchini, black-walnut vinaigrette, fried egg, mixed herb salad, roasted black walnuts, red grapes
The Line: Chimichurri flank steak, creamy Dijon dressing, roasted red onions, charred corn, cotija cheese, sweet gem, red sorrel greens
Black Shirt’s kitchen will be open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Keep reading for more photos.

Chimichurri steak bolsters the Line, while the Folsom is Black Shirt's version of a Cobb salad. These are sample sizes; the actual salads will be somewhat larger.
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Black Shirt co-owner Chad Miller with two new foeders that will be used to age Belgian-style beers. With the addition of a kitchen, brewing space is at a premium.
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