Do you like Fat Tire? How about Ranger IPA?
If so, you'll be getting more of both in February when New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins releases both beers in sixteen-ounce cans. The two beers will be the brewery's first tallboys and they'll be among the first to be produced in Colorado.
New Belgium is also working on a recipe for a brand new beer, which will designed and marketed specifically for the sixteen-ounce package, says brewery spokesman Bryan Simpson. The name and style of that beer haven't yet been released.
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Oskar Blues is also planning to can tallboys of its Great American Beer Festival-award winning Deviant Dale's IPA and release them next year. Two smaller Colorado breweries, Eddyline and Dolores River, already make tallboys.
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