Photos: Pedal power at Denver Beer Co., 4/7/12

The owners of Denver Beer Co. found out how long it takes a bike-powered grain mill to chew up barley when they hooked the mill to a stationary bike provided by their Platte Street neighbor, Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop, and fired up the contraption. Read more: Denver Beer Co. uses pedal...

By Nick Lucchesi

April 9, 2012

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The owners of Denver Beer Co. found out how long it takes a bike-powered grain mill to chew up barley when they hooked the mill to a stationary bike provided by their Platte Street neighbor, Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop, and fired up the contraption.

Read more: Denver Beer Co. uses pedal power to grind its malted barley. Photos by Brandon Marshall for Westword -- see the full slide show here: "Denver Beer co. uses pedal power."

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