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Boulder residents can now find a taste of Australia in an industrial pocket in East Boulder\u00a0near Valmont Road and Highway 157.<\/p>\n

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TooSteppin has opened in the former J&L Distilling space at 4843 Pearl St., Suite A1, serving Australian-style ginger beer and an homage to country music. Founder Stewart McGrath said the brews are\u00a0made with real ginger root, cane sugar and a selection of added flavors to augment the ginger.<\/p>\n

\u201cReal, naturally brewed, hard ginger beer is a massive thing in Australia. It\u2019s the fastest growing alcoholic drink category,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery bar you walk into will have at least one hard ginger beer on tap. The largest liquor store in Australia is reporting that they\u2019re carrying over 60 different types of ginger beer now.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGrath moved to Boulder from Australia about 10 years ago to grow a tech company focused on internet infrastructure software. After selling the company in 2023, a conversation during a family visit sparked a new idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife\u2019s sister said to my wife, \u2018Hey, when you go to Hazel\u2019s, can you grab me some ginger beer?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWe knew she meant hard ginger beer, and we kind of looked at each other and said, \u2018no,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It simply wasn\u2019t available.<\/p>\n

At the\u00a0Christmas dinner table, the conversation turned to Australia\u2019s growing ginger beer market, how there might be an opportunity to introduce it locally, and how making ginger beer would be \u201ca lot more interesting to talk about than internet infrastructure software.\u201d<\/p>\n

He started brewing test batches at home in buckets, sharing cans at parties to gauge interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI got some labels made up. I\u2019d throw those cans in a cooler at a party with the Coors and the PBRs and the IPAs that were sitting in there,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d see people walk up to the cooler and rummage through the cans looking for the interesting thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019d pick up the ginger beer and kind of look at it and say, \u2018Oh, it looks pretty interesting,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt that point, I was like, \u2018Okay, the branding\u2019s working.\u2019 Then they\u2019d take it away and drink it, and then they\u2019d be back and grab another one, and their mates would be back and grab one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within a year, McGrath scaled up production and sold his first keg to Sanitas Brewing. Demand quickly grew to about\u00a010 to 12 kegs of ginger beer a month. Today TooSteppin is available at 30 to 35 locations around Boulder County, including Rosetta Hall, Rayback Collective and Eldora Mountain, as well as a number of liquor stores.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s own saloon, open Thursday through Sunday with live music on Sundays, leans into McGrath\u2019s love of country music and his upbringing visiting his uncle\u2019s farm and ranch in the outback of New South Wales.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy wife will tell you, there\u2019s no place I\u2019d rather be than on a ranch,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The ginger beer is lightly carbonated compared to the average beer and designed to be refreshing and \u201csessionable,\u201d with less sweetness than Australian versions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t brew anything that tastes like a fruit juice,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The lineup includes eight varieties, from a classic original (The OG) to a dry-hopped version (The Sheriff), a blueberry pie flavor (The Gambler) and one made with locally grown Peruvian Lemon Drop chiles (The Outlaw).<\/p>\n

\u201cChile and ginger go together really well. They\u2019re best mates,\u201d McGrath said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The blood orange version is inspired by a local beer \u2014 the blood orange k\u00f6lsch at Crystal Springs Brewing in Louisville.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I drink a blood orange beer, I don\u2019t want to feel like I\u2019m having a pint of blood orange that\u2019s got a little bit of beer flavor,\u201d he said. \u201cI want you to have hints of citrus and blood orange in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most American consumers haven\u2019t been exposed to Aussie-style hard ginger beer, so McGrath said it\u2019s a gradual process to build awareness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing a lot of flights at the moment. There\u2019s an educational process here to help people understand what hard ginger beer is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that it\u2019s been rewarding to collaborate with \u201ca bunch of mates\u201d on something new.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been shocked at how helpful, welcoming and genuinely friendly the brewing community is,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m loving that people are enjoying the ginger beer here in Boulder.\u201d<\/p>\n

The saloon is open 3 to 10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Bar, restaurant and retail locations can be found here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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