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One of Colorado\u2019s best brewery patios is barreling back onto the scene, but it\u2019s doing so under a new name and with a new focus.<\/p>

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A new beer maker called Pattern Break Brewing will soon open in the space formerly home to Sanitas Brewing Co., at 3550 Frontier Ave. in Boulder, which closed in December. When it does not much will have changed about the physical space and its epic outdoor patio, save for some minor cosmetic construction. But co-founder Dean Eberhardt says what\u2019s on the menu will have been overhauled significantly.<\/p>\n

Locals can get a first taste starting Friday, when Pattern Break makes its debut. Throughout the weekend, there will be live music and food from the house-operated food truck onsite.<\/p>\n

Eberhardt, who is also the founder of Hoplark hop tea, hopes Pattern Break will help set the tone for a new era in craft beer \u2014 one that meets consumers\u2019 evolving tastes without giving up on beer entirely. The brewery will offer a robust selection of low-alcohol and non-alcoholic beers, Eberhardt said, as well as cocktail-inspired styles and other beverages that are unabashedly experimental.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do is critically ask, what has caused the stagnation in the industry and how can we disrupt the thinking of that to show what is possible going forward?\u201d said Eberhardt, who is partnering with former Sanitas CEO Mike Memsic on the new project. Pattern Break is \u201ca test brewery for that in our minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of what makes Eberhardt so confident is that he has spent the last eight years honing a new kind of dry-hopping technology with Hoplark, and a secondary company called ReCraft Beer, that he plans to bring to Pattern Break. Essentially, Eberhardt figured out a way to create a concentrate that he calls \u201chop juice,\u201d which allows for dry-hopping beers without losing beer yield. When using dry hops to flavor a beer, a portion of the beer gets absorbed by the plant, he said, which can lead to a reduction in the amount of liquid for the finished product.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think of Hoplark as kind of the original Pattern Break, where we were breaking this expectation that the only way you can get hops is through beer or the only way you can get a beer experience in a non-alcoholic sense is through an actual non-alcoholic beer,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were able to make something that had zero calories and our customers fell in love with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eberhardt declined to detail exactly how the technology works, but said it allows the company to extract double the amount of flavor out of hops and replace 100% of dry hops in a brew. (It is different that the flavor-boosting hop widgets appearing in some local beers.) That can be a cost-saver and will also enable Pattern Break to create flavorful IPAs with a lower calorie count, he said.<\/p>

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\u201cYou\u2019ve seen a big transition in the direction of lower-carb, lower-alcohol, lower-calorie beverages. There\u2019s been a shift toward spirits, there\u2019s been a shift toward seltzer, and away from some of the really bulky beers,\u201d Eberhardt said. \u201cThe technology we have allows us to play a lot differently than other breweries do, so we can make lower-calorie things that taste like they\u2019re regular things.\u201d<\/p>\n