A map depicting a bird’s-eye view of Aspen circa 1893 is placed prominently behind the mayor’s chair in Aspen City Council chambers. Its purpose is to illustrate the principal businesses, buildings, mines and residences of the era. One of the businesses on the map is a brewery.
Indeed, breweries have a long history in Aspen. The one on the map, Chris Sanders’ Brewery, was located, coincidentally, close to where Mayor Mick Ireland’s home off of Lone Pine Road is today. When the last brewery here, the Flying Dog, left almost a decade ago, it took a piece of Aspen’s soul with it.
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