Video of the flooding at Left Hand Brewing in Longmont, CO

Holy wow! That's the flood water splashing up over the windshield. They should not be trying to drive through that . I have been following that flood on the weather channel online and my heart goes out to all those people. I like left hand beer too.

 

I love how the windshield wipers were still going! Talk about putting a bandaid on a severed arm!

 

That is scary as shit! Hopefully the brewery will be alright and didn't sustain too much damage. I wonder how much this will set them back production wise? Either way, that video was freaky as hell, I'm surprised the Firetruck was able to keep going without flooding the engine.

 

Awe, man...
Wonder how it looks down the street at Oskar Blues? Seems like that area may be even lower from what I remember.

 

ever hear of a boat?

 

Just spoke to my buddy who brews at Oskar Blues... He reported:

"All is fine with OB, but Lefthand got the full brunt and took an amazing beating"

The massive damage from the flood waters is a absolutely amazing. If you pray, pray.

 

Well, that's some good news at least. Ane once you've had TenFidy...you're a lifer.

 

Buying up all the milk stout I can find now.

 

Cool. I grew up in CO Springs. I stayed at a hotel about a quarter mile away from Left Hand and OB in late July. TenFidy was not out yet so my quest was a bust. All the fires and concrete over the years have made it tough when heavy rains fall up there. Kinda sad. Not like it was when I lived there many years ago.

 

I hope everyone (including those not involved with the breweries) is okay. I didn't even hear about this until just now but apparently my bf has been following it and there have been a few deaths. My heart goes out to their families and I hope this gets cleaned up soon.

 

It is sad to see this happen to any brewery, but I hope the damage remains minimal and no staff gets hurt. On another note, it would be interesting if this results in a beer like, Hitachino Nest's 3 Days, which came about due to the Tohoku Earthquake back in 2011. Not saying that I would like that to happen, but I am pointing out the possibility for it, in which case could be used to raise money like the other beer.

 

Wowfuuuuuuuuuck...here's hoping for a speedy recovery for all. I can't imagine how this will affect Left Hand. SMH

 

I like how you can hear one firefighter telling the other to slow down.

 

Seeing all that damage makes me very sad. Mother Nature can be a real bitch sometimes. All my thoughts and prayers are with the people of Colorado, one of the finest states I have ever had the pleasure of visiting before.

 

I have a friend of a friend that works at Left Hand and the word I got this morning was things are "not good". Hope they're able to bounce back quickly. Sad to hear this news.

Edit: "They lost a lot of beer but minimal water damage" was the last I heard.

 

That is completely nuts! It looks like the Mississippi river decided to take a vacation. I have a friend who works there, and actually went to work thursday. I have no idea how he got back home.

 

Ever heard of compassion?

 

I meant it seems like a boat would be a better way to help (compassion)
than a car/truck

 

They posted on Facebook today that they will be closed another day but still plan on having the longmount oktoberfest next weekend w/ a charity drive for the damage done to other residents in the area. The water level barely missed seeping into the warehouse with all the beer in it, and not as much damage was done to them as it was done to others in the town.

 

It's Colorado man, we're a desert.

 

a land-locked desert at that. not many reasons to have a boat in colorado. as huge as colorado is, if you look at the largest lake in each state by surface area, colorado is 43rd on the list. granted maryland is 46th, but y'all have got that whole chesapeake bay, atlantic ocean thing going on... lots of boats, lol.