After high school Nick Callaway went to college, dropped out, worked on the ski slopes for four years, went back to college, switched his major a couple of times, and earned a degree in engineering and physics. But the whole time, he wished he could have majored in brewing beer.
Years later, the home-brewer’s dream is set to come true as he pours hundreds of hours into opening his first business, Loveland Ale Works.
On Wednesday afternoon, Callaway stood over lamp-lit plans portioning out each of the 5,000 square feet in the now-vacant industrial space at 118 W. Fourth St. Over the coming months, the building will get two rolling glass garage doors at its entrance, the historic tin ceiling will be refurbished and what is now a dusty cement floor will become the foundation of Callaway’s livelihood.
Over the past three or four years, the Greeley resident looked up and down the Front Range and across Northern Colorado for a good spot to open shop. Then a friend told him about Loveland and connected him with senior planner Mike Scholl, who persuaded him to open in the growing downtown area. Everything took off from there.
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