Yeah, yeah we know it is July, but we are in Colorado and deep down we are winter people. Right now the shop is working on the new Winter Seasonal, Accumulation, from New Belgium Brewing. Every couple years New Belgium changes up their seasonal beers. Changing up the recipes keeps things interesting for the brewers … Continued
Next week is Max’s favorite week of the year. Not only is it his birthday, but it is American Craft Beer Week. In Northern Colorado we celebrate Craft Beer Week by playing Brewery Bingo. The rules are simple, visit one of the participating breweries to get a Bingo card, hit the breweries on the card … Continued
Have you always wanted to try 56 different beers from one brewery? April 1st, head on down to the Tap N Handle in Fort Collins for a chance to taste more Sierra Nevada beers than you’ve ever dreamed of. Today we printed the shirts for the 1st annual celebration taking place at 307 S. College … Continued
Here in Fort Collins we have a really awesome organization called SpokesBuzz. According to their site, “SpokesBUZZ raises global awareness of Fort Collins sound and culture by bringing worldwide attention to local bands.” Every year they take a bunch of up-and-coming Fort Collins bands to Austin for the South By Southwest Music Festival. It is … Continued
The Lyric Cinema Cafe is a local independent movie theater here in Old Town Fort Collins. It is a fantastic place to check out a movie, not only because the movies are great, but they also serve local beer and great food. We are super lucky to have such a cool place in our town. … Continued
All of screen printing is in the set up. It can take us hours to get something to look right before we can print it. Even after we get it mostly right there can be a ton of micro adjustments before it can be sent out the door. We are super picky about our print … Continued
Not to brag…BUT…We are lucky enough to live in one of the most bike friendly communities in the country. All of us here at Go West are way into bikes and we are stoked about the Fort Collins Bike Library. It is a fantastic program here in Fort Collins that allows people to “check out” … Continued
Have you ever heard the story of the Master Thief? Long story short, the thief is challenged to steal the count’s favorite horse, bed sheets, and the ring off the countess’ finger. The thief is pretty much the most cunning man ever and pulls it off and then disappears. The End. The good folks at … Continued
Go West recently had the chance to work on a custom lettering project for the local band Finnders & Youngberg. They wanted an old fashioned style, so we immediately looked to vintage lettering from old LP sleeves. After much sketching and refining we were able to create a custom word mark for them. They were … Continued
Ever wonder how a CMYK process print translates to screen printing? We do it on a limited basis because there’s a lot of prepress work required, and you can only print on light shirts. Screen printing typically is a spot color process, meaning each color in the design is printed in a separate screen. The … Continued