Grand Junction’s Monumental Beer Works changes name amid trademark dispute

Monumental Beer Is effective opened its doors in Grand Junction on March 19, 2020, but when the brewery expands with a next taproom and cafe afterwards this yr, it will do so under a distinctive title.

The brewery is currently undergoing a rebrand just after remaining contacted about a trademark dispute on the phrase “monumental,” reported Brian Fischer, co-founder and operations supervisor. The company, initially named for its proximity to the Colorado National Monument, will before long make its grand re-debut as Foundation Camp Beer Will work.

Precisely how before long? It’s tricky to tell, Fischer claimed. About two months ago, the brewery was educated it would require a new name. That is when, following getting some authorized tips, Fischer and his group determined to solicit branding thoughts from admirers. They been given 500 tips, between them Base Camp Beer Works, which resonated with the brewery’s staff.

“Finding names that aren’t taken is an particularly difficult endeavor,” reported Fischer. “We experienced a small group of angel traders when we opened. We referred to them from the starting as our foundation camp. That’s constantly been aspect of our organization, but not publicly. We considered, how great would it be to use the basis of our enterprise as our upcoming as very well?”

Maybe fittingly, Fischer had to acquire the trademark for the identify Base Camp from a defunct brewery in Oregon. Now the real operate begins, he reported, as the brewery requirements to get new goods, glassware, keg wraps, can labels — “Everything you can visualize,” Fischer explained — before it will be formal.

“I have not carried out an estimate but. But I’d think about it’s in the tens of countless numbers (of dollars),” he stated.

Trademark disputes have come to be ever more prevalent in the beer sector as the variety of American breweries – and as a result beers developed – has exploded. In accordance to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Workplace, the trademark for “monumental” was submitted in 2010 by Port City Brewing Co. in Alexandria, Va., which brews a yr-round offering identified as Monumental IPA. Numerous other Port Town Brewing Co. beer names are also trademarked, including Metro Purple, an IPA Optimal, its witbier and Downright, a pilsner, in accordance to the U.S. trademark databases.

Port Town founder Invoice Butcher informed The Denver Write-up he was planning for a ski excursion to Breckenridge and looking into breweries to verify out though in the Centennial State when he stumbled across Monumental Beer Will work.

“That involved me due to the fact that is the title of our flagship IPA,” Butcher claimed.

This isn’t the first time Butcher called a further brewer about a trademark dispute, and even even though Port Metropolis does not distribute to Colorado, he maintains locals understand the brand name for the reason that of its existence at the Excellent American Beer Pageant. In 2015, Port Town Brewing Co. attained the title of small brewer of the yr, and Monumental IPA has medaled in the GABF competition several instances.