Some of the bottles of beer that Boulder police say they recovered at the home of Adam James Dickinson. (Boulder Police Department)
Boulder police have arrested a former Avery Brewing Company employee suspected of stealing more than $15,000 in rare beers.
Adam James Dickinson, 26, was arrested at his workplace in Fort Collins on Thursday on suspicion of theft after a manager at Avery, located at 5757 Arapahoe Road, suspected Dickinson had stolen bottles of rare beer while he was an employee at the brewery from March to October 2012, when he was fired.
Managers at Avery first reported the theft in mid-October.
Police recovered more than 570 bottles of beer at Dickinson's Fort Collins home, with some of the bottles estimated to be worth anywhere from $200 to $300 a bottle.
Among the bottles recovered were several cases of Isabelle Proximus
Adam Dickinson (Larimer County Sheriff's Office)
and several bottles of Duck Duck Gooze, Rogue Old Crustacean and one bottle of 2001 Rogue Old Crustacean Barley Wine.
Police said Dickinson also sold some of the stolen beer on eBay and gave other bottles away as gifts, including bottles of Black Tot Barrel-Aged Imperial Oatmeal Stout and Sui Generis Barrel-Aged Sour Ale valued at $300 a bottle.
Dickinson is being held on $5,000 at the Larimer County Detention Center.