Craft beer in Colorado
Colorado, alongside California, is one of the two foundational states of modern American craft beer. New Belgium Brewing (1991) brought Belgian-inspired ales to the mainstream. Avery Brewing in Boulder pushed extreme styles. Crooked Stave specialized in barrel-aged sours. The state hosts the Great American Beer Festival every year in Denver.
Breweries Tracked
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Specialty
Wild Ales, Belgians, And Stouts
Format Variety
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Colorado's craft beer story
New Belgium's Fat Tire became one of the first widely-distributed Belgian-style ales in America. Coors Brewing's massive Golden facility represents the pre-craft era; the state's craft scene formed largely in opposition to that, championing flavor and complexity over volume.
Common date code formats from Colorado breweries
Among the Colorado breweries we track, the most common date code formats are:
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3 breweries
Common styles produced in Colorado
The most common beer styles produced by Colorado breweries we track: