2020 was a particularly rough year for Colorado breweries for obvious reasons, in which we sadly saw the closure of 32 breweries. Of the 32 total locations that closed, there were actually only 23 complete Colorado business closures. Two breweries, Boulder Beer & Good River Beer, are still in production and can be found on beer […]
Colorado Breweries Win 26 GABF 2020 Medals!
Congratulations to the 22 Colorado Breweries that brought home 26 medals from the Great American Beer Festival! Denver Beer Company along with their partner brewery, Cerveceria Colorado, won a Gold and two Silver medals! Cannonball Creek Brewing Company won a Gold and two Bronze medals! Colorado won 8 Gold Medals! Wibby Brewing Longmont Volksbier Vienna […]
Colorado Brewery Pride 2020
Happy Pride 2020! While it is sad that the main Denver Pride Festival & Parade, (which drew over 500,000 attendees in 2019) has gone virtual this year, our spirits won’t be dampened. The LGBTQ+ Community has had a longtime friend in the Colorado brewing industry. So even though this Pride looks a bit different […]
Brewery Spotlight: Barquentine Brewing Company
Note: This article was written shortly after Barquentine opened in late February, (pre Covid-19). Good Day and Good Beer Everyone! In today’s spotlight we are exploring one of Colorado’s newest breweries, Barquentine Brewing Company. I was lucky enough to have been one of the very first customers at Barquentine on their opening day which happened […]
Brewery Spotlight: Comrade Brewing Company
Good Day and Good Beer, Everyone! This Spotlight’s focus, and GABF’s Small Brewing Company of 2019, is Comrade Brewing Company. I have visited Comrade a few times before, but this was more than a year ago, and I did not visit during their ultra-successful 2019. Comrade’s more popular brews can sometimes be found on tap […]
Liberati Restaurant Decides to Close Its Doors
Official Press Release: DENVER, Feb. 27, 2020 – Liberati Restaurant, located at 2403 Champa Street in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Denver, has decided to close its doors on Monday, March 2. “We greatly enjoyed working on this project, and are very grateful for all the brilliant people we met and the accolades we received”, […]
2019 Colorado Brewers’ Favorite Breweries
By our count at Colorado Brewery List, Colorado now has 405 currently open breweries. In a survey, we asked every brewery to tell us which breweries were their favorites. Here is what they had to say… Favorite Regional Breweries Once again, we decided to separate the regional breweries (as defined by the Brewers Association of […]
Colorado Brewery Class of 2019
3-Jan-19 Jackass Hill Brewery Littleton 5-Jan-19 5030 Local Loveland 22-Feb-19 Prost Brewing (FoCo) Fort Collins 22-Feb-19 World’s End Brewing Company Canon City 23-Feb-19 1876 Ale Works (closed 15 Apr 19) Colorado Springs 2-Mar-19 FlyteCo Brewing Denver 8-Mar-19 Envy Brewing Fort Collins 20-Mar-19 Old 121 Brewhouse Lakewood 21-Mar-19 Adamant Brewing and Blending Boulder 29-Mar-19 The Empourium […]