VACATIONS FROM HOME: CRAFT BEER IN COLORADO

Monday, August 22, 2022

CRAFT BEER IN COLORADO

NOT YOUR POP’S COORS ANYMORE
get it?

As frequent travelers we like to sample many local beers, but with the surge of craft brewers throughout the country at times this can be a daunting task. In the Centennial State a pub crawl would be especially difficult as Colorado produces more beer per capita than any other state and is home to 300 registered breweries. It may be a beer lover’s paradise, but an impossible task to hit them all!

For the longest time when thinking about Colorado beer it was only Coors, brewed in Golden Colorado with water from the Rockies! Before 1991 it wasn’t widely available on the east coast and this rarity added to the brand’s mystique and popularity.

I never liked Coors, and I won’t drink it to this day, but if you do see me out in public and I am drinking a Coors product, please know I have been kidnapped and signaling for immediate help!

LIST OF COLORADO CRAFT BREWERS

Above is a list of craft beer in the Centennial State. The list is endless, and given our short span of time in our recent visit to Colorado, we were only able to taste just a few of the available beers.

So, what follows is an abridged listing of beers we drank while in Colorado and they are listed in random order, with no rating or review from me. We did bypass beers we could readily get at home like New Belgium and Oskar Blues and Coors and stood mouths agape when we headed to the craft brew aisle at Davidson’s Liquor Store in Highlands Ranch near our host’s house in Centennial.

DAVIDSON'S LIQUOR

WESTBOUND AND DOWN

WESTBOUND IPA

WESTBOUND AND DOWN

ODYSSEY

DENVER BREWING COMPANY

DENVER GOLD AMBER LAGER

INCREDIBLE PEDAL IPA

(They also brew something called Princess Yum Yum)

DENVER BEER COMPANY

ODYSSEY BEERWERKS

GHOST DRIFTER PALE ALE

ODYSSEY BEERWERKS

EDDYLINE BREWING

CRANK YANKER IPA

EDDYLINE BREWING

EDDYLINE

AVERY BREWING

AVERY IPA

AVERY BREWING COMPANY

Here's a couple of brewpubs in Breckenridge we got to visit.

BRECKENRIDGE BREWING

PALISADES PEACH

AVALANCHE AMBER ALE

2 PLANKERS (in a crowler)

BRECKENRIDGE BREWING

Visited Breckenridge Brewing several times while in town. They also have a brewpub in the Denver area. Some of their beers, like the 2Planker at 9.5% are only available at the bar and not bottled..