About Colorado Beer
In 1858 gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountains and as a result brewers began to show up to the state of Colorado. The brewers were making small batches of beer and selling their craft to the miners. In 1859 the Rocky Mountain Brewery was created and quickly became the largest brewery between St. Louis and San Francisco. In 1873 Adolph Coors made his way to Colorado with $3,000 and his recipe for Czech Pilsner. Coors grew rapidly until 1916 when Colorado enacted their prohibition law. When prohibition was repealed, Coors produced their first can of beer in 1959. Colorado’s first craft brewery, Boulder Beer Company, opened it’s doors in 1979. Since then there has been a surge of craft breweries opening in the state with New Belgium and Oskar Blues being a few notable craft breweries. Today there are well over 300 craft beer markers across the state with many more opening in the next few years.
Colorado Beer Reviews
Top Picks:
Breckenridge Nitro Irish Stout
Coors Banquet
Fat Tire Amber Ale
Fat Tire Belgian Wheat
New Belgium Snow Day Winter Ale
Colorado Beers
Blue Moon Mango Wheat
Breckenridge Nitro Irish Stout
Breckenridge Vanilla Porter
Coors Banquet
Coors Light
Fat Tire Amber Ale
Fat Tire Belgian Wheat
New Belgium 1554 Black Ale
New Belgium Accumulation White IPA
New Belgium Heavy Melon
New Belgium Mountain Time Premium Lager
New Belgium Snow Day Winter Ale
New Belgium Summer Bliss
New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA
Odell Sippin’ Pretty
Oskar Blues Can-O-Bliss Tropical IPA
Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
