This article was updated on January 4, 2016 at 3:45pm to reflect more 2015 brewery openings shared by our readers. Thanks for your contributions!*
If you live in Colorado you may feel like a new brewery springs up about every week… and you would be right!
In 2015, at least 52 new breweries in the Centennial State launched and four breweries added a new or additional location.
For these 56 craft brewing locations, all except for eight launched along the Front Range.* So if you are traveling around Colorado, you can stop by these newer breweries:
4B’s Brewery in Cedaredge (SE of Grand Junction)
Baker’s Brewery in Silverthorne
Golden Block Brewery in Silverton
High Alpine Brewing Company in Gunnison
Periodic Brewing Company in Leadville
Vail Brewing Company in Vail
Westbound & Down Brewing Company in Idaho Springs
Yampa Valley Brewing Company in Hayden (in between Craig and Steamboat Springs)
The largest number of Colorado brewery openings occurred in Denver County. By our estimations, Denver County contains nearly one of every five craft breweries in the state.
Larimer County had the second most craft brewery openings with eight, including two in Estes Park. El Paso County followed Larimer County with the most new brewery openings in 2015 with six while Boulder County had five.
The last quarter of 2015 saw a little over of 30 percent of the Colorado craft breweries open (17) while the least amount of openings (11) occurred between April and June, about 20 percent.
It seems like no matter where you are in Colorado, you are always guaranteed that you are not too far from a new craft pint!
Check out the list below of all breweries that opened in 2015, where you can find them, and our Brewery Showcases:
And Stephen Adams, The Colorado Beer Geek (www.COBeerGeek.com). Thank you for sharing! We greatly appreciate your support!
*Front Range includes the following counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Elbert, Fremont, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, Park, Pueblo, Teller, and Weld.
If we have missed any new brewery openings for 2015 please comment and we’ll update periodically.
I LOVE PorchDrinking.com but you guys kinda dropped the ball on this article.
By my count there are 48 new brewery openings in 2015 and that isn’t counting the 4 production only breweries that are on your list. The article didn’t indicate that the list was just a sampling and you’re missing: 4B’s Brewery, Brues Alehouse Brewing Co., Cliffhangers Brewing Company, El Rancho Brewing Company, Evergreen Tap House, Golden Block Brewery,, Great Frontier Brewing Company, High Alpine Brewing Company, Jessup Farm Barrel House, Lariat Lodge Brewing Co., Lumpy Ridge Brewing Company, Launch Pad Brewery, McClellan’s Brewing Company, Peaks N Pines Brewing Company, Periodic Brewing, Rally King Brewing, Rock Cut Brewing Company, Something Brewery, Three Four Beer Co., Westbound & Down Brewing Company, & Yampa Valley Brewing Company.
(Also for production only you should add Atom Brewing Company & Open Door Brewing Company.)
Caution Brewing Company (West)
Kokopelli Beer Company
The Post Brewing Company
7 Hermits Brewing Co.
LowDown Brewery + Kitchen
Two22 Brew
Former Future Brewing Company
300 Suns Brewing
1933 Brewing Company
Buckhorn Brewers
Manitou Brewing Company
Roaring Fork Beer Company
Creede Brewing Company
Coda Brewing Company
Comrade Brewing Co
Blue Spruce Brewing Company
38 State Brewing Company
Broken Compass Brewing
Horse & Dragon Brewing Company
Walter Brewing Company
Wonderland Brewing Company
4 Noses Brewing Company
Butcherknife Brewing Company
Mu Brewery
Platte Park Brewing Company
Storm Peak Brewing Company
Three Freaks Brewery
Chain Reaction Brewing Company
Fieldhouse Brewing Company
Beryl’s Beer Co.
Berthoud Brewing Company
Casey Brewing & Blending
Denver Beer Co. Canworks
Hideaway Park Brewery
Joyride Brewing Company
Shoes & Brews
Baere Brewing Co
Living The Dream Brewing
Powder Keg Brewing Company
Finkel & Garf Brewing Company
Bottom Shelf Brewery
Dodgeton Creek Brewing Co.
Iron Bird Brewing Company
Liquid Mechanics Brewing
Snowbank Brewing
Zwei Brewing
Dry Dock Brewing Co. (North Dock)
Grand Lake Brewing Company
Lost Highway Brewing Company
South Park Brewing Colorado
Ute Pass Brewing Company
Wolfe Brewing
Echo Brewing Company in Eirie
Fiction Beer Company
Fossil Brewing Company
Grandma’s House
Mancos Brewing Company
Moffat Station Brewery
Groβen Bart Brewery
Mockery Brewing
Nano 108 Brewing Company
Storybook Brewing
Fermaentra
Locavore Beer Works
Alpine Dog Brewing Company
Animas Brewing Company
Zephyr Brewing Company
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