*UPDATED* 2015 Colorado Brewery Openings
Story by:
Brian Phipps
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:
Adams County
117 N Main St
Brighton, CO 80601
(720) 639-7505
Opened December 5, 2015
Arapahoe County
3535 S Platte River Dr
Sheridan, CO 80110
(720) 940-0338
Opened May 2015
5798 S Rapp St
Littleton, CO 80120
(303) 797-2433
Opened September 2015
3701 S Santa Fe Dr Unit 7
Sheridan, CO 80110
(720) 446-7961
Opened October 22, 2015
884 S Buckley Rd
Aurora, CO 80017
(303) 745-4599
Opened July 24, 2015
Boulder County
Erie, CO
Opened December 2015
900 S Hover Rd
Longmont, CO 80501
(303) 774-7698
Opened June 18, 2015
Boulder, CO 80301
720-593-1401
Opened July 2015
2510 47th St
Boulder, CO 80301
(720) 446-9387
Opened July 25, 2015
209 Emery St
Longmont, CO 80501
(303) 776-4594
Opened August 13, 2015
Broomfield County
2780 Industrial Lane
Broomfield, CO 80020
(720) 375-3693
Opened January 23, 2015
Clear Creek County
Westbound & Down Brewing Company
1617 Miner St
Idaho Springs, CO 80452
(720) 502-3121
Opened December 4, 2015
Delta County
215 W Main St
Cedaredge, CO 81413
(970) 856-7762
Opened May 13, 2015
Denver County
4526 Tennyson St
Denver, CO 80212
(720) 328-8258
Opened July 16, 2015
1477 Monroe S
Denver, CO 80206
(303) 927-7365
Opened November 20, 2015
1133 N Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
(720) 485-4959
Opened May 2015
2030 S. Cherokee St
Denver, CO 80223
(303) 995-7410
Opened February 14, 2015
1730 Franklin St
Denver, CO 80218
Opened in July 12, 2015
3845 Lipan St
Denver, CO 80211
(720) 441-4735
Opened February 26, 2015
4970 Lowell Boulevard
Denver, CO 80221
(303) 955-5657
Opened February 21, 2015
No Location
Opened September 2, 2015
2924 W 20th Ave
Denver, CO 80211
(303) 284-7893
Opened September 2015
2920 Larimer St
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 997-8288
Opened February 2015
Sleeping Giant Brewing Company
2500 W 5th Ave
Denver, CO 80204
Opened January 2015
2736 Welton St
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 297-1276
Opened April 9, 2015
900 Auraria Parkway
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 582 -1597
Opened August 22, 2015
Douglas County
1043 Park St
Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303) 660-2275
Opened November 8, 2015
2924 W 20th Ave
Parker, CO 80134
(720) 420-0462
Opened June 4, 2015
Eagle County
41290 US Hwy 6 B-2
Vail, CO 81657
(970) 470-4351
Opened April 3, 2015
El Paso County
1007 S Tejon St
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 695-0344
Opened January 2, 2015
7654 McLaughlin Road
Peyton, CO 80831
(719) 375-1116
Opened March 14, 2015
4665 Town Center Drive #30
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
(719) 270-0077
Opened August/September 2015
13767 Honey Run Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
(719) 310-3787
Opened January 2015
4005 Tutt Blvd
Colorado Springs, CO 80922
(719) 358-6758
Opened November 20, 2015
318 E Colorado Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 344-5477
Opened October 6, 2015
Gunnison County
111 N Main St
Gunnison, CO 81230
(970) 642-4500
Opened August 29, 2015
Jefferson County
29260 US-40
Evergreen, CO 80439
(303) 670-2739
Opened November 24, 2015
2962 Evergreen Pkwy
Evergreen, CO 80439
(303) 736-8419
November 22, 2015
2010 S Oak St
Lakewood, CO 80227
(720) 328-1758
Opened August 21, 2015
27618 Fireweed D
Evergreen, CO 80439
(303) 674-1842
Opened November 2015
Lake County
115 E 7th St
Leadville, CO 80461
(720) 864-1012
November 14, 2015
Larimer County
114 E 15th St
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 619-8138
Opened September 15, 2015
1921 Jessup Dr
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970) 568-8345
Opened November 25, 2015
531 S St Vrain Ave
Estes Park, CO 80517
(812) 201-3836
Opened July 18, 2015
1035 S Taft Hill Rd
Fort Collins, CO 80526
(970) 568-8473
Opened November 10, 2015
1624 S Lemay Ave Unit 4
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970) 568-8936
Opened June 27, 2015
390 W Riverside Dr
Estes Park, CO 80517
(970) 586-7300
Opened August 29, 2015
Fort Collins, CO
(970) 286-7769
Opened May 2015
829 S Shields St #100
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 221-3434
Opened November 6, 2015
Pueblo County
120 E Riverwalk
Pueblo, CO 80113
(719) 924-9670
Opened December 1, 2015
San Juan County
1212 Greene St
Silverton, CO 81433
(970) 387-5962
Routt County
106 E Jefferson Ave Unit B
Hayden, CO 81639
(970) 276-8014
Opened October 2015
Summit County
531 Silverthorne Ln
Silverthorne, CO 80498
(970) 468-0170
Opened September 6, 2015
Weld County
813 8th St
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 371-8029
Opened January 31, 2015
508 8th Ave
Greeley, CO 80631
(970) 460-6345
February 21, 2015
Pre-existing Breweries with New or Additional Locations:
4910 Nautilus Ct
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 440-4324
Opened February 2015
Breckenridge Brewery at The Farm House
2990 Brewery Lane
Littleton, CO 80120
Opened June 2015
Great Divide Brewing @ The Barrel Bar
1812 35th St
Denver, CO 80216
(303) 296-9460
Opened July 2015
Renegade Brewing Company @ The Yard on Santa Fe
918 W 1st Ave
Denver, CO 80223
(720) 401-4089
Opened January 29, 2015
Information and research for this article came from:
- Bart Watson, Chief Economist of the Brewers Association
- Denver Post’s First Drafts Blog
- FermentedlyChallenged.com
- Coloradobeer.org
- Coloradocraftbrews.com
- Each brewery’s website and their social media
- 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.
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Kokopelli Beer Company
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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
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.)
Still love the work that you do though!
Stephen
The Colorado Beer Geek
http://www.COBeerGeek.com