Colorado Breweries: Maps, Taprooms & Trip Planning

Explore Colorado craft breweries by region and city, from Denver and the Front Range to mountain towns, the Western Slope and the Eastern Plains.

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Browse Colorado regions

• Boulder & Northern Front Range

  Boulder and Fort Collins together form one of the most celebrated craft beer corridors in the world. New Belgium put Fat Tire on America's shelves from Fort Collins, Odell built a regional powerhouse in the same city, and Avery has been pushing the limits of brewing ambition from Boulder since 1993. The outdoor culture — hiking the Flatirons, cycling the Poudre Canyon — flows directly into a beer scene that prizes quality, creativity, and community above all else.

• Colorado Springs & Southern Colorado

  Colorado Springs is a city of military heritage and breathtaking mountain scenery — Pikes Peak looms over every taproom visit. Bristol Brewing built its home in a historic schoolhouse, Trinity Brewing became a beacon for experimental farmhouse ales, and a new generation of producers is bringing craft beer culture to Pueblo, Canon City, and the southern plains. The region's high-altitude terroir and connection to the Colorado Rockies gives its brewing scene a character entirely its own.

• Denver Metro

  Colorado's brewing capital is a sprawling urban powerhouse with a craft beer scene that helped define the American craft movement. From Wynkoop's historic LoDo taproom — the first craft brewery in Colorado — to the River North Art District's cluster of innovative producers, Denver has built a beer culture as deep and diverse as its mountain views. The city's walkable brewery neighborhoods and robust light-rail network make hopping between taprooms as natural as a powder day.

• Eastern Plains

  Colorado's Eastern Plains stretch from the Front Range toward Kansas and Nebraska — wide-open ranch country with a small but spirited craft brewing culture taking root in agricultural communities. Towns like Fort Morgan, Sterling, and Lamar are seeing their first locally-owned taprooms emerge, and the Great Plains terroir — wheat fields, cattle country, frontier heritage — is beginning to inspire a distinctly Colorado prairie brewing identity. Small but growing, the Eastern Plains is Colorado's craft beer frontier.

• High Country

  Brewing at altitude is a different discipline — lower oxygen levels, intense seasonality, and a clientele that's just skied a black diamond or summited a fourteener. Summit County's taproom scene, anchored by Breckenridge and Frisco, has evolved from après-ski pints into serious craft brewing. Outer Range Brewing in Frisco earned national acclaim almost overnight, and Broken Compass in Breckenridge demonstrates that world-class beer and world-class mountain towns belong together.

• Western Slope

  Colorado's Western Slope is the state's agricultural heartland — wine grapes in Palisade, Animas River valleys, and the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau. Ska Brewing put Durango on the national craft map, Kannah Creek anchors Grand Junction's brewery scene, and a growing number of taprooms in Crested Butte, Gunnison, and Telluride serve the mountain communities with genuine local character. The Western Slope's isolation breeds independence and creativity in equal measure.

Featured breweries

• Acidulous Brewing Company

  Acidulous Brewing Company brings creative, small-batch brews to the Littleton area as a nimble contract operation that focuses on quality over volume.

  6712 S Independence St

• 10 Barrel Brewing Co - Denver

  10 Barrel Brewing Co brings a confident energy to Denver's craft beer scene with the resources and expertise of a sizable operation.

  2620 Walnut St

• 4B's Brewery

  4B's Brewery in Cedaredge, Colorado is a Western Slope brewpub serving craft beer and pub fare in an authentic local gathering space.

  215 W Main St

• Cerebral Brewing

  Cerebral Brewing is a Denver, Colorado microbrewery dedicated to thoughtfully crafted beers and quality craft brewing.

  1477 Monroe St

• Avery Brewing Company

  Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado crafts bold IPAs and imperial stouts that define West Coast-style craft brewing.

  4910 Nautilus Ct, Boulder, CO 80301

• Bristol Brewing Company

  Bristol Brewing Company in Colorado Springs is a Colorado craft brewery housed in a converted schoolhouse serving award-winning ales.

  1604 S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

• Great Divide Brewing Company

  Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado produces award-winning craft beers including the renowned Yeti Imperial Stout.

  2201 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205

• New Belgium Brewing Company

  New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado is a pioneering craft brewery known for iconic beers and its riverside destination complex.

  500 Linden St, Fort Collins, CO 80524

• Odell Brewing Company

  Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado crafts quality beers including 90 Shilling Scottish Ale and Rupture Fist IPA.

  800 E Lincoln Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524

• Outer Range Brewing Company

  Outer Range Brewing Company in Frisco, Colorado crafts nationally acclaimed hazy IPAs with meticulous attention to hop freshness and water chemistry.

  182 Main St, Frisco, CO 80443

• Ska Brewing Company

  Ska Brewing Company in Durango, Colorado crafts distinctive beers blending ska music culture with bold flavors and mountain adventure.

  225 Girard St, Durango, CO 81303

• Wynkoop Brewing Company

  Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado is a historic craft brewery that pioneered the state's beer scene since 1988.

  1634 18th St, Denver, CO 80202