Colorado Brewery Tours

Colorado is known for great beer and touring a brewery is a fun way to spend a couple hours. You get free beer and you might learn something too. Read our brewery tours blog.

Avery Boulder	Boulder Beer Boulder	Breckenridge Littleton
Budweiser Fort Collins	Coors Golden	New Belgium Fort Collins
Odell Fort Collins	Oskar Blues Longmont	Upslope Boulder

Guide to Brewery Tours in Colorado

Everyone knows by now that Colorado is a mecca of craft breweries. They seem to pop up on another corner every week. Many of them offer free tours and even they don’t, they’ll still let you sample a few of their products.

Colorado’s best known brewery is Coors. Tours of this mega brewery are offered daily in downtown Golden. Colorado’s other beer giant is Anheuser Busch. Located in Fort Collins, you can even see Budweiser’s famous Clydesdales at this branch of the Saint Louis-headquarter brewery.

Anhesuer Busch purchased one of Colorado’s largest microbreweries, Breckenridge. They’re still committed to the finest craft lagers and ales, brewed in Littleton, now just owned by a giant. Another craft brewer that skirts the line between microbrewery and big timer is New Belgium. It’s flagship “Fat Tire” is gaining notoriety throughout the U.S.

You can make a fun day out of touring breweries in the craft towns of Boulder and Fort Collins. Boulder’s well known brewers include Avery, Boulder Beer and Upslope. And if you have extra time, Longmont’s not far, and features the fan favorite Oskar Blues. Fort Collins has Odell, in addition to Budweiser and New Belgium. All are within a few minutes of each too.

No matter where you are in the Centennial State, a microbrewery is probably not far off. Even there’s none, you can sample a wide variety of craft beer at local bars. Mile High Happy Hour shows more than a thousand Denver happy hours for those in the capital region.

Find a complete run down of Colorado breweries at Colorado Brewed.

Some related activities

In addition to great craft beer, Colorado produces a epic wine and liquor. Tour distilleries and wineries, or visit historic mines and museums.

Distillery Tours	Factory Tours	Mine Tours
Museums	Winery Tours