Explore Your Local Pour District in Colorado

Colorado by the Numbers

Colorado ranks among the top five states in the country for craft brewery count, with Fort Collins consistently named one of America’s premier craft beer cities. The state is also home to the Great American Beer Festival — held annually in Denver and recognized as the most prestigious craft beer competition in the United States.

On the wine side, Colorado’s Grand Valley wine region centered around Palisade produces award-winning Merlot, Syrah, Riesling, and Chardonnay that rival wines from far more celebrated American regions. Colorado’s combination of high altitude, intense sunlight, cool nights, and low humidity creates growing conditions that produce grapes with exceptional concentration and character.

Colorado’s distilling scene has exploded in the past decade, with craft distilleries producing world-class whiskey, rum, vodka, and gin from Denver to the mountain towns. Several Colorado distilleries have earned national and international recognition for spirits that reflect the state’s agricultural heritage and innovative spirit.

Explore Colorado by Region

Eastern Plains — Pueblo, Fort Morgan, Sterling, La Junta, Trinidad. Craft breweries rooted in agricultural tradition and small-town Colorado pride.

The Front Range — Fort Collins, Boulder, Loveland, Longmont, Greeley, Colorado Springs, Pueblo. The heartbeat of Colorado craft beer.

Metropolitan Denver — Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Golden, Arvada, Westminster. One of the world’s great craft beer metro areas.

Central Mountains — Breckenridge, Vail, Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Salida, Buena Vista. High-altitude craft with mountain town character.

Western Slope — Grand Junction, Palisade, Fruita, Montrose, Gunnison, Telluride. Colorado’s wine country and craft frontier.

The Great American Beer Festival

Every fall, Denver hosts the Great American Beer Festival — the largest and most prestigious craft beer event in the United States. With over 60,000 attendees and more than 2,000 participating breweries from across the country, GABF is a celebration of American craft brewing that no serious beer enthusiast should miss. Colorado’s own breweries consistently dominate the medal count, making the state’s craft producers some of the most decorated in the nation.

Colorado Wine Country

Few people outside the Rocky Mountain region know that Colorado produces exceptional wine. The Grand Valley wine region centered around Palisade in Mesa County is Colorado’s premier wine country, producing award-winning varietals from vineyards set against the dramatic backdrop of the Book Cliffs and Grand Mesa. The region’s combination of high altitude, warm days, cool nights, and low rainfall creates ideal growing conditions for Merlot, Syrah, Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Viognier.

The West Elks American Viticultural Area around Paonia and Hotchkiss in Delta County is another emerging wine region producing distinctive small-production wines from family-owned vineyards in the North Fork Valley.

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