Colorado breweries
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Brewing is big business in Colorado. According to The Beer Institute, the state ranks number one in terms of gross beer production, producing over 23,370,848 barrels in 2006. This was enough to surpass California, the long time leader in[1]. It is also ranked third in the country in volume of brewpubs and craft breweries. Denver ranks first in the nation in beer production per capita and second in the number of breweries. Colorado is home to 4 of the top-50 brewing companies in the nation. There are 92 breweries statewide.
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[edit] Breweries
The following is a (partial) list of Colorado-based breweries.
- Adolph Coors Co., (website) - Golden, Colorado This is the largest single brewery in the world, producing more than 17 million barrels of beer each year.
- Anheuser Busch, (website) - Fort Collins
- Avery Brewing Company, (website) - Boulder
- Boulder Beer Company, (website) - Boulder - Colorado's First Microbrewery, founded in 1979.
- Breckenridge Brewery & Pub, (website) - Breckenridge, Denver, and Grand Junction
- Bristol Brewing Company, (website) - Colorado Springs
- CB & Pott's Restaurant and Brewery, (website) - Fort Collins
- CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing, (website) - Fort Collins
- Dillon Dam Brewery, (website) - Dillon
- Flying Dog Brewery, Denver
- Fort Collins Brewery, (website) - Fort Collins
- Golden City Brewery, Golden
- Great Divide Brewery, Denver
- Left Hand Brewing Company, (website) - Longmont
- New Belgium Brewing, (website) - Fort Collins - This is the first wind-powered brewery in the U.S. and is currently the largest of its kind in the world.\
- North Star Brewery, (website) - Denver - North Star serves up some great American Grill food and in house brewed beer strait to the tap.
- Odell Brewing Company, (website) - Fort Collins
- Oskar Blues Brewery, (website) - Lyons
- Phantom Canyon Brewery - Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Sandlot Brewery, Denver, This brewery is located in the Coors Field baseball stadium. It is run by the Coors brewing company, but is independent in terms of the beers brewed.
- Ska Brewing, Durango
- Tivoli Union, Denver - Former brewery
- Tommyknocker Brewery and Pub LLC., (website) - Idaho Springs
[edit] Pop Culture
In Dumb and Dumber, Lloyd refers to Aspen, Colorado as "a place where the beer flows like wine".

