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In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Colorado ranked 3rd in the number of craft breweries, and 6th per capita, with 154. [4] According to the Beer Institute, the state ranked number one in terms of gross beer production, producing over 23,370,848 barrels in 2006. Colorado is home to 4 of the top-50 brewing companies in the nation.
The Coors Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company based in Golden, Colorado, that was founded in 1873. In 2005, Adolph Coors Company , the holding company that owned Coors Brewing, merged with Molson , Inc. to become Molson Coors . [ 1 ]
The Boulder Beer Company was Colorado's first microbrew and the forty-third licensed brewery in the United States. [1] It was founded on September 25, 1979 by David Hummer, Alvin Nelson, and Randolf Ware. [ 2 ]
Colorado City Town Company laid claim to two square miles of land that would become Colorado City on May 22, 1859. [5] Founded at the confluence of Fountain and Camp creeks on August 13, 1859, it was the first Pikes Peak region settlement.
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The Tivoli Brewery building was built in 1864 by German immigrant Moritz Sigi along with the Colorado territory's first artesian well. A well known local character and Denver councilman Sigi brewed the best "Buck Beer", a hybrid lager/ale similar to a Bock. Mr. Sigi had a sudden and tragic horse carriage accident that led to his death in 1874.
The Wynkoop was one of the nation's first brewpubs. By 1996, Westword reported that Denver had more brewpubs per capita than any other city. [17] Hickenlooper claims his restaurant was the first in Colorado to offer a designated driver program. [18] In 1989, Hickenlooper was arrested in Denver for "driving while impaired" and did community service.
New Belgium's main brewery is in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2013, New Belgium had some 480 employees and more than $180 million in sales. [20] It has had an employee stock ownership plan since 2000 and in January 2013 became 100 percent employee-owned [20] through an ESOP.
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