Craft Beer

Colorado's beer market used to be booming, but now, more breweries are closing and production has decreased. Yet some young people are still drawn to the industry and are even pursuing degrees in it.

More breweries closed than opened in 2024, and the Boulder-based Brewers Association, a trade group for small and independent American craft brewers, is forecasting another tough year in 2025.

The Great American Beer Festival in Denver drew tens of thousands of people to try more than 2,500 types of beers. But the industry has recently struggled with production and sales.

Colorado craft breweries are facing a number of different challenges, including inflation, distribution issues and changing consumer habits.

Kernza is the new, perennial grain trying to win over Colorado's craft beverage industry.

A new report suggests that as the craft beer industry's growth slows and competition increases, breweries in the region will have to work even harder to stand out.

The switch to to-go sales has been a lifeline for local breweries, but it's also exacerbating major supply chain issues within the industry.

Cheap beer sales are surging but are still losing ground to craft beer. Yet craft breweries are still suffering. What is going on?

Brewery waste, fed at the right time at the right dosage to a wastewater treatment plant's bacteria, can be used to treat water. One Montana town is doing just that.

Protesters hoping to stop New Belgium Brewing’s pending sale to a subsidiary of international beer conglomerate Kirin Holdings made their case to top…