Area cities among U.S. leaders in craft beer

BOULDER, FORT COLLINS and LOVELAND — Three northern Colorado cities are among the leaders nationwide for craft beer selections, but none of them have the largest selection in the nation.

According to a study published Monday by Chicago-based research firm C+R Research, Boulder has the most craft breweries in Colorado with 14 breweries per 50,000 people, followed by Fort Collins and Loveland with eight and seven breweries per capita, respectively.

Boulder placed fourth in the study of 500 cities across the U.S., while Fort Collins and Loveland placed 11th and 12th, respectively.

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The study also found Sanitas Brewing is the most popular brewery in Boulder, while New Belgium Brewing was the most popular in Fort Collins and Loveland Aleworks in Loveland based on search volume data from Google.

According to the craft brewery site BreweryDB, Boulder has 37 active breweries and three under construction and Fort Collins has 26 active sites, while Loveland has 11.

The city with the most brewery options per capita is Portland, Maine, with 18 breweries per 50,000, followed by Asheville, North Carolina, and Bend, Oregon, with 17 and 16 breweries per capita respectively.

Colorado has the fourth most breweries per 100,000 in the country, according to the Brewer’s Association, seeing 270 new operations open in the state between 2011 and 2018.

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