New Belgium and Odell sales grow in 2019, while Oskar Blues and Left Hand fall

FORT COLLINS and LONGMONT — The year 2019 was a mixed bag for sales growth among the region’s largest craft brewers compared with the 4% growth in craft beer sales across the country last year.
According to sales data released in the latest edition of the Brewers Association’s magazine, New Belgium Brewing Co. sold the equivalent of 886,500 barrels, for a growth of 4% in the year, while fellow Fort Collins outfit Odell Brewing Co. sold 132,396 for a growth of 5% in the last full year before the company completed a CEO…