CooperSmith's Pub & Brewing Company
Called the “Napa Valley of Craft Beer,” Fort Collins, Colo., is home to a number of microbreweries that together produce one of the largest city volumes of craft brewed beer in the country. New Belgium, Odells and Fort Collins Brewing, among others, all create distinctive, original and highly regarded brews that bring locals and tourists year round to visit their respective brewery tours and tastings, in addition to the annual Colorado Brewer’s Festival, held each year in Fort Collins. Add this to my Recipe Box.
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1. Visit Odell’s Brewing Company, a sustainable and “green” regional brewery known for it’s 90 Shilling brew and offers tours at 1, 2 and 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday. This 40,000 barrel a year brewery, was the second brewery to open in Colorado. Their 5 Barrel pale Ale and Easy Street Wheat are also popular, and a tap room, serves small batch brew beer not available for sale, is open 11-6pm, Monday through Saturday as well.
2. Stop by Fort Collin’s Brewery’s tasting room that opens at noon, Monday through Saturday, and closes at 6pm. Several staples, including the unusual Major Tom’s Pomegranate Wheat and the smoked amber Z Lager, are featured alongside seasonal brews like the Summer Fling. Weekly specials, special events and coupons are all listed on the brewery’s website.
3. Try Albert Damm Bitter, Punjabi Pale Ale and Sigda’s Green Chili beer at CooperSmith’s Pub and Brewing Company, which features a brewery, restaurant pub and poolhall seated bar all in one spot in Old Town Fort Collins. At the Pubside, English pub fare and American favorites are paired together in a family friendly restaurant alongside an exceptional beer list brewed in house. These same brews are also available next door at the Poolside, where 12 billiard tables and a light menu, can be found in more sophisticated ambience open late night.
4. Head to New Belgium Brewing Company, a regional craft brewer opened since 1991, open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, with tours and tastings at the Liquid Center Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. New Belgium’s Fat Tire amber ale is widely available throughout the United States, but other brews like Sunshine Wheat and Mothership Wit are also popular, as are a number of seasonal brews.
5. Check out a branch of the Anheuser Busch brewery, though not a microbrewery, but also offering tours and samples. Hours vary by season and are listed on the Anheuser Busch-Fort Collins website.
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