Colorado Is The New King Of Beers

Thanks in part to the growth in craft beers (think Fat Tire), Colorado now brews more beer than any other state in the country.

Colorado’s brewing industry produced more than 23.3 million barrels of beer last year, compared with California’s 22.8 million barrels, the Beer Institute, a national trade group, said Thursday. Figures compiled yearly by the group had shown California with the lead the past five years. …

A study by the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association estimates the beer industry contributes some $12.4 billion each year to Colorado’s economy through it brewers, importers, distributors, and retailers. That includes 67,918 jobs that contribute $3 billion in wages and $1.6 billion in federal, state, and local taxes, according to the study.

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September 27, 2007 | Filed Under Beer, Craft/Speciality, Domestic 

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