Fort Collins Beer: A History of Brewing on the Front Range

By Brea D. Hoffman and Joshua B. Hall

Although alcohol arrived with the first settlers in Fort Collins, Prohibition lingered until 1969. But the city was one of the first to latch onto the burgeoning craft beer movement. In 1989, Old Colorado Brewing Company paved the way as the city's first microbrewery. And with the inception of breweries like Odell and New Belgium, local beer soon saw a strong resurgence followed by popularity nationwide. By 2010, a new generation of breweries, like Funkwerks and Equinox Brewing, emerged. Brea D. Hoffman divulges the history of Fort Collins's evolving beer scene.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Jun 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781439660935

Brea D. Hoffman

Brea D. Hoffman has been a Colorado resident for twenty-five years. She attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins. In the mid-2000s, she wrote an entertainment column for the Denver Daily News. She is a Level II executive sommelier through the International Wine Guild, a certified beer server through Cicerone and working toward her certified cicerone. She has been working in the hospitality and alcoholic beverage industry since 2011.

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