I think this is a good starting point for, yes, yet another blog about beer. Budweiser, the "King of Beers" is down 31% in sales from 2000 to 2010. That is a lot of lost sales. And a indicator of the strength and growth of craft brewing in the United States. http://247wallst.com/2011/09/09/the-eight-beers-americans-no-longer-drink/ The movement toward craft brewing is not new. In fact it started in the 70's but it's growth has really only been something more than a flat line since the early 90's. In 1990 there were 200 craft breweries in the US and today there are more than 1750! http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2011/05/13/can-you-cash-in-on-craft-beer.aspx
I have lived in the Grand Valley for ten years and in those ten years there has been a 33% increase in the number of craft breweries. That does not include breweries outside of the valley so the increase for Western Colorado as a whole would be much higher. Most Colorado beer blogs originate on teh East Slope as so concentrate their focus on Front Range Breweries. With that in mind I intend this blog to be an exploration of Western Colorado breweries and beers with a goal of promoting craft brewing and craft beers to those in the area interested in the industry and it's products.
I hope you'll stick around on this adventure and along the way share information on where to go and what is new and who is doing what. This should be fun!
