DENVER (KDVR) — Temperatures are warming up and patios will be open to enjoy a beer this weekend.
Colorado has a massive craft beer following with many different breweries located across the state.
Highest rated breweries in Denver metro area
FOX31 put this list together using Google reviews using the criteria of at least 4.5 stars for 700 or more reviews. We searched specifically for “highest rated breweries in Denver metro area.”
- New Terrain Brewing Company: 4.8 stars for 1,262 reviews
- Black Sky Brewery: 4.7 stars for 860 reviews
- Barrels & Bottles Brewery: 4.7 stars for 798 reviews
- Cerebral Brewing: 4.7 stars for 792 reviews
- Dry Dock Brewing Co: 4.7 stars for 741 reviews
- Golden City Brewery: 4.7 stars for 738 reviews
- Avery Brewing Company: 4.6 stars for 1,867 reviews
- Briar Common Brewery: 4.6 stars for 1,500 reviews
- Collision Brewing Company: 4.6 stars for 1,459 reviews
- Bull & Bush Brewery: 4.6 stars for 1,265 reviews
- Great Divide Brewing Co: 4.6 stars for 1,177
- 4 Noses Brewing Company: 4.6 stars for 960 reviews
- Left Hand Brewing Company: 4.6 stars for 941 reviews
- Station 26: 4.6 stars for 894 reviews
- Denver Beer Co Platte Street: 4.6 stars for 888 reviews
- Ratio Beerworks: 4.6 stars for 738 reviews
- Black Shirt Brewing Co: 4.6 stars for 731 reviews
- Pumphouse Brewery: 4.5 stars for 3,620 reviews
- Blue Moon Brewing Company: 4.5 stars for 1,283 reviews
- Bierstadt Lagerhaus: 4.5 stars for 1,050 reviews
Three breweries that did not make this list were Novel Strand Brewing Company, New Image Brewing, and Bruz Beers. All three are rated above 4.6 stars but did not have enough reviews to make the list. However, those breweries were ranked as three of the best breweries in 2022 by Hop Culture Magazine.