Colorado’s most heartbreaking brewery closures of 2025

There’s no sugarcoating it: 2025 was a pretty tumultuous year for Colorado’s beer industry.

More than 40 breweries closed statewide this year, according to the Colorado Brewers Guild. That number is somewhat deceiving, however, since it accounts for some businesses that closed multiple locations as well as others that remain open, but discontinued brewing beer. Muddying the data further are brands that closed their brick-and-mortar taprooms but still have beer available at bars and retail stores.

In fact, many of the year’s most notable closures are companies that haven’t disappeared entirely, but transformed in ways that left the local beer community with a sense of mourning.

On the Front Range, that list of casualties includes Great Divide Brewing Co., which closed its two stalwart locations in the Mile High City; Denver’s TRVE Brewing Co., which is now a hot chicken restaurant; and Dry Dock Brewing Co. in Aurora, which ...