Facts about Beer and Colorado

CCOLORADOHE BEER ME STATE FACTS ABOUT BEER AND COLORADO You get drunk faster in Denver. Colorado has 115 breweries and produces more beer per capita than any other state.5 When you drink beer at high altitude, you feel the effects faster. Since Denver is the Mile High City, you'll be slurring your words faster here than in most US cities. The South Park Saloon in the Colorado mountain town of Alma is the highest saloon in America - 10,580' above sea level. Coos Golden, Colorado is home to the single largest brewery in the world-Coors! Denver has become known as the "Napa Valley of Beer" and the cultural center of the fast-growing craft brewing movement. COLORADO LD According to the Guinness Book of World Records, there is no other place on EARTH where a beer aficionado can find more beers on tap than the Great American Beer Festival (GABF). Denver's mayor, John Hickenlooper, is a beer man. Hickenlooper is one of the founders of the Wynkoop Brewery in the heart of downtown Denver. Adult Coloradoans consumed an SALOON average of 30 gallons of beer per person in 2009 In 2007 Colorado became the nation's top beer-producing state, surpassing California. Legend has it that the first permanent structure in Denver (Colorado's state capital) was a saloon. GREATAMERICAN BEERDFESTIVAL Denver has hosted the Great American Beer Festival - the nation's oldest and largest annual gathering of beer brewers - for nearly 30 years. SPORK CATDY SeoRE MARRIT marketing