Colorado brewery tours named in USA Today’s top 10

USA Today readers have cast their votes for the top 10 brewery tours in the nation. In Colorado, New Belgium Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, birthplace of Fat Tire, landed in a respectable third place, while Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont came in seventh.

Here’s what USA Today said:

“With thousands of breweries in the USA, selection by our panel of beer experts for inclusion in the contest was an honor in itself, and being voted by USA Today readers into the top 10 is certainly worth bragging about.”

The full list of winners in the Best Brewery Tour contest category for Readers’ Choice is as follows:

1. Olde Mecklenburg Brewery – Charlotte, N.C.
2. Magic Hat Brewing Co. – Burlington, Vt.
3. New Belgium Brewing Co. – Fort Collins, Colo.
4. Susquehanna Brewing Co. – Pittston, Pa.
5. Samuel Adams – Boston, Mass.
6. Tröegs Brewing Co. – Hershey, Pa.
7. Oskar Blues Brewery – Longmont, Colo.
8. Philadelphia Brewing Co. – Philadelphia, Penn.
9. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Chico, Calif.
10. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery – Milton, Del.

See what USA Today said about each winner at www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-brewery-tour/.