For German beer fans, this South Fort Collins gathering spot is a must. Career brewers (and brothers) Kirk and Eric Lombardi expertly recreate all the classics, with an American twist.

This Midtown oasis behind a shopping center feels like a friend’s backyard, if only your friends hosted daily food trucks, weekly concerts, and industry discount nights.

Fort Collins’ renegade brewpub features 40 beers from near and far on tap, with the majority brewed in-house. Try the Dream Journal Pilsner, made with all-local Troubadour malts.

Community yoga? Check. Regional bands? That, too. New Belgium’s year-old liquid center expansion is still enjoying the limelight among locals and visitors alike. And it just opened a satellite taproom in RiNo.

This hometown hero has reintroduced festivals to its sprawling, see-and-be-seen patio. Add farmer and artisan markets to the list of reasons (food trucks, live music, cornhole, also beer) to spend an afternoon here. And check out the new pilot brewhouse in RiNo.

This family-run operation is slightly off the beaten path. To get here, drinkers will wind through an industrial corridor and arrive at a hidden cabin. The Almost Summer Ale and Sad Panda Stout are favorites.

The stop for award-winning Belgians, saisons, and sours, Funkwerks is another unsuspecting hideout in the former Fort Collins airpark. Start here with the medal winners: Saison and Raspberry Provincial.

A Funkwerks collaboration, find barrel-aged and blended beers in this converted 19th Century hayloft. Great for sunset views and vertical flights, so you drinkers can taste how a beer changes over time and with, say, tequila- or wine-barrel notes.