Purpose Brewing and Cellars is Peter Bouckaert's tiny Fort Collins taproom on South Mason Street: four or five new beers a weekend, barrels and sours first.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Bouckaert spent 21 years as New Belgium's brewmaster; whatever barrel-aged beer is on this weekend is the order. Closed Monday to Wednesday.
Address: 4025 South Mason Street, Fort Collins, CO 80525
Maxline Brewing keeps Midtown Fort Collins in West Coast IPA, Liquid Disco hazy and an award-winning Irish red, with food trucks and patio live music.
Tip: Food trucks rotate nightly, from The Schnitzel Wagon to Pig Pickin' BBQ; check the calendar to match dinner to your pint.
Zwei Brewing brews Fort Collins' German-style lagers, weissbier and helles on South Mason Street, open daily with Vienna lager usually on the board.
Tip: The name means two in German. Order the helles first; the lager programme is the whole point of the place.
Gilded Goat Brewing runs a Midtown taproom and an Old Town satellite on Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins; the head brewer holds a CSU microbiology PhD.
Tip: The Old Town satellite at 132 West Mountain Avenue keeps its own shorter week: closed Mondays, open from 15:00 Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rally King Brewing turns a founder's 80-plus homebrew competition awards into the taplist at this South Lemay Avenue taproom in Fort Collins, since 2015.
Tip: Surfer Girl IPA and the blood orange sour are the regulars' picks; the room is small, so weekends fill fast.
Maxline Brewing keeps Midtown Fort Collins in West Coast IPA, Liquid Disco hazy and an award-winning Irish red, with food trucks and patio live music.
Tip: Food trucks rotate nightly, from The Schnitzel Wagon to Pig Pickin' BBQ; check the calendar to match dinner to your pint.
Zwei Brewing brews Fort Collins' German-style lagers, weissbier and helles on South Mason Street, open daily with Vienna lager usually on the board.
Tip: The name means two in German. Order the helles first; the lager programme is the whole point of the place.
Gilded Goat Brewing runs a Midtown taproom and an Old Town satellite on Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins; the head brewer holds a CSU microbiology PhD.
Tip: The Old Town satellite at 132 West Mountain Avenue keeps its own shorter week: closed Mondays, open from 15:00 Tuesday and Wednesday.
Salt Road Brewing opened in 2023 in Old Firehouse Alley in Fort Collins, brewing from Colorado-grown ingredients with a 2026 Brewers Cup medal already.
Tip: Tucked behind Illegal Pete's off Old Town Square; the beer garden is dog friendly and Young Dukinfield, its UK-style amber, took 2026 gold.
Stodgy Brewing pours beer made with Colorado-grown ingredients on Laporte Avenue in west Fort Collins and runs the DeTour de Stodgy ride each August.
Tip: There is no phone; the brewery answers email only. The DeTour de Stodgy on 29 August runs 09:00 to 20:00.
Rally King Brewing turns a founder's 80-plus homebrew competition awards into the taplist at this South Lemay Avenue taproom in Fort Collins, since 2015.
Tip: Surfer Girl IPA and the blood orange sour are the regulars' picks; the room is small, so weekends fill fast.
