Defying Industry Trends, One Colorado Brewery is Actually Expanding to 3 Locations

While we hear the news often of craft breweries in Colorado calling it "quits," here comes a Colorado brewery celebrating its success by opening additional locations. If you like to play pinball, this news is twice as exciting.

How Long Has Colorado Had Craft Breweries?

The first craft brewery in Colorado, Boulder Beer, opened in 1979. Over 40 years later, there are nearly 500 craft breweries in the state. Numbers like that do make you feel that there are too many, and we hear the news of craft breweries shutting down in the state all the time. It can be a "hit and miss" industry; finding success is a testament to not only a brewery's beers but its "vibe" as well.

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I, myself, don't drink nearly as much craft beer as I used to; I do miss that "laid back" vibe that craft breweries in Colorado have. They seem to say, "Slow down, have a beer," and I appreciate that. Many Coloradans seem to agree; we wouldn't have so many if we didn't like them, right?

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With nearly 500 craft breweries in Colorado, we shouldn't feel too bad for not having heard of Someplace Else Brewery in Arvada. Someplace Else has been open since 2017, in a little industrial park off of I-76 at Marshall and 52nd. Someplace Else apparently has had plenty of fans since opening, as according to the Denver Post, they decided in 2025 to open two other locations.

The new locations will be in Broomfield and in Thornton. I like the sound of a Thornton location, as I live in Northern Colorado; this will give me a much better opportunity to check them out.

Maybe what has helped Someplace Else's success is that they are also an arcade, with pinball machines everywhere, skeeball and more. It makes a lot of sense, as sometimes you just want to "get out of the house;" you don't necessarily need a beer, just some fun.