in the craft beer business. a recent study reveals the craft brewing industry here is providing a 446-million-dollar boost to the state s economy. colorado has 6600 brewery related jobs and 139 licensed craft breweries? everywhere that s attracting business people s attention right now. denver beer co had to add fermenting space early on. i think it s all because of the denver consumers really taken ahold of craft beer. coloradoens consume the highest percentage of draft beer in the u.s. and the state brews an estimated 1 million barrels of craft brew every year. talk about an economic impact. you think about the farmer grows the grain to the brewer to the bottlers to the truck drivers to take everything to the liquor stores and nothing says craft brewery more, john than the fermenters on the other side of the bar. it also makes happy hour here in colorado a whole lot nicer.