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UpdatedWed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:15 pm MT Reply The Brewers Associated named five companies in Colorado among two top 50 breweries lists in the U.S. (Shutterstock) Five companies in Colorado are among the top breweries in the nation, according to the Brewers Association. The not-for-profit trade association released Tuesday two lists of top 50 breweries a ranking for craft breweries and a best overall breweries list. Both rankings are based on sales volume, the organization said. The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed where Americans purchased alcohol in 2020, said Bart Watson, a chief economist for the association. Subscribe Breweries who had established packaging and distribution capacity were best positioned to take advantage of the boom in off-premise sales and weather market uncertainty. These businesses also saw variation in performance based on geography and business model, with different parts of the country seeing very different beer tr ....