Headed to Fort Collins in 2 weeks. I have 2 questions: 1) Which breweries have the best tours? 2) Which breweries have the most family-friendly tours? (i.e. - kids can tag along) Thanks in advance for any feedback.
New Belgium has one of the best brewery tours in the world and it's family friendly...but it's also usually booked up. I'd suggest contacting them to save your spot ASAP. Beyond that one, Odell and FCB have solid tours and nice facilities, too. Funkwerks is smaller and will net you a more personalized tour. Most places in FoCo are family friendly, so no worries about that.
New Belgium has the best tour but as has been mentioned is likely booked at this point. Not everyone shows for their scheduled tours and walk ins can take the MIA's spots, but odds are better for landing a spot like that the smaller the party. Also, the earlier in the day the greater your chances for no shows. I haven't taken the Odell tour since they expanded their facilities. It was decent prior to the expansion, so I'd imagine it is only better now. Unlike NB, tours are first come first serve. NB Tour > Odell Tour. Everything else, IMO, is in favor of Odell. Both do weekday tours, though I believe NB might be closed on Monday.
http://www.newbelgium.com/Brewery/tasting-room/visit-us/tour-calendar.aspx You can check out which tours are full here.
