The best Colorado beer for tailgate season

Dig in: We went to the neighborhood grocery and liquor store to find the best beers for tailgating — the ones that aren't too boozy, over-the-top or filling — that you can grab and go.

• Here are our recommendations:

For Bud Light devotees: Dale's American Light Lager

• Upgrade: 4 Noses Perfect Drift Pilsner

The dad beer: Breckenridge Avalanche Amber Ale

For IPA fans: New Belgium Voodoo Ranger, Station 26 Juicy Banger or Odell IPA

For a lighter Blue Moon-type beer: Great Divide Colette Farmhouse Ale or Avery White Rascal

To satisfy a beer snob: WeldWerks Juicy Bits or New Image Coriolis Effect

For the Modelo fan: Cerveceria Colorado Venga Mexican Lager