Distilleries in Denver

1111 Miner's Alley, Golden West Denver Suburbs

720-638-1155

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In 2007, when the U.S. government finally allowed absinthe to be made and sold in this country, distiller Stephen Gould was ready. By 2008, his hobby had become Golden Moon Distillery, which has since expanded to an eclectic lineup of liqueurs. In 2014, this tasting room that doubles as a destination for classic cocktails opened in downtown Golden, in an alley just off the main drag. All of the booze on the back bar comes from the distillery, which is located across town, and the skilled bar staff excels at showing it off in a variety of libations.

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10th Mountain Whiskey and Spirits

227 Bridge St, Vail Mountains

970-524-2580

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Boutique distillery's cozy tasting room and shop offering a range of house-label spirits and logo gear.

477 Distilling

825 9th St., Unit B, Greeley North Denver Suburbs

970-451-5768

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477 IS A CRAFT DISTILLERY LOCATED IN THE HEART OF HISTORIC DOWNTOWN GREELEY, COLORADO.

Atost

15801 W. Sixth Ave. Frontage Rd. Golden

303-862-4996

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Bear Creek Distillery

1879 S. Acoma St. Southwest Denver

303-955-4638

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The Block Distilling Co.

2990 Larimer St., Denver Five Points/RiNo

303-484-9033

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Everything feels right when you visit the tasting room at this RiNo distillery. That’s because it’s focused on doing things the right way, from how it sources ingredients and crafts its spirits to its sustainability practices and commitment to giving back through a partnership with Nathaniel Rateliff’s nonprofit, the Marigold Project. The bartenders know how to have fun with a cocktail, whether you’re sipping a gin-based concoction with spiked miso, mushrooms and green tea, or a whiskey libation flavored with Creole bitters.

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Booz Hall

2845 Walnut St. North Denver

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Booz Hall is the first of its kind: a collection of several tasting rooms for Colorado wine and spirits producers under one roof. The opening lineup comprises Jackrabbit Hill Winery, 3 Hundred Days of Shine, Rising Sun Distillery, Woods High Mountain Distillery and State 38 Distillery, all offering samples of their wares, plus mixed drinks and special pours hard to come by elsewhere in the city. Taste your way through the delights of Colorado's boozy variety — from Hotchkiss to Salida, Golden to Monument — without ever leaving the building.

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Denver Distillery

244 S. Broadway Southwest Denver

720-381-3226

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Deviation Distilling

1821 Blake St., Denver LoDo/Ballpark/Commons Park

720-645-1539

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Gin and tonic lovers should flock to this two-level Dairy Block cocktail lounge where the G&T reigns supreme and is offered in a variety of iterations. The former 1800s firehouse has been transformed into a dreamy place to imbibe, right in the middle of one of Denver’s most vibrant areas for food and drinks. Sit under the bottle light display downstairs or head to the more intimate second floor, where you can gather with friends around a table and discuss all the reasons you love Denver’s only gin-focused distillery.

Distillery 291

1647 S. Tejon St., Colorado Springs Southern Colorado

719-323-8010

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In his past life, Distillery 291 proprietor Michael Myers was a celebrity photographer, but he'd acquired a fascination with whiskey and the West when he was a kid in Tennessee. In 2011, he moved to Colorado with his sons, and that September he launched 291, with a goal of capturing classic pioneering spirit in every bottle. Distillery 291's whiskeys certainly carry a whiff of Colorado — they're finished on aspen staves, which impart a bit of forest to the nose — and we're fascinated by the clarity of these spirits, a quality that make them comparable to Japanese whiskeys. You taste the precision through the entire line, from the lightly aged and mildly sweet American whiskey to the heady, woodsy Colorado bourbon. The spirits are a delight to sip neat or on the rocks, and their unique character makes us look forward to this operation's next release, be it a happy accident, like the recent high rye bourbon, or something intentional and unusual.

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Dry Land Distillers

519 Main St. Longmont

720-600-4945

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DV8 Distillery

2480 49th St., #e Boulder

720-687-7751

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MEET THE OWNERS

Samuel Gunnels aka Rawley
Rawley Gunnels has been the event planner, community creator and distiller for DV8 Distillery since he co-founded the company in 2015. His intuition and wide open heart hold the community with tenderness and care. Anyone who knows DV8 knows Rawley, and anyone who knows Rawley is better for it. When he's not working his booty off throwing freaky events, or making spirits, Rawley is either pursuing his music project The Echo 88 or researching the newest technology in male G strings. Come to one of our events (post Covid) and see what his research has yielded. He likes hugs that go on for too long, being a public spectacle and being spanked so hard most people give up.

Johnathan Tilley aka JT
JT has been the operations manager, distiller, and R&D expert for DV8 Distillery since he co-founded the company in 2015. His compassion and stalwart heart is the steady hand that guides this queer, kinky, island of misfits through the troubled waters of life. When he isn't giving sound advice to community members, going out with his partners (he's poly), or planning the next phase of DV8's future, he can be found getting rolled by his opposition in League of Legends(Ranked GoldIV Add him: ElMoosiePoo). He likes movies that make him cry, all-you-can-eat sushi, and meta scheming the creation of a society that makes more sense for real humans. Meta scheming in general really... Pitch him your weirdest and he'll dig right in.

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The Family Jones

3245 Osage St., Denver Highland/Lower Highland

303-481-8185

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With luxurious blue velvet seating and a shiny copper still overhead, this is the most stylish distillery tasting room around, especially after a recent refresh of the space and the cocktail menu. The finely crafted bottled spirits from the Family Jones are a treat on their own, but they truly shine when you’re sipping them in concoctions created by the mad geniuses behind the bar. Pair them with snacks like popcorn in rotating flavors and adult lunchables with meat and cheese from So Damn Gouda.

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Golden Moon Distillery

412 Violet St., Golden Northwest Denver Suburbs

303-993-7174

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In 2007, when the U.S. government finally allowed absinthe to be made and sold in this country, distiller Stephen Gould was ready. He'd already accumulated antique stills in his garage, and he began to experiment with producing the infamous green fairy. That hobby turned into Golden Moon Distillery in 2008, which has since expanded to an eclectic lineup of eighteen liqueurs. Golden Moon distills some rarely produced libations, such as crème de violette, amer dit picon and grappa, but all of Golden Moon's spirits are crafted by Gould's skillful hand, with no artificial ingredients and a painstaking adherence to traditional distilling methods, many of which date back to the 1800s. You can taste the fruits of his labors at the Golden Moon Speakeasy.

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Granby Ranch

1000 Village Rd., Granby Mountains

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Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park

801 S Yarrow St, Lakewood West Denver Suburbs

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Ironton Distillery and Crafthouse

3616 Chestnut Pl. North Denver

720-532-0937

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The spirits at this RiNo distillery are brought to life in custom-made stills and include genièvre, rye aquavit, rum, absinthe, whiskey and even a gin made with ponderosa pine needles sourced from a tree growing on the tasting room’s 10,000-square-foot, dog-friendly patio. Sip on a local beer or an option from a heavy-hitting drink list that stands up to that of any craft-cocktail bar in town; flights are available, too. Intrigued? Take a tour of the operation.

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Laws Whiskey House

1420 S. Acoma St. Southwest Denver

720-570-1420

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Laws Whiskey House bills itself as a grain-to-glass distillery, a phrase you might be tempted to deride as meaningless, given that all distilled spirits start with grain. But pop into the tasting room, and you'll hear the lore behind the whiskeys, down to the names of the farmers who grow the wheat, corn, barley and rye. The operation even gives a nod to its growers with the Farmers Select Single Barrel, a run managed by the farmers who grow and malt Laws's rye. Much of what goes into these whiskeys is grown in Colorado, helping to create an award-winning core line as well as one-off experiments.

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Leopold Bros.

5285 Joliet St. East Denver

303-307-1515

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Leopold Bros. was born in 1999, when Todd and Scott, the brothers in question, opened a brewery in Michigan. They soon expanded their operations to distilling and relocated to Colorado in 2008. It seems like they've been here much longer, though, because both the breadth and the depth of their product lines are truly impressive. Compare the subtle differences between the Rocky Mountain and Georgia Peach whiskeys; take a sip of regular gin, then take a nip of Navy-Strength Leopold's Gin to see what it tastes like on steroids. With new products being developed on a regular basis, you're sure to find something for every palate.

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Luna's Tacos & Tequila

806 9th St, Greeley Northern Colorado

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Molly Brown Distillery

2300 E. 77th Ave. North Denver

720-593-9433

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After dealing with pandemic shutdowns and road construction along York Street that made getting inside the building almost impossible, the Molly Brown Distillery has proven to be unsinkable — like its namesake. Those who make the drive to its Gatsby-esque tasting room unexpectedly located in an industrial part of town will be rewarded with bourbon distilled on site from local grains, a lineup of cocktails named for famous women, and — another surprise — one of the best pickle shots in town.

Rising Sun Distillery

1121 Dillon Dam Rd., #1, Frisco Mountains

970-455-8976

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Rocker Spirits

5587 S. Hill St. Littleton

303-795-7928

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Ski Bum Rum Distillery & Bar

331 Corporate Circle, Suite C, Golden West Denver Suburbs

970-401-2271

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Ski Bum Rum is a distillery and bar in Golden, Colorado that makes artisanal rums using traditional equipment, innovative methods, and the finest ingredients.

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Spirit Hound Distillers | Highland Tasting Room

3622 Tejon St., Denver Highland/Lower Highland

303-823-5643

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This Lyons-based distillery has raked in national and international awards since opening over a decade ago. In 2023, Denver imbibers were the winners when Spirit Hound took over the former Mythology Distillery space in LoHi, debuting a tasting room with Colorado-inspired decor, regular events including cocktail classes, and libations that show off the skills of the man behind the business, master distiller Craig Engelhorn.

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State 38 Distilling

400 Corporate Circle Golden

720-242-7219

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6 articles

State 38 Distilling's The Corner Saloon

1123 Washington Ave., Golden West Denver Suburbs

720-242-7219

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Talnua Distillery & Tasting Room

5405 W. 56th Ave., #Unit C Arvada

303-431-4949

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Meagan and Patrick Miller were inspired to open what became America's first single pot whiskey distillery, Talnua in Arvada, while on their honeymoon in Ireland. At the distillery's tasting room, spirits are highlighted in a collection of reimagined takes on the classic Old Fashioned, with such options as the Elvis, in which whiskey is infused with plantains and peanut butter that has been fat-washed with bacon; the Wasabi Tsunami, made with wasabi popcorn-infused gin; and the Lemon Espress Old Fashioned, which combines Hunter Bay Moose Drool coffee and lemon oleo.

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Wood's High Mountain Distillery

144 W. 1st St., Salida Southern Colorado

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Brothers Lee and P.T. Woods began distilling in 2012, opened their doors to the public in March 2013, and have been crafting excellent whiskey, rye, gin and liqueurs ever since. Their Salida tasting room is pure Colorado: Nature photography lines the exposed brick walls of this former auto-body shop, and a kayak dangles from the ceiling. And while you don't have to drive 140 miles to have a taste of the distinctive, smooth-but-smoky Wood's Tenderfoot Whiskey (it's available at a number of local liquor stores), can you think of a better way to enjoy it than after biking through the Arkansas Hills or soaking in the nearby Mount Princeton hot springs? We can't.

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