Several local craft beverage producers and cocktail bars have been nominated for James Beard Awards, most recently including Scott and Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros. Distilleries, urban wineries and even a traditional-style sake brewery have emerged on the scene, using local ingredients to create world-class products. However, beer is just the beginning of the latest craft beverage boom in Denver. 1 Microbrew Beer City in the nation, an opinion shared by the New York Times and CNN.com. ![]() More recently, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler and USA Today all selected Denver as the No. Mile High Spirits will be sampling its limited edition Fireside Bourbon collection, offering distillery tours and whiskey tastings at 2201 Lawrence Street, Denver, CO 80205.įounded in 2011, Mile High Spirits, located in Denver’s downtown Ballpark neighborhood, is the original and only fully operating urban distillery in the Mile High City.Craft beverages have long been a part of Denver’s culture – the city’s first business was a saloon, which opened before a post office or bank. To celebrate the launch of the spirits’ four limited edition whiskeys, the distillery and nightlife venue is throwing a Fireside Release Party on Friday, July 21st, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The Mile High Spirits Fireside Bourbon Whiskey Collection is available on pre-sale and sold onsite at their Tasting Room for a limited time. The Champions Select is distilled in-house and was chosen by the Colorado Avalanche team after their 2022 Stanley Cup win. The 5-Year Old Port Barrel Finish is also distilled in-house and offered at 105.6 proof with a Tawny Port Barrel finish. Mile High Spirits’ 5-year-old Wheated Bourbon is distilled in-house and offered at 133.1 proof. With notes of warm vanilla, campfire simple on the nose, dark chocolate and bold spices on the palate, the bourbon is finished with undertones of toasted sugar and toffee. This delicately engineered process gives each Mile High Spirits bourbon barrel its complex flavor profile. ![]() Every drop is carefully aged in white oak barrels at the Denver Rackhouse. ![]() Mile High Spirits’ single barrel bourbons begin with Rocky Mountain water, Colorado corn, spicy rye and chocolate barley distilled in a German copper still. ![]() “I look forward to continuing to tell Mile High Spirits’ story through our spirits made in-house.” “Mile High Spirits’ vision to expand its Fireside Bourbon offering by creating limited edition, aged whiskeys that showcase this exemplary grain is one I’m proud to shepherd,” says Mile High Spirits Founder Wyn Ferrell. With a balance, complexity, and depth of flavor, this hyper-local whiskey aims to represent the forefront of Denver’s craft spirit culture. Mile High Spirits set out to define more thoughtful, flavored spirits with locally sourced ingredients. Mile High Spirits, the original and only fully operating urban distillery in the Mile High City and premier downtown nightlife and music venue, is excited to announce the release of four limited edition Fireside Whiskeys: Wheated Bourbon, Port Barrel Finish, Six-Year Single Barrel Bourbon and Champions Select chosen by the Colorado Avalanche’s after the 2022 Stanley Cup win.
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