Review: Elevate Vodka
Elevate Vodka is one of several spirits crafted at Mile High Spirits in the Denver Ballpark Neighborhood. It was originally distilled on a glass still, but it is currently distilled on a custom German built Arnold Holstein copper still. Following the same formula as Tito’s, Elevate is distilled 6 times from 100% corn. Mile High Spirits sources locally grown Colorado corn. Once distilled the vodka is proofed with pure filtered Rocky Mountain water. When the last drop is gone, bring the bottle to their downtown Denver tasting room for a drink on the house. Read more 
Review: Narrow Road Vodka
Narrow Road Vodka was released with the opening of Elevation 5003 Distillery in Fort Collins Colorado February 2016. CEO and Distiller Loren Matthews currently also crafts Timber Ridge Gin, 5003 Straight Rye, 5003 Straight Bourbon, Lunarshine Corn Whiskey, Falernum Liqueur, and Franklin Coffee Liqueur at her distillery. Elevation 5003 is named for the altitude the distillery is built at. Narrow Road Vodka is made from single malt barley and fresh Colorado Mountain spring water. The barley is cooked, fermented, distilled, proofed, filtered, and bottled onsite. Narrow Road is small batch triple distilled and triple filtered. Read more
Review: DV8 Vodka
DV8 Vodka is crafted by Deviant Spirits in Boulder Colorado. Jeremy Moyers, Johnathan Tilley, and Rawley Gunnels opened the distillery in 2015. They currently also produce DV8 Gin, DV8 Single Barrel Whisky, and DV8 5 Grain Bourbon. DV8 Vodka is made from 100% medium grain Calrose rice grown in California and pure Rocky Mountain spring water. The process begins in a custom designed Bain Marie style, double boiler mash tun. This style mash tun avoids scorching the rice and causing off-flavors. After fermentation the rice is distilled by hand in a reflux column still 13 times and bottled unfiltered to retain notes of the original mash. Read more
Review: Spring44 Vodka
Spring44 Vodka was launched June 2011. The Spring44 Distillery also produces a honey flavored vodka, and 3 gins. Spring44 Vodka is made from a blend of wheat, corn, rye, and pure artesian Colorado Rocky Mountain spring water sourced at an altitude of 9044 feet from Colorado’s Buckhorn Canyon, which is surrounded by 160,000 acres of National forest. The spirit is distilled 5 times in a Vendome Copper Still, and filtered through virgin coconut husks. Read more
Review: Leopolds Silver Tree American Small Batch Vodka
Leopolds Silver Tree American Small Batch Vodka was introduced in 2001. It is crafted at Leopold Bros. Distillery in Denver Colorado. Founders Todd and Scott Leopold started brewing beer and now they craft distill Gins, Whiskies, Liqueurs, Aperitivo, Absinthe, and Amaro. They malt their own barley and mill their grains. Silver Tree Vodka is made from a unique blend of potatoes, malted barley, and summer wheat. Seven separate small batch distillations through a 40 gallon copper Vendome Pot Still, finishing through a column still follow. The vodka is lightly filtered before it is hand bottled and labeled with the batch number hand printed on each bottle. Read more
Review: Vanjak Vodka
Vanjak Vodka is the culmination of one families vision to create a premium Colorado vodka on a par with International brands. Vanjak gets its name from combining family members first names. Those names are Van, Jory, Anna, and Kim. It is made from corn and fresh spring water from Eldorado Canyon in Boulder Colorado. Vanjac Vodka is small batch distilled six times at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. A silver filtration process follows before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Marble Vodka 80
Marble Vodka 80 is made with an original blend of all natural Colorado grains. White wheat and malted barley are distilled in Hazel, a 250 gallon Vendome Copper Pot Still that was crafted in Louisville Kentucky. The vodka is filtered through crushed marble pieces sourced from the Yule quarry located about 20 miles from the distillery. The idea for this distillery started with two mountain family’s, one from the Colorado Rockies and one from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. These in-laws were determined to build an artisan distillery where water and energy conservation for environmental sustainability, is a daily practice. Because of this commitment, the Marble Distillery saves 4.1 million gallons of water per year by recapturing cooling water. Their renewable energy produces 7,270 Kilowatt hours of electricity per year, and their building design and distilling process saves 1.8 billion BTU’s of energy each year. The grains are sourced locally, and the distilled grains are given to ranchers for livestock feed and compost. Read more
Review: Woody Creek Vodka
Woody Creek Vodka is crafted in Basalt Colorado. Woody Creek Distillers was formed by three longtime friends Mary and Pat Scanlon and Mark Kleckner. They began production October 2012 and opened their 10,000 foot distillery to the public March 2013. They also craft a Reserve vodka made from Stobrawa potatoes, a straight rye, and a gin. Woody Creek Vodka is made from Rio Grande Russet, Chipeca, and Lady Claire potatoes grown on the Scanlon family farm located 8 miles from the distillery. This allows the potatoes to be washed and peeled the sames day they are harvested. 13 pounds of these potatoes are needed to produce one bottle of Woody Creek vodka. Locally sourced yeast is added and the potatoes are fermented in stainless steel tanks. A single distillation follows in a custom copper stainless steel Carl Distilling system crafted in Goepingen Germany. This still features two 34 foot tall rectification columns, each with 21 bubble plates. Mountain spring water softened and filtered through reverse osmosis is blended with the vodka to reduce to 80 proof. Read more
Review: Breckenridge Vodka
Breckenridge Vodka is crafted in Breckenridge Colorado at 9600 feet above sea level making it the worlds highest distillery. They also create whiskey, bitters, and several seasonal whiskeys, rums, and liqueurs. It is made with a 100% sweet corn base. After fermenting in a traditional Scotch-style open top fermenter it is distilled five times in a 700 gallon Vendome custom copper combination pot still. After a coconut shell charcoal filtration, pure ice cold Rocky Mountain snowmelt water is blended before bottling at 80 proof. Read more