Denver Distillery

What Denver Distillery does

Denver Distillery is a privately held craft distillery and pub operating from a single location at 244 South Broadway in Denver's historic Baker neighborhood. The company produces a portfolio of 15+ artisan spirits using a grain-to-glass production model that integrates malting, milling, fermentation, and distillation entirely on-site via a handmade copper pot still with thump keg, 150-gallon cypress open-air fermenters, and a 10-plate refracting column still. Its product range includes Sweet Potato Vodka, a 20-botanical Gin, Four-Grain Straight Bourbon aged minimum 4 years, Jamaican-style Dunder Rum, Japanese-style Imo Kasutori Shochu, Apple Pie Moonshine, and Coffee Liqueur, all made from 100% Colorado grains, sweet potatoes, organic molasses, and Rocky Mountain snowmelt.

The business operates a hybrid venue combining a tasting room, full bar, and restaurant under one roof. Revenue is generated through on-premise cocktail and food sales (cocktails priced $9-$14, flights $15-$25), direct bottle sales (e.g., Apple Pie Moonshine at $35), free in-person and paid-virtual distillery tours, private event bookings, catering, and distribution through select fine retailers in the Denver Metro area. Marketing leverages social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Yelp), a SpotHopper-powered website with reservations and email marketing, Arryved online ordering, and a Google Maps store locator for retail partners. Ingredient co-development partnerships with Colorado Sake Co., Kaladi and Huckleberry Coffee Roasters, Kucha House of Tea, and Colorado Cider Company underpin several signature products.

Ownership is independent and founder-led (Ron identified as owner), with no institutional capital or parent company identified. The company is classified as an 11-50 employee small business, has no disclosed funding rounds, and operates only within the Denver Metro geographic footprint.

Name

Denver Distillery

Legal name

Denver Distillery

Website

https://denverdistillery.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Denver Distillery is a privately held craft distillery and pub in Denver's Baker neighborhood producing grain-to-glass artisan spirits (vodka, gin, bourbon, rum, shochu, liqueurs) and serving consumers via an on-site tasting room, restaurant, distillery tours, and private events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Craft Distillery Spirits

NAICS

Distilleries (312140), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Distilleries (Tasting Rooms) (THAFALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spirits Distillery Tours & Tastings (Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka) (THAJAGAF), Spirits/Cocktail Bars Operated by Producers (THAFALAJ), Spirits Distilling & Brands (CRADAIAC)

Keywords

• Craft distillery spirits
• Grain-to-glass production
• Artisan spirit manufacturing
• Distillery tours tastings
• Craft cocktail bar

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Spirits Bottle Sales: Direct bottle sales of award-winning spirits including bourbon, rum, gin, vodka, and specialty liqueurs purchased at the distillery or select retailers
2. On-Premise Cocktail Sales: Craft cocktails and spirit flights served at the distillery pub. Pricing ranges from $9-$14 for individual cocktails and $15-$25 for flights
3. Food Service: Food menu including pasties, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages served at the distillery pub
4. Distillery Tours: Free in-person distillery tours and paid virtual tour donations
5. Private Events: Private party bookings and catering services for events

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Denver Distillery is a craft distillery and pub that produces and sells an in-house portfolio of grain-to-glass artisan spirits — including sweet potato vodka, gin, bourbon, rum, rye whiskey, shochu, moonshine, and coffee liqueur — manufactured with a handmade copper pot still, cypress open-air fermenters, and a 10-plate column still. The company also operates a full on-site bar and restaurant at 244 South Broadway in Denver, offering craft and classic cocktails, spirit flights, a food menu, in-person and virtual distillery tours, private events, catering, and branded merchandise.

Product overview

Denver Distillery is a craft distillery and pub offering award-winning, from-scratch distilled spirits along with dining and experiential offerings. The core product portfolio includes a diverse lineup of spirits: Sweet Potato Vodka, Gin (20 botanicals vapor distilled), Four-Grain Straight Bourbon, Distiller's Reserve Four-Grain Bourbon, Imo Kasutori Shochu, various Rums (Bottled in Bond Dunder, Overproof Aged, Navy Strength Spiced, Dark, Silver), Apple Pie Moonshine, and Coffee Liqueur. The distillery operates as a combined tasting room/restaurant offering flights, craft cocktails, full dining menu, distillery tours (in-person and virtual), private events, and catering. The company positions itself as Denver's original distillery-pub with a grain-to-glass philosophy using 100% Colorado grains, sweet potatoes, organic molasses, artisan yeasts, and Rocky Mountain snowmelt.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sweet Potato Vodka A full-bodied yet smooth vodka distilled 4 times, with each batch starting with over 4,000 lbs of sweet potatoes, sold to adult consumers for retail and on-premise consumption.
• Gin Floral-forward gin with balanced complexity featuring 20 different botanicals vapor distilled through a Gin basket, using Denver Distillery Rum as the base.
• Four-Grain Straight Bourbon Bourbon made from Colorado corn, barley, oats, and rye with open-air fermentation, aged in #3 char new American white oak barrels a minimum of 4 years, 92 proof, non-chill filtered.
• Distiller's Reserve Four-Grain Bourbon Limited batch bourbon with deep apricot ester nosing profile featuring notes of caramel, oak spice, graham cracker, toffee, vanilla, and forest fruit, bottled at 119 proof.
• Imo Kasutori Shochu Traditional Japanese-style shochu made with Mississippi sweet potatoes and Sake rice lees (Kasu) from Colorado Sake Co., open-air fermented together and distilled once in a handmade copper pot still.
• Bottled in Bond Dunder Rum Dunder rum made with 100% Black Pearl Select molasses and long open-air fermentation using Kveik yeast, aged at least 4 years in spent 4-Grain Bourbon barrels, 100 proof.
• Distiller's Reserve Overproof Aged Rum Aged rum matured at least 3 years in spent 4-Grain Bourbon barrels, double pot distilled for a whiskey-style profile with prominent oak barrel notes, 109 proof.
• Navy Strength Spiced Rum Spiced rum inspired by pineapple upside-down cake with notes of caramel, vanilla, and cola, made with fresh pineapple, vanilla bean, cinnamon sticks, fresh ginger, pink peppercorn, orange peel, and allspice.
• Dark Rum Twice-distilled rum in a handmade copper pot still with long open-air fermentation creating an island-inspired rum with prominent fruity esters, made from Black Pearl Select molasses and dunder.
• Silver Rum Island-inspired silver rum with long open-air fermentation creating fruity esters, made from Black Pearl Select molasses and dunder.
• Apple Pie Moonshine Denver Distillery Bourbon mashbill cut with Colorado Cider Company dry cider, macerated with apple pie spices and Granny Smith apples, lightly sweetened with Colorado raw honey, priced at $35 per bottle.
• Coffee Liqueur Mexican hot chocolate-inspired liqueur made with Kaladi Coffee Roasters coffee, Denver Distillery Rum base, chocolate, cinnamon, pink peppercorn, and raw Colorado honey.
• Cabernet Cask Finished Four-Grain Bourbon Four-grain bourbon fermented with Saison-style beer yeast, non-chill filtered, then transferred to French oak Cabernet Sauvignon wine barrels, 92 proof.
• Queen City Rye Whiskey Rye whiskey made from 100% Colorado grains (75% raw rye and 25% barley) with a delicate yeast profile creating a bold grain-forward rye aged in #2 char American white oak barrels.
• Distiller's Reserve Applewood Smoked Straight Rye Whiskey with Lapsang Souchong Applewood cold-smoked rye whiskey aged in #3 char American white oak barrels, proofed down with Lapsang Souchong pine smoked black tea from Kucha House of Tea.
• Distillery Tours In-person tours offered Mon-Fri 1p-4pm showcasing the grain-to-glass craft distilling process, plus virtual tour options (The Chief Pomegranate, The Gunslinger, The Upstart) with PayPal donation option and Denver Metro bottle delivery.
• Spirit Flight Tastings (Full Flight and Half Flight) On-site structured tastings including the Full Flight (9 half-oz pours of all spirits except Distiller's Reserve for $25) and Half Flight (5 half-oz pours of 4 unaged plus 1 aged spirit for $15), plus an Aged Spirit Flight of all Colorado aged spirits for $14.
• Distillery Pub and Bar Full bar and restaurant offering craft and classic cocktails ($9-$14), Colorado beer, wine, cider, non-alcoholic options, and a food menu including pasties, snacks, and sodas in Denver's historic Baker neighborhood.
• Private Parties and Events Private event hosting for various occasions with customizable party bookings at the Denver Distillery location, leveraging the distillery-pub setting, full bar, and food service.
• Catering Services Off-site catering services featuring Denver Distillery's hand-crafted quality spirits and accompanying food for external events.
• Branded Merchandise Branded merchandise including t-shirts ($18), Glencairn glasses ($10), Rocker glasses ($10), and glass mugs ($8) sold at the distillery.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration4 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Kaladi Coffee RoasterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKaladi Coffee Roasters partnered with Denver Distillery to create the Coffee Liqueur, featuring their coffee in the Mexican hot chocolate inspired liqueur with chocolate, cinnamon, pink peppercorn, and Colorado honey
• Colorado Sake Co.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado Sake Co. provides sake rice lees (Kasu) from Arkansas-grown rice for the Imo Kasutori Shochu, which is open-air fermented with Mississippi sweet potatoes
• Kucha House of TeacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKucha House of Tea provides Lapsang Souchong pine smoked black tea used to proof down the Distiller's Reserve Applewood Smoked Straight Rye Whiskey, and Matcha for the Leaves of Grass cocktail
• Huckleberry RoasterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuckleberry Roasters provides coffee for the Coffee Liqueur, which is made with rum, cinnamon, pink peppercorn, chocolate and Colorado honey
• Rocky Mountain Soda Co.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRocky Mountain Soda Co. provides natural cane sugar sodas including ginger beer for Moscow Mules and lemon lime soda for cocktails
• Pasty RepublicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPasty Republic provides fresh-made pasties with creative spins on traditional British recipes including Shepherd, Miner, Joey, Caretaker, Chicken Curry, and Cheesy Potato varieties
• Golden Moon DistilleryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGolden Moon provides crème de violette used in Aviation cocktails and William sideCar-los Williams cocktail
• Leopold BrosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeopold Bros provides maraschino liqueur used in Aviation cocktails
• Strongwater VirtueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrongwater Virtue provides bitters used in the William sideCar-los Williams cocktail
• Capital TeaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapital Tea provides Earl Grey tea used to infuse Silver Rum in the William sideCar-los Williams cocktail
• Colorado Cider CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerColorado Cider Company provides dry cider used in the Apple Pie Moonshine production, cut with Bourbon mashbill

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Koval Distillery: Chicago craft distillery producing whiskey, gin, vodka, brandy, and liqueurs with a tasting room. Comparable on grain-to-glass philosophy, organic sourcing emphasis, and broad craft portfolio.
• Laws Whiskey House: Colorado craft whiskey distillery (Denver + Cedaredge) producing grain-to-glass bourbon, rye, and moonshines with a tasting room and on-premise pours. Directly comparable portfolio and craft-whiskey positioning.
• St. George Spirits: California craft distillery producing vodka, gin, whiskey, rum, and liqueurs with an Alameda tasting room/distillery-pub. Comparable on broad spirits portfolio, craft innovation, and on-premise experience.
• FEW Spirits: Evanston, Illinois craft distillery producing bourbon, rye, gin, and vodka with tasting room. Comparable on grain-to-grain craft approach, bourbon + specialty spirit portfolio, and on-premise tasting experience.
• Leopold Bros: Denver-based craft distillery producing grain-to-glass spirits (whiskey, gin, liqueurs) with a tasting room. Leopold Bros is also a Denver Distillery partner (supplies maraschino liqueur), confirming direct comparability on craft ethos, scale, and location.
• Corsair Distillery: Multi-location craft distillery producing whiskey, gin, rum, and vodka with tasting rooms. Comparable on small-batch experimental recipes, grain-to-glass ethos, and direct-to-consumer experiential retail.
• Wood's High Mountain Distillery: Colorado craft distillery in Salida producing bourbon, gin, vodka, and liqueurs with on-premise tasting room. Regional peer with similar grain-to-glass positioning.
• Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey: Iconic Denver craft whiskey distillery with tasting room/bar. Comparable on craft whiskey focus, Denver location, branded tasting experience, and bourbon/rye portfolio.
• Breckenridge Distillery: Colorado-based craft distillery (Breckenridge) producing bourbon, vodka, gin, and rum with a tasting room/restaurant. Same craft-distillery-pub model, broader geographic footprint and category range.

Emerging players

• Smooth Ambler Spirits: West Virginia craft distillery notable for aged bourbon and gin. Comparable on craft whiskey portfolio and small-batch aging strategy, though without the integrated distillery-pub/tour focus of Denver Distillery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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