Feisty Spirits News Today

By our count, Fort Collins lost 25 food and drink spots in 2023, and we've seen multiple closures announced so far in 2024. Here's a look at why.

The emergence of Colorado whiskey distillers in recent years has made this Rocky Mountain state a strong contender on the national whiskey stage.

A Colorado distillery is offering for sale a seasonal whiskey that, flavor wise, "has essences of root beer and chai with a hint of anise."

American craft distillers are looking beyond (often way beyond) corn, rye, barley, and wheat for their grain bills, as we see in these experimental grains.

Feisty Spirits in Colorado is making a name for itself in its use of offbeat grain types as whiskey ingredients. We visit them to find out the details.

“I’ve seen it go for twice of what the auction price went for,” said Liquor Max co-owner Hal Rogers. “Most of the price is driven by scarcity. It’s supply and demand. It’s an old, reputable distiller, and we get it in maybe once a year. On the shelf it would go for $600 or $700.” Maybe part of that high-dollar figure is the price of bragging rights, Rogers said. “A lot of people collect these things. And if they give it as a gift, it might create a bigger bond, and they’d get ...

ColoradoBiz Magazine Colorado farmers see vast potential in nutritious dryland crop December 29, 2020 But one superlative flies under the radar in the Centennial State: growing proso millet. Proso millet is a drought-resistant grass that produces a small cereal grain after a 60-day growing season. That makes Colorado perfect for it. Millet thrives on the Eastern Plains. Farmers grew it on 320,000 acres in Colorado – or about 1% of the state’s farmland – in 2019, with a harvest of more tha...