Ditch the eggnog this year, and take your holiday bar game to the next level with ‘The Descent’.

Located just outside of Aspen in Basalt, Colo., Woody Creek Distillery is an example of craft distilling at its finest and most complete.

Bacon & whiskey. What could be better?

Elevated Libations program highlights top mountain breweries, distilleries.

Vodka commercials make their products seem like mystical elixirs that attract leggy Nordic models. That's just marketing. give these no-nonsense American distillers a try.

The newest addition to our cocktail menu, the Gold Rush, is made with local handpicked apricots.

A delicious treat available in the tasting room that's sure to get you buzzed.

Come join us as we send off the Wandering Spirits on the eve of their Ride to Tales. There will be Woody Creek Cocktails, beer, food and great music. The following morning, on July 14th, the Wandering Spirits will leave Denver for a five-day journey towards Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. Once the Wandering Spirits arrive in New Orleans, the Woody Creek team will join them and everyone in New Orleans for the Tales of the Cocktail!

Whether you’re heading to a backyard BBQ or simply spending the holiday relaxing at home, we have the ultimate 4th of July cocktail recipe, made with our Woody Creek Colorado Gin, to get you in the holiday spirit.

The craft-spirit craze is booming in the U.S., with the opening of new world-class small distilleries around the country—there are currently over 750 independent American distillers that are challenging global brands.

As everyone is well aware, whiskey has taken the country by storm. But gin is beginning to catch up. This is in no small part due to the fact that many new distilleries are producing gin so they’ll have something to sell during the years it takes their new-make whiskey to age.

Bobby Stuckey and Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson’s Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder, Colorado hardly needs an introduction. The award-winning restaurant is well- known for their outstanding Italian-inspired cuisine, comprehensive wine list and exquisite ambiance.

OK, for a small valley in the Colorado Rockies, we know how to make good booze — not just drink it. Need proof? Woody Creek Distillers’ Colorado Straight Rye Whiskey was recently awarded the double gold medal at the 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Woody Creek Distillers is the first distillery to receive back-to-back double gold awards for a rye whiskey and a vodka (its 100 percent Potato Vodka took top honors in 2015).

Woody Creek Distillers (WCD) Colorado Straight Rye Whiskey has been awarded the double gold medal at the prestigious 2016 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Woody Creek Distillers is the first distillery to receive back-to-back double gold awards for a rye whiskey and a vodka. The Colorado-based distillery won double gold at the San Francisco competition for their Woody Creek 100% Potato Vodka in 2015.

Only last week a panel of expert judges convened for the annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition—arguably the most prestigious and analytical booze assembling in the States.

Woody Creek Distillers is a top shelf sponsor at Arizona Cocktail Week coming up this month, Feb. 13-21. The week includes over 30 different seminars, tastings and dinners with national and international bar royalty.

X Games Aspen returns to Aspen, Colorado’s Buttermilk Mountain for the world’s best action sports on snow featuring Woody Creek Distillers’ (WCD) locally made, genuine craft spirits at the event. Guests attending X Games Aspen can enjoy Woody Creek Distillers’ award winning spirits at the VIP Lounge and Platinum Suites all weekend.

Most visitors to Aspen never leave manage to leave the slopes or the fancy bars that nuzzle up to them.

Today is a bit of a change up from what we usually do, it’s a switch over to a gin. I do focus on Whiskey, but I come across other spirits that I love, and this is one of them.

Even for a professional booze writer, keeping up with all the new spirits coming out can be a challenge.

In the winter months, Colorado residents and tourists flock to the state’s world-class ski resorts on the weekends—battling traffic and paying higher hotel rates for in-demand lodging on the doorstep of any operating ski lift.

Wishful Thinking: 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

Woody Creek Distillers caught our eye a couple years ago when we first sampled their once-distilled 100% potato vodka.

Ah! The crisp fall air has finally arrived and here at Swig, we’re looking for warmer cocktails and interesting small batch liquors to warm up chilly days or spice up the night. We’ve scoured from coast-to-coast and discovered some interesting, high-quality and tasty small batch spirits.

Whether you’re in the mood for a romantic rendezvous, rowdy last call or local craft spirit, these places have elevated bar-keeping to 
an art form.

When you think of vodka, you're probably not picturing Colorado—unless, say, Colorado, Russia is an actual place—but lo and behold, that’s where the best vodka in the world is produced. Yes, really.

The slopes are calling, Jetsetters. Here’s everything you need to know about ski season 2015–16, from flight news and mountain town intel to tips for maximizing your time and money.

Mark Kleckner of Woody Creek Distillery credits ingredients and methodology for the great taste of his spirits. Both the distillery’s vodka and its reserve vodka are made with potatoes, often within 48 hours of being picked, so the tubers retain their moisture.

Aspen, Colorado-based Woody Creek Distillery already won me over when they explained the theoretical possibility that drinking their high-end, single-distilled vodka could impart a bit of Hunter S. Thompson’s very real self.

As we approach one of the most celebratory seasons of the year, we rounded up 12 of the most impressive bottles—from tequila in crystal decanters to quarter century-aged rum—to ensure your at-home bar is ready to entertain.

Poland, watch out. Or rejoice. A young Colorado distillery has earned a big name for itself in the world of vodka.

Denver, Boulder, Aspen and Colorado Springs offer easy access to farm-fresh culinary options and these well-established mountain communities are also heralded for their abundance of craft breweries, wineries and distilleries. With the range of options available, planners should have no problem organizing an exploratory outing or social event to fit the tastes of any group.

The annual summit of all-star chefs, sommeliers, industry leaders and culinary obsessed consumers, Aspen Food & Wine Classic, lived up to its most recent accolade as "America's Hottest Festival" from AdWeek.

When it comes to making spirits, smaller does not necessarily mean better – in fact it usually means worse.

Check out the Pete Scobell Band on this week's edition of Woody Creek Wednesdays.

Check out the Pete Scobell Band on this week's edition of Woody Creek Wednesdays.

Check out the Pete Scobell Band on this week's edition of Woody Creek Wednesdays.

Woody Creek Distillers National Brand Ambassador Sean Kenyon's Williams & Graham, Named Best Bar in America at the Spirited Awards.

How Sean Kenyon packs for jobs mixing cocktails on mountaintops and on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Check out the Pete Scobell Band on this week's edition of Woody Creek Wednesdays.

How two engineers—along with rarefied potatoes, Colorado water, and the finest distilling equipment—are redefining vodka.

Woody Creek Distillers, located in Basalt took home gold at the 15th annual San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

Woody Creek Distillers earns top honors at San Francisco World Spirits Competition.