Breckenridge has develop into considered one of Colorado’s hottest distilleries, encompassing a broad portfolio and now enjoying host to a restaurant and bar as nicely. (Photograph by Liam Doran)
In 2007, Bryan Nolt was an exhausted doctor fly-fishing with one other physician good friend in Breckenridge. “I used to be standing within the water, and a light-weight went on,” Nolt says. “There weren’t many craft distilleries on the time. I had no thought for those who may even cash-flow the thought, however I used to be working myself right into a grave; if I may make this work, it’d be my escape, my salvation.” In 2008 Nolt traded in his disturbing medical profession to develop into a distiller, and he started utilizing that very same water the place he’d fished to make his personal craft whiskey. He launched his first bourbon three years later. That’s the story behind Breckenridge Distillery, the very best distillery on the planet, at 9,600 ft.
Along with award-winning whiskey (high-rye blended bourbons), Breckenridge makes vodka, gin, rum, aquavit, and extra. Most of Breckenridge’s whiskey is bourbon, with its top-seller the 86-proof blended bourbon. Different widespread expressions embody barrel-finished bourbons (rum cask, port cask and PX cask). Its flagship product is the 10-plus yr previous Darkish Arts American single malt.
5 years in the past, Breckenridge added a bar and restaurant, aiming to develop into a vacation spot—a cause to come back to Breckenridge, past the mountains. You may also arrange numerous excursions and tastings, and the perfect is The Founder’s Expertise. Mix the tour with a privately guided flight tasting, such because the Cask-Completed flight that includes 5 of its cask-finished whiskeys.
Drink this: Breckenridge Bourbon
90 factors, 43% ABV, $44
Corn Pops, Pink Hots, and oak
Eat this: Whiskey Star Breckenridge
A Texas-style BBQ smokehouse and bar with a plethora of cocktails and greater than 160 whiskies on the menu.
Keep right here: The Ranahan
This new luxurious resort, not removed from the distillery, provides suites and villas, bike and ski valet service, indoor/out of doors pool, sizzling tubs, and an inviting patio space.
Take a facet journey: Take a fat-bike tour by city, guided by Ridden, that follows the Blue River Path, with stops at Breckenridge Distillery and Damaged Compass Brewery.
