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Downtown Durango · Est. 2015 · Tasting Room Open Daily

Durango's First Grain-to-Glass Distillery Since Prohibition

Mashed, distilled, aged and bottled on Main Avenue using only Colorado grain. Inspired by the True Spirit of Durango.

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Guests at the Durango Craft Spirits tasting-room bar, with windows looking into the still room

Stories of Durango's Past, Poured Today

Michael and Amy McCardell opened Durango Craft Spirits in January 2015, in a 1939 building on Main Avenue that once housed Durango's first Safeway.

Through our spirits and cocktails we share stories of Durango's vibrant past. Hard work and ingenuity are rooted in this town's threadwork — and those same qualities show through in everything we pour.

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Stop In on Main Avenue

Hours

Monday – Thursday 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Friday 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday 1:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Location

1120 Main Avenue, Suite 2

Durango, CO 81301

(970) 247-1919

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Three Spirits, Three Durango Legends

Explore the Spirits

Each bottle shares a tale of the people who built Durango in 1881.

Our labels carry the town's history — and our spirits carry it forward.

The Stories Behind the Labels

Grain to Glass, Start to Finish

We mash, distill, age and bottle in our downtown Durango distillery — using only Colorado grain.

  1. Ears of dried white and yellow corn

    Colorado Grain

    Non-GMO white corn from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and grain from the Colorado Malting Company in Alamosa.

  2. Hands working through a bed of grain

    Mash

    Every batch is mashed right here in our distillery on Main Avenue.

  3. Hammered copper still above a steel spout and a copper collection bowl, set on a brick base

    Distill

    Hand-crafted and distilled the way a distillery would have worked a century ago.

  4. Weathered oak whiskey barrels with rust-colored iron hoops resting on a cart

    Age

    Bourbon rests in new charred American oak.

  5. Soiled Doves Vodka, Cinder Dick Straight Bourbon and Mayday Moonshine bottles on the tasting-room bar

    Bottle

    Every spirit is bottled right here in downtown Durango.

  6. Craft cocktail with an orange twist on a wooden bar

    Pour

    Taste it in a craft cocktail upstairs in our Tasting Room, or find a bottle at a Colorado liquor store.

Medals Earned in Downtown Durango

Gold, silver and bronze from national spirits competitions — every one for a spirit mashed, distilled and bottled on Main Avenue.

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Gold Cinder Dick · 50 Best Bourbons
Best of Category Mayday Moonshine · ADI
Gold Soiled Doves · NY Int'l Spirits

Come taste the true spirit of Durango

Open seven days a week at 1120 Main Avenue, downtown Durango.

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