Anthracite Spirits Co.

Anthracite Spirits Co. “The Spirit of Exploration” — Anthracite Spirits Co. is a micro distillery in Crested Butte, CO

Getting our spirits into stores across Colorado is a labor of love — literally. Currently ranging from Longmont to Color...
05/12/2026

Getting our spirits into stores across Colorado is a labor of love — literally. Currently ranging from Longmont to Colorado Springs, Grand Junction to East Denver, Tim and I load up the truck, hit the road, and hand-deliver every bottle ourselves.
Self-distribution means more than just dropping off product. It’s building real relationships with the store owners who champion small Colorado brands. It’s pouring tastings for bartenders who’ll recommend our gin in their next cocktail. It’s chatting with customers who are curious about what makes a Crested Butte distillery different.
It’s a lot of windshield time and heavy lifting, but here’s why we do it: we believe in the people behind the bar as much as we believe in what’s inside the bottle. When you choose a bottle of Red Lady at your local shop or order a cocktail made with our Mountain Dry Gin, you’re supporting not just our small distillery, but also the retailers and bartenders who took a chance on us.
If you love what we’re making and want to see us in your go-to spot, please let us know! Drop us a DM or comment with a tag to your favorites below. We’re always looking to connect with new partners who share our passion for quality, community, and craft.
Cheers to exploration — on the road and in the glass. 🥃🗺️

One week ago, we poured our last cocktails at Anthracite Lounge. And what a night it was. Record-breaking sales, the mos...
04/10/2026

One week ago, we poured our last cocktails at Anthracite Lounge.

And what a night it was. Record-breaking sales, the most cocktails we’ve ever made in a single shift, and enough energy in that room to power the whole block (big thanks to for bringing the musical vibes.) Should we just “close” every weekend? Asking for a friend.

Tim and I may have shed a few tears, but truth be told, these final days were less about goodbye and more about celebration. So many familiar faces, so many people we’ve come to genuinely love over the past two and a half years. If you joined us on Elk Ave during that final stretch, thank you. ✨

Looking back on the Lounge, we’re mostly just grateful. Grateful for this community that showed up for us endlessly. For the locals who understood what we were trying to build and made it part of their routine. For the curious visitors who wandered in with no idea what Anthracite Lounge was (“no, we don’t serve beer” 🙄) and left as converts — newly convinced that gin isn’t actually terrible, or that a well-made cocktail is worth slowing down for. In fact, we realize now we have so few candid photos in the space because we were always so present to what was happening around us (⚠️but please, if you have photos you took in Lounge, send them our way! We’d love to have those to remember the good ol’ days and nights!)

Our goal was always simple: make sure people felt better walking out than they did walking in. And we think we did that. Not every night felt significant, but the intention was always there.
We’re proud of what we built. We’re also ready for what’s next.

Running the Lounge taught us so much — about cocktails, community, business and about ourselves. It’s a privilege to share what you love with other people, and this distillery keeps giving us that opportunity in different forms.

The tasting room may be closed, but we’re not going anywhere. We’re still distilling, still experimenting, still making fun and unexpected spirits to flavor your adventures. And we can’t wait to keep sharing it with you —
Here’s to the next chapter. 🥃

03/10/2026

It’s that time of year again!! 🎂 Old Man Tim’s birthday is here which means we’ve also got a new, mysterious ✨one-off batch of gin✨ for you all to enjoy! There’s less than 5️⃣0️⃣ of these special bottles in existence this year so don’t sleep on it!

Join us this Friday March 13th 4:00-9:00 to discover the unique notes of this gin and enjoy a few specialty cocktail pairings! Oh and it’ll all be to the tunes of Gunnison’s own SUGARBUSH! 🎸Playing live 4:00 to 9:00!

A little update for our friends and followers! We’re making some changes to Anthracite Spirits. While we’re sad to turn ...
02/16/2026

A little update for our friends and followers! We’re making some changes to Anthracite Spirits. While we’re sad to turn the page on the first chapter of our business, we’re excited for what’s to come! More fun and inventive craft spirits, more stops around Colorado to share them and definitely a lot of ongoing community involvement! Stay tuned!

02/02/2026

Arbor Sons are back in the Lounge this Saturday! 🎶🎸🥁

They’re headlining down valley… but you can catch them up close and personal right here — no cover, great cocktails & n/a drinks, and specials flowing all night.

🟢Music from 6:00–9:00pm
🟠21+
Come early, grab a cocktail and settle in for a big sound in the most intimate music spot in town ✨

Meet the cocktail that quietly became a legend in our Lounge: the Arabian Nights ✨Our take on the espresso martini — ric...
01/28/2026

Meet the cocktail that quietly became a legend in our Lounge: the Arabian Nights ✨

Our take on the espresso martini — richer, smoother, and far less sweet. No cream, no cloying finish. Just rich Colorado-roasted coffee from , balanced sweetness, and the silky structure of our Anthracite Spirits White Crème de Cacao bringing elevated notes chocolate and vanilla warmth to the glass.

Curious about our White Crème de Cacao liqueur? Made by hand in small batches using a blend of roasted organic cacao nibs from Peru and Ecuador, along with whole Madagascar vanilla bean. We add only the minimum required sugar for the “crème” category and proof to 30% abv, resulting in a dry finish lets YOU define the sweetness of your cocktail.

Want to energize your night and shake one up at home? Here’s how we do it:

ARABIAN NIGHTS
☕️ 2 oz coffee-infused Anthracite Vodka
 → Add your favorite coarse-ground coffee to the vodka and infuse for about 1 hour. Strain through a coffee filter.
☕️ ¾ oz Anthracite White Crème de Cacao
☕️ ¾ oz strong coffee concentrate or fresh espresso
☕️ ¾ oz date syrup

Shake with ice, then strain into a coupe glass rimmed with raw sugar.
✔️ Pro tip: give the sugar a quick blitz to make it finer, and use a little simple syrup on the rim so it sticks just right.

And if you’d rather leave the shaking to us, head in to see us at our tasting lounge. We’ll be glad to set your night off right!

Exploration doesn’t always mean moving forward… Sometimes it looks like stopping long enough to notice where you are. 🧭W...
01/15/2026

Exploration doesn’t always mean moving forward… Sometimes it looks like stopping long enough to notice where you are. 🧭

We’re grateful for the stillness between the rush. The ebb and flow that comes with living in a small, remote town like Crested Butte — the kind of pause that leaves room to day dream, experiment, and explore what comes next. We’re currently dreaming up next steps, next sips and new spirits… stay tuned! ✨

Ending the year the same way we started it — side by side, behind the bar, doing what we love. 🫶🏻Our second year was all...
12/31/2025

Ending the year the same way we started it — side by side, behind the bar, doing what we love. 🫶🏻

Our second year was all about organic, measurable growth… and learning how to navigate the realities of small business ownership in a tiny, seasonal mountain town. It’s not always easy, but there’s nowhere else we’d choose to take on this wild, rewarding endeavor. Crested Butte is home, and this community is the reason we keep showing up.

Our goals for 2025 were to build our distribution in the Front Range while increasing awareness for Anthracite Spirits & Tasting Lounge within our valley. Over the last year, Tim and I logged a LOT of miles hustling down from the mountains on monthly ventures to share our bottles with the best cocktails bars and liquor stores Colorado has to offer (we see and thank you ). As we write this, we’re proud of — if a bit exhausted from!— the steps we’ve taken and relationships formed over the last 12 months.

Back home, we enjoyed an increase in nights of live music in the Lounge, attended a summer of local Farmers Markets to share bottles and our now infamous Take-N-Shake bottled cocktails with an expanded share of our valley and got to make cocktails alfresco every Monday all summer at Alpenglow.

Though numbers won’t do this year justice, here’s little numerical retrospective for 2025:
• Bottles Produced: 3,639
• Cases Produced: 606
• Mountain Dry Gin Bottled: 1,624
• Limes Hand-Zested: 396
• Lemons Hand-Zested: 759
• Cocktails Served in the Tasting Lounge: 5,997
• Top Cocktail of the Year: Arabian Nights — IYKYK
• Guests Welcomed: 5,803
• Stockists & Bar/Restaurant Partners Across Colorado: 57

Thank you for every visit, every bottle brought home, every cocktail shared, and every conversation across the bar. We’re endlessly grateful to be building something meaningful here — slowly, intentionally, and together.

Here’s to another year of exploration. ❤️🥂

The real spirit of the holidays ✨This season, choosing small makes a big difference. When you shop local, you’re support...
12/20/2025

The real spirit of the holidays ✨

This season, choosing small makes a big difference. When you shop local, you’re supporting the people who pour their hearts into making this community the special, slightly eccentric place we all love.

If you’re looking for something thoughtful (and delicious), we’ve got you covered. Our holiday bottle special is live in the tasting lounge:
• Buy 1 bottle and enjoy a free classic menu cocktail (did someone say one for them, one for you?!)
• Buy 2 bottles, get 10% off
• Buy 3 bottles, get 15% off
• Buy 4+ bottles, get 20% off

On the shelves: our core lineup—Mountain Dry Gin, Anthracite Vodka, White Crème de Cacao and Red Lady Bitter Liqueur—plus a few limited, micro-batch releases we’re especially excited about. That includes our Wild Elderflower Liqueur, distilled this past June with Crested Butte–foraged elderflower and sweetened with organic honey, and a seasonal oaked version of our Mountain Dry Gin!

Holiday hours:
🎄 Christmas Eve: 4:00–9:00pm
🎄 Christmas Day: Closed
✨ New Year’s Eve: 4:00–10:00pm
✨ New Year’s Day: Closed

However you choose to celebrate, thanks for sharing the season with us. Here’s to good spirits, local love, and a little extra cheer in the glass. 🥂

The snow gods finally delivered a fresh blanket of powder—and while this winter season’s been slow to start, we’re never...
12/02/2025

The snow gods finally delivered a fresh blanket of powder—and while this winter season’s been slow to start, we’re never ones to complain about a little extra time spent sipping cocktails and swapping stories indoors.

The tasting lounge reopened this past weekend, and reconnecting with our regulars after the long shoulder season reminded us just how much we love this community. With après season kicking into gear, we’re thrilled to be rolling out a couple of small-batch, limited releases this month. Stay tuned for the details.

If you’re around the valley, come warm up with us—Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 4:00pm to close (9:00-10:00ish)

Address

319 Elk Avenue Unit C
Crested Butte, CO
81224

Opening Hours

Tuesday 3pm - 9pm
Wednesday 3pm - 9pm
Thursday 3pm - 9pm
Friday 3pm - 10pm
Saturday 3pm - 10pm

Telephone

+19702515005

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