Liquid arts

Tap into your spirited muse at Coppermuse Distillery.

Locally roasted beans drip-drip to perfection for you and your friend at Harbinger Coffee

PHOTO COURTESY OF HARBINGER COFFEE FORT COLLINS IS WORLD FAMOUS for its craft beer, but our craftiness doesn’t stop there. We have a long list of local creations from which to choose.

If you have a penchant for caffeine from a bean, Fort Collins offers so many locally roasted ways to espress yourself. The Bean Cycle, Harbinger, Lima Coffee, The Coffee Registry and Wander Coffee (try their Visit Fort Collins blend) are just a few favorites. For those who like their spot of tea, Happy Lucky’s Teahouse (home of

Find a list of locally crafted Fort Collins favorites on page 15 or see what Fort Collins has to offer online at: www.visitfortcollins.com.

a special Visit Fort Collins tea) and the Ku Cha House of Tea serve up a world of flavors in inviting community spaces.

When specialty spirits call your name, you’ll find excellent elixirs at any one of our local distilleries, such as Coppermuse, Elevation 5003, Feisty Spirits, Mobb Mountain, NOCO Distillery, Old Elk and Old Town Distilling. Travelocity didn’t rate Fort Collins No. 7 on its Craft Spirits Tourism Index for nothing.

If you want to “Branch Out,” don’t miss the cider of the same name made at Scrumpy’s Hard Cider and Pub. For a tasty, healthful treat full of probiotics and other good stuff, drink kombucha from Life’s a Buch, Wild and Free and Turtle Mountain Fermentery where seven rotating taps of the healthy brew are available in their taproom.

If the fruit of the vine calls, stop into the tasting room at Ten Bears Winery in Laporte or visit Blendings at the Hillside Vineyard in Loveland. Expressing their passion for wine-making, Odell Brewing has introduced The OBC Wine Project to explore unique flavor profiles in the world of wine. And, of course, no sampling of Fort Collins’ craft creations would be complete without sipping or nibbling chocolate roasted at Nuance Chocolate, right in the heart of downtown. Selected as one of the 10 best bean-to-bar craft chocolate makers in the United States by USA Today, their hand-rolled truffles are not to be missed.