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10 Hot Cocktails for Cold Denver Nights

Winter warmers are heating up drink lists across town

by Rebecca Treon
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The Clay Pigeon coffee cocktail at Death & Co. Denver
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by Rebecca Treon

Winter is coming, as they say, and while the thermometer drops, there’s no better way to defrost than with a hot cocktail. Several of Denver’s coziest bars and restaurants have introduced seasonal winter warmers to the menu to curb the chill from the inside out. So drinkers can cozy up and enjoy some of the city’s hottest offerings, from hot buttered rum to Spanish coffee. Here are 10 favorites.

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The Fort

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This classic Denver destination is right out of the old West. The Bear Hunter’s Tea combines black tea with a dose of German Bärenjäger honey liqueur.

19192 CO-8, Morrison, CO 80465
(303) 697-4771
(303) 697-4771
The Fort Restaurant
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The Family Jones Spirit House

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LoHi’s jaw-dropping distillery is offering chilly drinkers a hot pumpkin cocktail making use of Mo Jones Rum and Family Jones amaretto spirits, plus pumpkin puree. It’s topped in pecan whipped cream.

3245 Osage St, Denver, CO 80211
(303) 481-8185
(303) 481-8185
The (yet unnamed) Pumpkin Cocktail at The Family Jones Spirit House
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Cooper Lounge

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Swanky and elegant, the Spanish coffee is just what you’d expect from Union Station’s upstairs Cooper Lounge. It’s served tableside as a mix of Smith & Cross Jamaican rum, Lemon Hart 151 rum, espresso liqueur, curaçao, and a sugar rim.

1701 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202
(720) 460-3738
(720) 460-3738
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Avelina

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Avelina’s Vert Chaud is the adult hot cocoa dreams are made of — steamed milk, chocolate sauce, and green Chartreuse, topped with vanilla whipped cream and a piece of praline brittle. It’s the perfect end to an afternoon of ice skating at Skyline Park.

1550 17th St, Denver, CO 80202
(720) 904-6711
(720) 904-6711
Vert Chaud at Avelina
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Death & Co Denver

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Death & Co. is already one of Denver’s hottest places to be, and the colder months will be no exception. The Clay Pigeons blends Middlestate coffee, Leopold’s Maryland rye, Giffard Banane du Bresil, and Benedictine with toasted oat cream and nutmeg.

1280 25th St, Denver, CO 80205
(720) 330-2660
(720) 330-2660

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Call

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Call’s Hot Buttered Rum is a twist on the traditional — it starts with spiced butter batter (cinnamon, clove, allspice, anise seed, black pepper, and nutmeg) and adds in Plantation rum, Noval Ruby port, hot water, and an aromatic fennel whipped cream.

2845 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205
(303) 954-0230
(303) 954-0230
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Steuben's

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Steuben’s Rock & Rye is like fall in a glass, and it’s a good cure for a scratchy throat. An infusion of Rittenhouse rye steeped with orange zest, clove, lemon zest, cassia bark, horehound, and rock candy.

523 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80203
(303) 830-1001
(303) 830-1001
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Beast + Bottle

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Fall and apple cider go together like a warm fire and a good book. At Beast + Bottle, the Sweet Talkin’ Brandy Man combines Calvados, Berentzen apple liqueur, lemon, and apple cider for a cozy sipper.

719 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80203
(303) 623-3223
(303) 623-3223
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Elevated Rooftop Bar

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At Elevated, drinkers can sit on the rooftop all winter. Huddling by the fireplaces or heaters, they can sip the Burning Angel, made with 1800 reposado, Centenario Rosangel reposado, chocolate, and cayenne.

249 Columbine St #201, Denver, CO 80206
(720) 772-5020
(720) 772-5020
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Bellwether

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Coffee bar by day, whiskey bar by night, this East Colfax hideaway keeps a handful of coffee cocktail combos on tap. Strega liqueur with espresso is one of the more warming options of the bunch.

5126 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80220
(720) 398-9251
(720) 398-9251
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The Fort

19192 CO-8, Morrison, CO 80465

This classic Denver destination is right out of the old West. The Bear Hunter’s Tea combines black tea with a dose of German Bärenjäger honey liqueur.

19192 CO-8, Morrison, CO 80465
(303) 697-4771
(303) 697-4771
The Fort Restaurant
The Fort/Facebook

The Family Jones Spirit House

3245 Osage St, Denver, CO 80211

LoHi’s jaw-dropping distillery is offering chilly drinkers a hot pumpkin cocktail making use of Mo Jones Rum and Family Jones amaretto spirits, plus pumpkin puree. It’s topped in pecan whipped cream.

3245 Osage St, Denver, CO 80211
(303) 481-8185
(303) 481-8185
The (yet unnamed) Pumpkin Cocktail at The Family Jones Spirit House
The Family Jones Spirit House [official]

Cooper Lounge

1701 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202

Swanky and elegant, the Spanish coffee is just what you’d expect from Union Station’s upstairs Cooper Lounge. It’s served tableside as a mix of Smith & Cross Jamaican rum, Lemon Hart 151 rum, espresso liqueur, curaçao, and a sugar rim.

1701 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202
(720) 460-3738
(720) 460-3738
Josie Sexton/Eater

Avelina

1550 17th St, Denver, CO 80202

Avelina’s Vert Chaud is the adult hot cocoa dreams are made of — steamed milk, chocolate sauce, and green Chartreuse, topped with vanilla whipped cream and a piece of praline brittle. It’s the perfect end to an afternoon of ice skating at Skyline Park.

1550 17th St, Denver, CO 80202
(720) 904-6711
(720) 904-6711
Vert Chaud at Avelina
Avelina [official]

Death & Co Denver

1280 25th St, Denver, CO 80205

Death & Co. is already one of Denver’s hottest places to be, and the colder months will be no exception. The Clay Pigeons blends Middlestate coffee, Leopold’s Maryland rye, Giffard Banane du Bresil, and Benedictine with toasted oat cream and nutmeg.

1280 25th St, Denver, CO 80205
(720) 330-2660
(720) 330-2660

Call

2845 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205

Call’s Hot Buttered Rum is a twist on the traditional — it starts with spiced butter batter (cinnamon, clove, allspice, anise seed, black pepper, and nutmeg) and adds in Plantation rum, Noval Ruby port, hot water, and an aromatic fennel whipped cream.

2845 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205
(303) 954-0230
(303) 954-0230
Call [official]

Steuben's

523 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80203

Steuben’s Rock & Rye is like fall in a glass, and it’s a good cure for a scratchy throat. An infusion of Rittenhouse rye steeped with orange zest, clove, lemon zest, cassia bark, horehound, and rock candy.

523 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80203
(303) 830-1001
(303) 830-1001
Steuben’s [official]

Beast + Bottle

719 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80203

Fall and apple cider go together like a warm fire and a good book. At Beast + Bottle, the Sweet Talkin’ Brandy Man combines Calvados, Berentzen apple liqueur, lemon, and apple cider for a cozy sipper.

719 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80203
(303) 623-3223
(303) 623-3223
Adam Larkey/Eater

Elevated Rooftop Bar

249 Columbine St #201, Denver, CO 80206

At Elevated, drinkers can sit on the rooftop all winter. Huddling by the fireplaces or heaters, they can sip the Burning Angel, made with 1800 reposado, Centenario Rosangel reposado, chocolate, and cayenne.

249 Columbine St #201, Denver, CO 80206
(720) 772-5020
(720) 772-5020
DEPARTURE - ELEVATED Eater Denver

Bellwether

5126 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80220

Coffee bar by day, whiskey bar by night, this East Colfax hideaway keeps a handful of coffee cocktail combos on tap. Strega liqueur with espresso is one of the more warming options of the bunch.

5126 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80220
(720) 398-9251
(720) 398-9251
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