Craft distilleries toast surge in sipping

The drinks are flowing, but there’s not a pint glass to be found. Highballs, snifters and shot glasses hold a variety of potent, clear, honey- and amber-colored liquids. Carbonation and foam are nonexistent.

It’s still Northern Colorado, but instead of a highly lauded microbrewery, the setting is that of a craft distillery.

Eighty years after the repeal of Prohibition, Colorado is home to 46 craft distilleries, five of which are situated along the Front Range. They produce a wide variety of spirits from honey vodka to blue-corn and rye bourbon. And more are on the way.

In a microbrewery-saturated state, Colorado’s craft distilleries…