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Spirit Hound Distillers

4196 Ute Highway
Lyons, CO 80503

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Hours:Mon 11am-8pm, Tue-Wed 3pm-8pm, Thu 3pm-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9pm, Sun 11am-7pm

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Spirit Hound Distillers Releases Flood-Proof Whisky
Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 12:16 p.m. by Linnea Covington

No one will forget the historic floods that ravaged Colorado's Front Range in 2013 — particularly not the owners of Spirit Hound Distillers in Lyons, where three feet of water inundated the distillery that year. But at least one goo...
Craig Engelhorn on weathering the flood that watered down Spirit Hound Distillers
Monday, September 23, 2013 at 4:03 p.m. by Samantha Alviani

As the Colorado floods subside and relief efforts move forward, stories have surfaced about how people fared, especially in the town of Lyons, which was hit particularly hard. Craig Engelhorn was concluding a typical day at Spirit H...
Spirit Hound Distillers howls at the moon -- and pours moonshine
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 2:07 p.m. by Samantha Alviani

You can teach old dogs new tricks, as evidenced by the success of Spirit Hound, a distillery in Lyons. One of Spirit Hound's partners, Craig Engelhorn, honed his craft as the original brewer for Oskar Blues, creating some of its fir...
Spirit Hound Distillers in Lyons will celebrate grand opening Saturday
Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 4:27 p.m. by Nathalia Vélez

Spirit Hound Distillers, the first distillery in Lyons, will celebrate its grand opening Saturday. The distillery is focusing on small-batch spirits like gin, vodka and whiskey -- made in homemade stills and using a variety of local...