Is the world’s best vodka in Colorado?

This week’s feature story, “>,” focuses on Spring44, a Colorado-based company whose inspiration comes from a natural spring in the middle of Roosevelt National Forest, a spring that also supplies a key ingredient for the spirits.

Spring44’s partners think the purity of that spring — and the force of their vision — could have enough power to knock out such unAmerican, “ultra-premium” vodkas as the ever-popular Grey Goose and Belvedere. Can they do it? Our feature story goes to the spring.

Read “Clear Thinking.”

Bonus Materials:

– Video:

– Culture: Vodka: a shaken, but not stirred, history of the spirit on screen

– Mixology: Five Denver bartenders mix up vodka cocktails you can make at home

– Evaluating Taste:

– Celebrity Plugs: