Over the course of the last 60 years, the store has established itself as the place to go for beer, wine, and spirits, especially those that are hard to find or available in super limited quantities. There’s a reason that generations of libations lovers like Cussio regularly make the trek to Applejack from across the Centennial State. That's only $1 per issue! Subscribe Today » I’ll grab a bottle, try something new, see if I like it, and go from there,” says Cussio, a 36-year-old management consultant. Here, you’ve got hundreds of options so I can just play. “When I go there, there’s an entire wall of whiskey, an entire wall of gin-when I go other places, there’s maybe four, five, 10 options. To stock their bar with rare, eclectic, or otherwise noteworthy liquors, they go to Applejack -the iconic, family-owned beer, wine, and spirits store that’s been a Wheat Ridge landmark since 1961. In fact, the gatherings are so popular that Cussio estimates they sample, on average, between 150 and 200 different spirits each year. The couple loves cocktails and socializing and, for the last four or five years, they’ve hosted monthly tastings with friends in their cozy bar. Most notably, they built a full-scale, Prohibition-era speakeasy in the basement, complete with a fake bookshelf door that requires pulling out a book to get inside. When Brendon Cussio and his wife moved to Colorado in 2015, they went above and beyond the typical new-homeowner renovations and design tweaks to personalize their Highlands Ranch home. The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.
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