The Merry Hour

Edition No. 02 · est. 2026

DenverCO

A short list of bars with the exclusive card behind the stick.

Opening week

First Frost — the same three drinks at every Merry Hour Partnership venue in the country this week: The First Frost, Sugar & Snow, Silver Bells.

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4 listed

This City's Merry Hour Pick — best execution of this season's menu

Merry Hour Pick
No. 01Bar

The Alpenglow Room

This week's Merry Hour cocktail poured at The Alpenglow Room in Denver, served over clear ice with a pine tip

Denver's best read on this season's menu — every drink on the card built to spec, with a Nordic spirits shelf that gives it a spine.

Serving This Week's Menu

Also on the house list

Alpenglow$17

aquavit, buttered rum, birch

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Also serving this season's menu

No. 01Restaurant

Saint Nicholas Supper Club

A Merry Hour cocktail served tableside at Saint Nicholas Supper Club in Denver in a chilled coupe

Supper-club service, a live trio, and one of the few RiNo rooms pouring this season's exclusive card all eight weeks.

Serving This Week's Menu

Also on the house list

The Feast Day$18

vodka, dry vermouth, olive brine

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No. 02Restaurant

Yule & Larkspur

A precisely built Merry Hour cocktail at Yule & Larkspur in Denver, garnished with a single dried citrus wheel

Twenty-eight seats, a vegetable-forward kitchen, and the season's exclusive menu poured with unusual precision for a room this small.

Also on the house list

Larkspur Punch$14

brandy, spiced apple, black tea

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No. 03Cocktail Trail

The Mile High Trail

Merry Hour cocktails being measured and garnished at a Mile High Trail stop in Denver

Seven bars, three neighborhoods, this week's exclusive drink at every stop. Collect four tin ornaments and the eighth drink is on the trail.

Serving This Week's Menu

Also on the house list

Ornament No. 2 — Tin Star$13

tequila, grapefruit, rosemary

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