Hoot + Howl’s unique branding, created in collaboration with Colorado-based beverage and outdoor marketing agency Turn It Up Media, also received recognition at the ADI Spirits Competition, bringing home a Double Gold Medal for Excellence in Packaging for Black Tea Liqueur; an Excellence in Packaging Trophy in the off-the-shelf packaging category; and an Excellence in Packaging Double Gold Medal for the Hoot + Howl brand identity.

Five Years of Community, Craft Beer, and Live Music in Lyons, CO As we celebrate the five year anniversary of Mainstage Brewing this weekend we’re hitting rewind to one of our favorite local projects, a brand development engagement to develop their look, tone and feel. From brand story to logo suite, we helped Eric Kean and Sam Scruby translate a shared vision into a brand that has been brewing community under the stage lights ever since. Mainstage Brewing is rooted in our sm

Turn It Up Media wins three ADI Excellence in Packaging awards for Hoot + Howl Spirits. See how intentional brand development earns shelf space.

Your website is your digital taproom, the online home where your brand vibe lives, breathes, and invites people in. But a great website is a single note in an authentic path to your brand story. At Turn It Up Media, we don't just build websites (we have never addressed the website as a standalone service before, until 3,2,1...now). We help passionate founders, brewers, distillers, farmers, riders and authentic visionaries show up in a real way, with clarity, creativity, and a

Customizable American-made and Taiwan-crafted, both frames are built by hand and built to last. March 4, 2026 – Longmont, Colo. – As REEB Cycles celebrates its 15th anniversary, the Colorado-based fabricator is introducing two new steel hardtail frames and international availability for 2026: the Re:Dikyelous and the Hall Pass . Built around the same aggressive trail philosophy and modern hardtail geometry, the two frames offer riders a choice between a customizable Ameri

For the first time in 5 years REEB Cycles is offering a Colorado made hardtail with an exclusive 15 year anniversary complete build kit February 3rd, 2026 - Longmont, Colo. - REEB Cycles launched its American made Steel Hardtail 15 years ago and quickly grew a reputation for featuring traits previously seen only on longer travel trail bikes. The original bikes featured aggressive geometry, a proprietary tubeset and singlespeed compatibility featuring Gates carbon belt drive

We’re thankful for the relationships and proud of the results setting our clients up for success and setting them apart from the industry despite the headwinds for much of the beverage industry in 2025. Although we are an agency, everyone at Turn It Up has sat on the other side of the desk and managed brands. We are storytellers and brand builders, not just designers, copywriters and strategists. That comprehensive brand experience provides intention to our approach and deli

Hoot + Howl’s unique Amaro Cask Bourbon medaled at the 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition Golden, Colo. November 20, 2025 – Today marks the official launch of Hoot + Howl Spirits ’ highly anticipated Amaro Cask Bourbon, now available for the first time online with direct-to-consumer nationwide shipping. Fresh off a silver medal win at the 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition, the Amaro Cask Bourbon joins the distillery’s growing lineup of mountain-crafted, historically inspire

For the first time, get your hands on Hoot + Howl online for nationwide delivery. Golden, Colo. October 24, 2025 – Hoot + Howl Spirits is now offering award-winning spirits for purchase online nationwide. For the first time, spirits lovers outside of Colorado can get their hands on Hoot + Howl’s lineup of mountain-crafted spirits, including Armagnac Cask Bourbon, which earned a silver medal and the title of Best of Colorado at the recent 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition,

Colorado’s newest distillery named Best of Colorado at first entered competition (Photo: Turn It Up Media) Golden, Colo., Sept. 11, 2025 – Hoot + Howl Spirits ’ mountain-crafted, historically inspired spirits earned three major awards at The 2025 Heartland Whiskey Competition . The Colorado distillery earned the title of Best of Colorado and a silver medal for its Armagnac Cask Bourbon as well as a silver medal for its soon-to-be-released Amaro Cask Bourbon. The Heartland

Callan Deline’s bold, mountain-inspired spirits began with a passion for blending tradition and innovation and a love for hootin’ and howlin’ under the wide-open skies. It was a recipe for an innovative new Colorado spirits brand just waiting to be brought to life - this is the moment Turn It Up was built for. 2026 American Distilling Institute (ADI) International Spirits Competition awards earned • Excellence in Packaging Trophy – Off-the-Shelf Packaging Champion • Excelle

Ancient and all-but-forgotten techniques like tranchage set Hoot + Howl apart Golden, Colo., July 30, 2025 – Based in Golden, the newest...

This new Colorado distillery explores historically inspired spirits and traditional recipes with an innovative twist. Photo: Turn It Up Media / Michael Eldridge Golden, Colo., May 27, 2025 – Hoot + Howl Spirits is Colorado’s newest distillery. Based in Golden, Hoot + Howl reimagines historical spirits and traditional recipes with exceptional ingredients, thoughtful production practices and flavors designed to elicit spontaneous o

Client Challenge - A distillery with a name and a focus on distributing whiskey, it was Turn It Up’s task to understand the founders...

This spring we completed work on a brand development project for award-winning Lyons, CO distillery, Spirit Hound. We’ve known the...

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BRAND DEVELOPMENT Earlier this year we fielded a call from Mark and Jesse Sommers, the father-son duo who had recently transitioned from...