Ever wanted to feel like a foodie insider? You know, roll up to the door and be ushered past the line. Or follow the winding path to the hidden speakeasy where you know the password and secret handshake. Or maybe you just want to get that drink on the house? Then you’re going to want to get your 2025 Crafts and Drafts Passport.
The passport program is a little bit like being part of a secret society — The Order of the Crafts and Drafts. In this club, everyone is elite and entitled to the exclusive deals and discounts for the most distinguished craft beverage connoisseurs. In other words, anyone can sign up for the free passport program and enjoy BOGO and other deals and discounts that deliver cheap drinks at more than 20 spots around Colorado Springs. It’s a great way to support and explore the Springs’ local craft beverage community.
“2025 marks our ninth year of Crafts and Drafts,” says Melissa Williams, director of marketing at Visit COS, the program’s sponsor. “We’re honoring our dedicated pass holders with an exclusive, secret society themed passport.”
How to Use the Crafts and Drafts Passport
With the free mobile pass, you simply login and access your deal of choice based on your location. The program includes breweries, distilleries, wine, coffee shops, bars and taprooms all over town. Its best deals are free drinks through buy-one-get-one-free offers, but you’ll also find discounted flights and samplers. Many of the participating breweries are on our list of Best Breweries in Colorado Springs.
Beverages on the passport include beer, wine, coffee, cocktails and a new addition to the passport: milkshakes.
“Crafts & Drafts is all about trying something new, getting out and about and giving love to our local businesses,” Williams says. “With each redemption made, passholders can earn points toward prizes — and more points for going to farther-out locations.”
Prizes include stickers, koozies and enamel pins, which will be given out until they’re gone.
The passport program runs from May 20 through December 31, 2025, so there’s plenty of time to take advantage of the cheap drinks and deals throughout the year.
After signing up, passport holders will receive instructions for downloading the pass to their device, and you can add it to your home screen like an app. Once you’re in the not-so-secret society, coming up with a creative toast is up to you! (Here are some hints though.)
Learn more about the free passport and get yours at VisitCOS.com/Passport.
Participating Crafts and Drafts Locations
Colorado Mountain Brewery, Interquest and the Roundhouse
Loyal Coffee, Downtown and North
The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey
Explore all the deals and sign up at VisitCOS.com/Passport.
