DENVER — At stylish lounges across Colorado, the clinking of cocktail shakers is still strong, but not everything being mixed behind the bar carries a buzz.

“Today I was going to make a jasmine tea-based blackberry Pimm’s cup,” said bar lead Kyle Fanfoni at the swanky cocktail lounge Room for Milly in Denver’s Platte Park neighborhood. “These blackberries were harvested from our garden.”

Fanfoni and Room for Milly are capitalizing on a growing trend. At the same time, bottomless brunches and boozy blowouts still reign. These days, many Coloradans are ordering up carefully crafted mocktails in equally elegant glasses.

“I don’t prefer alcohol at this point,” said Jess Santistevan, who was recently out with friends at the uber glamorous, somewhat hidden Cooper Lounge on the second floor of

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