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THE WHISKEY MENU General Manager Chad Owen A.G.M Zac Ryan Spirit Guide Joshua Judd Bar Manager Hallie Turnbow Lead Tenders Martin Tomas • Javier Conchas Tenders Matt Eaton • Roger Palacios • Steven Reiber • Alex Rios Backs Vanessa Arauz • Jon Halloran • Cam Matthews• Resident Drunk Jay Stapleton @SevenGrandSD • #WhiskeyForThePeople Welcome to Seven Grand, We’re Glad You’re Here. Old Fashioneds Dear Reader, Welcome to Seven Grand, we’re glad you’re here. Truly we are. There are over 800 whiskeys in HOUSE OLD FASHIONED 11 this bar, and a lot to explore. There is a purpose to Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Angostura Bitters & raw sugar. this excess and it’s worthwhile to know where we’re Served on the rocks. coming from. So let us start at the beginning. In 2012 we opened our doors. There was one RYE OLD FASHIONED 12 directive given; “Have a good time, and sell a Jim Beam 90 pf Rye Whiskey, Angostura Bitters & raw sugar. bunch of whiskey.” Simple enough. However; the Served on the rocks. devil is in the details, and we’ve learned a lot since then. Initially, this place was a pirate ship full of the most beloved vagabonds and mercenaries doing OLD FASHIONED - 17 everything they could just shy of burning the place COMPASS BOX SCOTCH 7G SINGLE BARREL down. But, over time, something sneaky happened; the whiskey got under our skin. It was always in us OLD FASHIONED - 15 literally, but the tradition, the community, the juice OLD FORESTER 7G SINGLE BARREL itself gets to you. There’s so much heritage, and history to fall in love with. As we grew up, things OLD FASHIONED - 19 calmed down and something powerful happened. WESTWARD AMERICAN SINGLE MALT At a staff meeting during the summer of 2015, we all sat down and asked the question, “why?”. OLD FASHIONED - 21 Why are we selling whiskey, why do we care about FOUR ROSES 7G SINGLE BARREL what’s in the bottle, why is it important to have fun and get people drunk? We worked through it and OLD FASHIONED - 23 found our roots; we at our core are a neighborhood BALCONES TEXAS SINGLE MALT 7GSB bar. We love our regulars – they are our friends. We love the community around us and the family that OLD FASHIONED - 24 was created. All the heritage, drama, and history MAKERS MARK PRIVATE SELECTION that we learned wasn’t about knowing more facts than the other guy. It’s about using whiskey as an OLD FASHIONED - 28 icebreaker – something to open the door so that we KNOB CREEK 25TH ANNIV. SINGLE BARREL may learn more about you. It’s an invitation to join our family and participate in our community. The end result of our staff meeting produced a mantra, an Instagram tag, a theme to connect everything we do: friendships through whiskey. Your bartender made the declaration that the reason they do their job and take it seriously is that through whiskey a family can be created. Please, relax, order an Old Fashioned, and talk with us. Let us allow the whiskey to bring us into the moment. If an extensive whiskey list isn’t your thing, we recommend trying an old fashioned cocktail. It’s a great way to start the conversation and learn about the tradition, heritage, and love that got under our skin. We’re truly glad you’re here and look forward to starting a friendship with you through whiskey. Cheers, Chad Owen, General Manager No Need To Overthink Cocktails Beers 32 NORTH BREWING 8 HOUSE OLD FASHIONED 11 4.5% Lager– Pint 14.5oz The Classic - Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Angostura Bitters & raw sugar. ABNORMAL BEER CO 8 Served on the rocks. 5.0% Pale Ale – Pint 14.5oz BIVOUAC CIDER 9 RYE OLD FASHIONED 12 6.0% Pear Cider – Goblet 10.5oz The Other Classic - Old Forester Rye Whiskey, Angostura Bitters & raw sugar. DUCKFOOT BREWING 8 Served on the rocks. 5.0% Blond Ale - Pint 14.5oz SAZERAC 12 DUCKFOOT BREWING 10 The Other More Cool Classy Classic - 8.6% Double IPA Goblet 10.5oz Old Forester Rye Whiskey, Peychauds Bitters, raw sugar garnished with a lemon twist and an absinthe mist served neat EEL RIVER BREWING 8 in a chilled rocks glass. 5.0% Organic Amber - Pint 14.5oz FORT POINT BREWING 9 MANHATTAN 13 4.6% Kolsch - Pint 14.5oz Velvet Whiskey Dreams - Old Forester Rye Whiskey, sweet vermouth, Angostura Bitters, MIKE HESS BREWING 9 served up with a cherry. 7.5% Blood Orange IPA – Pint 14.5oz TAYLOR MULE 12 MIKE HESS BREWING 9 Strong & Spicy - 4.59% Session IPA – Pint 14.5oz Kentucky Straight Bourbon, topped with house made Ginger Beer - Served long on the rocks. MODERN TIMES BEER 10 7.2% Orderville Hazy IPA – Pint 14.5oz WHISKEY SOUR 13 The Crowd Pleaser - MODERN TIMES BEER (NITRO) 8 5.8% English Oatmeal Stout – Goblet 10.5oz Kentucky Straight Bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, egg white, briskly whipped and decorated with a dash of bitters NORTH PARK BEER CO (NITRO) 8 6.3% Golden Stout – Goblet 10.5oz FROZEN IRISH COFFEE 10 Like a heavy make out session in the snow - PIZZA PORT BREWING 9 Tullamore Dew Irish Whisky, Sherried Rye, R&D House bitters, 6.0% Red Ale – Pint 14.5oz Ameretto, sugar & Cold brew coffee from Dark Horse Coffee. ROUGH DRAFT BREWING 9 TOKI JAPANESE HIGHBALL 9 5.8% Raspberry Sour – Goblet 10.5% Crisp & Refreshing - Suntory Toki Japanese Whisky and Seven Grand’s very bubbly STONE BREWING 9 soda water. 7.5% Pineapple and Mandarin IPA – Pint 14.5oz BOOCHCRAFT KOMBUCHA 11 MINT JULEP 11 7.0% Barrel Aged with cantalope & clove - Goblet 10.5oz For the Gentle Soul Kentucky Straight Bourbon, mint & raw sugar. Served on crused ice, with a cown of mint. This establishment uses ingredients that contain nuts & eggs Thanks for imbibing Table of Contents INTRODUCTION: “WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WHISKEY” SECTION 1 - SEVEN GRAND SINGLE BARRELS SECTION 2 - AMERICAN WHISKIES STRAIGHT BOURBON ARTICLE: “DO YOU HAVE PAPPY” RYE WHISKEY TENESSEE AMERICAN WHISKEYS ARTICLE - SCOTCH SECTION 3 - SCOTCH SPEYSIDE THE HIGHLANDS CAMPBELTOWN LOWLANDS THE ISLANDS - ARRAN THE ISLANDS - ISLE OF JURA THE ISLANDS - ISLE OF SKYE THE ISLANDS - ORKNEY ISLANDS THE ISLE OF ISLAY SCOTCH BLENDED WHISKEY SECTION 4 - WORLD WHISK(E)Y ARTICLE - IRISH WHISKEY IRELAND JAPAN HONG KONG TAIWAN INDIA CANADA MEXICO NEW ZEALAND ARTICLE - SOME FINAL THOUGHTS On the question, “What is your favorite whiskey?” Of all the questions posed to us, this is perhaps expensive whiskey is better than inexpensive the most common, straightforward, and oddly whiskey. Expensive whiskey is never expensive difficult to answer. When the question “what’s your because it tastes better. It’s expensive because it favorite whiskey?” is asked, it is to help guide and was more expensive to produce. Or it took more educate someone into a dram that suits them. It is time to produce, which is almost the same thing. a simple question to ask, but is inherently tied to Any of the bartenders here with any tenure at our personalities, it’s personal. There are layers of all, have likely drunk through the entirety of our knowledge developed over years of experience 800+ bottle collection. We’re passionate geeks, that shape our absurdy nuanced opinions. A who are spoiled with choice and just as excited as simple answer is never enough, and additionally anyone ought to be to try something new. When isn’t why the question was asked in the first place. you’re exposed to such variety and embrace it with Nevertheless, we must provide an answer. Wild thoughtfulness, your opinion shapes around some Turkey 101 Bourbon is the correct oversimplification. arbitrary criteria that becomes a working definition. Bartenders constantly take complicated situations We like a bourbon that is the most “bourbon-y” and bring them to an absurd simplicity. It feels good. of all the bourbons and a scotch that is the most You should try it. This isn’t helpful though, so allow “scotch-y”. Talk about lazy language. I assure you me to explain. though, that laziness is more about efficiency than it For the quick and dirty, thinking about it like is a lack of adjectives. food will help relate. “Who makes the best tacos in “What’s your favorite whiskey then?” It depends. town?” is a conversation that, in San Diego at least, If all whiskey, defined as stuff that gets you drunk, can become contentious and involve more strangers is the same, then we are free to allow our nights than anyone would naturally expect. The world of intentions, budget, and palate determine the whiskey is going to include enough variety of flavor favorite whiskey of the moment. As professionals that the closest food question is probably more spoiled by more booze than we can hope to accurately posed, “who makes the best sandwich, remember, we tend to have three favorites. The no taco, pizza, gyro, burrito, burger, patty-melt, or poke budget favorite, which is always expensive, weird, bowl in town?” To which the appropriate response and constantly changing. The palate favorite, which is, “what?” with a furrowed and confused look. slow to change, reasonably expensive, generally Elaborately explained, whiskey at its core is the available, and delicious. Finally, there’s the one that same. It all starts as a beer made from some grain, fits all three most frequently. The last of this group distilled into a subjectively delicious spirit, and ends up at staff parties, holidays, is shared with then tossed into a barrel for lots and lots of hours.