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THE WHISKEY BOOK THE HOUSE WHISKEY Buffalo Trace If you’re drinking whiskey just for fun, and aren’t interested Frankfort, Kentucky 90 Proof in discerning the subtle differences between the array of Buffalo Trace Bourbon is our House We at Eureka! take great pride in our Bourbon at Eureka! and we take choices available to you, then by all means continue to whiskey selection and we appreciate the great pride in being able to serve this amazing whiskey in our house work that went into crafting it. We take cocktails. Buffalo Trace is renowned drink whatever you’d like. We aren’t going to tell you how equal pride in having such a fine whiskey for making quality products for over 200 Years. Buffalo Trace is one of as our house offering. All of our signature only a few distilleries that was allowed bourbon cocktails are made with verve, to continue to produce whiskey to enjoy yourself. However, we are here to tell you that if during prohibition. Although the care, and this superb whiskey. name of the distillery has changed over the years, one thing has re- discovering new facets and insight about your whiskey mained consistent: their dedication to great American-made whiskey. sounds like enjoyment to you, then enjoyment you shall Nose: sweet caramel, toffee, cereal, and hints of oak and cinnamon Taste: brown sugar, spice, oak, find. We can help you pinpoint your favorite whiskies and toffee, dark fruit, and anise Finish: long and smooth with a to understand what about them you like, so you can find slight hint of toasty oak and mint more favorites. I know it is tempting to just go ahead and drink the same old whiskey, but why not take a moment? Grain Oak Let’s discover something better. Nutty Floral Spice Sweet Bourbon whiskey has a rich history and is a staple in the great United States of America. Since the early times of distillation, societies have used the natural resources around them to Colorado Gold Straight Bourbon Henry McKenna Single Barrel 10 Year Cedaredge, Colorado Bardstown, Kentucky create alcoholic beverages. Corn was an early staple in the United States, especially in the 90 Proof 100 Proof state of Kentucky. Naturally, distillers turned to corn to make their first whiskeys in the late 19th century. With oak also being prevalent in this area at the time, oak barrels were charred and used as aging vessels for bourbon. By law, bourbon must be produced in the United States, the mash bill must consist of at least 51% corn, be aged in charred new oak barrels, Colorado Gold Straight Bourbon Legend says that in 1837, a young and be bottled at least 80 proof. debuted on the scene in April of Henry McKenna came to America 2010 and immediately won an with his family’s whiskey recipe that award at the American Distilling had been passed down for gener- Institute in a blind whiskey tasting ations. Mr. McKenna instantly fell event. All Colorado Gold spirits are in love with bourbon upon arriving distilled using an Arnold Holstein to the United States and set out to Batch Reflux Still, painstaking effort, create a better bourbon using his and skill. Colorado Gold sources family’s recipe. What emerged their ingredients local whenever was a remarkably smooth bourbon possible and obtain their water from boasting a distinctive character. the grand mesa at 10,500 feet from natural snow melt, implying a certain purity to their product. Nose: caramel, toffee, ripened Nose: sweet caramel, mint, orange banana, leather, and oak rind, oak, and slightly peppery Taste: burnt sugar, toffee, vanilla, Taste: burnt sugar, vanilla, butter- tobacco, and charred oak scotch, and golden fruits Finish: medium long with dry oak Finish: long and dry with notes of character dominant corn, vanilla, and slight spice BOURBON Grain Oak Grain Oak Nutty Floral Nutty Floral Spice Sweet Spice Sweet Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Small Batch Four Roses Single Barrel Eagle Rare 10 Year Ascendant Spirits Breaker Bourbon Frankfort, Kentucky Lawrenceburg, Kentucky Buellton, California 100 Proof 100 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon 100 Proof Frankfort, Kentucky 90 Proof As a founding father of the bourbon Four Roses was founded by Paul Eagle Rare Bourbon Whiskey is Ascendant Spirits is the first distillery industry, Colonel Edmund Haynes Jones, Jr. in 1884 and is named masterfully crafted and carefully in Santa Barbara County to legally Taylor, Jr. left an indelible legacy. after the four red rose corsage that aged for no less than ten years. produce spirits since Prohibition. His dedication to distilling began at a lovely belle wore to a grand ball Every barrel is discriminately selected Their master distiller blends each the close of the Civil War when he during Jones’s youth. The four roses to offer consistent flavor but with a small batch from only eight carefully purchased Old Fire Copper Distillery are a symbol for the passion that is seemingly individual personality. hand-selected chosen barrels that (O.F.C.). There, he developed put into making this bourbon. Four Eagle Rare is a bourbon that lives up have been aged for at least five innovative techniques that are still in Roses uses a very distinct hand- to its name with its lofty, distinctive years. Eureka! has hand-selected use today. Made by hand, this small- crafted process that consists of two taste experience. each barrel that has gone into this batch bourbon whiskey has been different mash bills and five propri- exclusive batch of Breaker for our aged for at least four years inside etary yeast strains. restaurants. century old warehouses constructed by Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Nose: green apples, vanilla, Nose: fruity, spicy, caramel, vanilla, Nose: toffee, hints of orange peel, Nose: rich dark chocolate, vanilla, caramel, and raw grains cocoa, maple, and moderately herbs, honey, leather, and oak hints of molasses, and campfire woody smoke Taste: burnt sugar, vanilla, caramel, Taste: bold, dry, oaky flavors with apple cider, and dusty corn Taste: hints of ripe plum, cherries, notes of candied almonds, and very Taste: sweet corn, oak, spices, bold vanilla, and slight cocoa rich cocoa flavors of vanilla, and molasses Finish: medium finish dominating of dry corn and lingering notes of Finish: delicately long and smooth Finish: dry and lingering oak Finish: long and complex with oaky vanilla and oak with notes of oak, chocolate, and barrel notes and mustiness butterscotch Grain Oak Grain Oak Grain Oak Grain Oak Nutty Floral Nutty Floral Nutty Floral Nutty Floral Spice Sweet Spice Sweet Spice Sweet Spice Sweet Templeton Prohibition Era Rye Michter’s Single Barrel Rye Bardstown, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky 100 Proof 84.8 Proof Templeton Rye’s recipe is based on Michter’s prides itself on its re- Prohibition era recipe that was said nowned rye whiskey that they have to be Al Capone’s favorite whiskey. been making since 1753. Michter’s Capone went to great lengths to Rye is made from select American secure this whiskey for his gangs rye grain that is sheared to maximize and was supplied with hundreds of the extraction of flavor from the gallons per month to be poured in grain. Every bottle of Michter’s Rye speakeasies throughout Chicago, comes from a single barrel which New York, and as far west as San reflects their extraordinary commit- Francisco. Today, the recipe is still ment to offering Kentucky straight produced in Templeton, IA sourcing rye whiskey of the absolute highest whiskey from Indiana. quality. Nose: spiced orange, clove, Nose: rye bread, orange peel, grass earthiness, vanilla, and cinnamon clippings, and peppery spice candy Taste: orange blossom, honey, oak, Taste: honey-sweetness, cinnamon, citrus, and butterscotch dry rye grain with a slight spiciness Finish: soft sweet finish with notes Finish: medium crisp finish of honey of oak and mint and cinnamon spice Rye whiskey is considered to be the fruitier and spicier cousin to American bourbon whiskey. Rye whiskey gained its popularity in the northeast states of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Rye is largely known by bartenders across the world as a great cocktail whiskey and is featured in our Old Fashioned, Sazerac, and Manhattan with Old RYEOverholt Rye, which is the only rye whiskey to survive Prohibition. By law, rye whiskey Grain Oak Grain Oak must be made with a mash bill of at least 51% rye and be aged in charred new oak barrels. Rye whiskey that has been aged in this manner for at least two years is considered “straight rye”. Nutty Floral Nutty Floral Spice Sweet Spice Sweet Sazerac Straight Rye Rittenhouse Bottled-In-Bond Prichard’s Tennessee Rye High West Rendezvous Frankfort, Kentucky Kelso, Tennessee 90 Proof Straight Rye 86 Proof Straight Rye Bardstown, Kentucky Park City, Utah 100 Proof 92 Proof Sazerac Rye Whiskey symbolizes Rittenhouse is produced in the Prichard’s uses special select Rendezvous Rye is a marriage of the tradition and history of New tradition of the classic Pennsylvania American rye which is then distilled two exotic straight rye whiskeys Orleans. Rye whiskey that dates or Monongahela (river in PA) rye in a copper pot still and aged in – one old, and one young. It mar- back to the 1800s, around the time whiskeys. Monongahela whiskey small American oak barrels for the ries the rich aromatic qualities of a when saloons, veiled as Coffee gained fame when the American perfect balance of smoothness and 16-year-old 80% rye with the bold Houses, began lining the streets of Revolution brought rum trading to a flavors desired. It is bottled at 86 spicy properties of a six-year-old New Orleans.