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THE FOUNDATIONS OF NEW AMSTERDAM. CONTENTS. ______

Stadt Huys Block & The Lovelace Tavern. . Spirit-Forward...... 1 Spirit-Forward...... 2 Lovelace Tavern Sours, Bitters & Fruits...... 3 New York City’s Stopgap Town Hall Sours, Bitters & Fruits...... 4 Stadt Huys Block was a town located in the old Dutch & Tonic of Month...... 5 New Amsterdam in the mid-1600s. The Block was the Gin & Tonic Cocktails - Spanish-Style...... 6 site of Stadt Huys, New York City’s first town hall, which was built originally as a tavern called Stadt GIN. Herbergh. It was located near 77 Pearl Street. Gin Tasting Flights...... 7 American Gin...... 8 The first large-scale archaeological excavation in International Gin...... 9 New York City took place in the Wall Street district International Gin / Tonic Waters...... 10 in 1979–1980, when the city was making way for a new office building that would become the headquarters of Goldman Sachs. RUM. Rum Flights...... 12 While the excavations did not reveal any evidence of Rum, Ron & Rhum...... 12 the Stadt Huys building, researchers did discover the remains of the Lovelace Tavern. Built in 1670 by . Sir Francis Lovelace, New York City’s second English Grape, Apple & Other Fruit...... 13 governor, it served as an interim town hall after the Stadt Huys fell out of use. . The excavation revealed a host of information, from a Tequila & ...... 14 large number of broken tobacco pipe stems to a number of bottle fragments dating from the late 17th HISTORY. century. The dig also excavated the foundations of Stadt Huys - New York City’s first Town Hall...... 15 the Tavern, which are now part of a permanent display across the street at Goldman Sachs Plaza.

Today we look back on this history and on what’s gone before us. Old world spirits drinking in New York style. It’s the history of the Tavern - the Stopgap Town Hall. COCKTAILS. TEQUILA. ______

Spirit-Forward. Centuries before tequila was invented, the drank pulque, a fermented drink which used the sap of the plant. By the 1500s the Spanish were using their brandy distilling techinques Diamondback. to produce we know today as mezcal. In the early 1600s, the first Bottoms Up, Ted Saucier, 1951 large-scale distillery was built in what is now Tequila, . Rittenhouse Straight Rye (100 Proof)...... 15 Laird’s Apple Jack, Silver. Blanco. Platinum. Yellow Chartreuse. clear and typically un-aged tequila Cazadores(Sustainable)...... 12 Don Julio...... 14 American , Frank Newman, 1904 El Tesoro...... 12 Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still)...... 15 Reposado. Dolin Dry , Orange Bitters. rested in wood barrels between 2 & 12 months Served with an olive or a lemon. Cazadores(12 months in American oak barrels)...... 13 Don Julio(8 months American white-oak)...... 15 El Tesoro(8-11 months in ex-bourbon barrels) ..... 13 American Bar, Frank Newman, 1904 Fortaleza(7 months American oak barrels)...... 14 Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Brut (France)...... 16 Herradura(11 months in American oak barrels)...... 14 D’Ussé VSOP , Pueblo Viejo(9 months in American oak.)...... 11 , Sugar Cube. Siete(8 months in white oak barrels)...... 14

La Rosita Añejo. aged for at least 1 year The Bartender’s Bible, Gary Regan, 1991 Cazadores(at least 1 year in American oak barrels).16 Cazadores Tequila Reposado ()(100% Agave)... 15 Don Julio(18 months in American white-oak)...... 17 Dolin Dry Vermouth, , Don Julio 1942 (2.5 years)...... 36 Dolin Sweet Vermouth El Tesoro (2-3 years aging in oak barrels)...... 14 Angostura Bitters, Orange . Roca (14 months in bourbon barrels)...... 22

Tipperary Extra Añejo. Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1916 Dulce Vida(50%)(5 years)(Napa Vall wine barrels).. 34 Teeling Small Batch Whiskey (Ireland)...... 15 Cocchi Sweet Vermouth, Mezcal. Green Chartreuse, Orange Bitters. del Maguey Chichicapa(single village)(7-8 years).. 18 del Maguey Vida(single village)(7-8 years)...... 11

1. 14. BRANDY. COCKTAILS. ______

Originally a medicine distiled in France, it was a 16th century Spirit-Forward. Dutchman trader who invented the way to ship more wine in the limited cargo space by removing water from the wine. Water was then added back to the concentrate at the destination port. Bijou. “bradwijn,” meaning “burned wine”. It later became “brandy.” Spirit-Forward. Plymouth Gin (England)(since 1793)...... 15 . Dolin Sweet Vermouth, Brandy produced in Gascony, southwest France Green Chartreuse, Orange Bitters. Castarède 10 Year VSOP (Bas-Armagnac)...... 14 Francis Darroze 12 Year (Bas-Armagnac)...... 18 Francis Darroze 20 Year (Bas-Armagnac...... 22 circa 1870s Château du Tariquet XO (Bas-Armagnac)(15 years)... 18 High West Double Rye (blend of 2 YO & 16 YO)...... 15 Château du Busca 15 Year (Armagnac-Ténarèze)...... 28 Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, Angostura Bitters Brandied Morello Cherry. . Apple brandy from the Normandy region, France Lecompte 12 Year (finished in barrels).. 11 Caffe Casoni, Florence, Italy, 1919 Château du Breuil 15 Year ...... 12 Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still)...... 15 Père Magloire VS (2-3 years, in century-old oak) .. 18 Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter, Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, Orange Twist. Cognac. Brandy produced in the Cognac region of west France Bache-Gabrielsen - American Oak . (first cognac stored in American oak barrels)..... 12 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, 1880 Hine - H - VSOP (aged for a minimum of 4 years).... 13 Basil Hayden’s Dark Rye (Kentucky)...... 15 Paul Giraud - Napoleon (aged up to 15 years)...... 14 Fee’s Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned Bitters, Pierre Ferrand - 1840 (aged in Limousin oak) ...... 14 Superfine Sugar Syrup, Brandied Morello Cherry. Pierre Ferrand - Renegade No.1 (Sauternes casks).. 24 D’Ussé VSOP (aged at least 4 & a half years)...... 12 New Orleans . New Orlean, Louisiana, circa 1830s of the Americas. Pierre Ferrand Cognac 1840 (France)...... 15 Barsol - Primero Quebranta (Peru) ...... 11 Peychaud’s Bitters, Superfine Sugar Syrup, Control C - Pisco (Chile)(Moscatel grapes)...... 11 Vieux Pontarlier . Copper & Kings - Butchertown(Kentucky)...... 16 Note: The Sazerac was originally made with cognac until the Laird’s - (New Jersey )...... 11 Great French Wine Blight of the 1860s forced bartenders to Singani 63 (Bolivia)(White Muscat grapes)...... 11 turn instead to . 13. 2. COCKTAILS. RUM. ______English-style, distilled from molasses Appleton Estate V/X (Jamaica)...... 11 Appleton Estate 21 Year (Jamaica)(American oak)... 38 Sours / Bitters / Fruits. Banks 5-Island (3-12 Years) (Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, & Java)..... 14 El Dorado 12 Year (Guyana)(Demerara)(bourbon bbl). 14 Aperol Spritz. Gosling’s Black Seal (Bermuda)...... 11 Aperol Aperitivo (Italy)...... 15 Lemon Hart 151° (Guyana)(Demerara)(75.5%)...... 14 Toffoli Prosecco di Conegliano, Soda Water. Mount Gay XO Extra Old (Barbados)(8-15 years)..... 20 Mount Gay Black Barrel (Barbados)(bourbon bbl).... 14 . Smith & Cross - Navy Strength (Jamaica)(57%)...... 14 Recipes for Mixed Drinks, Hugo Ensslin, 1916 Two James - Doctor Bird (Jamaica/Detroit) Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still)...... 15 finished in Moscatel casks...... 11 Luxardo Maraschino, The Scarlet Ibis (Trinidad)...... 14 J. Wray & Nephew Rum - Silver (Jamaica)...... 10 Crème de Violet, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, Brandied Morello Cherry. RHUM AGRICOLE. French-style, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice Clover Club. Barbancourt White (Haiti)...... 11 pre-Prohibition cocktail popular in the late 1880s Barbancourt Reserve 8 Year (Haiti)(French oak).... 12 Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still)...... 16 Barbancourt Reserve 15 Year (Haiti)(French oak.... 18 Lemon Juice, Raspberry Syrup, La Favorite Ambre (Martinique)(pot still)(18 mths).12 Dolin Dry Vermouth, Egg White. La Favorite Vieux (Martinique)(3-14 Year)(bourbon).16 Neisson Blanc (Martinique)(50%)...... 12 Neisson Reserve (Martinique)(50%) Bee’s Knees. (French oak & ex-bourbon casks)...... 20 The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury, 1949 Plymouth Gin (England)(since 1793)...... 15 RON. Lemon Juice, Spanish-style, distilled from molasses Orange Blossom Honey Syrup. Brugal 1888 (Dominican Republic) (double-aged)(American oak, Spanish sherry)...... 16 . Facundo Eximo (Puerto Rico) at least 10 years..... 21 “Drinks”, Jacques Straub, 1914 Facundo Exquisito (Puerto Rico) 7-23 years...... 32 Barbancourt Rhum - 8 Year(Haiti)...... 15 Flor de Cana 18 Year (Nicaragua)(bourbon bbls).... 18 Lime Juice, Simple Syrup. Kirk & Sweeney 23 Year (Dominican Republic)...... 15 Parce 12 Year(Colombia)(PAR-say:“good friend”).... 12 Ron Del Barrilito 3 Star (Puerto Rico)(6 years)... 12 Santa Teresa 1796 (Venezuela)(5-35 year)(Solera).. 20

3. 12. RUM. COCKTAILS. ______

Long before America discovered high fructose corn syrup, the Sours / Bitters / Fruits. colonies’ were hooked on sugarcane molasses, and rum. The New England colonies were one of the leading rum producers in the world, using imported molasses mainly the French West Indies. Dark and Stormy. In an effort to control trade the British turned to taxation. Gosling’s Black Seal Rum (Bermuda)...... 15 This “taxation without representation” would ultimately lead to Lime Juice, Lovelace Ginger Syrup, trade embargoes on molasses, and most importantly tea, a Club Soda, Candied Ginger. Revolutionary War, & America’s love of corn, & whiskey. . RUM, RON, RHUM FLIGHT. An accidental invention called the Tequila Daisy Mount Gay XO Extra Old by an Irishman called Madden, (Barbados) 8 & 15 years in bourbon barrels (Margarita is Spanish for Daisy) Facundo Eximo circa 1930s (Puerto Rico) at least 10 years Pueblo Viejo Reposado Tequila (100% Agave)...... 15 Neisson Reserve Speciale Combier d’Orange, Lime Juice, (Martinique) French oak & ex-bourbon casks Agave Nectar, Lime Wheel. 33 (Salt Rim, Optional)

Pisco . American. Nuevo Manual de Cocina a la Criolla, Prichard’s - Fine Rum(Tennessee)(3 years)...... 14 S.E. Ledesma, 1903 Privateer Navy Yard(MA)(57.7%)(2 years)...... 16 BarSol Primero Quebranta (Peru)...... 16 Privateer Silver Reserve(Massachusetts)...... 12 Simple Syrup, Lime Juice, Egg White. Cachaça. Brazilian spirit distilled from sugarcane juice Blackberry Mule. Avuá Amburana (aged in Amburana wood)...... 16 Various origins, circa 1940s Novo Fogo Silver (Organic)...... 11 Cazadores Blanco (100% Agave)...... 15 Lovelace Ginger Syrup, Lime Juice, Infused Rum. Cr me de Cassis, Blackberries. Chairman’s Reserve - Spiced (St. Lucia)(bourbon).. 16 è Stolen - Smoked Rum (Trinidad/USA)(2 years)...... 11 (infused with Colombian Arabica coffee, smoked with American hardwood)

11. 4. GIN. ____

Germany. Monkey 47 - Schwarzwald Dry (47 ingredients)...... 16 Ireland. Dingle Original Gin (rowan berry, bog myrtle, & heather)...... 11 Drumshanbo - Gunpowder(gunpowder tea) ...... 13 ______Netherlands. Bols Genever - Amsterdam Gin GIN OF THE MONTH. (subdued juniper, honeysuckle & citrus notes)..... 11 Nolet’s Dry Gin(Turkish rose, peach, raspberry)... 15 Scotland. Caorunn. The Botanist(sweet chamomile, heather, hawthorn).. 14 (Scotland) Caorunn(Celtic for rowan berry)(blush apple)...... 12 Hendrick’s Gin (floral, citrus, cucumber)...... 12 Caorunn(Ka-roon) is a small batch, quadruple- distilled Scottish Gin, on the banks of the River Spain. Spey. Handcrafted using only the finest pure grain Gin Mare Mediterranean Gin spirit, natural Scottish Water & 11 botanical gin (rosemary, thyme, olive, & basil)...... 14 ingredients: an expert infusion of 5 locally foraged botanicals & 6 traditional botanicals. TONIC. Boylan Heritage Tonic (NY) (Tight bubbles, muted sweetness, citrus, dry)...... 4 The Sipper Fentimans Tonic Water (England) Caorunn (Clean, refreshing. Lemongrass, citrus, quinine)... 4 12 Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water (England) (Sweet, citrus, quinine. Effervescent)...... 4 Ae Fond Kiss Caorunn Scottish Gin Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water (England) (Herbal, balanced bitterness, crisp. Effervescent). 4 Fentimans Tonic Water Red Delicious Apple BITTER LEMON. 15 Fever Tree Bitter Lemon (England) (soft, subtle lemon. Balanced. Effervescent)...... 4

5. 10. GIN. GIN & TONIC COCKTAILS. ______

Austria. SPANISH-STYLE. Reisetbauer Sloeberry(Hungarian sloe berries)..... 11

Canada. Skellig Rocks Dillon’s Unfiltered Gin 22(lavender, citrus)...... 18 Dingle Original Gin England. Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic Beefeater Gin London Dry 24 (Dry) Blackberry, Lemon, Mint. (juniper forward, light citrus zest)...... 12 15 Bombay Sapphire (juniper, coriander, angelica, almonds, cubeb, lemon, orris, liquorice)...... 11 Brooklyn Brockmans (floral) Brooklyn Small Batch Gin (bright, fresh, and fruity)...... 12 Boylan Heritage Tonic Water Hayman’s Old Tom (dry/sweet) Lemon, Lavender. (citrus & juniper, subtle sweetness)...... 11 15 Hayman’s Royal Dock (57%) (juniper, coriander & citrusy flavors)...... 12 The Spice Trail Martin Miller’s Gin (Icelandic water) Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin citrus forward...... 11 Fever Tree Indian Tonic Martin Miller’s Gin Westbourne Strength (45%) (juniper, citrus sweetness)...... 13 Fresh Ginger, Dried Red Chili Pepper. Opihr Oriental Spiced (juniper, cubeb, black pepper, cumin, coriander, orange...... 12 15 Plymouth Gin (angelica, cardamom, lemon zest, sweet orange & juniper)...... 12 Raspberry Beret Plymouth Gin Navy Strength (57%) Dingle Original Gin (greater intensity of flavor & heat)...... 16 Fentimans Tonic Water Sipsmith Gin London Dry Raspberries, (dry, spicy, & full of character)...... 12 Lemon Twist, Cucumber. Sipsmith (29%) 15 (made using Dartmoor sloe berries)...... 15 Tanqueray - No. Ten (clean juniper, The Guillemot red grapefruit, white grapefruit, jasmine)...... 14 Dingle Original Gin France. Fever Tree Indian Tonic Citadelle Gin (zesty with a dry, peppery finish).. 11 Blood Orange, Rosemary. Citadelle - Reserve (barrel-aged)...... 15 15

9. 6. GIN. GIN. ______

Distilled from grain or malt, & flavored with a collection of herbs These United States. & botanicals, gin’s name comes from genever, the Dutch word Anchor Distilling - Junípero Gin (CA) for juniper. Today a seemingly endless variety of ingredients are dry with a spicy finish...... 12 used, from lemongrass to lavender, from cardamom to cilantro. Aviation - American Gin (OR) sarsaparilla, orange peel, lavender...... 11 Gin likely traces its origins to medicinal produced back Barr Hill Gin (VT) juniper & raw honey...... 14 in the Middle Ages, with references to a spirit flavored with Big Gin (WA) juniper, grains of , “genever” referenced in a 13th Century Flemish manuscript. orange peel, Tasmanian pepper berry ...... 11 By the 1600s, the Dutch were producing gin, with hundreds of distilleries in the city of Amsterdam alone. Today the distillers Bimini Gin (ME) grapefruit zest, hops, coriander seed, chamomile ...... 11 of the world use gin as a vehicle to tell their own story sourcing ingredients that are unique to their own landscape. Bluecoat - Barrel Finished (PA) juniper, pepper, floral, oak...... 14 We’ve carefully selected an electic list from across the world, Brooklyn Gin (NY) offering you passage on a journey through time and flavor. lime, Minneola orange, juniper, lavender...... 14 Death’s Door (WI) fennel, anise, juniper, coriander seeds...... 12 GIN FLIGHTS. No. 209 (CA) The Americas. juniper, cardamom, bergamot, orange & lemon peel.. 12 Barr Hill Gin New York Distillery - Dorothy Parker(NY) (VT) juniper-forward with raw honey juniper, elderberries, hibiscus, citrus...... 12 Dillon’s Unfiltered 22 New York Distillery - ’s Tot (57%)(NY) (Canada) lemongrass, juniper, lime zest juniper, spices, citrus, honey...... 12 Bluecoat - Barrel Finished Greenhook Ginsmiths - American Dry (NY) (PA) aged in American Oak juniper, cinnamon, chamomile...... 12 25 Greenhook Ginsmiths - Beach Plum (30%)(NY) Beach Plum is an east coast fruit ...... 14 Europe. Greenhook Ginsmiths - Old Tom (50%)(NY) Brockmans (England) (bourbon & Oloroso Sherry casks)...... 14 refreshing citrus & aromatic wild berries St. George - Botanivore (CA) Monkey 47 Schwarzwald (Germany) ginger, cinnamon, cilantro, bay leaf, citrus ..... 13 juniper, pepper, flowers, citrus & cranberries Tamworth Garden - Apiary (NH) juniper, poplar buds, red clover & raw honey...... 18 Dingle Original Gin (Ireland) rowan berry, fuchsia, bog myrtle, hawthorn & heather 22 7. 8.