spirits list AGAVE ilegal Joven $12 | $7 Ilegal Reposado $19 | $10

La Medida $18 | $10 AGAVE ANGUSTIFOLIA Espadin | Chato Espadin • Rio Golea, Oaxaca • 49.54% • Copper • Celso Luis Santiago Almost 90% of are made with Agave Angustifolia. The Espadin coming from Oaxaca is what gave mezcal its fame, more or less. These plants mature Nuestra Soledad Ejutla $16 | $9 in about 10-12 years, are hardy and produce a lot of sugar and juice to make Espadin • La Compania, Ejutla, Oaxaca • 47% • Copper mezcal with. Espadin is the perfect agave to showcase mezcal’s classic flavors • Gregorio Hernández of floral and ripe fruit, herbaceous earth and smoke. Chato is synonymous with Espadin from , but is not included as one of the states for making mezcal OUTLIERS... but still AGAVE ANGUSTIFOLIA and thus must be called Destilado de Agave.

Alipus San Baltazar $16 | $9 BACANORA Espadin • San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca • 47.4% • Copper • Don Cosmé A type of mezcal from the state of Sonara. Granted its own Denomination Of Hernandez Origin in 2005, Bacanora can only be made with Angustifolia Haw, commonly known as agave Pacifica. Bacanora tends to be lighter on the smoke than other Cruz de Fuego $12 | $7 mezcals and is somewhat acidic, with green vegetal flavors and black pepper. Espadin • Santiago Matatlan, Oaxaca • 45% • Copper • Margarita Blas A nice intro into the world of agave spirits outside of .

Del Maguey Espadin Especial $30 | $16 Rancho Tepua Blanco $18 | $10 Espadin • Santa Maria Albarradas, Oaxaca • 45% • Copper • Pacifica • Aconchi, Sonora • 48% • Steel • Roberto Contreras Don Rogelio Martinez Cruz, Leopoldino Miranda

Del Maguey Santo Domingo Albarradas $17 | $9 DESTILADO DE AGAVE Espadin • Santo Domingo, Oaxaca • 48% • Copper • Espiridion Morales Luis Destilado de Agave is a term that is used to label a spirit distilled from agave from a producer that has not certified their spirit for varied reasons, from eco- Del Maguey Vida $12 | $7 nomic problems to social issues. Therefore, they can not legally label it Mezcal Espadin • San Luis del Rio, Oaxaca • 42% • Copper • Pacioano Cruz Nolasco or Tequila, or any other name that has a set of rules and regulations defined by a Denomination of Origin (DO). These spirits will be notes with *. El Jolgorio Espadin $28 | $15 Espadin • Rio Golea, San Pedro Quiatoni, Oaxaca • 47.6% • Copper • Caballito Cerrero Chato $18 | $10 Chato • Amatitan, Jalisco • 46% • Copper, Steel • Don Claudio Jiménez Celso Luis Santiago Hernández * AGAVE RHODACANTHA Dobadaan | Mexicano | Cuixe | Ixtero Amarillo AGAVE POTATORUM Tobala The Rhodacantha agaves are dispersed throughout the Western part The Tobala is the sweetheart of the agave world. These agaves are of and grow quite large with large teeth on their pencas. This adorably small with beautiful broad leaves, its piña itself is about species has a preference for foothills and pine forests. They produce the size of a pumpkin. They grow in the wild nestled in the shade some of the more intense mezcales and are good if you´re seeking of trees up in highly elevated rocky terrains; like a truffle of something on the smokier, oily and herbal side. the agave world. They boast long roots that break through lime- stone rocks contributing in search of nutrients. These mezcals are El Jolgorio Mexicano $28 | $15 delicate, lightly sweet with briny notes and tropical fruits. They are Mexicano • Santa Maria Zoquitlan, Santiago Matatlán • 47% • Copper endlessly complex with long, long finishes. • Ignacio Parada Del Maguey Tobala $28 | $15 Marca Negra Dobadan $28 | $15 Tobala • Santa Maria Albarradas, Oaxaca • 46% • Copper • Don Rogelio Martinez Cruz, Leopoldino Miranda Dobadan • Santa Maria La Pila, Oaxaca • 49% • Copper • Alberto Ortiz El Jolgorio Tobala $30 | $16 Chacolo Ixtero Amarillo $30 | $16 Tobala • San Baltazar Guelavila, Oaxaca • 47% • Copper • Gregorio Ixtero Amarillo • Zapotitlan De Vadillo, Jalisco • 48.5% • Copper Hernandez • Don Macario Partida *

AGAVE TEQUILANA Blue Weber AGAVE DURANGENSIS Durangensis | Cenizo Most notably known for the production of tequila, Agave Tequilana Agave Durangensis is the most common agave used for mezcal in the is also distilled by mezcaleros with traditional mezcal processes. Mexican state of Durango. These agaves have bright fruity notes with hints of The result is a spirit that more accurately resembles what earth and minerality with a rich mouth-feel. used to taste like.

Mezcales de Leyenda Durango $20 | $11 Del Maguey San Luis del Rio Azul $30 | $16 Cenizo • Nombre de Dios, Durango • 47% • Copper • Ventura Gallegos Azul • San Luis del Rio, Oaxaca • 4 by 7% • Copper • Marcos Cruz Mendez, Paciano Cruz Nolasco Hacienda Mezcal Dolores $13 | $7 Cenizo • Hacienda Dolores, Durango • 43% • Copper & Wood • Enrique de Derrumbes $18 | $10 la Cruz Azul • Huitzila, Zacatecas • 48% • Copper • Jaime Bañuelos AGAVE AMERICANA AGAVE CUPREATA Cupreata | Papalome Arroqueno | Sierra Negra | Coyote Giants, up to 10 feet wide! Arroqueño is the genetic mother of the The genetic grandparent of the famed Tobala agave. These are Espadín and can take upwards of 20 years to mature. Along with short and stocky with broad leaves and generally a little larger than the typical tropical fruit notes, the mezcals can be earthy, funky tobala. They are found mostly growing wild in Michoacán and Guer- and a touch herbaceous. Their abundance of sugars keeps all the rero. Certain regions call mezcal made from cupreata “Papalomé,” flavors in balance, even at higher proofs. This species is found meaning butterfly. They lean towards earthy and a bit savory, along most commonly in Oaxaca and Puebla, but can be found hiding in with the usual delicate, fruity and floral characteristics associ- other places. ated with mezcal.

Del Maguey Wild Papalome $25 | $14 Del Maguey Arroqueno $25 | $13 Arroqueño • Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca • 49% • Clay Pot • Florencio Cupreata, Tobala • San Pedro Teozacoalco, Oaxaca • 48% • Clay Pot, Steel Carlos Sarmiento, Florencio Carlos Vasquez • Fernando Caballero Cruz Rey Campero Coyote $28 | $15 Mezcales de Leyenda Guerrero $19 | $10 Coyote • Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca • 48.7% • Copper • Romulo Sanchez Parada Cupreata • Mazatlan | Xochipala, Guerrero • 45% • Copper • Don Oscar Obregón, Rodolfo Obregon

Machetazo Cupreata $15 | $8 AGAVE MARMORATA Tepeztate Cupreata • Mochitlán, Guerrero • 40% • Copper • Jose Morales Uribe Tepeztate has broad twisted leaves and can grow to be quite large and jurassic-like. They grow mainly at very high altitudes and take Siembra Metl Don Mateo Cupreata $16 | $9 12-15 years on average, and in some cases up to 25 years or more. Cupreata • Pino Bonito, Michoacán • 46% • Copper • Emilio Vieyra These mezcals are generally quite floral and herbaceous flavors and can be a little funky and weird.

El Jolgorio Tepeztate $32 | $17 Tepeztate • Lachigui, El Palmar, Miahuatlan, Oaxaca • 48% • Copper • Pedro Vasquez Ogarrio

Rey Campero Tepeztate $25 | $13 Tepeztate • Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca • 48% • Copper • Romulo Sanchez Parada

AGAVE KARWINSKI Madrecuixe | Barril | Tobaziche | Etc AGAVE CONVALLIS Jabali Karwinskii agaves are almost Doctor Seuss-like with a short stalk that the The rare Agave Jabali is extremely hard to work with: it foams and agave piña and leaves grow on top of, almost resembling a small palm tree. expands during fermentation and , which has led to The importance here is the stalk can also be roasted, fermented and distilled some stills being damaged during distillation as the spirit has along with the piña. There are less sugars and thus less juice so this results been known to burst out of the seams of the still. This agave has in mezcals that are drier, more tannic, herbaceous and not quite as fruity and a distinctly wild attitude, and many of the Jabali mezcals that can floral as others, though still plenty complex and delicious. be found in Oaxaca are still somewhat chaotic and unrefined. But with crazy and unpredictable fermentation comes abundant El Jolgorio Barril $30 | $16 flavor! Creamy yet acidic, floral green melon. Barril • La Compania, Santa Maria Zoquitlan, Ejutla, Oaxaca • 47% • Copper • Gregorio Hernández Rey Campero Jabali $26 | $14 El Jolgorio Tobaziche $35 | $18 Jabalí • Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca • 48% • Copper • Romulo Sanchez Tobaziche • Agua Del Espino, Ejutla, Oaxaca • 48% • Copper Parada • Pablo Vásquez El Jolgorio Cuishe $28 | $15 Cuishe • Santa Maria Zoquitlan, Oaxaca • 47.8% • Copper • Ignacio Parada AGAVE SALMIANA Salmiana Rey Campero cuishe $ 24 | $13 This agave plant is huge with leaves that are thick, dark green with a large point at the tip and strong spines on the edges. It takes about Candelaria Yegole, Oaxaca • 48% • Copper • Romulo Sanchez Parada 7-10 years to grow and can be found in the highlands of Coahuila, Durango, and San Luis Potosi. These agaves are known for their unique green and funky flavors. Unlike most mezcal that we know as being cooked underground in earthen ovens, in San Luis Potosi, it is tradition- AGAVE WARaSH al to cook the agave in above ground clay ovens similar to tequila that Maguey Warash is endemic to the Sierra Norte, Oaxaca. It is make some of these spirits lack the traditional smoky notes of other currently not classified by the Consejo Regulador del Mezcal (CRM) mezcals, but for what they lack in smoke they make up for in vegetal, and biologists from the CRM have reportedly noted that this agave mineral, robust flavor. is not within the CRM catalog. The agave looks like a cross between agave Rhodacantha (Mexicano) and a smaller type of agave Derrumbes San Luis Potosi $12 | $7 Karwinskii. It takes approximately ten years to reach maturity. Salmiana • Characas, San Luis Potosí • 43% • Copper • Juan Manuel Pérez Juárez Tobsa Warash $35 | $18 Warsh • San Cristobal Lachirioag • 50.65% • Copper • Edgar Gonzalez ENSAMBLES | BLENDS Madre Mezcal $15 | $8 Ensemble is a technique used by skilled mezcaleros that allows Cuishe, Espadin • San Dionisio Ocotepec, Oaxaca • 45% • Copper • them to assemble different agave varieties roasting for one single Jose Garcia Morales batch. Like a painter, they can pick and choose through a variety of agaves to achieve the flavor profile they would like. Some argue Real Minero Espadin Largo $35 | $18 that this style demonstrates what mezcal was like many many Espadin, Largo • Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca • 50.7% • Clay Pot • years previously when whichever agave was ripe was what was dgar Angeles Carreno roasted and produced. They really run the gamut of flavors since there is no rule but extreme nuance is guaranteed. Blending Real Minero Marteno Barril $38 | $20 occurs when the spirits are mixed postdistillation. Marteno, Barril • Santa Catarina Minas, Oaxaca • 53.38% • Clay

5 Sentidos | Sierra Negra Tobala $28 | $15 YOLA $13 | $7 Sierra Negra, Tobala • Santa Catarina Albarradas, Oaxaca • 47.2% • Clay Pot Espadin, Madrecuixe • San Juan del Rio, Oaxaca • 45% • Copper • • Alberto Martínez Guadalupe Bautista

Chacolo Brocha Ixtero Amarillo $30 | $16 destilado con ... Brocha, Ixtero Amarillo • Zapotitlan De Vadillo, Jalisco • 47.4% • Copper • The “Pechuga” style is a very special style of mezcal intended to Don Macario Partida celebrate the harvest and other monumental events. The mezcal is steeped with fruits and spices then redistilled with a piece of Del Maguey San Pablo Ameyaltepec $30 | $16 meat, most commonly a poultry breast suspended in the still. As Tepeztate, Tobala • San Pablo Ameyaltepec, Puebla • 47% • Copper • the vapor moves through the breast the flavors of the herbs and Aurelio Gonzalez Tobon fruit become softened and the mezcal gains a rich, silky mouth- feel. Now we see people making pechugas with all sorts of meats Del Maguey San Pedro Taviche $30 | $16 and vegetables. These mezcales are rich with fruits and spices and Espadin, Tepeztate, Tobala, Tobaziche • Ocotlán, Jalisco • 49% • Copper • sometimes even a little gamey. Delicious! Alberto Hernandez Luis, Juan Hernandez Tosba Pechuga $20 | $11 Derrumbes Tamaulipas $22 | $13 Espadin • San Cristóbal Lachirioag, Oaxaca • 53.38% • Copper • Edgar Funkiana, Univittata, Americana • San Carlos, Tamaulipas • 48.1% • Copper Gonzalez • Turkey Breast • Cuauthemoc Jacquez RAICILLA Lechuguilla | Inaequidens | Maximiliana | Etc Raicilla is made in Western Jalisco. Raicilla can be made from many different types of agave that are scattered across the land- scape. These varied agave species, along with great diversity in terroir, equipment and techniques, give Raicilla an amazing spec- trum of flavor. The humid environment results in bacteria activity which affects the fermentation and can make Raicillas very funky and acidic. Raicilla can range from overripe papaya and green grass to blue cheese and brine. A real wild ride!

Estancia $13 | $7 Maximiliana • La Estancia, Jalisco • 45% • Copper • Juan Ramos TEQUILA Tequila, the most well-known of agave spirits, is made from the Mezonte Japo $30 | $16 Tequilana Weber or “Blue Agave”. Traditionally, the pinas of the Amarillo • Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco • 47% • Copper • Hildegardo Joya plant are roasted in brick ovens, crushed, fermented and distilled. Like any agave plant, the area in which the Blue Agaves are grown La Venenosa Costa de Jalisco $26 | $14 has a significant impact on their flavor. Amarillo & Chico • El Tuito, Jalisco • 45.9% • Wood • Don Alberto Hernandez

La Venenosa Sierra Occidental $15 | $8 Maximiliana • Mascota, Jalisco • 42% • Steel • Don Rubén Peña Fuentes LOS ALTOS | Highlands In the highland region of Mexico the soil tends to be rich in miner- La Venenosa Sur de Jalisco $22 | $12 als and iron due to the red volcanic earth. The climate is also more Espadin • Zapotitlan de Vadillo, Jalisco • 47% • Clay Pot • Don Macario dramatic with cooler nights and more rain. This causes the agave Partida to mature slower with a higher sugar yield producing a much fruitier, sweet taste. The aroma is much more floral and light, with La Venenosa Sierra de Tigre $30 | $16 hints of sweet cream, vanilla, citrus and honey. Inaequidens • Manzanilla de la Paz, Jalisco • 46% • Clay Pot • Don Luis Contreras

La Venenosa Tabernas $12 | $7 EL VALLE | Valley Maximiliana • La Vieja, Jalisco • 40% • Steel • Don Antonio Arrizon The Valley or “lowlands” isn’t really low at all as they sit at the high altitude of just over 4,000i feet above sea level. Here water runs La Venenosa Tutsi $60 | $30 off the mountains into the agave fields so the roots don’t have to Mai • Tatei Kie, Jalisco • 41.1% • Huichol Still • Don Rafael Carrillo Pizano work as hard, they are short and stocky. These tequilas are more rustic tasting with earthy, robust and herbaceous flavors. BLANCO TEQUILA Siembra Azul Blanco | Highlands $12 | $7 Blanco Tequilas typically unaged. Some producers choose to rest Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 40% • Copper & Stainless • Sergio Cruz their Blanco Tequila in steel tanks for up to 4 weeks or in barrels for up to 2 months for a smoother spirit. Blanco Tequila showcases Siembra Valles Ancestral | Valley $14 | $8 the true flavors of the Agave plant. These Tequila’s can be grassy and vegetal with notes of green pepper as well as citrusy with Blue Weber • El Arenal, Jalisco • 50% • Wood, Copper. Steel • Salvador subtle agave sweetness. Rosales Torres

Siembra Valles Blanco | Valley $13 | $7 Arette Blanco | Highlands $10 | $6 Blue Weber • El Arenal, Jalisco • 40% • Wood, Copper. Steel • Salvador Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • • Eduardo, Jaime Orendain Rosales Torres

El Velo Blanco | Valley $11 | $6 Siembra Valles High Proof | Valley $14 | $8 Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 44.5% • Stainless Pot w/ Copper Coil • Carlos Blue Weber • El Arenal, Jalisco • 46% • Wood, Copper. Steel • Salvador Hernandez Rosales Torre

Fortaleza Blanco | Valley $15 | $8 Tapatio 110 Blanco | Highlands $14 | $8 Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Guillermo Erickson Sauza Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 55% • Copper • Carlos Camerena

Tequila Ocho 2016 Plata | Highlands $16 | $9 Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Guillermo Erickson Sauza

Partida Blanco | Valley $16 | $9 Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • Steel • José Valdez

REPOSADO TEQUILA A EJO TEQUILA Reposado tequilas are rested in wood barrels or tanks for a mini- Ñ mum of 2 months. American or French Oak are the most common Añejo tequilas are rested for at least one year in barrels. The extra woods used. Many producers choose used bourbon/whiskey, contact with wood allows the Tequila to take on an amber color and barrels which offer flavors from the previous spir- and more flavor. Some of the greener notes from the Agave fade its they held. This barrel aging contributes a soft golden few with away and the spirit takes on characteristics of oak, carmel, vanilla & subtle hints of earthy honey and baking spice. The flavor of agave cooked agave. still shines through in a Reposado making these tequilas soft yet still spicy. El Tesoro Anejo | Highlands $17 | $9 Calle 23 Reposado | Highlands $12 | $7 Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Carlos Camerena • 2-3 yrs Blue Weber • Ciénega, Jalisco • 40% • Copper Pot Still • Sophie Decobecq • 8 mo Fortaleza Anejo | Valley $23 | $12 Don Julio Reposado | Highlands $18 | $10 Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Guillermo Erickson Sauza • 1.5 yrs Blue Weber • Atotonilco, Jalisco • 40% • Stainless Pot w/ Copper Coil •Enrique de Colsa • 8 mo Hiatus | Valley $16 | $9 Espolon Reposado | Highlands $14 | $8 Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • Steel & Copper• Luis Trejo Rodríguez • 1 yr Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 40% • Column, Stainless Pot w/Copper Coil • Cirilo Oropeza • 3-5 mo Fortaleza Reposado | Valley $17 | $9 EXTRA AÑEJO TEQUILA Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Guillermo Erickson Sauza • 7 mo Extra añejos are aged for three years or longer, in barrels that don’t Siete Leguas Reposado | Highlands $14 | $8 exceed 600 liters, taking on more color and boasting notes of dark Blue Weber • , Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Arturo Valle-Salcedo • 8 mo chocolate and tobacco.

Siembra Valles Reposado | Valley $14 | $8 Cabeza Sagrado Extra AÑejo | Highland $50 | $25 Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 40% • Copper & Stainless • Sergio Cruz • 3 mo Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 47% • Copper • Jose Manuel Vivanco • 8-10 yr

Tapatio Reposado | Highlands $13 | $7 Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 55% • Copper • Carlos Camerena • 8 mo

Tequila Ocho 2016 Potrero Grande Reposado | Highlands $17 | $9 Blue Weber • Arandas, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Carlos Camerena • 2 mo

El Tequileno Reposado $11 | $6 Blue Weber • Tequila, Jalisco • 40% • Copper • Juan Antonio Salles

SOTOL

SOTOL Dasylirion Wheeleri | Agavaceae Rum represents a truly complex blending of human histories- the result Known as the “Desert Spoon”, sotol is a shrub-like plant that of colonization, yes, but also the rise and fall of the slave trade, and the matures at between 8-22 years of age and, unlike agave, can unique cultural melting pot that was produced in the Americas. We are continue living and blooming again after harvesting if harvested going to talk about rum in terms of the colonizers who informed the carefully above the root system! It hails from the northern states various styles we see today. As European imperial powers rushed to of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango and it also goes as far north conquer new land, they inhilated the indigenous populations. The rum as the southwestern United States. In all, there are 15 species of industry was built on the stolen land of indignous peoples and the Dasylirion, but most sotol is made from only three: D. Wheeleri, D. backs of the African slaves, who were brought to work the fields. Still Leiophyllum, D. Cedrosanum. In addition to smoke and sweet fruit today, the industry is very problematic when it comes to labor flavors, sotol has a lot of root vegetable, wet stone and fresh grass conditions. It is important to recognize this history and make sure to notes. It smells like cocaine, no kidding. support companies who provide humane working conditions for their employees.

Clande (Green) $24 | $13 Wheeleri, Shrevei • Chihuahua • 45.4% • Copper • Bienvenido Fernandez

Flor del Desierto $14 | $8 Leiophyllum • Chihuahua • 45% • Copper • Gerardo Ruelas Hernandez

La Higuera $13 | $7 Wheeleri • Aldama, Chihuahua • 48% • Copper • Gerardo Ruelas Hernandez

Por Siempre $12 | $7 Wheeleri • Chihuahua • 45% • Copper • Don Manuel Ponce RUM | English-Style Foursquare Probitas Rum $12 | $7 These molasses based rums are considered the oldest style of rum. Molasses • Barbados, Jamaica • 47% • Pot & Column Traditionally they are distilled in pot stills, but many producers have switched over to column stills due to their efficiency. These rums can be Hampden Estate Single $16 | $9 rich, spicy, heavy-bodies and very funky. Unaged rums are gaining pop- Molasses • Wakefield, Jamaica • 46% • Copper Pot ularity here in the US, especially overproof, funky, high-ester Jamaican Rums, which have always been the best selling in the Carribean. Many Lost Spirits Distillery Polynesian Style Rum $16 | $9 of the rums exported are barrel aged which allow them to mellow while Molasses • California, USA • 66% • Pot contributing complexity, baking spice and toasty notes. Due to the warm humid climate the barrel aging process is accelerated. However, Plantation 3 Star White $11 | $6 buyer beware! Age statements in rum are confusing and don’t hold Molasses • Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad • 41.2% • ----- rules across the category. This means 8 years in Guatemala, for exam- ple, means something different than what it means in Barbados. Is the Plantation Pineapple $11 | $6 age the average in the bottle? The youngest? The oldest? Hard to say! Molasses • Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad • 40% • Pot & Column

Appleton Signature Blend $10 | $6 Plantation Xaymaca $12 | $7 Molasses • Nassau Valley, Jamaica • 40% • Copper Pot Molasses • Jamaica • 43% • -----

Appleton 12 yr $12 | $7 Plantation XO 20th Anniversary $18 | 10 Molasses • Nassau Valley, Jamaica • 40% • Copper Pot Molasses • Barbados • 40% • -----

Banks 5 Island Rum $12 | $7 Rum- White Overproof $11 | $6 Molasses • Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, Java • 43% • Mix Molasses • Lluidas Vale, Jamaica • 63% • Copper Pot Still

Coruba Dark Rum $10 | $6 Rum Fire $11 | $6 Molasses • Jamaica • 40% • Pot & Column Molasses • Wakefield, Jamaica • 43% • Pot

Cruzan Blackstrap $10 | $6 Smith & Cross $11 | $6 Molasses • St. Croix, US Virgin Islands • 40% • Column Molasses • Wakefield, Jamaica • 57% • Pot

El Dorado 3 $10 | $6 The Funk $10 | $6 Molasses • Demerara, Guyana • 40% • Wooden Pot & Wooden Column Stills Molasses • St. Catherine, Jamaica • 50% • Pot

El Dorado 12 $12 | $7 Wray & Nephew $10 | $6 Molasses • Demerara, Guyana • 40% • Wooden Pot & Wooden Column Stills Molasses • Kingston, Jamaica • 63% • Copper Pot Still & Column El Dorado 15 $16 | $9 Molasses • Demerara, Guyana • 40% • Wooden Pot & Wooden Column Stills

RON | Spanish Style RHUM AGRICOLE | French style These rums are typically lighter, clean, crisp and slightly fruity and Rhum Agricole is predominantly distilled from fresh sugarcane vanillay. Also produced with molasses this rum is typically distilled juice, rather than molasses, in column stills. The agricole style in column stills. This style can vary from lightbodied to oily, round has a bright, fruity nose and relatively dry mouthfeel, with more and complex with barrel aging. vegetal and grassy tones. The mouthfeel is silky and rich. They can be both aged and unaged. Cognac and barrels may be used for aging these rhums. Casa Magdalena Ron Blanco $10 | $6 Miel de Caña • Guatemala • 41.5% • Column Sajous $13 | $7 Plantation Peru Single Cask $14 | $8 Cane Juice • Haiti • 54.3% • Pot Molasses • Peru • 49.8% • Pot & Column C la i r i n Vava l $13 | $7 Ron del Barrilito Three Star $11 | $6 Cane Juice • Haiti • 51.1% • Pot Molasses • Puerto Rico • 43% • Column Clement Canne Bleue Rhum Blanc Agricole $14 | $8 Ron Zacapa 23 Solera $16 | $9 Blue Cane Juice • Martinique • 50% • Column Miel de Caña • Guatemala • 40% • Copper Column Duquesne Rhum Blanc Agricole $10 | $6 Santa Teresa 1796 Solera $15 | $8 Cane Juice • Martinique • 50% • Copper Column Molasses • Venezuela • 40% • Pot Neisson Blanc Agricole $11 | $6 Cane Juice • Martinique • 50% • Alembic Column

Neisson Reserve Speciale Rhum Vieux Agricole $16 | $9 Cane Juice • Martinique • 42% • Alembic Column

Rhum J.M. Blanc 110 $11 | $6 Cane Juice • Martinique • 55% • Copper Column CACHACA | Brazilian RUM | CHARANDA | Mexican Another rum that is produced with sugarcane, rather than molas- Recently, we have begun to see Mexican rums enter the US ses, is Cachaca. This style of rum can only be made in Brazil. There market. These are made from a combination of sugarcane and is a long tradition of craft distilling with over 25,000 distilleries molasses. The cane crops are grown at extremely high attitudes in currently in production. When unaged, this spirit is tangy and Southern Mexico. Most producers are using wild yeast and dis- sharp with elegant grassy qualities. Cachaca can be aged in a wide tilling in copper pot stills. The flavors are bright, grassy and funky variety of woods that impart unique and distinctive flavors. The with a creamy mouthfeel. aged Cachaca can be mellow, rich and spicy. Dakabend Pot Still Rum $12 | $7 Avua Amburana $13 | $7 Cane Juice • San Cristobal Lachirioag, Oaxaca • 40% • Pot Cane Juice • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 40% • Alembic Copper Pot Paranubes $11 | $6 Cane Juice • Sierra Mazateca, Oaxaca • 54% • Pot Avua Balsamo $ 18 | $10 Cane Juice • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 40% • Alembic Copper Pot Uruapan Charanda Single Blended Rum $11 | $6 Cane Juice • Uruapan, Michoacan • 46% • Pot Avua Oak $15 | $8 Cane Juice • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 40% • Alembic Copper Pot

Avua Prata $10 | $6 Cane Juice • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 42% • Alembic Copper Pot

Novo Fogo Tanager $13 | $7 Cane Juice • Paraná, Brazil • 40% • Pot

Novo Fogo Chameleon $11 | $6 Cane Juice • Paraná, Brazil • 43% • Pot

Yaguara Blue $11 | $6 We put this here because it’s hard to force this spirit into a box. traditionally have a mixed mash bill of sugarcane Cane Juice • Paraná, Brazil • 40% • Pot and corn but can be made from grains as well. POX is very import- ant in the Mayan culture, which is used ceremonially, but also as a symbol of fraternity among the community.

Siglo Cero POX $13 | $7 Corn, Wheat, Cane • Chiapas • 42.2% • Pot grapes BIOLOGICALLY AGED

La Guita Manzanilla $10 SHERRY Jerez, Spain • 15% Sherry is fortified (generoso) wine made from white grapes in the area surrounding Jerez de la Frontera in the region of Spain Lustau Puerto Fino Jarana $9 known as Andalucia. It also happens to be one of the oldest wine Jerez, Spain • 15% making areas in all of Spain. The DO of Jerez is made of three re- gions: Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlucar de Barrameda, and Puerto de Lustau Manzanilla Papirusa $9 Santa Maria, each of which produces their own unique style. The Jerez, Spain • 15% most unique aspect of Sherry wine production is the film forming yeast called flor, which is a thick layer of yeast cells that forms nat- Tio Pepe Fino $10 urally and blankets the top of the wine within the cask, protecting Jerez, Spain • it from oxidation. OXIDATIVELY AGED There are two aging methods: Biological and Oxidative. are aged via one or both of these processes. Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos $9 In biological aging , flor yeast covers the surface of the wine, Jerez, Spain • 18.5% protecting it from the air in the barrels. The flor consumes the sug- Lustau Palo Cortado Peninsula $11 ars in the wine, resulting in a bone dry wine. The flor also imparts tremendous aromatic character—nutty, floral, herbal, grassy, and Jerez, Spain • 19% fresh dough. DULCE & CREAM In oxidative aging, the wine ages with direct contact with the air and develops the unique characteristics: browning in color with Lustau East India Solera $11 nutty, spiced, toffee-like, sometimes leathery aromas. Lustau Deluxe Cream Capataz Andres $10 Finos and Manzanillas are aged under flor yeast, not undergoing Jerez, Spain • 20% any oxidative aging. Amontillados and Palo Cortados see some biological aging, then oxidative. Oloroso, Moscatel and Pedro Lustau Moscatel Emilin $12 Ximenez styles only receive oxidative aging, and do not see flor. Jerez, Spain •17% Lustau San Emilio PX $12 Jerez, Spain • 17% Barsol Acholado $13 | $7 Pisco is a delicate distalite made from grapes. This spirit is tied up in the age Quebranta, Italia, Torontel Grapes • Peru • 41.3% • Pot old drama of WHERE is Pisco actually from. Both Chile and Peru produce pisco and they fight over the origin as a point of nationalistic pride. Chilean Barsol Quebranta $13 | $7 tend to be softer and very floral, whereas Peruvian piscos seem to end up with Quebranta • Peru • 41.3% • Pot a little more variation between floral and not. Both countries categorize their grapes as either “aromatic” or “nonaromatic.” The so-called aromatic grapes El Gobernador $11 | $6 create heavier, sweeter, and more floral spirits; nonaromatics tend to produce Moscatel Grapes • Chile • 40.5% • Pot a more dynamic distillate. In Peru, the country’s three different types of pisco can be made from only La Diablada Italia $15 | $7 eight grape varietals that thrive in the country’s largely arid, desert-like growing regions. Italia • Peru • 41.3% • Pot

Puro A single varietal of grape is used - either aromatic or non-aromatic. The must is fully fermented before distillation. Mosto Verde | Green Must Pisco is distilled from partially fermented must - while the wine is still sweet- and a single grape varietal is used, either aromatic or nonaromatic. Acholado A blend of varietals is used, generally both aromatic and nonaromatic. It can be a blend of several Puros or several Mosto Verdes but can not be both. SINGANI In Chile, thirteen different types of grape are allowed, but only five of these are really widely used. Some people group all of the Moscatel grapes as one Singani is the national spirit of Bolivia and is made only from grape category. Moscatel de Alexandria grapes. The area of the country in which n m ,k m a handful of producers make all of the country’s singani, a region Unaged encompassing the valleys of Tarija, Chuquisaca, Potosí, and La Paz. Both aromatic and nonaromatic grapes, generally a blend of nonaromatic It is exceptionally floral and clean. Great in or alone! grapes, are used. Rujero Singani $11 | $6 Guarda Muscat Grapes • Bolivia • 40% • Pot Piscos are aged for at least six months but less than a year, in French or Amer- ican oak barrels. Singani Tarixa Anejado Especial $15 | $8

Envejecido Muscat Grapes• Tarixa, Bolivia • 40% • Pot • 3 years Pisco is aged for at least one year in small oak barrels. FORTIFIED FRUIT

RED | Cocchi di Torino Sweet Vermouth $9 Brandy is distilled from fermented fruit juice, most commonly Piedmont, Italy • 16% from grapes but there are tons of insanely good (eau de Gonzalez Byass La Copa Vermouth $10 vie) made from everything from apples to mangos and even car- Jerez, Spain • 15.5% rots! The taste of brandy varies depending on the fruit it is made from and it’s age (ie; does it see time in a barrel or not?). Gen- LoFi Aperitifs Sweet Vermouth $10 erally they taste of flowers, fresh and dried fruit, and citrus zest. California, USA • 16.5% Delicious! This is a collection of our favorite Brandies from around Lustau Vermut Rojo $9 the world! Yum! Jerez, Spain • 15% Bertoux $12 | $7 Colombard Grapes • California, USA • 40% • Pot Still WHITE Blume Apricot Eau De Vie $13 | $7 Cocchi Americano $9 Apricot • Austria • 40% • Pot Still Dolin Blanc $9 Daron $13 | $7 Dolin Dry $9 Apple, Pear • France • 40% • Copper Pot

LoFi Aperitifs Dry Vermouth $10 Lairds Bonded Apple Brandy $12 | $7 California, USA • 16.5% Apple • New Jersey, USA • 40% • Copper Pot & Column Still Lillet Blanc $9 Lustau Solera Reserva Brandy $11 | $6 Lustau Vermut Blanco $9 Airen Grapes • Spain • 40% • Copper Jerez, Spain • 15% Neversink Apple Brandy $16 | $9 ROSE Apple • New York, USA • 40% • Copper Pot & Column Still Cocchi Americano Rosso $9 Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac $15 | $8 Lillet Rose $9 Grapes • France • 45% • Copper Pot • Alexander Gabriel

Lustau Vermut Rose $9 Rhine Hall Mango Brandy $16 | $8 Jerez, Spain • 15% Mango • Chicago, USA • 40% • Copper Pot & Column Still GRAIN WHISK(E)Y IRISH or whiskey is spirit distilled from fermented grain mash or Powers $11| $6 “”. Various grains, which may be malted, are used for different Malted Barley, Unmalted Barley • Cork, Ireland • 43.2% • Pot Still • Emeritus styles. These grains include barley, corn, rye, and wheat. Whisky is Barry Crockett typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.

MEXICAN SCOTCH

Abasolo Ancestral Corn Mexican Whisky $10 | $6 Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 Year $25 | $13 Corn • Jilotepec de Abasolo, Mexico • 43% • Copper Pot Still • Ivan Saldaña Malted Barley • Speyside, Scotland • 43% • Pot Still • David C. Stewart

AMERICAN Johnny Walker Black $16 | $9 Peated Barley, Corn, Wheat • Scotland • 40% • Blended Whisky Del Bac American Single Malt $16 | $9 Laphroaig 10 Year $18 | $10 Barley • Tucson, Arizona • 42% • Copper Pot Still • Stephen Paul Peated Malted Barley • Islay, Scotland • 43% • Pot Still • John Campbell Michters Bourbon $14 | $8 Corn, Rye, Barley • Louisville, Kentucky • 45.7% • Copper Pot Still • Dan Mckee

Michters Rye $14 | $8 Rye, Corn, Barley • Louisville, Kentucky • 42.2% • Copper Pot Still • Dan Mckee

Westward Whiskey American Single Malt $18 | $10 Barley • Portland, Oregon • 42% • Hybrid Pot Still • Christian Krogstad

Wild Turkey Bourbon 101 $10 | $6 Corn, Rye, Barley • Bourbon, Kentucky • 50.5% • Column Still • Jim Russel

Wild Turkey Rye 101 $11 | $6 Rye, Corn, Barley • Bourbon, Kentucky • 50.5% • Column Still • Jim Russel OTHER GOOD STUFF... | AMARI | APERITIFS Gin is a distilled spirit that typically derives its predominant LIQUEURS flavour from juniper berries and other botanicals. Gin is one of the Liqueurs are sweet, spiritbased modifiers that are typically low- broadest categories of spirits, all of various origins, styles, and fla- proof. They can be flavored with just about anything herbs, fruits, vour profiles, that revolve around juniper as a common ingredient. flowers, roots, nuts, etc. Some are specific flavors, like peach or apricot, while others are blended creations, like Chartreuse. Amass $14 | $8 Corn • LA California, USA• 45% • Hybrid Pot Still • Morgan McLachlan AMARI Monkey 47 $25 | $13 Amaro is a with an added bittering agent. Their flavors can range from bright fruity and bittersweet, to dark, herbaceous and Molasses • Black Forest, Germany • 45% • Copper Column Still • Christoph medicinal. Keller APERITIFS Privateer Gin Single Batch $17 | $9 Molasses • Massachusetts, USA • 40% • Pot & Column Still • Maggie Camp- bell Aperol $10 | $6

Ancho Reyes $14 | $8 Ancho Chili • Puebla, Mexico • 40% Vodka is a clear, unaged spirit distilled from any ingredient that has fermentable sugars. Cereal grains like rye, barley and wheat Ancho Verde Poblano $14 | $8 are most common, but vodka can also be made with potatoes, grapes or sugar beets, among other things. Poblano • Puebla, Mexico • 40%

Amargo Vallet $10 | $6 Ketel One $14 | $8 Angostura Bark • , Mexico • 45% Wheat • Schiedam, Holland • 40% • Column & Pot Still • Bob Nolet $11 | $6

Chareau Aloe Liqueur $15 | $8 Aloe Vera • California, USA • 25% Granada Vallet $12 | $7 Pomegranate • Hidalgo, Mexico • 32%

LoFi Aperitifs Gentian Amaro $10 | $6 Cinchona Bark• California, USA • 20%

Nixta Licor de Elote $10 | $6 Corn • Jilotepec, Mexico • 30%

Xila Licor de Agave 7 Notas $10 | $6 Ancho Chili • , Mexico • 20%

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