Spirits

Laubade is the only Armagnac house that coopers their own casks, ensuring the level of quality they demand. Ripe plums, vanilla bean, and freshly baked pastry notes dominate. Laubade is a benchmark house in Armagnac.

Tropical fruit and clean earthiness are well balanced; there’s just a mild bit of smoke on the finish, augmented by cracked black pepper. The Cortés Family is considered mezcal royalty; they’ve been distilling for over 200 years.

Aged, white rum? Yep, it is a blend of Trinidadian rum aged 5 years in Bourbon barrels and a couple of pot distilled Jamaican rums. It’s charcoal filtered to remove the color and, boom, aged, white rum. Rounder, smoother and much more complex than other w

Varietal blends are rare in the Mezcal world these days, making this stuff a unique treat. The agave is roasted in the earth, and local well-water and wild yeasts are used to complete fermentation. Ripe fruit on the nose leads to smoke and minerality on t

Bright and vibrant, with a balance of fruit-centered sweetness and a bitter, botanical finish. Acobia is a new small batch spirits project from the famed Barbaresco winemaker Dave Fletcher. Elevate your favorite wine spritzer, or simply enjoy on ice.

The first to notice is a vintage statement: yep, these guys make single plot (Los Patos), single vintage tequila. Reposado, but in very old ex-bourbon & ex-tequila barrels, so the the aging of the fruit shows, not the oak influence. Round, overripe banana

A really beautiful and unusual whisky. A complicated array of aromas and flavors, all in perfect harmony with each other. Delicate summer floral notes, banana, aged tobacco and a waft of briny-peatiness. Wonderful, mid-palate texture & spice before return

Created by the former bartender & writer, Gaz Regan. He based his recipe on an old orange bitters recipe he found in a book. After attempt number 4, he (wisely) sought the help of the Sazerac Company &, with their help, found what he was looking for on th

Based on the secret recipe of four medieval thieves, who were caught stealing from plague victims in Marseille. They were freed in exchange for the recipe, which was believed to make one immune to the disease (turns out, antibacterial properties kept dise

Breakfast bread on the nose leads to a depth of oak, currants, and a salty-grassy tang. An assertive, chewy bourbon. The Maltster line, as the name suggests, is the New Riff team’s new project for experimenting with various malt grains, in this case wheat

Jacob and Catherine Sherry had long dreamed of turning the barn on their Catskills property into a distillery, and once COVID-19 hit, the dream became reality. They source locally as much as possible and are in conversion to organics. A pepper-forward gin

A deep, rich Scotch for Sherry lovers. Butterscotch and a variety of spices are augmented with raisins, evolving into chocolate and banana notes. The privately-owned distillery was founded in 1967.