There is hope that 1-year-old whisky may soon rival 16-year bonded liquor in taste and smell and at a vastly lower cost. … Chemists are glad Prohibition is over so they no longer have to listen to bootleggers for synthetic liquor recipes.” —San Antonio Express, March...
Make Your Own With Local Booze from Spirit Works Distillery in Sebastopol Extend the Negroni Week celebrations by making your own—Spirit Works Distillery in Sebastopol supplies the gin. You can sample their three gins—Gin, Barrel Gin and Sloe Gin—at the distillery’s tasting room or buy them at...
The conversation around locally sourced food and beverage products is so much about organic microgreens, heritage pigs and that sort of wholesome, farmers market stuff. Nice, yeah, but how about the booze, the icy cocktails that are shaken, not stirred, and served up in that...
Metallica’s rendition of Whiskey in a Jar excluded, the band’s latest endeavor, Blackened Whiskey, might be the most notable example of what happens when music and alcohol collide. Additional distilleries that have incorporated distinct sounds into their production process for select products at one point or another include Tuthilltown Spirits and Dark...
Before joining the team at Spirit Works Distillery in Sebastopol, California, in 2013, Lauren Patz worked at a chocolate factory. While tasting whiskies for a chocolate pairing, she had a eureka moment about spirits, and in less than a month she was an apprentice at...
In Sonoma County, Spirit Works Distillery operates out of The Barlow in Sebastopol, where Founders Timo and Ashby Marshall produce vodka, sloe gin, barrel gin, whisky and more with a “grain to glass” philosophy. This means that all production processes take place in-house, including milling, mashing, fermenting and bottling. “It's...
For those who appreciate the sweeter side of gin, take it sloe. A beloved winter liqueur in the U.K., sloe gin is made with sloe berries—cousins of the plum—that are steeped in gin along with sugar. The result is a ruby spirit bottled at a...
88 points Spirit Works Bottled in Bond Straight Rye, 50% Rye Whiskey | $60 Rye at its prettiest and most delicate: bouquets of flowers, with boxed pistachio pudding, Apple Jacks, honey cough drops, licorice, and anise on the nose. Though it shows plenty of barrel influence, the palate is more spirit-driven...
Spirit Works Sloe Craft Gin If you really want to start slow, pun intended, Sloe Gin is a perfect way to ease yourself in. While typically hard to find in the U.S., this California-based distillery makes a classic Sloe Gin. If you’ve never had Sloe Gin,...
Memorize these three cocktail recipes that showcase our favorite Sonoma-made sloe gin. CAREY JONES AND JOHN D. MCCARTHY Updated March 29, 2019 Northern California’s Sonoma County is, of course, best-known as wine country. But in recent years, it’s seen a real craft spirits scene emerge, too. And while quintessentially British sloe gin wouldn’t...