CONTENTS.__________

COCKTAILS.Spirit-Forward ................................... 1Spirit-Forward ................................... 2Sours, Bitters & Fruits ........................... 3Sours, Bitters & Fruits ........................... 4Gin & Tonic Cocktail of Month ..................... 5Gin & Tonic Cocktails - Spanish-Style ............. 6

GIN. Gin Tasting Flights ............................... 7American Gin ...................................... 8International Gin ................................. 9International Gin / Tonic Waters ................. 10

RUM. Rum Flights ...................................... 12Rum, Ron & Rhum .................................. 12

BRANDY. Grape, Apple & Other Fruit ....................... 13

TEQUILA. Tequila & Mezcal ................................. 14

HISTORY. Stadt Huys - New York City’s first Town Hall ...... 15

THE FOUNDATIONS OF NEW AMSTERDAM.__________

Stadt Huys Block & The Lovelace Tavern.

Lovelace TavernNew York City’s Stopgap Town Hall

Stadt Huys Block was a town located in the old Dutch New Amsterdam in the mid-1600s. The Block was the site of Stadt Huys, New York City’s first town hall, which was built originally as a tavern called Stadt Herbergh. It was located near 77 Pearl Street.

The first large-scale archaeological excavation in New York City took place in the Wall Street district in 1979–1980, when the city was making way for a new office building that would become the headquarters of Goldman Sachs.

While the excavations did not reveal any evidence of 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 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 large number of broken tobacco pipe stems to a number of wine bottle fragments dating from the late 17th century. The dig also excavated the foundations of 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.__________

Spirit-Forward.

Diamondback. Bottoms Up, Ted Saucier, 1951

Rittenhouse Straight Rye (100 Proof) ............. 15Laird’s Apple Jack, Yellow Chartreuse.

Martini American Bar, Frank Newman, 1904

Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still) ......... 15Dolin Dry Vermouth, Orange Bitters.Served with an olive or a lemon.

Champagne Cocktail American Bar, Frank Newman, 1904

Laurent-Perrier La Cuvée Brut (France) ........... 16D’Ussé VSOP Cognac, Angostura Bitters, Sugar Cube.

La RositaThe Bartender’s Bible, Gary Regan, 1991

Cazadores Tequila Reposado (Mexico)(100% Agave) .. 15Dolin Dry Vermouth, Campari, Dolin Sweet Vermouth Angostura Bitters, Orange Twist.

Tipperary Recipes for Mixed Drinks, 1916

Teeling Small Batch Whiskey (Ireland) ............ 15Cocchi Sweet Vermouth,Green Chartreuse, Orange Bitters.

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TEQUILA.____

Centuries before tequila was invented, the Aztecs drank pulque, a fermented drink which used the sap of the agave plant. By the 1500s the Spanish were using their brandy distilling techinques to produce we know today as mezcal. In the early 1600s, the first

large-scale distillery was built in what is now Tequila, Jalisco.

Silver. Blanco. Platinum. clear and typically un-aged tequila

Cazadores(Sustainable) .......................... 12 Don Julio ........................................ 14El Tesoro ........................................ 12

Reposado. rested in wood barrels between 2 & 12 months

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) .... 13Fortaleza(7 months American oak barrels) ......... 14Herradura(11 months in American oak barrels) ..... 14Pueblo Viejo(9 months in American oak.) .......... 11Siete(8 months in white oak barrels) ............. 14

Añejo.aged for at least 1 year

Cazadores(at least 1 year in American oak barrels) 16 Don Julio(18 months in American white-oak) ....... 17Don Julio 1942 (2.5 years) ....................... 36 El Tesoro (2-3 years aging in oak barrels)........ 14Roca Patrón(14 months in bourbon barrels) ........ 22

Extra Añejo.Dulce Vida(50%)(5 years)(Napa Vall wine barrels) . 34

Mezcal.del Maguey Chichicapa(single village)(7-8 years) . 18del Maguey Vida(single village)(7-8 years) ....... 11

COCKTAILS.__________

Spirit-Forward.

Bijou.Spirit-Forward.

Plymouth Gin (England)(since 1793) ............... 15Dolin Sweet Vermouth, Green Chartreuse, Orange Bitters.

Manhattancirca 1870s

High West Double Rye (blend of 2 YO & 16 YO) ...... 15Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, Angostura Bitters Brandied Morello Cherry.

NegroniCaffe Casoni, Florence, Italy, 1919

Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still) ......... 15Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter, Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, Orange Twist.

Old Fashioned.Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, 1880

Basil Hayden’s Dark Rye (Kentucky) ............... 15Fee’s Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned Bitters, Superfine Sugar Syrup, Brandied Morello Cherry.

New Orleans Sazerac.New Orlean, Louisiana, circa 1830s

Pierre Ferrand Cognac 1840 (France) .............. 15Peychaud’s Bitters, Superfine Sugar Syrup, Vieux Pontarlier Absinthe.Note: The Sazerac was originally made with cognac until the Great French Wine Blight of the 1860s forced bartenders to turn instead to rye whiskey.

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BRANDY.____

Originally a medicine distiled in France, it was a 16th century 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. “bradwijn,” meaning “burned wine”. It later became “brandy.”

Armagnac. Brandy produced in Gascony, southwest France

Castarède 10 Year VSOP (Bas-Armagnac) ............ 14 Francis Darroze 12 Year (Bas-Armagnac) ........... 18Francis Darroze 20 Year (Bas-Armagnac ............ 22Château du Tariquet XO (Bas-Armagnac)(15 years) .. 18Château du Busca 15 Year (Armagnac-Ténarèze) ...... 28

Calvados.Apple brandy from the Normandy region, France

Lecompte 12 Year (finished in port wine barrels) . 11 Château du Breuil 15 Year ....................... 12Père Magloire VS (2-3 years, in century-old oak) . 18

Cognac. Brandy produced in the Cognac region of west France Bache-Gabrielsen - American Oak (first cognac stored in American oak barrels) .... 12 Hine - H - VSOP (aged for a minimum of 4 years) ... 13Paul Giraud - Napoleon (aged up to 15 years) ...... 14Pierre Ferrand - 1840 (aged in Limousin oak) ..... 14Pierre Ferrand - Renegade No.1 (Sauternes casks) . 24D’Ussé VSOP (aged at least 4 & a half years) ...... 12

Brandies of the Americas. Barsol - Primero Quebranta Pisco (Peru) ......... 11Control C - Pisco (Chile)(Moscatel grapes) ....... 11 Copper & Kings - Butchertown(Kentucky) ........... 16Laird’s - Applejack (New Jersey ) ................ 11Singani 63 (Bolivia)(White Muscat grapes) ........ 11

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COCKTAILS.__________

Sours / Bitters / Fruits.

Aperol Spritz.Aperol Aperitivo (Italy) ......................... 15Toffoli Prosecco di Conegliano, Soda Water.

Aviation.Recipes for Mixed Drinks, Hugo Ensslin, 1916

Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still) ......... 15Luxardo Maraschino, Crème de Violet, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup, Brandied Morello Cherry.

Clover Club.pre-Prohibition cocktail popular in the late 1880s

Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)(Pot Still) ......... 16Lemon Juice, Raspberry Syrup, Dolin Dry Vermouth, Egg White.

Bee’s Knees.The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury, 1949

Plymouth Gin (England)(since 1793) ............... 15Lemon Juice, Orange Blossom Honey Syrup.

Daiquiri.“Drinks”, Jacques Straub, 1914

Barbancourt Rhum - 8 Year(Haiti) ................. 15Lime Juice, Simple Syrup.

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RUM. English-style, distilled from molasses

Appleton Estate V/X (Jamaica) .................... 11 Appleton Estate 21 Year (Jamaica)(American oak) .. 38Banks 5-Island (3-12 Years) (Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, & Java) .... 14El Dorado 12 Year (Guyana)(Demerara)(bourbon bbl) 14Gosling’s Black Seal (Bermuda) ................... 11Lemon Hart 151° (Guyana)(Demerara)(75.5%) ........ 14Mount Gay XO Extra Old (Barbados)(8-15 years) .... 20Mount Gay Black Barrel (Barbados)(bourbon bbl) ... 14Smith & Cross - Navy Strength (Jamaica)(57%) ..... 14Two James - Doctor Bird (Jamaica/Detroit) finished in Moscatel Sherry casks ................ 11The Scarlet Ibis (Trinidad) ...................... 14J. Wray & Nephew Rum - Silver (Jamaica) .......... 10

RHUM AGRICOLE. French-style, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice

Barbancourt White (Haiti) ........................ 11 Barbancourt Reserve 8 Year (Haiti)(French oak) ... 12Barbancourt Reserve 15 Year (Haiti)(French oak ... 18La Favorite Ambre (Martinique)(pot still)(18 mths) 12La Favorite Vieux (Martinique)(3-14 Year)(bourbon) 16Neisson Blanc (Martinique)(50%) .................. 12Neisson Reserve (Martinique)(50%)(French oak & ex-bourbon casks) .................. 20

RON. Spanish-style, distilled from molasses

Brugal 1888 (Dominican Republic) (double-aged)(American oak, Spanish sherry) ...... 16 Facundo Eximo (Puerto Rico) at least 10 years .... 21Facundo Exquisito (Puerto Rico) 7-23 years ....... 32Flor de Cana 18 Year (Nicaragua)(bourbon bbls) ... 18Kirk & Sweeney 23 Year (Dominican Republic) ...... 15Parce 12 Year(Colombia)(PAR-say:“good friend”) ... 12Ron Del Barrilito 3 Star (Puerto Rico)(6 years) .. 12Santa Teresa 1796 (Venezuela)(5-35 year)(Solera) . 20

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RUM.____

Long before America discovered high fructose corn syrup, the 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.

In an effort to control trade the British turned to taxation. This “taxation without representation” would ultimately lead to

trade embargoes on molasses, and most importantly tea, a Revolutionary War, & America’s love of corn, & whiskey.

RUM, RON, RHUM FLIGHT.Mount Gay XO Extra Old

(Barbados) 8 & 15 years in bourbon barrels

Facundo Eximo (Puerto Rico) at least 10 years

Neisson Reserve Speciale (Martinique) French oak & ex-bourbon casks

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American. Prichard’s - Fine Rum(Tennessee)(3 years) ........ 14Privateer Navy Yard(MA)(57.7%)(2 years) .......... 16 Privateer Silver Reserve(Massachusetts) .......... 12

Cachaça.Brazilian spirit distilled from sugarcane juice

Avuá Amburana (aged in Amburana wood) ............ 16Novo Fogo Silver (Organic) ....................... 11

Infused Rum.Chairman’s Reserve - Spiced (St. Lucia)(bourbon) . 16Stolen - Smoked Rum (Trinidad/USA)(2 years) ...... 11(infused with Colombian Arabica coffee, smoked with American hardwood)

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Sours / Bitters / Fruits.

Dark and Stormy.Gosling’s Black Seal Rum (Bermuda) ............... 15Lime Juice, Lovelace Ginger Syrup,

Club Soda, Candied Ginger.

Margarita.An accidental invention called the Tequila Daisy

by an Irishman called Madden,(Margarita is Spanish for Daisy)

circa 1930sPueblo Viejo Reposado Tequila (100% Agave) ....... 15Combier Liqueur d’Orange, Lime Juice, Agave Nectar, Lime Wheel. (Salt Rim, Optional)

Pisco Sour.Nuevo Manual de Cocina a la Criolla,

S.E. Ledesma, 1903BarSol Primero Quebranta (Peru) .................. 16Simple Syrup, Lime Juice,Egg White.

Blackberry Mule.Various origins, circa 1940s

Cazadores Blanco (100% Agave) .................... 15Lovelace Ginger Syrup, Lime Juice,Crème de Cassis, Blackberries.

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GIN OF THE MONTH.

Caorunn.(Scotland)

Caorunn(Ka-roon) is a small batch, quadruple-

distilled Scottish Gin, on the banks of the River Spey. Handcrafted using only the finest pure grain spirit, natural Scottish Water & 11 botanical gin

ingredients: an expert infusion of 5 locally foraged botanicals & 6 traditional botanicals.

The SipperCaorunn

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Ae Fond KissCaorunn Scottish Gin Fentimans Tonic Water Red Delicious Apple

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Germany. Monkey 47 - Schwarzwald Dry (47 ingredients) ..... 16

Ireland. Dingle Original Gin(rowan berry, bog myrtle, & heather) ............. 11Drumshanbo - Gunpowder(gunpowder tea) ........... 13

Netherlands. Bols Genever - Amsterdam Gin (subdued juniper, honeysuckle & citrus notes) .... 11Nolet’s Dry Gin(Turkish rose, peach, raspberry) .. 15

Scotland. The Botanist(sweet chamomile, heather, hawthorn) . 14Caorunn(Celtic for rowan berry)(blush apple) ..... 12Hendrick’s Gin (floral, citrus, cucumber) ........ 12

Spain. Gin Mare Mediterranean Gin (rosemary, thyme, olive, & basil) ................ 14

TONIC. Boylan Heritage Tonic (NY) (Tight bubbles, muted sweetness, citrus, dry) ..... 4

Fentimans Tonic Water (England) (Clean, refreshing. Lemongrass, citrus, quinine) .. 4

Fever Tree Indian Tonic Water (England) (Sweet, citrus, quinine. Effervescent) ............ 4

Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water (England) (Herbal, balanced bitterness, crisp. Effervescent) 4

BITTER LEMON. Fever Tree Bitter Lemon (England) (soft, subtle lemon. Balanced. Effervescent) ...... 4

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GIN & TONIC COCKTAILS._________________

SPANISH-STYLE.

Skellig RocksDingle Original Gin

Fever Tree Mediterranean Tonic Blackberry, Lemon, Mint.

15

BrooklynBrooklyn Small Batch Gin

Boylan Heritage Tonic Water Lemon, Lavender.

15

The Spice TrailOpihr Oriental Spiced Gin Fever Tree Indian Tonic

Fresh Ginger, Dried Red Chili Pepper.

15

Raspberry BeretDingle Original Gin

Fentimans Tonic Water Raspberries,

Lemon Twist, Cucumber. 15

The GuillemotDingle Original Gin

Fever Tree Indian Tonic Blood Orange, Rosemary.

15

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Austria. Reisetbauer Sloeberry(Hungarian sloe berries) .... 11

Canada. Dillon’s Unfiltered Gin 22(lavender, citrus) ..... 18

England. Beefeater Gin London Dry 24 (Dry) (juniper forward, light citrus zest) ............. 12Bombay Sapphire (juniper, coriander, angelica, almonds, cubeb, lemon, orris, liquorice) ......... 11Brockmans (floral) (bright, fresh, and fruity) ...................... 12Hayman’s Old Tom (dry/sweet) (citrus & juniper, subtle sweetness) ............. 11Hayman’s Royal Dock (57%) (juniper, coriander & citrusy flavors) ........... 12Martin Miller’s Gin (Icelandic water) citrus forward ................................... 11 Martin Miller’s Gin Westbourne Strength (45%) (juniper, citrus sweetness) ...................... 13Opihr Oriental Spiced (juniper, cubeb, black pepper, cumin, coriander, orange ........... 12Plymouth Gin (angelica, cardamom, lemon zest, sweet orange & juniper) .......................... 12Plymouth Gin Navy Strength (57%) (greater intensity of flavor & heat) ............. 16Sipsmith Gin London Dry (dry, spicy, & full of character) ................ 12Sipsmith Sloe Gin (29%) (made using Dartmoor sloe berries) ............... 15Tanqueray - No. Ten (clean juniper, red grapefruit, white grapefruit, jasmine) ....... 14

France. Citadelle Gin (zesty with a dry, peppery finish).. 11Citadelle - Reserve (barrel-aged) ................ 15

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GIN.____

Distilled from grain or malt, & flavored with a collection of herbs & botanicals, gin’s name comes from genever, the Dutch word for juniper. Today a seemingly endless variety of ingredients are used, from lemongrass to lavender, from cardamom to cilantro.

Gin likely traces its origins to medicinal liquors produced back in the Middle Ages, with references to a spirit flavored with “genever” referenced in a 13th Century Flemish manuscript. By the 1600s, the Dutch were producing gin, with hundreds of distilleries in the city of Amsterdam alone. Today the distillers of the world use gin as a vehicle to tell their own story sourcing ingredients that are unique to their own landscape.

We’ve carefully selected an electic list from across the world, offering you passage on a journey through time and flavor.

GIN FLIGHTS.

The Americas. Barr Hill Gin

(VT) juniper-forward with raw honey

Dillon’s Unfiltered 22 (Canada) lemongrass, juniper, lime zest

Bluecoat - Barrel Finished (PA) aged in American Oak

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Europe. Brockmans (England)

refreshing citrus & aromatic wild berries

Monkey 47 Schwarzwald (Germany)juniper, pepper, flowers, citrus & cranberries

Dingle Original Gin (Ireland)rowan berry, fuchsia, bog myrtle, hawthorn & heather

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These United States. Anchor Distilling - Junípero Gin (CA) dry with a spicy finish .......................... 12

Aviation - American Gin (OR) sarsaparilla, orange peel, lavender .............. 11

Barr Hill Gin (VT) juniper & raw honey............ 14

Big Gin (WA) juniper, grains of paradise, orange peel, Tasmanian pepper berry ............. 11

Bimini Gin (ME) grapefruit zest, hops, coriander seed, chamomile ....................... 11

Bluecoat - Barrel Finished (PA) juniper, pepper, floral, oak ..................... 14

Brooklyn Gin (NY) lime, Minneola orange, juniper, lavender ......... 14

Death’s Door (WI) fennel, anise, juniper, coriander seeds .......... 12

No. 209 (CA) juniper, cardamom, bergamot, orange & lemon peel . 12

New York Distillery - Dorothy Parker(NY) juniper, elderberries, hibiscus, citrus .......... 12

New York Distillery - Perry’s Tot (57%)(NY) juniper, spices, citrus, honey ................... 12

Greenhook Ginsmiths - American Dry (NY) juniper, cinnamon, chamomile ..................... 12

Greenhook Ginsmiths - Beach Plum (30%)(NY) Beach Plum is an east coast fruit ................ 14

Greenhook Ginsmiths - Old Tom (50%)(NY)(bourbon & Oloroso Sherry casks) ................. 14St. George - Botanivore (CA) ginger, cinnamon, cilantro, bay leaf, citrus .... 13Tamworth Garden - Apiary (NH) juniper, poplar buds, red clover & raw honey...... 18

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