5TASTINGS, Happening Each Monday in April

Hi, Levi the owner here. April is going to be a fun month. Each Monday we are doing a $10 flight for you to enjoy, yay.

$10 gets you a 0.5oz flight of 5 new spirits we don’t think you’ve tried before. This is not a pretentious tasting, its a chance to discover your new favorite spirit. And yes, we might even have complimentary snacks (if I can remember to grab them in time.. no promises).

I did some tasting today and this is what I noticed with them. Also if you want a full drink or full shot, here is the price.

• April 4: 5WHISKEYS

  • Woodinville Bourbon Whiskey $7

    • Taste: oak, bread.

    • I chose this as the starting point for 2 reasons, (1) its from near where I grew up in Washington, yay. And (2) it’s a clean and simple start to tasting the other whiskeys. As you taste the next ones you will start to notice wonderful flavors that build in complexity.

  • Town Branch $7

    • Taste: The nose is mildly sweet. Notes of brown sugar and caramel, woody/oaky, orange zest, black pepper and bitter smoke finish.

    • Stands up well in an Old Fashioned or Manhattan, with cherry of course

  • Chicken Cock $12

    • Taste: Sweet corn, orange, grassy spearmint flavor at front and at finish.

    • This is a WILD one. I threw it in here because its SO different and a touch pricy to try and commit to a whole shot. I appreciate it neat.

  • Giant Whiskey $9

    • Taste: Honey, butterscotch, oddest sushi-seaweed and green tea tone that overpowers everything.

    • Okay, so this is NOT my favorite thing I have tasted, but, its so bizarre you gotta take a sip. I put it towards the end so it wont overpower the other whiskeys, then the sweetest one (Bubba’s) is next to help refresh your palate and end on a nice dessert vibe.

    • Pairings: pickle juice, AKA a “pickle back”

  • Bubba’s Secret Stills $6

    • Taste: Neapolitan ice cream as whiskey, uses flavorings.

    • Yo this one is sweet and tasty

• April 11: 5GINS

  • Empress Gin $12

    • British Columbia, Canada

    • Taste: like a classic London Dry gin, with much more floral tones that are almost creamy. Changes color with acidic environments

    • Gin & Tonic, pour in the gin last to watch it change color

  • Drumshando Gunpowder Irish Gin $10

    • Ireland

    • Taste: citrus, star anise, black tea, coriander

      • From Flaviar: “The result of this passionate exploration is Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin – unique, extraordinary and remarkable as the elusive creature PJ has occasionally glimpsed in the fields, the Drumshanbo Jackalope” (The Shed Distillery). The Gin has a fresh citrus taste and spicy notes of oriental botanicals.
        
        Gunpowder Tea or zhu chá, translated literally as "pearl tea,” is a type of green tea that has been slowly dried. These delicate leaves are then carefully rolled into shiny pellets.
        
        The flavor is bold and bright with a slight spicy freshness. The Chinese green tea gets its English name from its semblance to gunpowder. Gunpowder tea production dates as far back as the Tang Dynasty (618–907).

    • Gin Gimlet?

  • Norden Aquavit $12

    • Detroit, Michigan USA

    • Taste: you might notice what pops out from normal gins, and that would be dill and sage, as well as more like sumac, clementine, orris (dried hay)

    • Dry Martini?

  • Aviation Gin $7

    • Portland, Oregon USA

    • Taste: smells and is floral, creamy lavender and anise top notes, long summer day of sun on an empty woods tones are heavily triggered, with expected spices of juniper, cardamom, coriander and dried orange. Finish has this bitter smoked wood floor of embers kinda of surprising considering the light floral start

    • Bees Knees?

  • McQueen and the Violet Fog $10

    • Brazil

    • Taste: get ready, this will sound weird but imagine you’re drinking something like a cucumber/honey dew/peppercorn/tropical fruit milkshake and you love it. Ready?

    • Try it on ice?

• April 18: 5RUMS

• April 25: 5TEQUILAS