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Whiskey

Four Roses Tasting Event Sept. 27th with Jim Rutledge!

Hey all,

Healthy Spirits has partnered with the fantastic local whiskey bar Elixir to bring you a special Four Roses Tasting event with Master Distiller Jim Rutledge. Jim will guide us through 8 private selection cask strength single barrels, all exclusive to Healthy Spirits and Elixir, as well a few surprise offerings possibly of the “limited” variety. Jim Rutledge will also be signing bottles, and we’ll provide a nice food spread to help balance out all that delicious whiskey.

The event will take place this coming Friday Sept. 27th from noon to 2pm at Elixir (corner of 16th and Guerrero). Tickets are $45 and can be purchase through event brite on the following link:

https://4roses.eventbrite.com/

Hope to see everyone there. Cheers

Nate

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Agave Whiskey

Healthy Spirits: ESPIRITU OSCURO AND FOUR BROTHERS Exclusive Release!

 
 
 

Introducing two new exclusive releases for our 15th Anniversary! Mill Valley Beerworks created an original beer for the occasion. ESPIRITU OSCURO is a dark Belgian-style ale brewed with spices and smoked sea salt. It was aged in our hand-selected Four Roses Bourbon barrels. They also made us a batch of their fantastic FOUR BROTHERS Belgian-style Golden Ale, which was also aged in our Four Roses barrels. Both are available exclusively at Healthy Spirits. $13.99/16oz.



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Beer

Healthy Spirits: New at Castro

 
1. Headlands Brewing Hill 88 Double IPA (4pk cans)-$12.99
2. Headlands Brewing Groupe G Belgian RyePA (4pk cans)-$10.99
3. Anchorage Bitter Monk DIPA-$18.99/25oz
4. Pretty Things American Darling Lager-$9.99/22oz
5. Struise Elliott Brew-$8.99/12oz
6. Amager+Hoppin’ Frog “Hops to Amager” (wheat imperial stout)-$12.99/16oz
7. Mikkeller Mosaic Double IPA-$11.99/16oz
8. Drie Fonteinen Intense Red Oude Kriek-$20.99/12oz
9. Coniston Bluebird Bitter-$5.99/16oz
10. Haandbryggeriet Berry Blend-$13.99/16oz
11. Burton Bridge Empire IPA-$7.99/16oz
12. Hofstetten Granit Eisbock-$8.99/12oz
13. Wild Beer Somerset Saison-$7.99/12oz
14. Almanac Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine-$11.99/12oz

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Beer

Healthy Spirits: New at Castro

 
1. Headlands Brewing Hill 88 Double IPA (4pk cans)-$12.99
2. Headlands Brewing Groupe G Belgian RyePA (4pk cans)-$10.99
3. Anchorage Bitter Monk DIPA-$18.99/25oz
4. Pretty Things American Darling Lager-$9.99/22oz
5. Struise Elliott Brew-$8.99/12oz
6. Amager+Hoppin’ Frog “Hops to Amager” (wheat imperial stout)-$12.99/16oz
7. Mikkeller Mosaic Double IPA-$11.99/16oz
8. Drie Fonteinen Intense Red Oude Kriek-$20.99/12oz
9. Coniston Bluebird Bitter-$5.99/16oz
10. Haandbryggeriet Berry Blend-$13.99/16oz
11. Burton Bridge Empire IPA-$7.99/16oz
12. Hofstetten Granit Eisbock-$8.99/12oz
13. Wild Beer Somerset Saison-$7.99/12oz
14. Almanac Heirloom Pumpkin Barleywine-$11.99/12oz

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Beer

Healthy Spirits: New at Clement !

-Anchorage Bitter Monk (belgian-style double IPA aged in chardonnay barrels w/brett) 750mL – $18.99

-Kulmbacher Weisse 500mL flip-tops – $5.99

-Kulmbacher Schwarz-Weisse 500mL flip-tops  – $5.99

-Prairie Funky Galaxy 500mL – $10.99
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Beer

Healthy Spirits: New at Clement n’ Twelf’

-Manzanita: Chaotic Double IPA – $8.99 + Riverwalk Blonde $5.99
-Lost Abbey Saison Blanc (with raisins and white pepper) $6.99
-Dogfish Head Punk’N 4pk $10.99 // Red and White 750  – $14.99 // 75 Minute IPA 750  – $11.99
-Anderson Valley Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin ale – $9.99
-Drie Fonteinen Gueuze 375mL – $13.99
-Drie Fonteinen Gueuze 750mL – $24.99
-Drie Fonteinen Intense Red (kriek) 375mL – $20.99
-Achel Extra 750mL  $20.99
-Karl Strauss Tower 20 double ipa 22oz – $7.99
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Beer

Healthy Spirits: New at Castro

 

1. Manzanita Chaotic Double IPA-$8.99/22oz

2. Manzanita Riverwalk Blonde-$5.99/22oz

3. Lost Abbey Ten Commandments-$13.99/25oz

4. Lost Abbey Judgment Day-$13.99/25oz

5. Lost Abbey Saison Blanc (with golden raisins and white pepper)-$6.99/12oz

6. Widmer Nelson IPA-$4.99/22oz

7. Dogfish Head Punkin’ Ale 4pk-$10.99

8. Dogfish Head Red & White-$14.99/25oz

9. Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA-$11.99/25oz

10. Anderson Valley Fall Hornin’ Pumpkin Ale-$10.99/6pk

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Whiskey

New Arrival: Elijah Craig 21 Year Bourbon

Hey All,

So the hits keep coming today as some Elijah Craig 21 year unexpectedly fell in our lap. The last release of Elijah Craig was the 20 year, which was astonishingly good and won Whiskey Advocate’s best whiskey of the year in 2012. The talk around town is that the 21 year is even better. We got tiny allocations at both shops so I don’t expect these to last long but if I get a chance to try it I’ll repost tasting notes here later. Good luck! Cheers

Nate

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Beer

Healthy Spirits: Telegraph Sanus Spiritibus Release

 

We are very excited to announce the latest exclusive barrel aged release from Healthy Spirits!

 

Last year, we partnered with Santa Barbara’s Telegraph Brewing Company to release two bourbon barrel aged versions of their excellent Rhinocerous Rye Barleywine. We were very happy with the results, and since the barrels were still down south, we figured another collaboration was in order.

 

Since the barrels had already seen some serious action, we figured it would be best to give them one last run with a wild ale. This is a style Telegraph does particularly well, as those who have tried beers from their “Obscura” series can attest.

 

The beer they came up with is SANUS SPIRITIBUS (Healthy Spirits in Latin). Aged two months in bourbon barrels with two strains of Brettanomyces, Sanus Spiritibus brings together the vanilla and maple character of the wood with the complex funk of wild yeast. This is a beer that will continue to develop in the bottle for several years, with Brettanomyces coming to dominate the aroma. Only 38 cases were produced.

 

Sanus Spiritibus is only available at our two Healthy Spirits locations.

 

$19.99/750ml

 

Tasting Notes:

 

The cork popped off with a bang.  No spillover, no gusher, just extremely carbonated.

 

Appearance:  murky apricot / tangerine colored

 

Nose:  brett bomb.  once you get past that there’s warm vanilla / caramel / toasted oak intertwined with potpourri / mulled cider spice-like aromas / some vague fruity notes

 

Flavor:  brett bomb.  funk (not too gritty, earthy or peppery, just right) and fruit (apple-skin).  heaps of vanilla and toasted oak follow very closely behind.  a little acidity and subtle tartness peaks out just before the beer dries out, relieving one from the heavy bourbon / toasted oak character.

 

Finish:  toasted oak, dried apple, vanilla…

 

The body is round and creamy – perfect dry finish.

 

 Excited about the aging possibilities on this one as the bourbon influence + the ABV make for a powerful beer that will benefit from time in the cellar.
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Whiskey

New Arrivals: Johnnie Walker Platinum 18 Year and Johnnie Walker Green 15 Year!

Hey All,

Johnnie Walker has finally strolled into the shop. At the end of the day, even though these are blended whiskies, these offerings (one new, one being discontinued) are just too damn good to pass up. We pride ourselves on our whiskey selection and sometimes that means saying no to certain whiskies that don’t meet our standards of quality. Johnnie Walker Platinum and Green meet these standards in spades. The Platinum Label is aged a minimum of 18 years, with some stocks undoubtedly a little older, and is a blend of about 25 distilleries. This is the first time the Platinum has ever been available as it’s a new release for the holiday season. The flavor profile focuses on malt whiskies from Speyside and Islay.

The Green Label has been destined for extinction since Diageo decided to discontinue it late last year. The US had a rather large supply at the begin of 2013 and has been able to keep it on shelves much longer then the rest of the world. Those stocks have finally run dry and the shipment we got today is among the last remaining cases. Unlike all the other Johnnie Walker releases the Green Label is a blend of all malt whisky, with Talisker, Caol Ila, Cragganmore and Linkwood as the main components. Each whisky is aged a minimum of 15 years which makes Green Label one of the better deals for an all malt Scotch. This is your last chance, once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Platinum Label $109.99
Green Label $79.99

Available at both shops

Nate