Year: 2014

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Beer

Ginger ain’t just for stepchildren no more!

Just one more hit…
“Yonks over ginger in Kentucky bourbon barrels? Take my dosh, I’m gunnae mainline that peeve.”

Widmer Brothers Ginger Barrel Aged Brrrbon ’13 22oz $12.99

Widmer Brothers Barrel Aged Brrrbon ’13 22oz $8.99

Widmer Brothers Barrel Aged Brrrbon ’11 22oz $8.99

Golden Road 2020 IPA 4pks $12.99

Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout 22oz $5.99

North Coast Barrel-aged Old Rasputin XVI 500ml $23.99

Knee Deep Belgo Hoptologist 22oz $8.99

Knee Deep Imperial Tanilla Porter 22oz $8.99

Midnight Sun XXX Black Double IPA 22oz $13.99

Midnight Sun Arctic Devil Oak Aged Barleywine 22oz $20.99

Caldera Lawnmower Lager 6pks $8.99

De La Senne x Tired Hands Crushable Saison 330ml $5.99

Mikkeller x Prairie Artisan Ales American-Style IPA 750ml $16.99

To Øl Liquid Confidential Imperial Chili Stout aged in Sherry BBLs 375ml $16.99

B.O.M. Triporteur From Heaven Blonde 750ml $11.99

B.O.M. Triporteur From Hell Brune 750ml $11.99

Prearis Quadrupel 750ml $12.99

Wild Beer Iduna Cru Apple Saison 330ml $9.99

Restocks:

Lagunitas Daytime 6pks $9.99

Iron Springs Kent Lake Kolsch 22oz $5.99

J.K. Scrumpy Northern Neighbor Cider 22oz $6.99

Reel Ales 10² Barleywine 22oz $11.99

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Beer

Beats, Rhymes & Hyph

Healthy Spirits stackin’ cases so high you could prolly call us dizzy. Flip the script if you call when we answer “Hizzy Spizzy”.

Fresh rhymes for your mind on the shelves.

  • The Bruery Saison de Lente 750ml $10.99
  • The Bruery Oude Tart 750ml $22.99
  • Hof ten Dormaal Zure van Tildonk 375ml $11.99
  • Cismontane Single Malt Munich 500ml $4.99
  • Cismontane Single Malt Vienna 500ml $4.99
  • Cismontane Single Malt Pilsner 500ml $4.99
  • FiftyFifty B.A.R.T. (Barrel Aged Really Tasty) 22oz $24.99
  • Omnipollo Fatamorgana 22oz $15.99
  • Anchor Bock 22oz $5.99
  • Uinta Hoodoo Kolsch 6pks $9.99
  • Angry Orchard Iceman Apple Eiswine 750ml $16.99
  • Angry Orchard Green Apple Hard Cider 6pks $9.99
  • Aspall Organic Draught Cider 500ml $8.99
Almanac sours nice up the shelves! A favorite has been restocked in the Bourbon Sour Porter, and THREE NEW SELECTIONS just in time to celebrate SF Beer Week! 
Sourdough Wild Ale 375ml $12.99
Brewed with a mash of raw and malted barley, oats, rye, spelt and lemon, this beer was fermented in used wine barrels with a blend of Brettanomyces wild yeasts and Marla Bakery’s San Francisco sourdough yeast. The finished beer is dry-hopped with tropical Mosaic hops. This unfiltered ale is alive in the bottle: drink fresh for a bright, passionfruit aroma or age to develop the wild yeast funk.
Brandy Barrel Peche 375ml $12.99
Historically, fruit-infused sour beers were a way of preserving the summer harvest. In that tradition, this blonde ale was added to brandy barrels with high-summer peaches, hand-picked by the Loewen family at Blossom Bluff Orchards in Reedley, California. We aged this liquid gold for six months until we needed a reminder that summer will come again. Pair with Prosciutto, crusty bread and fruit preserves.
Valley of the Heart’s Delight 375ml $12.99
This sour ale is inspired by the agricultural history of the Santa Clara Valley. Long before it became Silicon Valley, it was known as the Valley of The Heart’s Delight, a fertile basin overflowing with fruit orchards. Brewed with foraged apricots, loquats and cherries handpicked by the Garden To Table non-profit, this collaborative beer celebrates and supports their mission to promote urban farming in San Jose.
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Whiskey

New Arrivals: Glendronach 17 year cask strength PX single cask, Ben Riach 19 year cask strength PX single cask

Hey All,

You know what type of barrels I like my single malt Scotch to age in? First fill sherry casks. You know why? Because of all the barrels you can age Scotch in, first fill sherry has the most color, flavor and tannins to give. It’s one of the reasons I’m such a big American whiskey fan, the oakier-more viscous flavor profiles just appeal to me. Now the problem is ex-sherry barrels are in such high demand that the Scotch industry has essentially out grown Spain’s ability to produce them, forcing prices to sky rocket. One sherry barrel is now equal to the cost of 15-20 bourbon barrels. This has seriously impacted the Scotch whisky industry, in fact the majority of whisky is now aging in ex-bourbon barrels.

Which leads to this weeks new arrivals, two incredible cask strength first fill Pedro Ximenez single casks. Both of these releases are one time bottlings, and are also great examples of oak driven, tannic, mouth coatingly awesome single malt Scotches:

–Glendronach 1996′ 17 Year Cask Strength Pedro Ximenez Sherry Single Cask: Comes in at a surprisingly approachable 53.2% alcohol, making this single malt concentrated yet perilously drinkable. Flavors of toffee and nougat dominate with hints of roasted nuts, dessert wine, rasins, dates and earth. $159.9

–The Ben Riach 1994′ 19 Year Peated Cask Strength Pedro Ximenez Sherry Single Cask: A very special limited peated version from Ben Riach. If you thought first fill sherry barrels were hard to find, try finding heavily peated Scotch aged in first fill sherry. They pretty much don’t exist, mostly because the oak and sherry notes mask the peatier-smokier notes, not exactly ideal for peaty Scotch producers. But this is a different beast, coming in at a robust 51.9%, Ben Riach manages to retain an intensely smokey-earthy flavor profile, but with extremely lush notes of dark chocolate, stewed fruits and toffee-sticky pudding. This is pretty much the balls. Fans of Lagavulin Distiller’s Edition will certainly like this. $169.99

Come and get it!

Nate

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Whiskey

New Arrivals: Glenmorangie Companta Private Edition!

Hey All,

Happy to announce the arrival of this year’s Private Edition from Glenmorangie. This is the fifth release in a series that’s always extremely limited. Each new iteration represents a one of a kind bottling that will never be made again. For “Companta” Master Distiller, and creator of awesome whiskey, Dr. Bill Lumsden traveled to the Burgundy region of France and hand selected some barrels from the Grand Cru vineyards at Clos de Tart. On a separate trip Bill found his way down to the Cotes du Rhone region and came away with some fortified red wine barrels from Rhone Valley.

Using both the Burgundy and Cotes de Rhone barrels to finish Companta turned out to be a match made in heaven. The flavors of berries and plums from the red wine perfectly compliment the notes of honey, citrus and crushed minerals already found in Glenmorangie. Unlike some red wine finished single malts Companta’s wine notes are beautifully integrated and add to the overall depth of flavor without being overpowering or musty. This is an exceptional Private Edition and one to seek out quickly if you want a shot at getting one. Cheers

Nate

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Beer

Abacus reklaW enotseriF | Firestone Walker sucabA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HEALTHY SPIRITS LIMITED BEER ACQUISITION

SF Beer Week approaches, a week dedicated to all things brewed. Capping this sudsy celebration is Toronado’s Barleywine festival, an event unlike any beer gathering in the world. More than fifty taps are dedicated to the most revered, misunderstood, misrepresented, and missing-keys/wallet/friends/mind, beer styles. The concentrated nectar of grains and hops; Barleywine.

In 2008, Firestone Walker sucabA (then Abacus) took home the judges’ Honorable Mention. The following year, a bronze medal. And in 2010 a silver medal. Though they never took first, this streak is proof that Firestone Walker sucabA is among the finest oak-aged beers in the world, and for a limited time, BOTH HEALTHY SPIRITS LOCATIONS have some.

22oz bottle in a handsome display box will set you back $17.99 plus tax and CRV. Two (2) bottles per person per diem limit, please, and phone reservations for club members only.

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Beer

Heavy heavy hitters every week at Healthy Spirits

The elusive Bigfoot in his native habitat…

HS = Healthy Spirits, but it also means HEAVY STOCK. The trucks rolled in, the truckers rolled out, and we’re flexing our massive biceps to roll up the best stuff in the city. Like the Macho Man (RIP) says OOOHYEEUH!

Uinta Detour DIPA 750ml $10.99
All-pro halfback with a ballet danseur’s steps: Hershel Walker through a goal-line defense.

Früh Kölsch 500ml $3.99
Köln = Cologne. No perfume, only beer!

Grand Teton Trout Hop Black IPA 4pks $10.99
Water can flow, or it can crash! Be water my friend.

Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca 375ml $7.99
Every Macho Man needs a Miss Elizabeth.

Sierra Nevada Ovila Abbey Quad 375ml $4.99
Holy men who praise their creator(s?) through work. Praise be to Belgian STRONG Ale!

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine 4pks $9.99
Yetis, Yowies, Yeren, Sasquatches, Hibagons, Tsul ‘Kalu. The hairy apeman cometh!

Kulmbacher Pils 330ml $3.49
Try to say Kulmbacher without sounding all tough and stuff. I dare you. See? Impossible!

Anchor Bock 6pks $9.99
Bock means ram. Rams butt heads. Possibly your last chance to square up to this San Francisco classic before Anchor headbutts them out of the market!

BrewDog Hardcore Imperial IPA 4pks $11.99
Scottish brewpunx oi oi oi up the mashpit and slamdance hops in the whirlpool. Punks not dead.

Sam Adams Rebel IPA 6pks $9.99
“Slim” Jim Koch and the Boston boys lay down the gauntlet by putting “West Coast Style” on the package. East vs. West revisited!

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Whiskey

New Arrivals: Jefferson’s Presidential Select 25yr Bourbon and Rye

Hey All,

Just landed a very limited allocation of the Jefferson’s Presidential Select hyper-aged 25 year Bourbon and 25 year Rye at both shops. These are absolute oak bombs with a super viscous mouth feel, sure to become some of the favorites released in 2014. In recent years, the 18 year and 21 year Presidential Selects have been some of the best and most sought after bourbons on the market. Get these while you can! Both varieties are available at the Castro and Clement locations. Cheers