Hookers Spotted in Modern Distilling Age
Friday January 13th 2012, 4:18 pm
Filed under: News

Not that kind.  Hooker’s House Bourbon our Pinot Noir Barrel Aged Bourbon.  more at www.Prohibition-Spirits.com

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How to make Brandy Sexy – Hustler Magazine features HelloCello’s BelloCello
Friday January 13th 2012, 4:16 pm
Filed under: News, Recipes

The Strip tease features HelloCello’s orange and Damiana infused BelloCello – perfect for valentines day.

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Mutineer Magazine
Friday January 13th 2012, 4:07 pm
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Winter Cocktails featuring HelloCello and Limoncello di Sonoma.  The only cocktail that requires a ski and hot glue gun.

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Sonoma Napa Magazine – Get your Mello on with Limoncello di Sonoma
Friday January 13th 2012, 4:05 pm
Filed under: News

Sonoma Napa Magazine’s Fall issue Highlights the spirited side of Wine country

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Hookers House Bourbon @K&L Wine & Spirits
Monday December 19th 2011, 1:33 pm
Filed under: Buy

Hooker’s House Bourbon 750ml

Buy now at SKU #1081714

What happens when you take delicious American Bourbon and age it in Carneros pinot noir barrels for nine months? Magic apparently. In the age of wine-cask enhanced Bourbon, Fred Groth from Hello Cello in Sonoma County has emerged victorious over his peers. The Hooker’s House Bourbon, paying homage to General Hooker and his history of whiskey drinkin’ in the Bay Area, succeeds where so many other cask-enhanced whiskies fail. It never tastes gimmick-y, but rather adds addition flavor to a Bourbon that already tasted great. The red fruits from the pinot noir add delicious cherries and richness to the palate, a flavor that sometimes occurs in Bourbon anyway due to commerical yeasts. In this case it tastes entirely natural. The texture is soft and supple. The style is utterly appealing. We all loved it immediately. The price is also right for what you’re getting. This should give Black Maple Hill and Breaking & Entering some serious competition. Oh, and for Manhattans, I can only imagine how lovely that cherry flavor is going to blend with sweet vermouth. -David Driscoll, K&L Spirits Buyer

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Hookers House Bourbon
Monday December 19th 2011, 1:30 pm
Filed under: News

Hooker’s House Bourbon is an exciting new Bourbon, born in Kentucky and matured in Sonoma Valley’s wine country by Prohibition Spirits, a new line of boutique distilled spirits from the creators of HelloCello. After spending time in a Kentucky Rick House, the Bourbon was double barreled and additionally aged in neutral Pinot Noir barrels here in Sonoma, California. Prohibition Spirits has combined the best of both worlds for a truly remarkable first of its kind American spirit from wine country.

The process of finishing the Bourbon in Pinot Noir barrels produces a never before tasted premium class of Bourbon. Because the Bourbon is from a recipe of 54% corn and 46% rye, it is perfectly balanced between sweet and savory. Our Bourbon has notes of dried apricot, cherry, violet, vanilla and subtle hints of dark fruit. Hooker’s House Bourbon is bottled at the General’s strength of 100 proof (50% ABV) in handsome 750ml bottles.

Hooker’s House Bourbon honors the infamous General Joseph Hooker, a Civil War Veteran, Sonoma resident, lady’s man and whiskey aficionado. The bold and spicy character of the Bourbon is matched by the General’s sometimes outrageous and overindulging lifestyle. Story be told that his women were called the “Hooker Girls”. The word “Girls” was dropped and this is how the term Hooker’s came about.

The spirit and legend of the General lives on in Hooker’s House Bourbon.

Crafted, barreled, aged and bottled by

Prohibitions Spirits, in Sonoma, California.

For more information and where to buy check out www.Prohibition-Spirits.com

The “Spirited” side of Wine Country

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Prohibition Spirits new website
Monday December 19th 2011, 10:51 am
Filed under: Events, News

Check out www.Prohibtion-Spirits.com for all the information on Hooker’s House Bourbon

HOOKER’S HOUSE BOURBON

STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY

FINISHED IN PINOT NOIR BARRELS

“the spirited side of wine country”

100 proof Sonoma-Style American Whiskey

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Buy, Try and Sip
Sunday December 18th 2011, 5:11 pm
Filed under: Buy

HOOKER’S HOUSE BOURBON

Buy online @ K&L Wine & Spirits

Sonoma Market
Historic Plaza Liquor
St. Helena Wine Center
K&L Wine & Spirits
Bottle Barn
CASK, S.F
JV

girl & the fig
Carneros Bistro
Estate
EDK
Farmstead
Saddles
Cuvee
Meritage

Limoncello di Sonoma Online and Store
K&L Wine Merchants (San Francisco, Redwood City & Hollywood) www.klwines.com
Cask (San Francisco)  www.caskstore.com/
Beltramos (Menlo Park) www.beltramos.com
Back Room Wines (Napa) www.backroomwines.com
Traverso’s Gourmet Food and Liquor (Santa Rosa) www.traversos.com
St. Helena Wine Center  www.shwc.com
Try
Carneros Bistro @ the Lodge (Sonoma)
Angele (Napa)
Fish Story (Napa)
Servino’s (Tiburon)
Hotel Luca Cantinetta Piero (Yountville)
The Farm @ Carneros Inn (Napa)
Mertigate Resort & Spa (Napa)
Saddles at MacArthur Place (Sonoma)
Culinary Institute of America (St Helena) CIA-Greystone
Estate
Market (St. Helena)
A.K.A Bistro (St. Helena)
Hand Crafted with and for "the girl and the fig" restaurant in Sonoma
Try it at: The Girl & the Fig, Estate, Angele, Butterfly, Farmstead, Cuvee, Carneros Bistro, Carneros Inn
Buy it at: Jug Shop, Sonoma Market, Historic Plaza Liquors, Bottle Barn, Traverso’s, St. Helena Wine Center, Valley Liquor, Rose Drive Market

The first orange liqueur to include the Damiana, a natural aphrodisiac that has been used for centuries for its mood enhancing properties.
BelloCello
Online and Store
K&L Wine Merchants (San Francisco, Redwood City) K&L Wines
Cask (San Francisco) CaskStore.com
in Store
Sonoma Market
Whole Foods Sonoma & Napa
Bottle Barn
Traverso’s
Mill Valley Market
Petaluma Market
St. Helena Wine Center
Sunshine Market
Ranch Market Too
JV Wine & Spirit
Tip Top Liquors
Val’s, Brown’s Valley Market, Rose Drive Market, Valley Liquor…



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Here’s to a tasty bourbon that only a Hooker could have inspired.
Sunday December 18th 2011, 1:42 pm
Filed under: Events, News

Using a two-step barrel aging process, the spirited folks making Sonoma’s own Hooker’s House Bourbon import the good stuff from Kentucky distilleries, then age it in hand-picked pinot noir barrels for a flavor that’s entirely unique. The four-year-old bourbon “finished” for nine months imparting subtle wine and oak flavors and nuances. According to creator Fred Groth of HelloCello/Prohibition Spirits, the result is deep flavors of coffee, caramel, black cherry, vanilla and baking spices.

So what’s with the name? Let’s turn our history books back a page to General Joseph Hooker, a Civil War veteran best known for his love of stiff drinks and friendly ladies. Hooker’s House Bourbon refers to the handsome soldier’s Sonoma home and is also, of course, a cheeky reference to the frisky gals Hooker brought along during some of his military campaigns to raise morale among the men. Among other things. These agreeable ladies became known as “Hooker’s Brigade” and later, just “Hookers”.

At 100-proof there’s not doubt this is one stiff drink. Just the way the captain would have wanted it.

Available through Prohibition Spirits locally at Bottle Barn, 3331 Industrial Drive  Santa Rosa, 528-1161, $36.

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Limoncello di Sonoma at Mollie Stone’s Markets
Tuesday November 01st 2011, 12:58 pm
Filed under: Buy, Events, News

Fresh, Natural and locally produced Limoncello di Sonoma is on sale at all 9 Mollie Stone’s Markets in the Bay Area this week.

Never had it before?  We will be doing in-store tastings of Limoncello di Sonoma this week.

Thursday Nov 3 – 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM. GREANBRAE Store

Saturday Nov 5 – 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM. TOWER Store

Saturday Nov 5 – 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM. CASTRO Store

Drink Limoncello di Sonoma and share the Love at the following Mollie Stone’s locations

Burlingame 1477 Chapin Ave. 650-558-9992 View
Greenbrae 270 Bon Air Shopping Center 415-461-1164 View
Palo Alto 164 S. California Ave. 650-323-8361 View
San Bruno 22 Bayhill Shopping Center 650-873-8075 View
San Francisco
Castro
4201 18th Street 415-255-8959 View
San Francisco
Pacific Heights
2435 California Street 415-567-4902 View
San Francisco
Twin Peaks
635 Portola Drive 415-664-1600 View
San Mateo 49 West 42nd Ave. 650-372-2828 View
Sausalito 100 Harbor Drive 415-331-6900 View
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