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

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

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

Winter Cocktails featuring HelloCello and Limoncello di Sonoma. The only cocktail that requires a ski and hot glue gun.
Sonoma Napa Magazine’s Fall issue Highlights the spirited side of Wine country

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

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
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
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

Cal Mart (Calistoga)


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.
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 |