Mint and grapefruit cocktail series#
Mint and grapefruit cocktail windows#

I will readily admit that I’m a fan of house made ingredients. Being in the prime of the craft cocktail movement, there were ample obscure ingredients and house made bitters, tinctures, syrups, etc. To your right was the chic, industrial, I-need-to-be-sitting-at-that-bar, bar. To your left was an expansive, gorgeous patio with fireplaces, cozy couch seating, and a private bar.

Mint and grapefruit cocktail windows#

You would enter into a small room that housed the host stand, and you were surrounded by towering windows that went up two stories to a private event space. It was swanky, with the dark wood and industrial interior. When we lived in Chicago, there was a really cool restaurant / bar down the street. Really! It took me three years to get out of my head, and finally simplify one of my favorite cocktails in the world : the spa day cocktail with grapefruit + cucumber. Despite being a good cocktail, Wheelhouse’ Gin cocktail might be a bit surprising and less traditional than might be expected.I’m not kidding you when I say this super simple cocktail is three years in the making. However, I think there’s something interesting about a ready-to-drink based on a contemporary gin that veers a bit from the classic formula. In fact, there’s many contemporary style gins who once mixed, a single non-juniper botanical takes front and center. Whether or not the juniper is front-and-center Wheelhouse Cocktails Gin, Grapefruit, Mint and Lime is a delightful ready-to-drink cocktail based off a contemporary styled spice-forward gin. Might this ready-to-drink have just as easily been branded as Aquavit, Grapefruit, Mint and Lime? Overall

As I said, the caraway seed note is the strongest ingredient not listed on the front of the label. Perhaps my biggest critique of Wheelhouse Cocktails’ choice of gin is that there’s precious little juniper to be found here.

Grapefruit, Mint and Lime- in fact the mint is more restrained than some mint-forward gins I’ve had. The mentholic mint adds a lightness and glow to the Gin. Grapefruit and lime combine slightly soda-wise, suggesting Wheelhouse Cocktails’ version of a clean grapefruit soda note. Pleasant citrus, is also present on the palate. The rye bread note lasts quite a long time, sticking at the edges of the palate near the throat. There’s a strong caraway and rye bread note coming through on the palate, likely from the gin. Wheelhouse Cocktails Gin, Grapefruit, Mint and Lime is moderately sweet. The nose is pleasant, with a lot of mint at the top, but also some more complex, slightly grain/malt beverage notes. If there was a spirits only edition of The Flavor Bible, most certainly all four of these flavors would be listed together. The cocktail seems a mix of the Southside and the Finnish Long Drink. Wheelhouse’s Gin, Grapefruit, Mint and Lime canned cocktail is a robust 8.5% ABV in a 355 mL can. As they told the Daily Camera, “Aluminum Cans are out lifeblood.” As one of the biggest challenges facing distilleries looking to get into this space is the availability of a canning line, Vertical seems well-positioned to capture a growing segment of the drinks market in the United States, in a market that fiercely supports local products. Wheelhouse Cocktails are produced by the Longmont, CO based CanSource and Vertical Distilling. Though only limited to distribution in Colorado at this point, Wheelhouse Cocktails is part of a growing trend stateside of more people getting into the ready-to-drink game .

Mint and grapefruit cocktail series#

burst on to the scene in late 2017 with a series of pre-mixed cocktails. Denver, Colorado’s Wheelhouse Canning Co.