Centennial Wine & Spirits In Store Tasting

05/18/2007 - 4:30pm
05/18/2007 - 7:00pm

Centennial Wine & Spirits In Store Tasting
4:30pm to 7:00pm

Join us this Friday as we taste through the fine spirits of Leopold
Brothers Distillery. Leopold Bros. is a family owned and operated small-batch distillery that produces world class liqueurs, flavored whiskeys, vodka and gin. We will be featuring their Silver Tree Vodka, Rocky Mountain Blackberry Liqueur and the Small Batch American Gin on Friday. Hopefully many of you can join us to learn more about this amazing line of hand crafted spirits. Brief product descriptions follow.

Master Distiller Todd Leopold personally handcrafts every spirit we produce in a 40 gallon hand-hammered copper pot still that is so small you could literally wrap your arms around it. Each batch fills just fifty cases, and each bottle is numbered by hand according to the batch that it came from. This small detail tells you that each spirit Leopold Bros. produces is truly unique and made by an artisanal distiller rather than an industrial giant.

Silver Tree Small Batch American Vodka.

93 points, Gold Medal, Beverage Tasting Institute. The definitive example of the microdistilling rennaisance, Silver Tree is the highest rated vodka distilled and bottled in America according to the Beverage Tasting Institute. We distill Silver Tree seven times from a unique blend of potatoes, malted barley, and summer wheat to give our vodka a silky smooth finish. Each handcrafted small batch yields only 50 cases, and is hand bottled and hand numbered, making it a unique and rare find.

Leopold Bros. Rocky Mountain Blackberry Liqueur.

95 points, Gold Medal, Beverage Tasting Institute. Blackberries that are harvested from throughout the Rocky Mountains are crushed, macerated, and then strained before they are mixed with our eau-de-vie. We take the extra step of resting the liqueur in small glass carboys to round the berry notes, and soften the finish. The Beverage Tasting Institute made this their highest rated American liqueur and raved "Very pure and rich and complex. Will make stupendous berry cocktails or enjoy as a dessert or digestif after meals."

Leopold's Small Batch American Gin.

88 points, Silver Medal, Beverage Tasting Institute. We distill each batch of our gin from the finest botanicals including juniper berries, orris root, and hand-zested Valencia oranges. The result is a much smoother gin that makes for subtle martinis, while at the same time Leopold's won't get lost in a gin and tonic. Each handcrafted batch is unique, yielding only fifty cases of an exceptionally complex yet subtle spirit which both those
new to American Gin and the connoisseur will appreciate.