Drinks
The bourbon flows like water.
Bourbon is the house drink and nobody counts the pours. Everything goes into etched Cro's Nest glass, and nothing on the list needs an explanation, a garnish tray, or eleven ingredients.
House cocktails
The Nest
Bourbon, lemon, a little maple. The one people ask for by name.
Dock Line
Gin, cucumber, lime, soda. Built tall and meant to last a while.
Portage Punch
Rum, pineapple, bitters. Made by the pitcher when the boats show up.
Cold Fashioned
Rye, demerara, orange peel. One big rock, no ceremony.
Four taps, always on
Great Lakes Dortmunder
Lager
Fat Head’s Head Hunter
IPA
Seasonal local
Rotating
Seasonal cider
Rotating
Behind the bar
Bourbon front and center — three shelves of it, plus rye, gin, tequila and vodka, a cold case of cans and mixers under the counter, and etched Cro's Nest glassware for all of it. Bring a good bottle and it goes on the shelf.
The bourbon shelf
Poured neat or over one rock
Bourbon
Blanton’s Single Barrel
The bottle everyone reaches for first
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
Rich, toasted, easy to over-pour
Four Roses Single Barrel
High rye, all backbone
Buffalo Trace
The everyday pour
Eagle Rare 10 Year
When somebody deserves it
Knob Creek Small Batch
Nine years, no apologies
Rye & American whiskey
Michter’s US*1 Rye
Soft for a rye
WhistlePig 10 Year
Vermont, and it shows
Sagamore Spirit
Cocktail rye, done right
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel
For the purists at the end of the bar
Scotch & Irish
Macallan 12 Double Cask
Sherried, quiet, gone fast
Lagavulin 16
Smoke, for the two of you who ask
Glenlivet 12
The gentle end of the shelf
Redbreast 12
Irish, and worth the detour
Jameson Black Barrel
Always open
