Bar
Unclaimed profileStoryhouse Spirits
San Diego, CA · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Storyhouse Spirits is a distillery bar where the drinks are built on spirits made in-house: Torrey Pines Gin, California Coastal Gin, California Dry Gin, Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Straight Rye Whiskey, and Seaside Vodka. The cocktail list leans on those bottles, and the bar will also make off-menu requests like a cucumber martini. Weekend happy hour drops drinks to $8. The bourbon is a Double Gold Medal winner and the rye took Gold, so the spirits side carries its own weight.
- What should I order?
- Start with the Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a Double Gold Medal winner, or the Straight Rye Whiskey, which took Gold. In cocktail form, the old fashioned and the gimlet are both made with house spirits. If you want something off the menu, the cucumber martini is a proven request.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Drinkers who care where the base spirit comes from will find the most here, since the gins, whiskeys, and vodka are all distilled on site. Anyone ordering an old fashioned or a gimlet will get a house-spirit version rather than a call brand.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- It is a working distillery bar with its own gin, whiskey, and vodka lineup. The Straight Bourbon Whiskey holds a Double Gold Medal and the Straight Rye Whiskey a Gold, and the cocktails are poured with those house spirits rather than outside brands.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
Cocktails are made with house-distilled gins, whiskeys, and vodka, and the menu includes a section of inventive drinks alongside off-menu requests. An old fashioned and a gimlet are both poured with house spirits, and the revamped cocktail list has been called great and invigorating.
Menu strengths
- — House-distilled spirits give the cocktails a clear point of origin.
- — The bar handles off-menu requests, including a cucumber martini.
Standout selections
- — Old fashioned made with house spirits; Gimlet made with house spirits
- — Cucumber martini; Espresso Martini; Old fashioned — Testimonial mentions an old fashioned made with house spirits.
Pricing: Happy hour drinks are $8 on weekends.
Spirits
The distillery produces its own gins, whiskeys, and vodka in small batches. The lineup includes Torrey Pines Gin, California Coastal Gin, California Dry Gin, Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Straight Rye Whiskey, and Seaside Vodka. The Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a Double Gold Medal winner and the Straight Rye Whiskey took Gold.
Menu strengths
- — Six house-distilled spirits across gin, whiskey, and vodka.
- — Two medal-winning whiskeys: Double Gold for the bourbon, Gold for the rye.
Standout selections
- — Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a Double Gold Medal winner
- — Straight Rye Whiskey, a Gold Medal winner; Torrey Pines Gin, a house-distilled gin
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