Saturday, September 4, 2010

imbue in a bottle

The culmination of our efforts as vermouthers is here.  Tuesday was the day: final filtration, bottling, capped, labeled and we have a battalion of these beautiful little soldiers, packed into there boxes and ready to ship out.  That’s right, thanks to Wikipedia, we know now that 1200 = a battalion, and not a brigade, or regiment or anything like that.

The beginning is near.  Filtration can really mess with the make up of a wine like this; it breaks some of the long chain molecular bonds and it takes some time for these bonds to reconnect and for the vermouth to come back to it’s happy place.  We are almost there though, and you rest assured we are tasting it everyday just to see if it’s there.

Big fat Monday the 13th is our release.  For our friends outside of Oregon, don’t fret, imbue will get there.  This batch however is destined for the hands of Oregonians, and for the lucky visitors to our state.  If you live across state lines and want some imbue for your home bar, give us a call and we will see what we can do.

It must also be noted that this photo was taken at the moment of death for imbues' first "Dead Soldier"

aka the first empty bottle, tasted at Common on 9.02.10.