We have been expanding our selection of liquors and liqueurs while also working to lower our prices to the most competitive in the area.

See below for a full list of our current holdings. Availability is as of January 8, 2010 and is subject to change. Please stop by or call for current details.

Spirits Knowledge
Following are a few tips on selecting particular spirits for special occasions. We also share several of our favorite recipes.

• Brandy, Cognac, Armagnac, and Calvados
• Priming for a Tequila Sunrise
• Holiday Libations
• Cocktail Recipes
  • Hot Buttered Rum
  • Margarita Martini
  • Classic Brandy Sidecar
  • The Valentine
  • Caipirinha
  • Irish Flag
  • April Rain
  • Gin Buck
  • Limoncello Cooldown

Featured Vodkas
Trump Super Premium Vodka
The newest sensation in the clubs is this ultra premium vodka from Donald Trump. Quintuple-distilled in Holland by renowned Dutch master distiller Jacques de Lat, Trump Super Premium Vodka is bottled in a unique, sexy, and luxurious Bruni Glass design, with labels and outer decorations by world famous New York designer and artist Milton Glaser. Designed to be extra smooth, the word on the street is that this is the new Grey Goose. (And of course, we carry Grey Goose as well.)

Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Vodka from Texas? How about fantastic vodka from Texas! Made in Austin, Texas, Titos Handmade Vodka is one of the few artisinal vodkas produced in the U.S. It is micro-distilled 6 times in an old fashioned pot still, just like a fine single malt scotch or cognac. Only Hangar One (which we also carry, of course) can boast of this among other readily available vodkas. The 6 time distillation and further filtering through charcoal means that only the smoothest, cleanest vodka makes it into the bottle. A fantastic value.

Imperia Vodka
Imperia is Russia's leading ultra-premium vodka and the flagship product of Russian Standard Vodka, Russia's leading line of premium vodka. Imperia sets a new standard for quality. It is distinguished by extraordinary smoothness and the fewest amount of impurities among the top shelf vodkas. Distilled in St. Petersburg, Russia, Imperia is made with winter wheat, blended with glacial water that is distilled eight times and filtered through quartz. Vodka is Russian. And Imperia truly is the number one luxury vodka to taste and enjoy!

Crater Lake Hazelnut Espresso Vodka
A wonderful mixing or after dinner vodka. This vodka is handcrafted in Oregon with fresh roasted rich dark hazelnut infused espresso beans, and then lightly sweetened with brown pure cane sugar. The vodka itself is a premium spirit filtered through volcanic rock and aged in oak barrels. Crater Lake is like nothing else made. Truly wonderful straight out of a snifter, in a delicious coffee hazlenut martini, or in the best white or black Russian you've ever tasted.

Svedka Vodka
High quality Sweedish wheat and spring water go into making this undeniably smooth, clean vodka. Distilled five times, it easily rivals Absolut, but at an amazingly low price. Decatur Wine & Spirits has some of the best Svedka prices in the area.

Featured Whiskeys
Decatur Wine & Spirits now carries more than fifty single malt scotches, not to mention many single-barrel bourbons, single-malt Irish whiskeys and many other fine selections.

Compass Box Asyla Vatted Malt Scotch
A fruity delicate vatted malt whisky that is very smooth and light, but with lovely flavors of honeyed malt. This blend received 93 points in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible. A great introduction to pure malts if you currently drink blended whiskies.

Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon
A world classic. Ultra smooth and with a full rich flavor that is unblended. Each bottle is handnumbered with the barrel number and date of bottling; each barrel of bourbon is slightly different. Each bottle is hand filled into Blanton's unique decanter. This American heritage bourbon should be enjoyed straight or on the rocks. If you like the smooth taste of Maker's Mark, you'll love Blanton's.

Bruichladdich Single Malt 10 Year Old
A wonderful Islay whisky that combines a fruity forward flavor with a subtle smokey finish. Non chill filtered, and with no additional coloring added, this whisky is a delicate golden color. One of Islay's best kept secrets.

Bruichladdich Single Malt 15 Year Old
This older whisky from Islay has more mature notes of wood and malt, and the spicy flavors are more prominent. A great balanced Islay.

Hogshead Vatted Malt Scotch
Vatted Malts are the new thing in scotch—they are blended whiskies, but only from single malts, and only from a few different distilleries at most. This delightful blend from Signatory is a combination of Linkwood single malt from the highlands, and Laphroaig of Islay… and nothing else. The distinctive peatiness of the Islay whisky shines through, but with the restraint of the highlands.

Johnnie Walker Green
A pure malt blend of four single malts: the explosive Talisker, flowery Linkwood, malty Cragganmore, and the smokey Caol Ila. The minimum age of each whisky used is 15 years. The most unusual and interesting Johnnie Walker, and well priced.

Featured Gins
Plymouth
The gin in the original gin martini. This exquisite English gin is the perfect mixer, possessing a beautiful blend of botanicals that emphasize a fresh juniper flavor. A great price for a world classic.

Cadenhead's Old Raj
This overproof English gin is flavored with saffron in addition to the usual cornicopia of botanicals, giving it a bewitching flavor that is perfect for a gin and tonic or a poweful martini. This gin is marketed by Cadenhead, a famous old English firm that sources fine spirits from around the world.

Desert Juniper
An utterly unique American gin that has an especially fine juniper flavor. This gin is made in small batches by an artisinal distiller in Oregon. Unbelievably, he gathers his own wild juniper from the Oregon desert for his gin. Difficult to find, and a must try for gin lovers!

Featured Rums
Rhum Clement VSOP
A classic Rhum Agricole, which means it comes from one of the French islands of the Carribbean and is made from pure sugar cane instead of the more usual molasses. This results in a cleaner, lighter rum with a purity of flavor. The VSOP rum is aged in oak to produce a rum with a superb mahogany color, roasted cocoa bean aroma, and a smooth, mellow flavor. If you've never tried a sipping rum, this is a great place to start.

Leblon Brazilian Rum
Labeled as a rum but more like a Cachaca (i.e. sugarcane juice), Leblon is distilled in Brazil but is then shipped off to France for aging in Cognac casks. This resting helps ratchet down some of fiery aspects that typically plague Cachacas. As a result, Leblon is a perfect substitute for rum in popular citrus drinks. But it is best enjoyed in a Caipirinha, the national drink of Brazil. The Caipirinha typically is made out of cachaça, lime, ice and sugar. Not as fru-fru as a Mojito, but still reminiscent of the South American hit drink, the Caipirinha is a perfect way to greet summer with something a little different. It was the Gold Medalist in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2006.

Cachaca 51
Cachaca is an unaged Brazilian sugar cane liquor akin to white rum, but with a lighter more herbal flavor. It is the essential ingredient in the popular bar drink and national drink of Brazil, the caipirinha-cachaca muddled with lime and sugar and mixed with crushed ice. A delicious alternative to all the ho-hum rum drinks out there.

Featured Tequilas
Corazón de Agave Tequila
Corazón de Agave Tequila is produced in the "heart" of the blue agave growing area of Mexico, known as "The Highlands." The family that creates this Tequila has been growing blue agave for more than three generations.

Corazón is made by the traditional method, using 100% blue agave, distilled twice in pot stills. Corazón comes in a Blanco, Reposado and Añjeo.

The Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago rated the Blanco the best Blanco Tequila in the U.S. The Repasdo is kept in white oak casks or vats called pipones for more than two months and up to one year and the Anjeo is aged in new Canadian oak barrels for 2 years to produce a truly balanced sipping tequila.

Corazon de Agave Tequila represents the very finest in Tequila and it is best enjoyed straight.

AsomBroso La Rosa
The La Rosa is the latest addition to the AsomBroso premium tequila line. Produced from 100% Blue Agave, it is aged in vintage Bordeaux oak casks to enhance the flavor and color. As a result, the La Rosa Reposado tequila acquires a sophisticated nuance and taste without losing it's tequila heritage. To learn more about AsomBroso and their tequilas, please visit asombrosotequila.com.

Featured Brandies and Cognacs
Maison Prunier VSOP Cognac
A fabulous cognac at a great price from one of the last remaining independent cognac houses in France. This family made cognac uses a blend from the top crus of Grandes Champagnes and Fin Bois and then is double distilled in old alambic stills and aged in Limousin oak casks. Full-bodied and balanced, this cognac is a bargain.

R. Jelinek Slivovitz
A traditional plum brandy from the Czech Republic. This brandy is aged 5 years and is meant to be drunk neat. Try something different!

Pisco Capel
Essential for making Pisco sours, or nice drunk straight, this clear South American brandy is fruity and different and is made without every touching any wood from whole grapes. The lack of wood and the whole fruit means that taste of the grape itself is still fresh and evident on the palate.

Germain-Robin Fine Alambic Brandy
Made by a scion of one of the old cognac houses of France- but in California. Hubert Germain-Robin set out to show his parents- and the world- that great brandy could be made in California. He wildly succeeded. This brandy is equal to a great cognac, crafted in small imported antique pot stills in Mendocino. The Fine is beautifully balanced with a heart to it that expresses the excellent local grapes and growing conditions. Smoother and more flavorful than most similarly priced cognacs, one of California's best secrets.

Inga Grappa di Barolo
A wonderful grappa from the same Italian Nebbiola grapes used in the great Barolos. Red wine grappas preserve more of the inherent fruit than do white wine varitals. Unlike some lesser grappas, the Inga grappas use the pulp and skins left from the first pressing of the grapes, not just the pommace as others do. This yields a richer, fruitier grappa without harshness sometimes found. If you've never enjoyed a fine grappa, this one is an eye opener.

Presidente Brandy
The popular brandy from Mexico is in stock. Great all around brandy for mixed drinks, sangria, or cooking.

Dartigalongue Bas Armagnac XO
Armagnac is one of the three great brandies of France (the others being Cognac and Calvados). Like Cognac, Armagnac is made from grapes, but with richer tasting varietals grown in Gascony. Armagnac has more fullness and a more savory character than many cognacs. This one is a standout, and a fantastic price for an XO. This is a blend of brandies all at least 10 years of age produced by the oldest house in Armagnac, still independent and family owned.

Featured Liqueurs
Crisma Caribbean Rum Cream
Crisma Caribbean Rum Cream is the brainchild of a descendant from the Caribbean pirates and well-known rum maker by the name of Basil Cole. Derived from the Latin word “Crisma,” or “The Cream of Creams,” Crisma basically is a combination of aged Barbados rum and fresh cream blended with some age old secret herbs and spices.

Like most rums, Crisma can be enjoyed in a variety of ways. It is great on the rocks or in coffee. It is also wonderful on ice-cream and cake, and it can be used to make uniquely interesting coladas and daiquiris. One of the more intriguing recipes is a cocktail shooter using coffee liqueur, Crisma, and Grand Marnier. Either way, the Caribbean Rum Cream is an unforgettable pleasure. But don't take our word for it. Taste it. As the makers say, “even then you may not believe” how good it really is.

lucid Absinthe
lucid is formulated by world renowned absinthe expert T.A. Breaux, and is distilled in strict accordance to traditional French methods. lucid is crafted in the historic Combier distillery, founded in 1834 and designed by Gustave Eiffel in the fabled Loire Valley of France. Each bottle of lucid is carefully prepared by skilled craftsmen, using ancient copper absinthe alembics. Unlike most contemporary imitators, lucid is distilled entirely from spirits and European herbs, and uses no artificial additives, oils, or dyes. lucid recalls the rich tradition of Absinthe (aka Absynthe or Absinth), and is crafted using a full measure of Grande Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), Green Anise, Sweet Fennel, and other fine European herbs traditionally used in making fine Belle Époque absinthe.

Amarula Cream
Amarula Cream is made from the fruit of the Marula Tree that only grows wild, in the warm, frost-free regions of subequatorial Africa. Marula trees cannot be cultivated, and the fruit has to be picked when the fruit ripens during the height of the South African summer, mid-January to mid-March. The fruit is then distilled into liquor that is then added to the highest-quality cream to make Amarula Cream. The ripe Marula fruit is a favorite of elephants, and in fact, a tree with ripened fruit must be picked quickly before elephants have a chance to get to it. Otherwise the elephants will strip the tree bare of fruit. But Marula fruit is plentiful in South Africa, and there is enough for both the elephants and for making Amarula Cream.

Inventory Listing
Following is a listing of our liquor holdings as of January 8, 2010. Availability is subject to change.

Only items indicated in bold were available as of the date above. Non-bold items were not available at that moment, and may or may not be re-stocked. Please stop by the store for current details.