Black Nocino [Walnut] Liqueur, Forthave Spirits

• Annually released black walnut liqueur produced by Forthave Spirits in Brooklyn, New York • Produced using underripe black walnuts hand foraged in New York’s Hudson Valley • Walnuts are chopped and macerated in organic, non-GMO sugarcane spirit from Brazil for 9 months in stainless steel tanks • Sweetened with organic, raw cane sugar before resting an additional 9 months in a combination of stainless steel tanks and glass demijohns • NY Farm Distillery License eligible • 24% ABV Each July, Forthave founders Aaron Fox and Daniel de la Nuez spend a week in New York’s Hudson Valley picking fresh, underripe walnuts from black walnut trees to produce this extremely limited walnut liqueur. Based on the traditional spirit nocino, BLACK is singularly focused on this sole botanical and requires eighteen months to fully develop its depth of flavor—after a nine-month spirit maceration, the walnuts are strained and the spirit sweetened before a nine-month resting period in stainless steel and glass demijohns that are placed near the windows of the distillery to sun-mature, adding extra layers of nutty complexity.