thinking man tavern
est. 2003
Cocktails
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Jungle Boogie $12
Bounty Dark Rum, Bounty White Rum, Dead Man’s Fingers Coffee Rum, pineapple juice, lemon juice
Blood and Thunder $12
El Tequileño Blanco Tequila, Rhum JM Liqueur D’Orange, blood orange juice, fresh lime juice, agave
Under the Boardwalk $12
Bounty Dark Rum, Rhum JM 110 Proof Agricole Rum, Orgeat almond syrup, lemon juice, blue curacao, Angostura bitters
Green Eyes $12
Martini with Durham Cold Distilled Cucumber vodka, Dead Man’s Candied Pineapple Rum, and house-made cucumber simple syrup
Hey Ya! $11
Old Fashioned with Four Roses Bourbon, Leopold Brothers Georgia Peach Whiskey, Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters
Johnny B. Goode $11
Georgie Dickel Rye Whiskey, Giffard Creme De Mure Blackberry Liqueur, housemade lemonade
Stray Cat Strut $12
Fernet, Dead Man’s Fingers Coffee Rum, Five Farms Irish Cream, cold-brew coffee
Good Vibrations $10
Daiquiri with Dead Man’s Candied Pineapple Rum, fresh lime juice, simple
The Real Slim Shady $11
Durham Cold Distilled Cucumber vodka, Chareau Aloe Liqueur, fresh lime, soda water
Drop It Like It’s Hot $10
Tanteo Habanero Tequila, fresh lime juice, ginger beer, pickled jalapeños
Witchy Woman $11
Mezcal Verde Amaras, Amaro Ciociara, George Dickel Rye Whiskey, Angostura Bitters
Purple Rain $11
Gimlet with Conniption Kinship Gin & housemade lime cordial
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Draft
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Maui Coconut Hiwa Porter 10oz 6% $6
Dark ale w/ hand-toasted coconut & hints of mocha (Kihei, HI)
Torched Hop Responsibly Unphazed West Coast IPA 10oz 8.3% $7.5
Collab w/ Wrecking Bar, brewed w/ Phantasm powder, Nectar, Citra Incognito (Atlanta, GA)
Einbecker Brauherren Pils Pilsner 160z 4.9% $6.5
Classic German pilsner brewed with Noble hops (Einbeck, Germany)
DESTIHL Extended Jam Hazy NEIPA 10oz 6.8% $7
Brewed w/ pilsen malt, flaked oats, wheat, and Mosaic & El Dorado (Norman, IL)
Cherry Street Kaleidisco Fruited Sour 10oz 5% $6
Sour ale brewed w/ wild blueberry jam & tart lemon zest (Chattanooga, TN)
Bluejacket Eighties Fan Fruited Sour 10oz 5.5% $7.5
Brewed with tart cherries, raspberries, and a touch of vanilla (Washington, DC)
SpindleTap Houston Haze Hazy NEIPA 10oz 7% $7
Double dry hopped IPA w/ Galaxy & Citra hops (Houston, TX)
Dragon’s Milk Reserve: Coffee Chocolate Imperial Stout 10oz 11% $7.5
Bourbon-barrel stout aged with coffee & chocolate (Holland, MI)
Magnanimous Král Czech Pilsner 16oz 5% $6.5
Czech-style pilsner (Tampa, FL)
Creature Comforts Bike Tour Helles Lager 16oz 5.1% $6.5
German-style helles w/ North Carolina barley & German hops (Athens, GA)
Burial A Disease of Virtuous People West Coast IPA 8 oz 6.8% $7.5
Whirlpooled w/ Cryo, DDHed w/ Simcoe, Riwaka, Cascade (Asheville, NC)
Thin Man Yas Queen! Fruited Sour 10oz 5.5% $8
Sour ale w/ pineapple, lime, and coconut (Buffalo, NY)
Equilibrium Juice = Juice Hazy NEDIPA 8oz 8.5% $7.5
Whirlpooled w/ Citra & Idaho 7, dry-hopped w/ Galaxy (Middletown, NY)
Crooked Run Cherish Fruited Sour 10oz 6.7% $7.5
Berliner Weisse w/ cherries, vanilla, white chocolate, lactose (Sterling, VA)
Estrella Damm Lager .4L 4.6% $5.5
Pale lager brewed with mediterranean ingredients since 1876 (Barcelona, Spain)
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Lagunitas IPA American IPA 16oz 6.2% $6
A classic IPA since 1995, with balanced hops and malts (Petaluma, CA)
Anchor Steam California Common 16oz 4.9% $6
American brewing tradition since 1896. (San Francisco, CA)
St. Bernardus Abt 12 Belgian Quadrupel .25L 10% $9
Spike of clove with rich dark fruit. (Watou, Belgium)
Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen Wheat Beer .5L 5.4% $6.5
From the oldest brewery in the world. (Freising, Germany)
Pabst Blue Ribbon Lager 16oz 4.8% $4
Selected as America’s best in 1893. (San Antonio, TX)
Latest Can Releases
Maui Pineapple Mana Wheat Ale 12oz 5.5% $5.5
Hefeweizen w/ local Gold Pineapple, organic wheat & malted barley (Kihei, HI)
Creature Comforts Athena Paradiso Fruited Sour 12oz 4.5% $6.5
Berliner Weisse w/ tart cherry, raspberry, and cranberry (Athens, GA)
Eggenberg Pink Grapefruit Radler Shandy 500ml 2% $8
A summer shandy with pink grapefruit juice (Vorchdorf, Austria)
Orval Belgian Pale Ale 11.2oz 6.2% $11
Trappist Ale with fruity notes and a dry finish (Luxembourg, Belgium)
Palm Ale Belgian Pale Ale 11.2oz 5.2% $6.5
Msde with English hops, French Barley, and Belgian yeast (Steenhuffel, Belgium)
Blackberry Farm Goat Hill Golden Ale 12oz 5% $6
German-style ale with lager characteristics (Maryville, TN)
Untitled Arts West Coast IPA Non-Alcoholic Beer 12oz 0.5% $7.5
Brewed with Cascade, Centennial, and Simcoe hops (Luxembourg, Belgium)
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Wine
Sparkling
Wycliff Brut NV California 6 / Glass 21 / Bottle
Rosé All Day with Bubbles France 10 / Can (250ml)
Whites
Montasolo Pinot Grigio 2018 Italy 7 / Glass 24 / Bottle
Veramonte Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Casablanca, Chile 8 / Glass 30 / Bottle
GEN5 Chardonnay 2019 Lodi, California 8 / Glass 30 / Bottle
Cave de Lugny Unoaked Chardonnay 2020 Burgundy, France 10 / Glass 38 / Bottle
Roses
Barsao Rose 2020 Campo de Borja, Spain 7 / Glass 26 / Bottle
Rosé All Day France 10 / Can (250ml)
Reds
CP Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 Paso Robles, California 9 / Glass 33 / Bottle
Alias Pinot Noir 2019 Napa, California 10 / Glass 36 / Bottle
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Craft Agave Spirits Menu
We don’t carry celebrity or corporate tequilas because many big brand tequila makers either speed up the distilling process by using hydrochloric acid, or add sugars and adjuncts like vanilla extract to give their tequilas fake flavoring. Instead, we have put together a collection of agave-based spirits from independent and artisan distilleries that treat the agave plant with the respect it deserves. We believe these spirits are superior in quality to more well known brands.
Agave Spirits:
Siempre Plata $8 / Reposado $10 / Anejo $13.5
Co-founded by a woman from a family of female mezcal distillers
La Gritona Reposado $10
Woman master distiller & an almost all female staff
Tequila Ocho Plata $11
Voted “World’s Best Tequila” in 2020
Curamia Blanco $11
Women owned & operated, focused on sustainability
Jose Quervo Reserva De la Familia Platino $9
Artisan small batch agave from the oldest tequila distillery in the world
Ilegal Mezcal Joven $9
Born in the back of a Guatemalan bar, the company champions progressive causes
Bahnez Mezcal Joven $8
Farmer & family owned
El Tequileño Blanco $7
Founded by a descendant of the Cuervo Family
Pueblo Viejo Plata $6.50
Produced by one of the oldest distilleries in Mexico
Tequila Flight $21
A neat half pour (0.75 ounces) of:
Siempre Plata
Tequila Ocho Plata
La Gritona Reposado
Siempre Anejo
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Cordial Menu:
House Fernet: Negroni Fernet
A true Italian Fernet, bitter with a hint of rhubarb, gentian, and aloe.
$5
House Amaro: Amaro CioCiaro
Created in 1873, it tastes of cola, cloves, gentian, and a wisp of smoke
$6
House Aperitivo: Cappelletti
Bitter, sweet, and herbal, this wine-based aperitivo sits somewhere between Campari & Aperol. Try with soda or as a spritz
$6
Boomsma Cloosterbitter
Herbal with notes of mint, clover, and anise. Can be used as a Green Chartreuse substitute while those monks sleep.
$6.5
Eda Rhyne Appalachian Fernet
Created with Western North Carolina herbs, notes of pine resin, sarsaparilla, and allspice.
$8
Eda Rhyne Amaro Flora
Very bitter, with notes of roots & bark. Try with soda.
$8
Eda Rhyne Amaro Obscura
Made from rhubarb root smoked over an open fire & autumnal plants. Smokey & fruity.
$7.5
Jeppson's Malört
This iconic Chicago wormwood-based digestif is an experience.
$6.5
Tuve Black Note Amaro
Sweet & delicate, with notes of cloves, cinnamon, and rhubarb.
$7.5
Lucano Amaro
A complex amro that is sweet, spicy, and bitter at the same time.
$7.5
Gancia Fernet
Made with over 27 herbs including saffron, mint, and licorice.
$6
Montenegro Amaro
Bittersweet with floral & citrus notes
$7.5
Five Farms Irish Cream
Farm-to-table, family-owned Irish Cream. Enjoy on the rocks.
$8
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