Welcome

Welcome to Speak of the Devil, a cocktail bar in the heart of historic downtown Lorain, Ohio.  We believe that a cocktail bar should craft the finest cocktails possible – with the freshest ingredients, the highest quality spirits and bitters available and with the proper execution and technique.  That same care and attention to detail goes into everything we do from our beer and wine selections to our service and bar ambiance itself.

 

“If you encountered SOTD in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles or Chicago, you wouldn’t blink. In Lorain, you blink, and several times. It’s a true oasis of craft cocktail culture in a town sorely in need of it, and one can only be grateful for its existence.”– Robert Simonson, New York Times

Drinks

COCKTAILS

$12

THE GINGER MAN
bonded bourbon,
ginger liqueur, lemon, cinnamon, angostura

THE CURE
rye, lemon-ango oleosaccharum

6/4/74*
rye whiskey, pineapple,lemon, orgeat

PAINKILLER
Pusser’s rum, pineapple, orange, coconut cream, nutmeg

BEE’S KNEES
gin, honey, lemon

HOLY SMOKE
tequila, mezcal, lime,honey, cucumber

NOBODY’S POET*
jamaican rum, pineapple,coconut cream, lime, orgeat

SPRING CHICKEN
gin blend, rabarbaro, cocchi americano

LOUD PACK
rum, amaro di angostura, lemon, vanilla liqueur, pineapple syrup

SPANGLISH
reposado tequila, lime, cointreau, cranberry

 HUMBLE PIE
rye, bonal, pommeau,rhubarb bitters

SAFETY MEETING
jamaican rum blend, simple syrup,lime

SMOKE SHOW
vodka, lime, fassionola,vanilla liqueur, prosecco

LITE BRITE
bourbon, lemon, cappelleti, strawberry simple syrup

TROPICAL SCOTSMAN
scotch, creme de cacao, lime, passionfruit, honey

MAIN SQUEEZE
gin, bonal, lime, simple syrup

*allergen alert: orgeat is an almond based syrup

 
SHOT AND A BEER

HighBeam – $6
Miller High Life Mini and shot of Jim Beam or Beam Rye

As always, if you’ve had a cocktail before – here or anywhere – ask us and if we have the means to make it, we will make it for you!

WINE

Bonanza Cabernet Sauvignon – $10/$38
Folk Machine White Light – $11/$42
Poquito Moscato – $9
Frico Frizzante (sparkling) – $8

BEER

on tap
Penguin City Beer – $4/$6
Left Hand Milk Stout – $4/$6

in cans
Miller High Life Mini (7 oz) – $1.50
Miller Lite – $3
Old Style (16 oz) – $3.50
Pabst Blue Ribbon – $3
Head Hunter IPA – $5
Goggle Fogger Hefeweizen – $5

SELTZERS

High Noon Peach – $6
High Noon Pineapple – $6
White Claw Black Cherry – $5
White Claw Mango – $5

TO EAT

BAR SNACKS TRIO – $10 (pick 3)/SINGLE – $4

house marinated olives / house pickled vegetables /house maple bourbon toasted nuts / house mini almond dusted cheese balls / Fligner’s Market smokies

(kitchen service ends one hour prior to closing)

Spirits

Bourbon      Rye     American Whiskey

Scotch     Irish     Japanese

Canadian      Rums      Tequila
(click on category you wish to check out)

NEW ARRIVALS!

(pricing is for a 1 ounce pour)

American Bourbon

(pricing is for a 1 ounce pour)

1792 Full Proof (125.0) – $7.50
1792 Single Barrel (98.6) – $6.50
1792 Bottled in Bond (100.0) – $6.50
Angel’s Envy (86.6) – $6
Bardstown Bourbon Company The Prisoner (100.0) – $13
Bardstown Bourbon Company Fusion Series (94.9) – $8
Bardstown Bourbon Company Chateau De LaBaude (107.0) – $18
Bardstown Bourbon Company Foursquare (107.0) – $19
Bardstown Bourbon Company WV Great Barrel (110.0) – $19
Basil Hayden Bourbon (80.0) – $6
Basil Hayden Toast (80.0) – $6.50
Benchmark Full Proof (125.0) – $3.50
Benchmark Top Floor (86.0) – $3
Benchmark Small Batch (90.0) – $3
Blade & Bow (91.0) – $6.50
Blanton’s (93.0) – $8
Blood Oath Pact 10 (98.6) – $18
Blood Oath Pact 11 (98.6) – $15
Bomeberger’s Declaration (108.0) – $13
Booker’s “Ronnie’s Batch” 2022 (124.3) – $12
Booker’s “Kentucky Tea Batch” 2022 (126.5) – $11
Booker’s “Apprentice Batch” 2023 (125.5) – $12.50
Booker’s “Mighty Fine Batch” 2023 (126.6) – $12.50
Booker’s “The Storyteller Batch” 2023 (127.8) – $12.50
Booker’s “The Beam House Batch” 2024 (124.6) – $12.50
Booker’s “Jimmy’s Batch” 2024 (125.8) – $12.50
Booker’s “Barry’s Batch” 2025 (125.9) – $12.50
Booker’s “By The Pond Batch” (126.5) – $12.50
Booker’s “Jerry’s Batch” (124.7) – $12.50
Booker’s “Phantom Pipes Batch” (126.4) – $12.50
Buffalo Trace Bourbon (90.0) – $4.50
Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash#1 (125.0) – $4.50
Calumet Farm 10 Year (100.0) – $13
Clyde Mays Special Reserve (110.0) – $6.50
Early Times Bottled in Bond (100.0) – $5
Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch (100.0) – $7.50
Colonel E. H. Taylor Barrel Proof (127.2) – $12
Elijah Craig Small Batch (94.0) – $4.50
Elijah Craig 18 Year (90.0) – $19
Ernest Scarano Whiskey Dick (130.0) – $6
Evan Williams Bourbon (86.0) – $3.50
Evan Williams Bottled in Bond (100.0) – $4.50
Four Roses Yellow Label (80.0) – $ 3.50
Four Roses Single Barrel OBSF (100.0) – $6.50
Four Roses Single Barrel OESK (100.0) – $6.50
Four Roses Single Barrel OESO (100.0) – $6.50
George Dickel Classic (80.0) – $3
George Dickel 8 Year Bourbon (90.0) – $4
Hardin’s Creek Colonel James B. Beam (108.0) – $10
Heaven Hill Bottled in Bond (100.0) – $6
Henry McKenna 10 Year (100.0) – $7.50
High Bank Whiskey War  (88.0) – $5
High Bank Whiskey War Barrel Proof (117.8) – $7
High Bank Midnight Cask (82.0) – $6
High Bank Cigar Blend (117.4) – $10.50
High Bank DODODO (116.5) – $12.00
Holladay 6 Year Soft Red Wheat Whiskey (100.0) – $9
Holladay 6 Year Bottled in Bond Missouri Bourbon – $9.50
Holladay 7 Year Bottled in Bond Missouri Bourbon (100.0) – $9.50
Holladay Rickhouse Proof (121.5) – $8
I. W. Harper 15 Year (86.0) – $11
Jefferson’s Reserve Pritchard’s Hill Cask (90.2) – $10
Jim Beam (80.0) – $3
Jim Beam 7 Year Black (90.0) – $4
Jim Beam Single Barrel (108.0) – $6
Joseph Magnus Murray Hill Club (103.0) – $12.50
Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend (100.7) – $24
Kentucky Owl Confiscated (98.6) – $13
Kentucky Owl Limited Release St. Patrick’s Edition (100.0) – $13
Kentucky Owl Maighstir Edition (100.0) – $18
Knob Creek Small Batch 9 Year (100.0) – $4.50
Knob Creek Small Batch 12  Year (100.0) – $8.50
Knob Creek 18 Year (100.0) – $26
Larceny (92.0) – $4.50
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch A123 (125.8) – $8
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch A124 (124.2) – $8
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch A125 (125.0) -$8
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch B523 (126.5) – $8
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch B524 (125.4) – $8
Larceny Barrel Proof Batch C924 (125.1) – $8
Legent (94.0) – $6.50
Lowertown Bourbon Finished in Zinfandel Barrels (99.0) – $5
Lux Row Four Grain Double Single Barrel (115.0) – $10
Maker’s Mark (90.0) – $4.50
Maker’s Mark BRT-01 (109.4) – $6.50
Maker’s Mark BRT-02 (109.4) – $6.50
Maker’s Mark 46 (94.0) – $5
Michter’s US1 (91.4) – $6
Michters’s Sour Mash (86.0) – $5.50
Minglewood BIB Bourbon (100.0) – $7
Minglewood BIB Wheated (100.0) – $7
Minglewood BIB Double Oaked (100.0) – $7
Minglewood Peach Whiskey (70.0) – $3
Minglewood Root Beer Whiskey (70.0) – $3
Old Ezra 7 Year (117.0) – $9
Old Forester Signature  (100.0) – $3
Old Forester 1870 Original Batch (90.0) – $6
Old Forester 1897 Bottled-in-Bond (100.0) – $6
Old Forester 1910 Old Fine Whiskey (93.0) – $7
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style (115.0) – $7
Old Forester 1924 (100.0) – $13
Old Grand Dad Bonded (100.0) – $4
Old Grand Dad 114 (114.0) – $4
Old Grand Dad 7 Year (100.0) – $5
Old Grand Dad 16 Year (100.0) – $25
Old Medley 12 Year (86.8) – $6.50
Penelope Wheated (80.0) – $4.50
Rebel 10 Year (100.0) – $10
Rebel 100 (100.0) – $4
Rebel Distillers Collection (113.0) – $4.50
Remus Repeal Reserve VI 2022 (100.0) – $13
Remus Repeal VII 2024 (101.0) – $13
Remus Gatsby Reserve (97.8) – $24
Remus Babe Ruth Reserve (111.0) – $21
River Roots The Guardian (114.79) – $9.50
River Roots Single Barrel (128.26) – $9.50
River Roots Founders Reserve (95.0) – $5.50
River Roots Buzz Kill (127.69) – $10.50
River Roots Select Single Barrel Double Oaked (130.76) – $15
River Roots Naughty or Nice Barrel Select (125.38) – $15
Russell’s Reserve 10 Year (90.0) – $6.50
Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel (110.0) – $8
Shenk Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash (91.2) – $12.50
Still Austin Cask Strength (116.0) – $9
Still Austin The Musician (98.4) – $6.50
Thomas S. Moore Cabernet Sauvignon Cask Finish (95.3) – $7.50
Thomas S. Moore Finished in Chardonnay Casks (97.9) – $7.50
Watershed Bottled in Bond (100.0) – $7.50
Watershed Barrel Strength 6 Years Limited (119.3) – $9
Weller Special Reserve (90.0) – $5.50
Weller Antique (107.0) – $6.50
Western Reserve Distillers 14 Year Bourbon (90.0) – $8.50
Whistlepig Snout to Tail 10 Year Bourbon (88.0) – $10
Wild Turkey 101 (101.0) – $4
Wild Turkey 101 8 Year (101.0) – $6.50
Wilderness Trail Bottled in Bond (100.0) – $6
Wilderness Trail High Rye (100.0) – $6
Wild Turkey Rare Breed 2019 (116.8) – $6.50
Willett Noah’s Mill Bourbon (114.3) – $7
Willett Rowan’s Creek (100.1) – $5.50
Willett Pot Still Bourbon (94.0) – $6
Woodford Reserve (90.4) – $5
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked (90.4) – $7
Woodford Double Double Oaked (90.4) – $22
Woodford Batch Proof (119.5) – $13
Yellowstone Select (93.0) – $5
Yellowstone Small Batch 6 Year (107.0) – $6.50
Yellowstone Limited Edition 2024 (101.0) – $15
 

American Whiskey

Bernheim Wheat Barrel Proof A225(125.4) – $8
Bernheim Wheat Barrel Proof C925 (118.4) – $11
Clermont Steep (94.0) – $7.50
Jack Daniels Bonded (100.0) –  $5
Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof (129.4) – $7.50
Jack Daniels Single Barrel Heritage Barrel (100.0) – $9
Old Hickory Hermitage Reserve Barrel Proof (117.0) – $8
River Roots “Malt Attacks” Double Oak (136.30) – $10
Uncle Nearest 1856 (100.0) – $7.50
Vistula Single Malt (90.0) – $9
Western Reserve Organic Wheat Whiskey (86.0) – $7
Westland American Single Malt (92.0) – $5.00
Westward American Single Malt (90.0) -$10
Yellowstone American Single Malt (108.0) – $7

American Rye Whiskey

Buffalo Trace White Dog Rye Mash (125.0) – $4.50
Clyde Mays Rye (94.0) – $4
Elijah Craig Straight Rye (94.0) – $5.50
Elijah Craig Toasted Rye (94.0) – $6.50
Ernest Scarano Widmer Winter Rye – (90.0) – $6
Ernest Scarano Exhibition Rye (100.0) – $18
Ernest Scarano Old Homicide (140.0) – $22
Ernest Scarano Lucidity (140.0) – $8.50
George Dickel Rye (90.0) – $3.00
George Dickel/Leopold Bros. Collaboration Blend (100.0) – $13
High West Rendezvous Rye (92.0) – $7.50
Jack Daniels Bonded Rye (100.0) – $5
Jim Beam Rye (80.0) – $3
Minglewood BIB Rye (100.0) – $7
New Riff Malted 6 Year Rye (100.0) – $7.50
New Riff OHLQ Select Single Barrel Rye (107.5) – $6.50
A. Overholt Monongahela Mash (95.0) – $5
Old Forester Rye (100.0) – $4
Old Overholt (86.0) – $3.50
Old Overholt Bonded (100.0) – $5
Old Overholt 114 (114.0) – $5.50
Old Overholt 11 Year (92.6) – $8.50
Old Overholt 10 Year Cask Strength (121.0) – $11
Old Overholt 11 Year Cask Strength (121.0) $12
Old Overholt 12 Year Cask Strength (117.0) – $13
Rebel 100 Rye (100.0) – $4
Rittenhouse (100.0) – $4
River Roots Founder’s Select (123.32) – $11
River Roots Ocular Double Oak Rye (128.5) – $13
Rossville Union Barrel Proof Rye (112.6) – $8
Sagamore Spirit Small Batch Rye (93.0) – $4.50
Sagamore Spirit Cask Strength (112.2) – $7.50
Sagamore Spirit Rum Cask Finish (98.0) – $8.50
Sazerac Rye (90.0) – $5
Western Reserve Barrel Proof Rye (124.4) – $8
Western Reserve 18 Year Rum Cask Finish (100.0) – $16
Western Reserve 20 Year Oloroso Sherry Cask Finish (94.0) – $25
Whistlepig Piggyback 6 Year Rye (96.56) – $6.50
Wild Turkey 101 Rye (101.0) – $5
Wild Turkey Rare Breed Rye (112.2) – $7.50
Willett Family Estate Small Batch Rye (110.4) – $7.50

Canadian Whisky

Canadian Club (80.0) – $3
Canadian Club 9 Year Reserve (80.0) – $3.50
Caribou Crossing Single Barrel (80.0) – $6

Japanese Whiskey

Nikka Coffey Grain (90.0) – $6.00
Nikka From the Barrel (102.8) – $6.50
Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Whiskey (86.0) – $6.50
Toki (86.0) – $5.50
Kamiki (96.0) – $8.50
Suntory World Whisky Ao (86.0) – $7.50
Yamizaki 12 Year Single Malt (86.0) – $21

Irish Whiskey

Glendalough Pot Still (86.0) – $6
Powers Gold Label (86.4) – $4.50
Redbreast 12 Year (80.0) – $10
Tullamore Dew (80.0) – $3.50

Scotch Whisky

Ardbeg 10 Year (92.0) – $6.50
Bruichladdich  Classic Laddie (100.0) – $7
Compass Box Glasgow Blend (86.0) – $5
Dewar’s White  (80.0) – $4
Dewar’s 12 Year (80.0) – $4.50
Jura 10 Year Old Single Malt (86.0) – $5.50
Jura 12 Year Old Single Malt (80.0) – $6
Kilchoman Machir Bay (92.0) – $6.50
Loch Lomond 12 Year (92.0) – $7
The Deacon (80.0) – $6

Rum

Appleton Estate 8 Year Reserve (86.0) – $4
Appleton Estate Rare Casks 12 Year (80.0) – $5.50
Kirk & Sweeney 18 Year Gran Reserva (80.0) – $6
Plantation XO 20th Anniversary (80.0) – $7
Plantation Dark Overproof OFTD (138.0) – $4.50
River Roots  Rumplestiltskin (117.34) – $12
Ron Del Barrilito 3 Star (86.0) – $5
Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaican Rum (114.0) – $4

Tequila

Campo Bravo Plata (80.0) – $3
Campo  Bravo Reposado (80.0) – $4
Gran Centenario Cristalino (80.0) – $12
Herradura Reposado (80.0) – $8
Hornitos Plata (80.0) – $4
Hornitos Reposado (80.0) – $4
Jose Cuervo Reserva De La Familia Reposado (80.0) – $13
Jose Cuervo Tradicional Blanco (80.0) – $3
Jose Cuervo Tradicional Reposado (80.0) – $4
Maestro Dobel Diamante Cristalino (80.0) – $7.50
Mi Campo Silver (80.0) – $3
Mi Campo Reposado (80.0) – $3
Teramana Blanco (80.0) – $5
Teramana Reposado (80.0) – $5.50
Teramana Anejo (80.0) – $6

 

Reservations

Thank you for considering spending an evening with us!

We are a neighborhood bar in downtown Lorain, Ohio. Our space is small and the majority of the house is set for walk-in business.  We have a very limited reservation space. 

That said, here is our reservation policy:

Reservations are taken up to one month in advance.  The number of seats available for reservations per night is limited.

We have only two areas to seat parties of 6 or more, please contact us and make a reservation if you are coming with a large group. Most of the time, we will NOT accept a reservation for parties in excess of ten (10).

During patio season (mid-May to mid-October) reservations for the patio will NOT be accepted.  Patio will be walk-in ONLY.

Reservations must be made in advance (no “day of” reservations).

For the sake of service and expediency, we reserve the right to present parties of 6 or more one check.

Our house is your house. Sit back, relax, and enjoy your experience. We kindly ask for you to consider your neighbor or your friend who is waiting to enjoy the same experience. That said, in the event that we are holding the door and have parties waiting to get in, we may ask that you please limit your experience to 2 hours.

For reservations contact us at speakofthedevilcocktails@gmail.com, call
(440) 434-4286 or message us via our Facebook page.

 

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