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
overproof bourbon, ginger liqueur, lemon, cinnamon, angostura

BORSENIK’S LAW
apple brandy, scotch, cider, lemon, ginger syrup, angostura

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

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

BEE’S KNEES
gin, honey, lemon

FRENCH MARTINI
vodka, pineapple, lemon, simple, raspberry

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

FLANNEL SHIRT
scotch, averna, cider,lemon, allspice dram, simple,angostura

GOOFY FOOT
apple brandy, blanc vermouth,lemon, honey, soda

CASPER
aged jamaican rum, amontillado sherry, banana liqueur, lime, ginger syrup

STICK THE LANDING
gin, banana liqueur, px sherry, angostura

SPEEDY GONZALES
reposado tequila, salers apertif, amaro meletti, lime

HOLIDAY IN FRANCE
overproof jamaican rum, lime, font bonne, pineapple, coconut

THE COOL GHOUL
bonded rye, grapefruit, lime, passion fruit, cinnamon

MAPLE LEAF
overproof bourbon, becherovka, maple syrup, absinthe

HIPSTER PRIEST
gin, lime, spiced pear liqueur,elderflower liqueur, maple 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
Devil’s Kush IPA – $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 pecan 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)

American Bourbon

(pricing is for a 1 ounce pour)

1792 Full Proof (125.0) – $7.50
Angel’s Envy (86.6) – $6
Angel’s Envy Bourbon Single Barrel OHLQ Selection (101.9) – $12
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 8 (80.0) – $3
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
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
Elijah Craig Small Batch (94.0) – $4.50
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 7 Year Bottled in Bond Missouri Bourbon (100.0) – $9.50
Holladay Rickhouse Proof (121.5) – $8
I. W. Harper Cabernet Cask Reserve – $5.50
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
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 Single Barrel Pick “Creek of the Devil” (120.0) – $9
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
New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon  (111.0) – $6.50
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 Forester Statesman (95.0) – $6
Old Grand Dad Bonded (100.0) – $4
Old Grand Dad 7 Year (100.0) – $5
Old Grand Dad 114 (114.0) – $4
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
Russell’s Reserve 10 Year (90.0) – $6.50
Shenk Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash (91.2) – $12.50
Still Austing Cask Strength (116.0) – $9
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
Wild Turkey 101 (101.0) – $4
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
Yellowstone Select (93.0) – $5

American Whiskey

Bernheim Wheat Barrel Proof (120.4) – $8
Bernheim Wheat Whiskey (90.0) – $4
Clermont Steep (94.0) – $7.50
Jack Daniels Bonded (100.0) –  $5
Jack Daniels Barrel Proof (129.4) – $7.50
Old Hickory Hermitage Reserve Barrel Proof (117.0) – $8
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

Angel’s Envy Rye (100.0) -$10
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 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
Rabbit Hole Boxergrail Rye (95.0) – $6.50
Rebel 100 Rye (100.0) – $4
Rittenhouse NCBC Barrel Select (100.0) – $7
Rittenhouse (100.0) – $4
River Roots Founder’s Select (123.32) – $11.00
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
Whistelpig 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

Hakushu 12 Year Single Malt (86.0) – $21
Nikka Coffey Grain (90.0) – $6.00
Nikka Coffey Malt (90.0) – $7.50
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
Kilchoman 100% Islay (100.0) – $11
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
Corralejo Extra Anejo (80.0) – $10
Gran Centenario Cristalino (80.0) – $12
Herradura Blanco 46 (92.0) – $7
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 Plata (80.0) – $3
Jose Cuervo Tradicional Anejo (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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