Ham·mer & Tongs ~ (noun) Crafting tools of the blacksmith’s trade.
Ham·mer & Tongs ~ (adverb) Phrase: to apply effort with great energy and determination.
Ham·mer & Tongs ~ (pronoun) Original formula vermouths, refined and varied in expression of aroma & flavor concepts.
About Hammer & Tongs
Perhaps one of the most complex beverages humankind has aspired to, vermouth represents an evolutionary step in our culture where ancient herbal medicines, became contemporary cocktail and culinary habits. Preserving the value of botanicals as medicines (beyond their use as fresh or even dried ingredients in foods), became exceedingly more prevalent with the spread of distillation. Alcoholic tinctures and tonics that were prescribed by an apothecary as daily draughts and common curatives, evolved into the restoratives, bracers and pick- me- ups that are the beverages now consumed at Aperitif gatherings (in Europe) and Happy Hour congregations in the US. While the outward rationalization of why we drink these beverages has evolved as much as the tonics themselves, inwardly we may recognize that on one level or another, they make us feel better, if only temporarily.
The craft of a black smith is basically to harness great energy for the purpose of refashioning raw elements into a refined piece of work that is both durable and useful. In order to produce these works of refinement, a forge needed to use quality ingredients and the smith had to apply his/her efforts with great energy and determination. And much in the way that an apothecary might have concocted a refined, medicinal tincture that was both durable (preserved in ethanol) and useful (it’s healing properties), it is only with great energy and determination that naturally pure ingredients are forged into works as refined as our Hammer & Tongs Vermouths.
Meet the Team
Position: Owner/Founder of Hammer & Tongs, Origination of Formulations
Disposition: Learned man of Botanics, Aromatic Chemique and Production & Preservations of Agricultural Specialties
Position: Organizational Governance, Procurement, Conveyances, Personal Assistant & Advisor to the Founder
Disposition: Prognostic, Lissome, Provocateur
Position: Agent of Sales and Marketing, Public Representations
Disposition: Prestigiateur, Percipient, Peddler of tonics, physik & snake oils
Mr. P. Andrew Taylor
Position: Owner/Founder of Hammer & Tongs, Origination of Formulations
Disposition: Learned man of Botanics, Aromatic Chemique and Production & Preservations of Agricultural Specialties
Mr. P. Andrew Taylor is a learned man of production & preservation of "Agricultural Specialties", Botanics, and Aromatic Chemique. After being awarded his Bachelors and Masters of Science from the College of Agriculture at Oregon State University, he committed himself to the occupation of winemaking.
Now he has turned 15 years of his academic and commercial winemaking experiences, toward crafting vermouths that express a broad range of his life experiences. Having a limitless range of botanicals to work with, Mr. Taylor compounds flavor & aroma concepts into his formulas, each one possessing a personal connection to various fragments of his memories and imagination.
Ms. Clementine Seville
Position: Organizational Governance, Procurement, Conveyances, Personal Assistant & Advisor to the Founder
Disposition: Prognostic, Lissome, Provocateur
Mr. B. Francis Moor
Position: Agent of Sales and Marketing, Public Representations
Disposition: Prestigiateur, Percipient, Peddler of tonics, physik & snake oils