Category: Brew and Booze News

The Bourbon Buzz…


The latest edition of the “Bourbon Buzz” arrived in my inbox this past Thursday. If you are not familiar with the “Bourbon Buzz”, its a bi-monthly newsletter produced by the good folks over at Bourbon Country. This is a busy time of year for the folks in Kentucky […]

An Exclusive Members’ Tasting


On March 8th, I had the pleasure of taking my Pappy to another exclusive tasting for members of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society at the Union League. Aron Silverman, the society’s ambassador, travels around the country bringing the society’s unique bottles to those interested in furthering their palate […]

Beer Madness 2011!


We’re all familiar with the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship, aka March Madness. Since 2007, The Washington Post has their own version of March Madness, but instead of NCAA Basketball, they take 64 beers and pit them against each other in a competition that they call Beer […]

The Search for New Whisky


G-LO was kind enough to share his copy of 101 Whiskies to Try before Your Die during one of our research sessions. While we each compiled our list of whiskies that we had already sampled we zeroed in on a couple (Amrut Fusion and the Mackmyra) that would […]

Yet Another Celebrity Backed Adult Beverage


This just in from The Wookie Research Center… Here is a list of adult beverages and their celebrity backers: Donald Trump’s  Trump Vodka Danny Devito’s Limoncello. Marilyn Manson’s  Mansinthe. Willie Nelson’s Old Whiskey River. Vince Neil’s Vince Vineyards and Tres Rios tequila. Lil Jon’s Little Jonathan Winery. Dr. Dre’s […]