According to the official Crown Royal website, their Fine Deluxe Blended Canadian Whisky goes all the way back to 1939. Here’s the official story in its entirety… In 1939, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth made history when they became the first reigning monarchs to visit Canada, arriving by […]
My In-laws, in an effort to support the blog (or perhaps hasten my demise because I am not Italian, and because there is a certain amount of Neapolitan-ness in their bloodlines), presented me with a $100 gift card to a local liquor store. In this instance, local meant […]
If drinking moonshine and whisky is your thing, then Gatlinburg, TN is where you wanna be, and US-441 is the road you want to be on. Within a half mile stretch of this shop and restaurant lined road, there are four places to get your fill of moonshine […]
Over the past few years, Highland Park has been seriously playing up Orkney’s Norse heritage with several of their limited release whiskies. Their Valhalla Collection featured four expressions named after the Norse gods Thor, Loki, Freya, and Odin, while their Ice and Fire Editions are named after Norse mythology’s […]
We (and by we I mean snobby booze bloggers such as ourselves) can poke fun at flavored whisky all we want, but there’s no denying their popularity with the booze drinking public. This is where you ask… “How do you know this, G-LO? Did you conduct extensive market […]
Our friends at Impex, sent G-LO a healthy pour of the Chapter 7™ 19 YO Highland Single Malt. Chapter 7™ is an independent bottler’s brand that was founded in Switzerland in 2014. Initially, they bottled single casks from some of Scotland’s lesser known distilleries. The distilleries had provided a good […]
We recently received an email from The Baddish Group regarding a holiday friendly cocktail called The Apple Claus. This recipe which features Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon as the main ingredient was created by bartender Laura Moore of EDGE Social Drinkery in Tampa, Florida’s The Epicurean Hotel. The Baddish […]
Once again, G-LO received his weekly booze mail shipment. In the mail, he received two samples from Compass Box: the 3 Year Old Deluxe and the Spice Tree Extravaganza (and a tote bag too which he used to carry the samples over to my hacienda. We love swag!). We […]
Before we get to the heart of this post (the “Booze Review and Cocktail” bit that I mention in the title), let me give you a brief timeline as to how all of this came together… Friday September 16th – An email from Food Shelter PR landed in […]
As Rod Stewart once sang, “Every picture tells a story“. Yes, Rod. It most certainly does! The photo at the top of this post tells us many many things. Here’s what it tells me… The two bottles that you see came to us from the good people at […]
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