With an actual high temperature of around 52 degrees and total rainfall of 2.06 inches, May 13, 2017 probably wasn’t the greatest day (from a weather perspective) to host an Outdoor Craft Beer Festival (i.e. Pour-A-Palooza #9), but when you have 81 breweries scheduled to bring 143 different […]
Many moons ago, I purchased a bottle of Tamdhu 10 for around $30 with the hope that I had found a value priced, age statement wearing, Single Malt Scotch Whisky. What I soon discovered AFTER making this purchase is that this was a bottling of what was left […]
Earlier this week, Sku of Sku’s Recent Eats accounced that after 10 years of blogging, he was calling it quits. Done. Finished. Finito. Unfortunately, Sku is NOT the Dread Pirate Roberts, and there is no farmboy named Westley waiting in the wings to take over his blog… Unlike […]
The C Gin Fizz (adapted from a Liquor.com recipe) 1 ounce Club Soda 1 ounce Blue Coat Barrel Aged Gin 1 ounce C Carrot Spirit 1 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice 3/4 ounce Simple Syrup 1 Egg White (about .5 oz) Method: Add the club soda to a Fizz or […]
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about an event that we attended at Center City Philadelphia’s Aldine, where Boardroom Spirits premiered their latest and greatest bit of distilling magic: C Carrot Spirit, an eau de vie style spirit made from 100% Real Carrot (I know this […]
Plum. Sour. Stout. These three words sound good when you say them individually, but when you say them together, they sound a bit mismatched. Plum and Sour works well together. Plum and Stout works too if the plums are ripe and sweet. But a Plum Sour Stout? That […]
A couple of months ago, we received the three Tequila bottles that you see in the above photo. Casamigos Tequila is the brand. George Clooney and Rande Gerber are its founders. For those of you that aren’t familiar with these men, one (Clooney) is an actor / writer […]
For the 2nd year in a row, G-LO and I had the pleasure of attending the American Whiskey Convention which was once again held at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phightin’ Phils. For the unencumbered, planning to attend said event would involve the following: An email announcing the event […]
We’ve been down the Papa’s Pilar road before… Ernest Hemingway. Light Rum. Dark Rum. The Solera Aging Process. All very familiar. All very delicious! So when we were approached to try the latest and greatest from Papa’s Pilar, a Custom Barreled Dark Rum that was finished in ex-Bourbon […]
Ever the dutiful son, G-LO pays a visit to his Mamma in South Philly on a weekly basis. Not too far away from her house is a great bottle shop (Beer Heaven). So, while playing his role as the ever dutiful son, he can also stop off and […]
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