You know how salt is used to enhance and balance flavors when baking desserts? Well, it looks like Quaker City Mercantile (QCM), the fine Philly folks that had a big hand in the creation of Sailor Jerry Rum and Hendrick’s Gin, have discovered that a little Apple Cider […]
On this week’s episode of A Tasting at The Murder Table, we review Clock Out Lager from Iron Hill Brewery. Here’s what Iron Hill had to say about this beer in their 3/28/2019 press release that landed in our inbox: A favorite among the Iron Hill community, this […]
On this week’s episode of A Tasting at The Murder Table, we review a new release from the ever innovative brewers at Dogfish Head Brewery of Milton, Delaware. The name of the beer that we’ll be discussing is called Super Eight Super Gose. Here’s what Dogfish Head had […]
You can’t swing a cat without hitting a brewery or distillery in the Philadelphia metropolitan area! It’s a good problem to have, especially when these brewers and distillers are kind enough to share their wares with us. And speaking of sharing… Bluebird Distilling of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (30 miles […]
The goal was to have this review of Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey up by St. Paddy’s Day (aka March 17th, 2019), but as is usually the case, real life conspired against us and we were a bit delayed. Better late than never is all we can say! […]
The other day I received an email from the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance (PCA). For those who don’t know, the PCA is a not-for-profit agency whose sole mission is child advocacy and achieves that mission through a collaborative effort with various Philadelphia governmental agencies (the Philadelphia Police Department, the […]
If you’re a regular reader, then you’ll immediately recognize this cocktail, which was featured in our review of El Guapo Bitters and Syrups. It’s called The Oaxacan Old Fashioned and it was inspired by a cocktail with the same name that we sampled at a local bar called […]
Join Gabrielle Shayne & Lauren Mayer of The Whisky Sisters® for a tasting of 13 newly released cask strength, single cask, single malt Scotch whiskies from The John Milroy Selection including a very rare 31 Year Old single cask of Islay Scotch whisky in two of America’s finest […]
Whisky! Whisky! Whisky! We can’t get enough of it, and we’re always ready, willing, and able to sample something new. Luckily for us, this little hobby of ours affords us the opportunity to do both, i.e. get more whisky AND try something new. On this week’s episode of […]
Way back in May of 2018, we attended a John Milroy Selections tasting at The Union League of Philadelphia which was hosted by The Whisky Sisters (aka Lauren Shayne-Mayer and Gabby Shayne) of Spirit Imports. At this event, we were given the opportunity to sample several expressions from […]