The folks at Boardroom Spirits may not know the meaning of “alphabetical order” all that well (their eau de vie style spirits were released in the following order: B, then C, and then A, P and P. Last time I checked, A comes before B and C. And […]
LOS ANGELES – All of the Southland’s eyes were focused on the whisky world as The Whisky Extravaganza came to town for its annual visit in 2016’s November. The Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown LA was the cushy site for a second year in a row so that […]
Five short hours ago (6 AM EST for you non-Eastern Seaboard residents) marked the kickoff of Wing Bowl XXV at the Wells Fargo Center, the Official unofficial kick-off of Super Bowl weekend in Philly. For those of you that know not of this Wing Bowl thing, here are […]
In late October, we received an email from Lori Edelman of Second Self Media asking if we’d be interested in reviewing a new book by Arthur Shapiro, the man behind BoozeBusiness.com. Since this book is all about a topic that is near and dear to our hearts (and […]
In early November, Mrs. G-LO, The Boys, and I went on a four night cruise aboard Holland America Line’s (HAL) brand new ship, the ms Koningsdam. Although the ship launched this past April, our cruise was this ship’s maiden voyage in the United States. A couple weeks prior […]
This isn’t the first time that I’ve had Victory Brewing Company’s Prima Pils, nor is it the first time that I’m reviewing it (click here to read what I had to say about Prima Pils way back in late November of 2011), but it is the first time […]
If you’re a lover of world whisk(e)y and spirits, then you’ve probably heard of Raj Sabharwal. Amrut, Sullivan Cove, Blackadder, The English Whisky Company, and Mahon Gin are just a few of the international spirits that Raj currently imports into the United States via PVI Global. Over the past few years, […]
Grain, water, yeast, and oak. The four ingredients that give us The Water of Life, aka whisky (or if you prefer, whiskey). The print in the above photo illustrates the process by which whisky is made. The idea behind this print comes from Mark Byrne, a former spirits editor […]
After doing my first post in the series, Banter with Bartenders, I came up with a mental list of bartenders that I’d like to interview, but today’s post came about organically. It was a Friday night and I wanted to go out for a cocktail and dinner in […]
Last fall I was “on assignment” to take some cocktail photos for a client and was told it would be at a bar – The Jeffrey… with a bartender – The Bearded Alchemist… They told me his name, but when you hear the moniker “The Bearded Alchemist,” you don’t […]
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