Down the Rabbit Hole – A term used to describe a situation that is strange, confusing, or illogical, and often hard to escape from. It originates from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a children’s story by Lewis Carroll in which a girl called Alice falls down a rabbit hole […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The following press release from Crown Royal landed in our inbox earlier this week… Everywhere, USA, November 29, 2016 – Since 2012, #GivingTuesday has come to represent a worldwide effort to inspire the spirit of giving during the holiday season, raising $116.7 million online just last year. Today, […]
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 […]
AMKrouse
The Alemonger
G-LO
limpd
The Wookie
The ROK
Sarah -BeautifulTangibleThings
The Astounding Prism
It's just the booze dancing... 