The House of Berentzen has been around for a cool 256 years, and they’re one of Germany’s oldest spirit companies. Today they produce a range of products, including three liqueurs that are available stateside — Berentzen Apple Liqueur, Pear Liqueur…
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Rhum Clément hails from Martinique, where the brand produces a fine collection of agricole style rums. Unlike most rums which are distilled from molasses, a sugarcane byproduct, rhum agricole is distilled from fresh-pressed, fermented sugarcane juice. This results in an…
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We first tasted Papa’s Pilar Rum at the San Antonio Cocktail Conference and, being fans of all things Hemingway, we were intrigued. The new rum pays tribute to one of history’s greatest adventurers, writers and rum drinkers, channeling Hemingway’s spirit…
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Big news this week, as industry heavyweight Jack Daniel’s announced Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire, a blend of Old No. 7 with cinnamon liqueur. This comes on the heels of Jack Daniel’s wildly successful Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey, which opened the…
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With St. Patrick’s Day on Monday (and weekend festivities starting… now), your consumption of Irish spirits is bound to increase. So first, let’s remind ourselves why we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. And then let’s take a look at three new…
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IXA Organic Tequila comes from the Greenbar Collective, those enterprising guys behind TRU Organic Vodka, Fruitlab Liqueurs and Crusoe Organic Spiced Rum. IXA is a silver tequila that begins with fully matured, organically grown agave. It’s slow-baked in clay ovens…
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Crusoe Organic Spiced Rum comes from the Greenbar Collective guys, makers of TRU Organic Vodka, IXA Tequila, FruitLab liqueurs and several other products. This is our first encounter with the company’s rum. They produce both a silver and a spiced…
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Based in Austin, TX, Treaty Oak Distilling Co. started as a rum maker, but they soon joined the gin (Waterloo Gin) and vodka (Starlite Vodka) business — two unaged products that didn’t stray too far from Treaty Oak’s white spirits…
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Rhum Clemente, the makers of some fine rhum agricole, recently announced two new spirits. Clemente Canne Bleue is a white rhum crafted from fresh juice that’s extracted from one unique varietal of sugarcane. Clement Select Barrel is aged for three years in used French oak, which imparts soft vanilla notes to this aged rhum.// read more →
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Calling your product Purity Vodka and putting it in a crystal-cut bottle comes with a few expectations. First, that its chief concern is smoothness, probably to the extent of being tasteless. And second, that it’s yet another over-hyped, look-at-me vodka…
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Genius Gin hails from Austin, TX, where the relative newcomer is making two gins as two different proofs — a standard 45% ABV and a navy strength 57% ABV. Genius Gin is creating their product entirely in-house, rather than sourcing…
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This week Booker’s Bourbon announced a limited edition bourbon release to celebrate the brand’s 25th anniversary. This is welcome news for fans of the fiery bourbon. The release, dubbed Batch No. 2014-1, pays homage to its namesake, 6th Generation Beam…
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We’ve been sitting on this one for a few months now. Mostly because we quickly stashed our bottles of Ivanabitch Tobacco-Flavored Vodka behind a radiator and tried to forget that such a product (two, actually) was released to the public….
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We recently mentioned the release of Crown Royal XO, a Cognac cask-finished whisky and the newest addition to the Crown Royal portfolio. This latest release falls on the heels of Crown Royal Maple (2013) and Crown Royal XR (2012), as…
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Diageo recently unveiled the Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company, which is an interesting outfit dedicated to locating lost and forgotten barrels of whiskey from around the world. And the first two bottles to be released are a couple of unusually…
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Captain Morgan White Rum is the brand new addition to the Captain Morgan portfolio and will be hitting store shelves this month. It seems to be an aggressive response from the spiced rum leader, as the Captain has lost some…
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This Sunday, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to consume beer, more beer and probably some liquified cheese. So that’s exciting. And if you’re hosting a Super Bowl party, by all means, serve beer. It’s required. But if you’d like to…
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Based in Oregon, Ransom Spirits produces a diverse lineup of fine beverages, including their most well-known product: Ransom Old Tom Gin. Over the years, we’ve enjoyed Ransom’s gins as well as Whipper Snapper Whiskey, but this week brought our first…
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The just-launched Crown Royal XO is a unique blend containing more than 50 of Crown Royal’s finest whiskies. It’s finished in cognac casks and, according to the brand, is an “amber/topaz whisky deliciously balanced with hints of vanilla, spice and rich dried fruit, closing with an impeccably smooth finish…read more →
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Taking place January 16-19, the 2014 San Antonio Cocktail Conference was four days of seminars, parties, tastings, events, tacos and general good times in the hotels, bars and theaters of San Antonio. We sampled new spirits, got reacquainted with old…
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