Before the era of filtered water, refrigeration and modern plumbing, people got really sick from the water they drank and the food they ate. To help treat these illnesses, alchemists would use spirits as medicine.  The distilled spirits were used to purify and preserve. Mixing spirits with water killed the bacteria and made it safe to drink. When you mixed herbs with [...]

AGWA de Bolivia Coca Leaf Liqueur has a fantastic story behind it. Coca leaves are flown from Bolivia to Amsterdam under armed guard and these leaves are used to create a Coca Leaf Liqueur which captures the essence of this leaf. It doesn’t hurt the mystique that Coca Leaf is the origin plant for cocaine. It’s a great story and [...]

Utah is probably the last place in the US you’d expect a distilled spirit from. While it’s certainly not the driest state in the union (that title is held by Pennsylvania), it does have a reputation for very tight control of alcohol. There once was a time that you needed to buy a membership to be able to drink at [...]

When it comes to spirits backed by celebrities, we typically have pretty low expectations. Great spirits don’t often come out of vanity companies that rely on the notoriety of the celebrity, more than what’s in the bottle, to sell. It’s a lot like bacon vodka - people will buy it because of the notoriety and be very forgiving about the quality (or [...]

When it comes to herbal liqueur there are a lot of options out there, but many are either very bitter (like Green Chartreuse and Cynar), very strong (like Jägermeister and Killepitsch), or both (like Fernet Branca). J, Witty Spirits enters this space with an Organic Chamomile Liqueur that is distinctively different with a much lighter and feminine flavor profile. J Witty [...]