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Deco Ginger Rum

Through my journey with spirits I've found that the better drinks I experience the pickier I get when I go out to drink.  Sometimes...
Kilbeggan

Kilbeggan a Better Irish Blended Whiskey

It's unfortunate that Irish whiskey is often seen as the ugly little red headed step child of the whiskey world. Irish whiskey used to be the widest...

Buying Spirits Online

On of the unfortunate things about living in a state with extremely tight liquor control is that there are spirits which you simply can't...
Hirsch Small Batch Reserve

Hirsch Small Batch Reserve Bourbon

I am often torn when I go out for a drink between getting something that I know I love and venturing out and trying...
Max Watman Chasing The White Dog

Chasing The White Dog with Max Watman

White dog is the pure distilled spirit made from fermented grain.  This clear high proof spirit is ultimately put into barrels and aged to...
Small's Gin from Ransom Cellears In Oregon

Small’s Gin Makes a Big Impression

It's sort if ironic that my spirits blog would start out with so many posts about Gin. I never really considered myself a gin...

Ramos Gin Fizz

I've spent a lot of time talking to various bartenders and mixologists and almost universally the drink they say will "send them into the...

Why a Spirits Blog?

For the longest time, when I'd go into a bar and the bartender asked me what I wanted I'd stare blankly and try to...