American Gin, what’s the difference between a gin made in America and the long understood London Dry version? We’ve noticed a lot more citrus aroma’s in these gins compared to other London styles, but it doesn’t end there! Which do we like the best?
The Red Devil is a potent little cocktail of red proportions, sweet taste and alcoholic fire. This is a big boy, we’re putting it into the tiki god head, the glasses you can buy at AwesomeDrinks.com. While this isn’t truely a “tiki” style cocktail (not as much fruit as we’d expect and no rums), it [...]
Welcome to the second blind tasting on the show. This is the prototype “pilot” episoide for a spinoff show that focuses on the spirit themselves, not the cocktail. Jennifer and I bring on round-2, this time we’re tasting Bacardi (yesterday’s winner) against Don Q and Brave Spirits rum brands. Please note, as with yesterday, each [...]
What was I saying? Oh yeah, this is the Mind Eraser Shooter. This cocktail tastes much like a soda-flavored coffee with well hidden alcohols, thus the name… you drink too many of these and you’re going to blank out. It has a pretty presentation for a small sized shooter.
We’re tasting another ice wine cocktail but this time we’ve invented our own: Common Man’s Frozen Cherry. This is great for those experimenting with ice wines for the first time as it uses a full 1 oz. measure and keeps its structure throughout the cocktail. While this cocktail is super sweet, ice wine fans are [...]
Brave Spirits is a US based producer of Gin, Whiskey, Rum and Vodka. This Pennsylvania start up donates $2.00 on every sale to the men and women of uniform from policy, firefighter to military. You can visit their homepage at bravespirits.com, friend them on twitter @bravespirits and/or fan them on FaceBook. Hope you enjoy the [...]
Time to try something just a bit different, we’re using POM Wonderful to produce a very exciting cocktail with 100% pomegranate juice. The dynamics and great balance of tastes in the POM Beach are extremely difficult to beat. The delicate balance of flavors from the attack to the finish will leave you yearning for a [...]
The Climax is our first cocktail recipe utilizing heavy cream. It does, however, consist of a lot of great alcohols with a lot going on with the thickness of a white Russian. Creme de Banana and Creme de Cacao blend well with the amaretto and Brave Spirits Valor Vodka. Toss all the ingredients into a [...]
As usual, BraveSpirits, makers of high quality vodka, gin, whiskey and rum have turned some of their profits into gold by donating them to those that defend our nation. Every time you buy one of BraveSpirit’s beverages, $2.00 is donated to soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, police officers and fire fighters. Read on for the full [...]
This week we’re experimenting with a fairly strong cocktail, the Blind Melon. This cocktail contains Midori, BraveSpirits Vodka, Cointreau and 10 Cane Rum, a mix that will leave you going “wow” as it punches you right in the middle of the face with its green hulk powers. This little guy looks sweet and innocent but [...]
