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George’s Rants and Raves: Ungava Gin
Have you ever heard the one about the Eskimo and the gin? Now, doesn’t that sound like the intro to an insensitive, racist, slanderous, offensive, pejorative,...
George’s Rants and Raves: Aylesbury Duck Vodka
Of the more than 450 brands of vodka in the world, as you, my faithful 899,648.6 regular readers know, I have taste tested only 36 to date, and by this count, I...
George’s Rants and Raves: Citadelle Gin
Ahhh, the French, either you love them or hate them, but there’s no getting around them. I find myself leaning towards being a Francophile, after all they produce...
George’s Rants and Raves: Mount Gay Rum
So you think you’re a rummy? You’re favorite drink is rum, really good rum not those rum and coke rums but real rum straight up and neat as can be. You know...
George’s Rants and Raves: South Bay Rum
(1+K/a) Looks a bit like rocket science doesn’t it? Of the 7,482,329 people who religiously read my column irregularly, the survey says that 8 of you are real...
George’s Rants and Raves: Rabbit Hole Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
With over 100 different brands of Bourbon and over 4.7 million barrels of the stuff ageing at any given time (which by the way surpasses Kentucky’s population...
George’s Rants and Raves: Speyburn Bradan Orach Scotch
I guess that if you’ve whipped up a new scotch whiskey and you’re sitting around the distillery endlessly sampling it and tossing around names for this as yet...
George’s Rants & Raves: Oxley Gin
I was having dinner the other night with a friend, and we were discussing various liquors and wines and occasions and locales as they related to their enjoyment...
George’s Rants and Raves: Devil’s River Bourbon Whiskey
I just received the heaviest bottle of Bourbon I have ever hoisted. This 750ML bottle is so heavy it could give you a hernia. And on top of that, it is shaped like...
George’s Rants and Raves: RE:FIND Spirits
Generally speaking, vodka and gin are mostly made from potatoes and grains because they are inexpensive and abundant. But did you know you could also produce vodka...
