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George’s Rants and Raves: Vincent Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate and Pomegranate Vodkas
Five years ago, when I first tasted Van Gogh Cool Peach and Dark Chocolate, the good folks at the Royal Dirkzwager Distilleries just had a handful of flavored vodkas....
George’s Rants and Raves: Knob Creek Rye Whiskey
If you’re still investing in just stocks and bonds, you might want to look into a market that’s simply exploding: the aged spirits market. With the explosion...
George’s Rants and Raves: Don Julio Blanco and Reposado Tequilas
If you’re going to truly get into imported spirits, you will have to learn a smidgen of the language of the land it comes from. Tequila is a good example, although...
George’s Rants and Raves: Cruzan Distillers Rum Collection
I’m confused! Now, I know it really doesn’t take much to confuse and befuddle me, but these bottles of rum got me to thinking, and when I start thinking, the...
George’s Rants and Raves: Bacardi Oakheart Spiced Rum
Did you know that Bacardi makes over twenty different flavored rums? Well, they most assuredly do, and they go the distance with some of the coolest names for their...
George’s Rants and Raves: IRU Vodka
When the bottle of IRU Vodka (Imported from RUssia) arrived at my desk, it came with several postcards that read “seven times distilled no hangover vodka”. Really,...
George’s Rants and Raves: Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey
Have you ever heard of ocean ageing spirits? Actually, until this Rogue Dead Guy Whiskey sailed through my front door, I knew of only one distiller that ocean aged...
George’s Rants and Raves: Basil Hayden’s Bourbon
Who in their right mind would want peppermint flavors and rye, lots of rye distilled in their straight bourbon whiskey? A gentleman named Basil Hayden back in 1796...
George’s Rants and Raves: Greenall’s London Dry Gin
Ahhh, gin, thy rather seedy reputation precedes thee. From gin mills, to gin joints, to gin soaked (referring to drunks), to “mother’s ruin” (a common British...
George’s Rants and Raves: Soltado Tequila
Tequila, by its very nature, is known to be fiery and, at the very least, a spirited spirit. Granted that over the years, it’s gotten smoother, tamer and tastier,...
