George’s Rants and Raves: Hiro Sake
If you still think that Sake is rice wine, then you don’t know Jack! Rice wine, per say, really doesn’t exist. You see, normal wine is made by the fermentation...
George’s Rants and Raves: Aberfeldy Scotch Review
I believe that after almost 50 years of scotch drinking, I finally stumbled upon a theory that might just help anyone pick out a decent scotch. The secret is in...
George’s Rants and Raves: Craigellachie Scotch Review
If that theorem I proposed last week holds true (that you can always tell a good scotch by the fact that the name is impossible to pronounce, even harder to spell...
George’s Rants and Raves: Misadventure Vodka
If you ever find yourself up and around the San Diego area, you just might want to drop by a local watering hole and have a misadventure. Now, that really isn’t...
George’s Rants and Raves: Aermoor Vodka
“Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink.” So spoke an old sea salt in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, although...
George’s Rants and Raves: Old Pulteney Navigator
This scotch is a bit of a mystery, and I love a bit of a mystery, as it allows me to don my Sherlock Holmes hat and speak in a bad imitation of a British accent...
George’s Rants and Raves: Old Elk Bourbon Whiskey
Fort Collins, Colorado’s 73 year history as a dry town, inspired Curt and Nancy Richardson to launch and name their craft distillery, Old Elk. That inspiration...
George’s Rants and Raves: SIA Scotch Whisky
Well waddya know, high tech finally not only meets low tech but they date, get married and run off together and have thousands of babies. In this particular case...
George’s Rants and Raves: Dixie Vodka
WOW, this vodka is confusing. In the past, it was called General Beauregard’s Dixie Southern Vodka, but the name has since been changed to Dixie Vodka. ...
George’s Rants and Raves: Endless Summer Rum
I actually remember seeing the movie Endless Summer when it debuted in 1966. Boy, oh boy, this is a stroll down memory lane for me. Okay, enough reminiscing. I better...