This evening I was lucky enough to attend an intimate (30 guests) gourmet four-course meal at a gourmet food and spirits retailer, Vine & Table, here in Carmel, Indiana. Each course of the meal was expertly paired with some (very) rare single malt scotch offerings from scotch whisky specialists Gordon & MacPhail by Vine & Table's executive chef for their catering service, Kahns. ...Read Full Article...

Mixing alcoholic beverages together to create interesting drinks is nothing new at all, but I think I might have actually invented something unexpected... ...Read Full Article...

I found my father was doing research on fine malt scotch and had brought home bottles of Springbank 10, Lagavulin 16, Glenmorangie Maderia Finish, Balvenie 15, and Talisker 10. I will probably review all of these in turn, however I'll just tell you now, I found Talisker to be wonderful, and my favorite of those (and it still stands as such). Therefore when I was in a specialty spirits retailer to get a gift for a friend's birthday and I happened upon this unique bottling of Talisker, I was ...Read Full Article...

I found and located a local liquor store that carried better brands and top spirits, and found the Irish section. Original and Black Bush were of course present, and Black Bush was selling for $32 for a 750. However next to it was Malt 10 selling for $35 for a 750. This wasn't brain surgery. I'll always take a single malt if I can! Thus I got my first bottle of Bushmills Malt 10. ...Read Full Article...

Pusser's British Navy Rum is billed as the authentic British Navy rum. Upon the bottle it is stated as "Naturally full and rich. No flavoring agents used." meaning that no spices, flavors, or sugars are added after distillation and maturation, all the flavors come naturally from the authentic Navy recipe and the way in which the proprietary spirit is distilled. A quick trip to the Pusser's Rum website yields a plethora of rum history and information of this spirit that clinches this as being... ...Read Full Article...

This is the big brother to regular Crown Royal (is that even possible?). Special Reserve is apparently a more select, rarer, older blending of the legendary Canadian import. Crown Royal's website informs that select casks of their best whiskies are identified early and then set aside to mature specifically for later crafting the SR blend. Besides that, SR comes in a slightly taller, more distinctive bottle than the squat crown-shaped bottle of regular Crown Royal. ...Read Full Article...