Review: Woodchuck Lazy Hazy Lemon Crazy
Woodchuck Lazy Hazy Lemon Crazy hard cider is the fifth in their limited release, Out On A Limb series of ciders. After creating Hopsation, their Cascade hops infused cider to compete with the IPA’s, they have now brewed a lemon apple cider to take on the popular shandy style beers. Lazy Hazy Lemon Crazy is crafted in small batches with hard cider made with McIntosh, Empire and Cortland apples. The cider is then infused with fresh lemon juice and lemongrass. Read more 
Review: Patron Citronge Mango
Patron Citronge Mango liqueur was recently introduced and it follows the successful release of Citronge Orange and Citronge Lime. It is made in the Highlands of Jalisco Mexico with the highest quality Ataulfo Mangos from the Mexican states of Nayarit and Chiapas, neutral grain spirits, and pure cane sugar. No artificial flavors are added. Read more
Review: Cruzan Aged Light Rum
Cruzan Aged Light rum is made in St. Croix at the spot where in 1760 a sugar mill once operated. The Nelthropp family built a distillery at this site in the early 1800’s. Today the eighth generation of Nelthropp’s are still working there. Cruzan Aged Light rum is made with tropical rain water and high quality molasses. They use a five column distillation process and remove the heads and fusel oils from each batch. The rum is aged in American oak barrels and a blend of rums aged between one and four years is selected. The rum is then filtered before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Jim Beam Apple
Jim Beam Apple was just released in the US, after it was successfully launched in Europe a couple of months ago. It is made with corn, rye, barley malt, and limestone filtered water, that feeds into a 10,000 gallon cooker. Once cooked the mash heads to the fermenter tank where a 75 year old yeast strain is added. It is then distilled twice in a 35 foot tall column still and then aged for at least four years in brand new charred American oak barrels. Apple liqueur is then infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Corralejo Blanco Tequila
Corralejo Blanco tequila is made with 100% Webber Blue agave that is steam cooked for 36 hours at 96 degrees celcius. After the agave juice is extracted, about 7 liters of juice per agave heart, a proprietary yeast is added before 32-38 hours of fermentation in a closed stainless steel tank. The first distillation is through a continuous distillation tower where the heads and tails are separated. The second distillation is through a copper still brought from Spain and the heads and tails are again removed. Demineralized water is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Calico Jack Key Lime Rum
Calico Jack Key Lime rum is one of nine flavored rums Beam Suntory creates under the Calico Jack label. White Rock Distillery launched this line of rum and originally sold it without the Calico name. This line of rum was sold with the flavor ahead of the Jack name. Examples include Coconut Jack, and Mango Jack. In 1993 White Rock sold Calico Rum and Pinnacle Vodka to Beam. Calico Jack Key Lime is made with rum distilled in St. Croix at the same distillery where Cruzan rum is crafted. Natural key lime flavor is added in Frankfort Kentucky where it is bottled at 46 proof. Read more
Review: Van Gogh Blue Triple Wheat Vodka
Van Gogh Blue Triple Wheat vodka was introduced in 2009. It is crafted with premium wheat grown in Holland, Germany, and France. Master Distiller Tim Vos selects this wheat for their flavor characteristics. The wheat from Holland is grown near the coast and is a bit salty and dry. The French grown wheat comes from the center of France and it’s taste is sweet. The German wheat fields are feed with glacial mountain water which gives it a mineral taste. Van Gogh Blue is triple distilled in small batches in Schiedam Holland at the Royal Dirkzwager Distillery. Read more
Review: Pallini Limoncello
Pallini Limoncello was introduced in 1999. It is currently the number one best selling super premium limoncello brand. Pallini Limoncello is made with a recipe Virgilio Pallini perfected over 130 years ago. Their limoncello is crafted using Sfusato lemons grown on the Amalfi coast of Italy. The lemon peel is steeped in neutral alcohol with sugar added before bottling at 52 proof. Read more
Review: Atlantico Platino Rum
Atlantico Platino rum is one of three rums they craft in the Dominican Republic. Atlantico is yet another celebrity rum, as Enrique Iglesias is one of the partners. Platino is made with two rums. One is made with molasses, and the other is made with sugar cane juice. Both rums are aged separately in oak barrels before they are blended together and filtered to remove the color. Read more
Review: Belvedere Citrus Vodka
Belvedere Citrus vodka was launched November 2003 along with their Pomarancza flavor. It was originally called Cytrus, and is now one of five flavored vodka’s Belvedere currently crafts in Poland with Dankowskie Rye and pure Artesian well water. The water is sourced from their own wells and it undergoes an 11 step purification process that includes reverse osmosis. The flavors and aromas of Italian and Argentine lemons and Mexican limes are extracted in three separate macerations. These essential oils are then blended with the vodka. No sugar or artificial flavor is added before bottling at 80 proof. Read more