Review: Michaels Irish Cream Liqueur
Michaels Irish Cream Liqueur is made by Terra LTD in Bailieborough County Cavan Ireland. Terra crafts Molly’s Irish Cream and they also produce several private label brands of Irish cream liqueur, including Brady’s, Coole Swan, and Kavanaugh Irish Cream. Michaels is imported by BMA USA, and it is only sold in Texas. I picked up my bottle at Specs. This Michaels Irish Cream should not be confused with the previously reviewed Michaels Celtic Irish Cream that is made by Merry’s in Clonmel Ireland. Michaels Irish Cream is made with Irish Whiskey, fresh dairy cream, and natural flavors. Read more 
Review: Saugatuck Pumpkin Chai Ale
Saugatuck Pumpkin Chai Ale is one of 13 year round, seasonal and specialty beers crafted at the Saugatuck Brewing Company. Some of those beers include their Blueberry Maple Stout, Serrano Pepper Ale, and Oval Beach Blonde. Founder and original Brew Master Barry Johnson opened his brewery in Michigan in 2005 with a 3.5 barrel brew on premise system. Today they use a 45 barrel brew system, and in 2015 they produced 13,000 barrels of beer. Pumpkin Chai is brewed with pumpkin and herbal chai tea. Chai tea originates from India and is made with black tea, heavy milk, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, clove, and pepper, and is usually served sweetened. Read more
Review: ODonnells Pumpkin Spice Irish Cream
ODonnells Pumpkin Spice Irish Cream is sold at Aldi Foods. At one time Aldi sold several ODonnells Irish Cream varieties including White Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint Chocolate, Caramel Cream, and their Original ODonnells Irish Cream. While all these flavors may still be produced, the only ones I’ve seen lately are Strawberry, Original, and their new seasonal Pumpkin Spice. ODonnells Pumpkin Spice Irish Cream is made by R A Merry and Company in Clonmel County Tipperary Ireland with grape wine, natural flavors, and caramel color, and is bottled at 13.9% alcohol. Read more
Review: Breckenridge Pear Vodka
Breckenridge Pear Vodka is crafted in Breckenridge Colorado at 9600 feet above sea level. No other spirit is distilled at a higher altitude. They also create Breckenridge Chili Chile a vodka infused with Colorado Chile and Turkish Chili, and Breckenridge Espresso Flavored Vodka. Each of these vodkas start with their unflavored original Breckenridge Vodka, made from 100% sweet corn as a base. After fermenting in a traditional Scotch-style open top fermenter the vodka is distilled five times in a 700 gallon Vendome custom copper combination pot still. A coconut shell charcoal filtration follows, before pure ice cold Rocky Mountain snowmelt water is blended to reduce to proof. In crafting Breckenridge Pear Vodka, a pear brandy is made from Palisade Colorado Pears grown on Colorado’s Western slopes. This brandy is infused with the vodka before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Bold Rock Pear Hard Cider
Bold Rock Pear Hard Cider was introduced November 2014. At the time it was their seventh variety of hard cider, and first produced with a second fruit. They have since added a peach and honeydew flavor. Bold Rock Pear is crafted with Taylors Gold, Packham, and Doyenne du Comice pears grown on the Hawkes Bay Orchard of New Zealand, and local apples grown in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The pears are freshly pressed in New Zealand and the juice is shipped to Bold Rocks production facility in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Read more
Review: Sheelin Irish Cream Liqueur
Sheelin Irish Cream Liqueur is made in Tipperary Ireland by R.A. Merry, the makers of Merrys Irish Cream and several private label brands of Irish Cream Liqueur. They also create Sheelin White Chocolate Irish Cream. Sheelin Irish Cream is sold at Total Wine and More. It is made with Grape Wine, cream and natural flavors. Read more
Review: St Ambroise Pumpkin Ale
St Ambroise Pumpkin Ale was introduced in 1997. It is brewed in Montreal at the McAuslan Brewery. In Canada this beer is sold as St Ambroise Citrouille, French for pumpkin. Peter McAuslan opened his brewery in 1989 after a successful career as a Senior Administrator at Dawson College. His first beer was St Ambroise Pale Ale. The McAuslan Brewery now crafts 16 beers on a year round, and seasonal basis. St Ambroise Pumpkin Ale is brewed with pumpkin, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and clove and bottled at 5% ABV. Read more
Review: Western Son Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka
Western Son Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka was released September 2012. It is one of six flavored vodkas they craft in Pilot Point Texas. The other flavors include Hill Country Peach, Piney Woods Blueberry, South Texas Prickly Pear, South Plains Cucumber, and their newest flavor Apricot. The vodka base is made from American Corn and water filtered through reverse osmosis. After 10 distillations through a 20 foot column still, the vodka is quadruple filtered. Natural ruby red grapefruit essence, the result of a fruit juice concentrating process, are blended with the original vodka base before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Tierra Azteca Blanco Tequila
Tierra Azteca Blanco Tequila is produced in San Francisco Tesistan, Jalisco at Destileria Santa Lucia. This is the same distillery that creates the Amate, El Capo, and Grand Mayan brands of tequila. All right this is a tequila I purchased for $21 because I liked the bottle and price. I would have purchased it sooner but I tend to avoid tequilas that provide no details of their production on their website. This is a 100% agave tequila. No details on the agaves origin, Highland or Lowland are provided. Read more
Review: Shipyard GingerBreadHead Ale
Shipyard GingerBreadHead Ale was released as a winter seasonal ale in 2014. It joined over 20 year round and seasonal beers they brew in Portland Maine. Yes this is the same company that brews Pumpkin Head, Apple Head, and Melon Head Ale. Read more