Review: Henrys Hard Orange Soda
Henrys Hard Orange Soda was just introduced along with a Hard Ginger Ale. The brand is produced by the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Company, a division of Miller-Coors in Milwaukee Wisconsin, and named for Henry Weinhard. Henry left Germany in 1856 and by 1862 he purchased the Liberty Brewery in Portland Oregon. In 1864 he also acquired the City Brewery where he moved the entire brewing operation. The brewery survived prohibition by producing premium soda, syrups, and non alcoholic beers. Today four of these premium sodas, Henry Weinhard Root Beer, Black Cherry Cream, Vanilla Cream, and Orange Cream, are still produced. In 1928 they merged with the Portland Brewing Company and the name of the brewery was changed to Blitz-Weinhard in honor of the two breweries family owners. In 1979 the brewery was acquired by Pabst, who sold to the G. Heileman Brewing Company in 1983. By 1996 The Strohs Brewing company had acquired the brewery only to sell in to Miller Brewing company in 1999. When Miller closed the brewery in 1999 in was the oldest continuously operated brewery in the west. Production was moved to the Olympia Brewery until that brewery closed in 2003. Henrys Hard Orange Soda is produced at 4.2% alcohol, and sold in 6 packs of 12 ounce bottles and 4 packs of 16 ounce cans Read more 
Review: Rokk Orange Vodka
Rokk Orange Vodka is one of five varieties of vodka introduced by Diageo under the Rokk label in 2010. The other flavors include Raspberry, Apple, Citrus, and unflavored. Rokk vodka is created in Sweden with European wheat and glacial spring water in Kalby Sweden. The vodka is distilled four times and freeze filtered. Natural flavor is infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Tres Sietes Silver Tequila
Tres Sietes Silver Tequila was introduced in 2011 by Brady Bunte and Master Distiller Frank Gonzalez. Brady was the first winner of the Bisbee Million Dollar Fishing Tournament, and the owner of Los Cabos, a luxury vacation villa, and Cabo Chips, a tortilla chip company. Tres Sietes tequila is made with 100% blue agave. The distillery’s $2 million diffuser imported from Spain steam cooks the agave rather than the traditional method of baking the agave. This disturbs the agave fiber less, creating less methanol production, resulting in a cleaner fresher taste. Read more
Review: Square One Organic Vodka
Square One Organic Vodka was introduced in April 2006. It is one of five vodka’s created under the Square One label. The others include Cucumber, Botanical, Basil, and Bergamot. The entire Square One Vodka product line was selected as part of Oprah’s 2015 favorite things list. This female owned and operated company is lead by company CEO and founder Allison Evanow. Square One vodka is crafted with certified organic American Rye grown in North Dakota and pristine water sourced from a 200 foot deep aquifer in the Teton Mountain Range at the Distilled Resources Distillery in Rigby Idaho. A small batch single four column continuous distillation process is used followed by a single filtration through a micron paper filter. Read more
Review: Shellback Spiced Rum
Shellback Spiced Rum was introduced in 2012. It is part of E&J Gallo’s growing line of spirits that include E&J Gallo Brandy, New Amsterdam Vodka and Gin, and Camarena Tequila. Shellback Spiced rum is made in Barbados at the West Indies Rum Distillery with Caribbean grown sugar cane that is pressed into molasses. After fermentation it is distilled in a combination of column and pot stills and then aged for 12 months in American white oak barrels formerly used to age American Whiskey. No sugar is added, but 12 exotic spices including allspice, cassia, cinnamon bark oil, ginger oil, clove, nutmeg, and vanilla are blended before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Olmeca Altos Plata Tequila
Olmeca Altos Plata Tequila was introduced in 2009. It is made with 100% Blue agave grown for 7-8 years. 60% of the agave is sourced from their estate. The agave is hand harvested with the bitter tasting cogollos removed before it is slow cooked in brick ovens. A 2-tonne volcanic millstone is used to crush the cooked pinas and extract the juice. A cultivated yeast is added to ferment the extracted juice before the tequila is double distilled in small copper pot stills. Read more
Review: Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum
Brinley Gold Shipwreck Spiced Rum was introduced in 2011. It is one of five flavored rums crafted on St. Kitts by the Brinley family. They also recently added a Coconut Rum Cream to their product line. At 69 square miles St. Kitts is the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere. The Shipwreck name is in honor of a British troop ship than sunk off the St. Kitts coast in 1782. Brinley rum is made with molasses from Caribbean sugar cane. It is column distilled and aged for four years in oak barrels. Natural vanilla, nutmeg, clove, orange, and exotic island spices are infused before bottling at 72 proof. Read more
Review: Charbay Vodka
Charbay Vodka was introduced in 2002. Charbay was one of the early pioneers in the modern American Artisan distillery movement when they began distilling in California. Master distiller and company founder Miles Karakasevic is a 12th generation distiller. This is a true family craft distillery with Miles wife and co-owner Susan handling packaging and marketing, his son Marko is a 13th generation master distiller, and Marko’s wife Jenni is responsible for social media and distribution. Charbay also crafts whiskey, rum, brandy, and several flavored vodka’s, along with a tequila they craft in Mexico. All of the spirits are hand distilled using proprietary double and triple distillations with 7-10 fraction separation techniques. Their vodka is created with Midwest grown corn and rye that is distilled to 192 proof in a 660 gallon still using a proprietary process. Pure water that has been filtered to 3PPM purity is then blended to reduce to 80 proof. The vodka is then gently filtered without using charcoal, limestone, or filter-agents to preserve the spirits body and mouth feel. Read more
Recipe: Cruzan Mistletoe Punch
CRUZAN MISTLETOE PUNCH
1/2 Part Fresh Lemon Juice
1/2 Part Cream Sherry
1/2 Part Blackberry Liqueur
2 Parts Soda Water
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Combine Ingredients and Chill in a Refrigerator for 1 Hour
Serve on the Rocks
Garnish With an Orange Wheel
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Review: Coney Island Hard Ginger Ale
Coney Island Hard Ginger Ale was recently introduced along with a Hard Orange Cream Ale. These two hard soda’s join their previously reviewed Hard Root Beer. The Coney Island Brewery is an independently operated brewery in Brooklyn New York owned by Boston Beer Works, the parent company of Samuel Adams Beer, and Angry Orchard Hard Cider. The Coney Island brewery brews 7 year round brews and including seasonal beers, over a dozen throughout the year. These seasonal beers include a Watermelon Wheat, and a Cotton Candy Kolsch. Their Hard Ginger ale is brewed with natural flavors including West African grown ginger, and caramel color. It is bottled at 5.6% alcohol in Cincinnati and Breinigsville Pennsylvania. Read more