Review: Blue Chair Bay Pineapple Rum Cream
Blue Chair Bay Pineapple Rum Cream was recently released. This is the 9th Blue Chair Bay variety in Country Music star Kenny Chesney’s line of Caribbean rum. Each variety starts with a white rum base distilled and aged up to 15 months in oak barrels at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados. After shipping to Rochester New York real cream, pineapple and coconut flavors are blended before bottling at 30 proof. Read more 
Review: Patron Citronge Pineapple Liqueur
Patron Citronge Pineapple Liqueur was recently released, joining the previously reviewed Citronge Orange, Citronge Lime, and Citronge Mango. The entire product line is crafted and bottled in Jalisco Mexico at the same distillery that produces their world famous tequila. Citronge Pineapple is made with the Highest quality pineapple, neutral grain spirits, and pure cane sugar. Read more
Review: Stoli Crushed Mango Vodka
Stoli Crushed Mango Vodka was recently released. It joins Ruby Red Grapefruit, and Pineapple in the Stoli Crushed family of real fruit juice infused vodka. Stolie Crushed Mango starts with a vodka base made from a blend of 88% corn and 12% buckwheat. The vodka is triple distilled and quadruple filtered. Pure artesian spring water is blended to reduce to proof. Real fruit juice, natural flavor, and certified color are infused before bottling at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit and Rose
Ketel One Botanical Grapefruit and Rose is one of three new flavor infused vodka’s launched under the Ketel One Botanical label. With over 327 years of distilling expertise passed down from 11 generations brothers Carl Jr. and Bob Nolet live by their family motto, quality before everything. Each variety starts with the original Ketel One vodka made from 100% GMO Free European wheat. The base is redistilled with the Nolet family’s botanical recipe in small batches through traditional copper pot stills. After distillation the liquid is infused with the natural fruit essence specific to each variety. Bottled at 60 proof with only 73 calories per 1.5 oz. serving with no artificial flavors, sugars, or carbs, Ketel One Botanic Grapefruit Rose is crafted with 40% fewer calories than a glass of white wine. Read more
Review: Ketel One Botanical Peach and Orange Blossom
Ketel One Botanical Peach and Orange Blossom is one of three new Botanical vodka’s just released by Ketel One. The other varieties include Cucumber and Mint, and Grapefruit and Rose. Each variety starts with the Original Ketel One vodka which is made from 100% GMO Free European Wheat. The Ketel One base is redistilled with the Nolet Family’s botanical recipe in small batches through traditional copper pot stills. After distillation, the liquid is infused with the natural fruit essence specific to each variety. In this case Peach and Orange Blossoms. No artificial flavors, sugars or carbs are added before bottling at 60 proof. Each 1.5 oz. serving has 73 calories. This is 40% less than a 5 oz. glass of white wine. Read more
Review: Adictivo Plata Tequila
Adictivo Plata Tequila is produced by Gildardo Partida at Tequilas Gonzalez Lara. Gildardo is the Grandson and son of world famous Tequileros. The hand selected 100 % blue agave is crushed with a Tahone stone to extract the juice which is slow cooked in stone brick ovens and then fermented in stainless steel tanks. The spirit is double distilled in stainless with copper coil stills and then aged for three weeks in French oak barrels. The spirit is then filled and hand labeled in a very unique bottle. Read more
Review: Heeet Hot Cinnamon Vodka
Heeet Hot Cinnamon Vodka was the first product made by MerryGo Spirits which was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur Marc Goldberg. It is distilled and bottled by Citrus Distillers in Riviera Beach Florida. The vodka base is small batch distilled six times in 250 gallon batches and carbon filtered. Natural flavors are infused before bottling at 68 proof. Read more
Review: Cenote Blanco Tequila
Cenote Blanco Tequila is an ultra premium 100% Weber blue agave recently launched by SPI Group, the parent company of Stoli Vodka, Bayou Rum, Kah Tequila, and Kentucky Owl Bourbon. Cenote is named for the natural swimming holes formed by the collapse of porous limestone bedrock which revealed a secret subterranean world of crystal clear fresh water. The Mayans revered and named cenotes, meaning sacred well. Master Distiller Arturo Fuentes and Master Blender Alejandro Garcia Perez manage the entire process at Fabrica de Tequilos Finos. This is the distillery that also produces Dos Manos, El Diamante Del Cielo, Kirkland Signature, and Kah tequila. Cenote is made from 100% blue agave grown for a minimum 6-7 years before harvesting from the Lowland Region. The water used to craft Cenote is sourced from an artesian well located at the distillery. The water is further filtered through reverse osmosis and carbon filters with silver ions. Cenote is double distilled using a combination of copper and stainless steel pot stills. After distillation the tequila is mellowed in American oak barrels for 3 weeks before bottling. Read more
Review: Mezan XO Jamaican Rum
Mezan XO Jamaican Rum is made in small batches of 5000 bottles from rums produced by several different Jamaican distilleries. While no age statement is published on the bottles label or the companies website, several reliable sources claim these rums are aged from 4-23 years. Three of the distilleries said to produce rum for this blend include Monymusk, Worthy Park, and Hampden. These casks are shipped to England where the Master Blender carefully selects and blends these rums and then re-casks the rum in bourbon barrels to encourage the marriage of flavors. The rum is unsweetened, uncolored, and only lightly filtered before bottling at 80 proof. Read more
Review: Bushmills Red Bush Irish Whiskey
Bushmills Red Bush Irish Whiskey was released in the US March 2017, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. It is a blend of triple distilled Irish single malt whiskey made from 100% malted barley and water drawn from Saint Columbs Rill, a tributary of the River Bush, and Irish grain whiskey. Bushmills Red Bush is matured exclusively in first fill bourbon casks for a minimum of four years. This contrasts to Bushmills Black Bush which is matured in Oloroso sherry casks. Read more