Corner Creek Reserve Bourbon
One of my favorite bourbons. It is my bell weather for a brown spirit program. Corner Creek has no real marketing budget so the people that have it on the back bar found it on their own. Corner Creek is not expensive so anyone can afford it, but you just have to know enough to have it on the shelf. They just signed a marketing agreement with Espiritus so hopefully it will be found soon around the country.
Read MoreBe careful what instructions you give Employees
I actually appeared on an episode of Brew Dogs, and got a chance to meet the founders. A really good time all around, and I like that they really push the boundaries having topped their own world record for alcohol content several times, but it has been a bad week for brew dogs. They have been taking a beating in the press this week over lack of profitability and disgruntled shareholders. They really did not need this latest news. Brewdog worker prints ‘Mother ——‘ on cans Source: the drinks business by Neal Baker 14th April, 2016 […]
Read MoreWhy the 750ML became the standard Bottle Size?
As a teacher of Wines, Spirits and all things food and beverage for almost 2 decades I was questioned a lot. Whenever questioned on a topic, I always made it a habit to go reconfirm my information. When out earlier this week, a gentleman at the bar was drinking a bottle of wine by himself and explained that a bottle used to be considered a daily ration and so did he. I always taught that 750ml became the standard in Europe when the majority of glass making moved to England with their coal fired glass shops in the late 18th […]
Read MoreSierra Nevada OTRA VEZ™
Sierra Nevada adds a new beer to its available year round line up and that they chose a gose style beer is a testimony to the strength of the sour beer trend in the U.S. As is tradition in gose beers, this is based from part malt and part wheat. The sourness from the lactobacillus is aided by the addition of tangy prickly pear cactus. I am generally not a fan of brewers putting things into my beer no matter how historically based the idea might be, but this was so well integrated, I would have never picked it out as having […]
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