Distillery

lr_fernet_bottle_square — Liquid Riot Bottling Company is at it again with yet another new release. This time it’s even more unique than their agave spirit: it’s a fernet. This… this is a big deal. No one else around has a fernet. Not many people even know what a fernet is. If you […]

Fernet Michaud: Magic Elixer

17 Dec, 2015 in Distillery / Drink / Liquor / Maine / Portland tagged amari / amaro / craft liqueur / craft liquor / craft spirit / distillery / fernet / Fernet Michaud / liqueur / Liquid Riot / Liquid Riot Bottling Company / liquor / local / review / spirit by squirrelfarts

roundturn_still — Round Turn Distilling is cranking out new gin in an old mill. Located in Biddeford’s 150-year-old Pepperell Mill next to Banded Horn Brewing, Round Turn is the boozechild of Darren Case. His flagship (and currently sole) product is Bimini Gin, a American style gin that’s softer on the palette than […]

You Spin Me Right Round Turn, Right Round

16 Dec, 2015 in Distillery / Drink / Liquor / Maine tagged American gin / Biddeford / Bimini / Bimini Gin / Darren Case / distillery / distilling / gin / Maine / Pepperell / Pepperell Mill / Round Turn / Round Turn Distilling by squirrelfarts

lr_agave_bottle_square — New booze! Aguardiente de Agave is Liquid Riot Bottling Company’s latest spirit offering, releasing this Friday, November 20th, 2015 at the brewery/distillery/restaurant on Commercial Street in Portland. Roughly translated as “Agave Firewater,” this is an 80 proof spirit made from 100% organic blue agave syrup. So, it’s pretty much tequila. […]

Agave Firewater from Liquid Riot

18 Nov, 2015 in Distillery / Liquor / Maine / Portland tagged Aguardiente de Agave / distillery / Liquid Riot / Liquid Riot Bottling Company / liquor / tequlia by squirrelfarts

liquidriot_bottles_square — Liquid Riot Bottling Company, the brewery/distillery/restaurant on the Old Port waterfront in Portland, is getting older. And so are their spirits. They’ve recently released four varieties of barrel-aged spirits, complementing their distillery’s portfolio. Three whiskies and a rum join their vodka, white rum, and white whiskey, so the Lady Friend […]

Liquid Riot is Aging

24 Jul, 2015 in Distillery / Drink / Liquor / Maine / Portland tagged dark rum / distillery / Liquid Riot Bottling Company / oat whiskey / rum / rye / single malt / whiskey by squirrelfarts

sqd_V5 — V5 Bourbon, the latest release from Smoky Quartz Distillery, is a limited-edition, small batch, single mash, seven-month-old, 90 proof, New Hampshire bourbon. It’s very tasty. You should get some. The end. More? Oh, very well. Smoky Quartz Distillery, as you may recall from our recent tour, is a veteran-owned and […]

SQD V5 Bourbon. Made by Veterans, for Veterans. And Everyone ...

26 Jun, 2015 in Distillery / Drink / Liquor / New Hampshire tagged bourbon / review / Smoky Quartz Distillery / V5 / whiskey by squirrelfarts

unclebob_glass_square — Uncle Bob doesn’t mess around. There’s been a trend in root beer flavored adult beverages lately, and some of them are pretty good. The only problem is, they just don’t have ENOUGH booze for my go-go drinking lifestyle. ENTER THE BOB’S. I saw these bottles come up on my Instagram […]

Not Dad’s, it’s Uncle Bob’s Root Beer WHISKEY.

11 Jun, 2015 in California / Distillery / Drink / Liquor / New Hampshire tagged distilling / flavored whiskey / LeVecke / rectified spirits / rectifier / root beer / spirits / Uncle Bob / Uncle Bob's Root Beer Whiskey / whiskey by squirrelfarts

sqd_barrel — Smoky Quartz Distillery in Seabrook, NH just celebrated its one-year anniversary. So naturally they threw a party, released their new bourbon, and invited me down for a visit. All of those things are great ideas. I had been meaning to visit Smoky Quartz for several months, ever since one of […]

Smoky Quartz Distillery: Veteran Owned, NH Proud

6 Jun, 2015 in Distillery / Liquor / New Hampshire tagged bourbon / distillery / Frank Kurland / Kevin Kurland / moonshine / rum / Seabrook / Smoky Quartz Distillery / SQD / vodka / whiskey by squirrelfarts

gtd-wireworksgin — One of the benefits of being a drink blogger, is that you occasionally get some free samples sent your way. In fact, that was the whole reason I started this blog; I saw other bloggers getting stuff to review, and I got jealous. Then I decided since I was doing […]

Review: GTD Wire Works American Gin

28 Jul, 2012 in Boston / Distillery / Drink / Liquor / Massachusetts tagged American gin / cocktail / gin / GrandTen Distilling / liquor / Rehorst Gin / Rehorst Premium Milwaukee / review / Wire Works Gin / Wire Works Old Fashioned by squirrelfarts