Maine

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

wickedbueno_beachbottles_square — You hear a lot about Belgian- or German-style beers, but Mexican? Banded Horn Brewing Company’s Wicked Bueno “Mexican-style lager” is gunning for Corona with this one, though the other rivals of Tecate, Pacifico, Sol, Dos Equis and Modelo are also in the crosshairs. Wow. That’s a lot of NAFTA beer. […]

Wicked Bueno: Corona, Maine-style

18 Jun, 2015 in Beer / Maine tagged adjunct / Banded Horn Brewing Company / beer / lager / Mexican-style / review / Wicked Bueno by squirrelfarts

Rum Riot!

3 Jun, 2015 in History / Liquor / Maine / Portland tagged 1855 / craft / distillery / Dow / Eric Michaud / history / Ian Michaud / Liquid Riot / Liquid Riot Bottling Company / Luke Davidson / Maine / Maine Craft Distilling / Neal / Ned Wight / NEDistillers / New England Distillers / Portland / Riot / rum by squirrelfarts

veridian_bottle — The bottle reads “Veridian is a combination of VERDANT (lush growth), VIRIDIA (green) and VERITAS (truth).” In other words, Banded Horn Brewing Company’s Veridian IPA is truth juice. It’s right there in the name. …and lush green. That’s in there too. Banded Horn started in 2013 in Biddeford, ME. Their […]

Warning: rant ahead. After moving to Portland about a year ago from Braintree, MA, I breathed a sigh of freedom after living under some of Masachusetts’s draconian liquor laws. There are drink specials here! Happy hour! Granted, the selection at my local “packies” isn’t quite what I could get in […]