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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_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

rumriot_feature — Unrest in Portland, ME, turns to protests. A mob forms in front of city hall. The mayor calls for the police, and they fire into the crowd. One man is dead, and seven others are wounded. Neither the mayor, nor the police are ever convicted. This happened because of rum. […]

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

gtd-int_pan — Holy crap. There’s ANOTHER craft distillery IN Boston. ! I had no idea. I stumbled on an article on BostonHerald.com that described a new distillery in South Boston called GrandTen. An email was immediately sent, and in a short amount of time I received a reply from co-owner Matthew Nuernberger, […]

GrandTen Distilling

1 Jun, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged American gin / Bully Boy Distillery / distillery / eau-de-vie / Fire Puncher Vodka / flavored vodka / gin / GrandTen Distilling / Matthew Nuernberger / Medford Rum / rum / Ryan & Wood Distilleries / South Boston / South Boston Iron Company / Southie / Spencer McMinn / vodka / Wire Works Gin by squirrelfarts

flaghill_kamikaze — About a month ago I got an email from Flag Hill Winery & Distillery. I’ve been on their mailing list for quite awhile, having done their Harvest Fest before, and visited again last year with the Lady Friend, Sissy, and the Mother of the Lady Friend. They tasted the wine, […]

Review: Flag Hill General John Stark Vodka

5 Mar, 2012 in Drink / New Hampshire tagged distillery / Flag Hill Winery & Distillery / lady friend / review / Sissy / vodka by squirrelfarts

rw_alembic — I am sick. It’s not been a pleasant week. You should understand: I HATE getting a cold. I’m sure no one enjoys it, but I DESPISE it. I take it personally, as an attack on my body from a foreign enemy. So I’ve been fighting it. Vicodin-assisted slumber ensures a […]

Ryan & Wood Distilleries vs. The Plague

29 Feb, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged Beauport Vodka / Bob Wood / distillery / Folly Cove Rum / gin / Gloucester / Kathy Wood / Knockabout Gin / lady friend / liquor / rum / Ryan & Wood Distilleries / rye / spirits / Straight Rye Whiskey / vodka / whiskey by squirrelfarts

bullyboyclipboard — Last week, Lady Friend clued me in to something she noticed while flipping through the Improper Bostonian. It seems that a craft distillery had opened in Boston. A. Craft. Distillery. In Boston. Let’s just get everybody on the same page here. A distillery. Not a brewery. Breweries make beer. We […]

Bully Boy!

20 Jul, 2011 in Boston / Drink tagged Boston / distillery / lady friend / rum / vodka / whiskey / white whiskey by squirrelfarts