by Michael Cervin | Sep 21, 2023 | Liqueur, Tequila
With a lip-smacking viscosity, this liqueur offers light coffee and sweet notes wrapped in a thick dark liquid. The coffee notes are evident, but more coffee candy as opposed to ground coffee. The tequila (a blanco) though mild is still noticeable and supports the... 
by Rich Cook | May 18, 2023 | Liqueur
There are very few products in any arena that become the standard bearer for the type to the point that their brand name becomes synonymous with the generic name for the product, i.e. “Kleenex”, or in cocktail world, “Campari” or “Benedictine”. I imagine alchemists of... 
by Michael Cervin | Dec 12, 2022 | Liqueur
Michigan’s Round Barn Winery not only produces wine, but a host of other delights. Their Black Walnut Cream, made from white wine, cream and black walnuts took them three ears to get it right. There are definite elements of black walnut present in this, along with... 
by Rich Cook | Sep 13, 2022 | Liqueur
Amaro can be a bit of an acquired taste, particularly in the domestic marketplace. Italian examples can tend toward the medicinal side of the flavor spectrum, raising childhood memories of cough syrup to the uninitiated. Pendray’s uses blood orange as the... 
by Rich Cook | Aug 29, 2022 | Liqueur
With the preponderance of Gins that are expanding the parameters of what’s possible in the category, it makes sense to look for cocktail ingredients that accentuate particular characteristics in some of the new world types. Giffard Pampelmousse has been... 
by Rich Cook | Aug 22, 2022 | Liqueur
Sometimes scarcity is the mother of discovery. Recently on the hunt for a few bottles of Aperol for a party, I stumbled on this bottle sitting next to the last two bottles of Aperol, gave the label a quick read and decided to give it a spin. I’m...
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