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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

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

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

I’ll be drinking my way back to Beer Camp With a burn-ing love insiiiiiiide So Beer Camp is a thing. Specifically a nation-wide invite to all craft brewers to join a seven-city tour of brewfests put on by Sierra Nevada. Guess where the New England stop is? No, really, guess. […]

Drinking My Way Back to Beer Camp

23 Jul, 2014 in Portland tagged Allagash / Asheville Brewers Alliance / Ballast Point / beer / Beer Camp / Beer Camp Tour / Bell's Brewery / Cigar City / Firestone Walker / New Glarus / Ninkasi Brewing Company / Oskar Blues / review / Russian River / Sierra Nevada / Victory Brewing by squirrelfarts

Rum-ble? So I got a bunch of new, somewhat local, rums recently from a variety of sources. Some gifts, some smuggling requests, some I just plain bought. So I’m going to line them up and try them side by side. Sounds like a fun afternoon for me. All of these […]

Rum-Off!

13 Jul, 2014 in Drink / Portland tagged aged rum / Bully Boy / Bully Boy Boston Rum / GrandTen Distilling / Medford Rum / pot still / review / rum / Sea Hagg Distillery / Sea Hagg silver rum / single barrel / Thomas Tew by squirrelfarts

YES. The first of the Bully Boy aged spirits. FINALLY. Now I get to take you to whiskey school. You might learn something. Plus, how awesome does “whiskey school” sound? Bully! So. Bully Boy’s American Straight Whiskey. It’s a small-batch craft whiskey coming out of Boston by (very tall) distillers […]

Review: Bully Boy American Straight Whiskey

22 May, 2013 in Boston / Drink tagged American Straight Whiskey / Bully Boy / Bully Boy Distillery / manhattan / review / the blue room / whiskey by squirrelfarts

Remember how I used to write this blog thing? Yeah, me too. I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus, which was unexpected, but not entirely unproductive. Lots of content built up, so expect some new posts. In the meantime, Mayflower. UPDATE: Since posting this review and trekking to Plymouth, […]

Review: Mayflower 5th Anniversary DIPA

16 May, 2013 in Boston / Drink tagged 5th Anniversary Ale / beer / Cooper Series / dIPA / Double IPA / Mayflower Brewery / review by squirrelfarts

“It’s a chalice, not a glass.” So, I belong to a word-of-mouth marketing group called BzzAgent. Every once in awhile they send me some free stuff, and I tell people about it. Pretty simple. Occasionally, they have BOOZE stuff, which is pretty much why I signed up in the first […]

Review: Stella Artois Chalice

20 Jan, 2013 in Drink / Portland tagged beer / Belgian / BzzAgent / lager / review / Stella Artois by squirrelfarts

So, Ninkasi Brewing Company just started following me on teh Twitterz! They’re a West-Coast brewery doing about 56,000 bbls of beer (if facts from Wikipedia can be believed) out in Eugene, Oregon, and they’re one of the fastest growing. It was started in 2006 by two guys, Jamie and Nikos, […]

Review: Ninkasi Oatis Oatmeal Stout

18 Sep, 2012 in Drink / Portland tagged beer / Ninkasi / Ninkasi Brewing Company / Oatis Oatmeal Stout / oatmeal stout / review by squirrelfarts

I certainly hope you’ve heard of Blatant Beer by now. If not, prepare for a trip to the liquor store. BLATANT! Brewery is the ale-producing offspring of brewer/owner Matthew Steinberg, Massachusetts brewing legend. He’s been involved with breweries such as Offshore Ale, Harpoon, Rapscallion, and helped Drew Brousseau with his […]

Review: Why BLATANT beer is awesome and you should buy ...

22 Aug, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged beer / Blatant / Blatant Beer / Harpoon Brewery / IPA / Matthew Steinberg / Mayflower Brewery / Notch Brewing / Offshore Ales / Rapscallion Brewery / review / session / session ale by squirrelfarts

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

Finally, we come to the the final installment of my Bully Boy product line reviews. That is, until their aged stuff has finished properly aging. Which is taking FOR-EV-ERRRR. Sidebar: if you can find a way to either accelerate or restrict the aging process, then either alcohol producers or Baby […]

Review: Bully Boy White Whiskey

3 May, 2012 in Boston / Drink tagged An Affinity for Bully Boy / Bully Boy / Bully Boy Distillery / cocktail / review / wheat / whiskey / white whiskey by squirrelfarts