Category Archives: – Other Spirits
Mezcal Festival Day 5: Minero, Del Maguey, 49%
The fourth and last mezcal from the bottle-share, the first one, is the ‘Minero’. The mezcal is produced in Santa Catarina Minas, a couple of miles south of Oaxaca. I was pondering how to write an introduction for this one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Clay Still, Del Maguey, Mezcal, Minero, Oaxaca, Santa Catarina Minas
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Mezcal Festival Day 4: Del Maguey San Luis Del Rio Azul, 47%
Apparently there was a shortage of agave during 2000 to 2004. Since a lot of the agave used for mezcal is not cultivated but harvested from the wild, the guys at Del Maguey had to come up with something. Add … Continue reading
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Tagged Agave Azul, Bottle Share, Del Maguey, Mezcal, Oaxaca, San Luis Del Rio, Weber Agave
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Mezcal Festival Prolongation: Another bottle-share
I announced it on Facebook yesteday, and I sent out some emails to my Dutch bottle-share buddies. But since they haven’t filled up the bottle-share yet, I’m trying to give it a bit more exposure here. The previous bottle-share with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Espadin, Leyenda, Marca Negra, Mezcal, Oaxaca
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Mezcal Festival Day 3: Del Maguey Chichicapa, 46%
Chichicapa is a small village a couple of hours south of Oaxaca, according to Del Maguey’s website. It’s strange since Google Maps doesn’t really pick up on it but does show a Chichicapa north of Oaxaca in the Tabasco. Anyway, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chichicapa, Del Maguey, Espadin, Mezcal, Oaxaca, Single Village Mezcal
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Mezcal Festival Day 2: Del Maguey Vida, 42%
When I did the bottle share I quickly decided that it would be focused around Del Maguey’s mezcals. Somehow they seemed to be the top of the line and the less random booze of a single village mezcal appealed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bottle Share, Del Maguey, Espadin, Mezcal, Oaxaca, San Luis Del Rio, Vida
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Mezcal Festival Day 1: Derrumbes Oaxaca Joven Mezcal, 48%
The Mezcal Festival. Something I cooked up. I wanted to do it earlier and call it the Mezcal Carnaval, but I just couldn’t get around to it. Things are ridiculously chaotic at home with my wife and I not having … Continue reading
Zuidam Zeer Oude Genever, 10yo, Red Wine cask
This is a rather special one. A couple of years ago (almost five, by the looks of it) Drinks & Gifts organized a trip to Zuidam distillery together with DH17. A couple of drinks shops in The Netherlands thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged Baarle-Nassau, DH17, Drinks & Gifts, Genever, Jenever, Zuidam, Zuidam Distillery
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Williams Chase Elegant Gin, 48%
The non-whisky booze for the Emakina whisky tasting were decided to be at least a gin because of it being an explicit request. The other one was a mezcal that’ll be reviewed somewhere down the line. I’m thinking to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged Emakina, Gin, Herefordshire, Whisky tasting, Williams Chase
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A trio from Spirit of Hven
With a title like that I almost feel like Serge Valentin, reviewing multiples of the same distillery on a single day. Spirit of Hven is a relatively new distillery in Sweden on the island of Hven. Strangely enough it is … Continue reading
Posted in - Other Spirits, - World Whisky, Spirit of Hven
Tagged Free Sample, Gin, Hven, Organic, Single Malt, Spirit of Hven, Sweden, Swedish Whisky
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Balcones Rumble, 47%
By going through my samples last week or so, I found some tiny vials of golden liquid that I had completely forgotten about. This Balcones Rumble was one of them, which is a shame. Not only because there might be … Continue reading
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Tagged Balcones, Brandy, Chip Tate, Rum, Rumble, Texas, Waco
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Malt Fascination 