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Wine tripping in Santa Barbara County...

on December 11, 2015

beer/wine santa barbara travel

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Miracle of Zenne Valley...

on January 11, 2014

3 fonteinen beer beer/wine beersel geuze lambic leuven oud beersel travel

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The Druid of Inman Square...*

on December 08, 2013

bar/pub beer beer/wine boston travel

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Visiting Oud Beersel and 3 Fonteinen Breweries...

on August 10, 2013

3 fonteinen beer beer/wine beersel geuze lambic oud beersel travel

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NERAX 2013 report...

on March 23, 2013

ale beer beer/wine boston cider nerax somerville

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NERAX 2013...

on March 19, 2013

ale beer beer/wine boston nerax somerville

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Duchesse De Bourgogne...

on February 08, 2013

ale beer beer/wine brouwerij verhaeghe

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ciders of London...

on July 23, 2012

beer/wine cider london

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Full Sail Wassail...

on June 05, 2012

ale beer beer/wine full sail winter warmer

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Woody Creek...

on June 01, 2012

ale beer beer/wine flying dog wheat beer

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Raging Bitch...

on May 20, 2012

ale beer beer/wine flying dog ipa

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Allagash Black...

on May 14, 2012

ale allagash brewing beer beer/wine stout

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introduction to summer brews...

on April 25, 2012

ale anchor brewing beer beer/wine wheat beer

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season for bock beer...

on April 18, 2012

anchor brewing beer beer/wine bock beer lager

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leftovers from winter...

on March 23, 2012

ale beer beer/wine flying dog peak organic

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more winter brews on the dark side...

on January 27, 2012

ale beer beer/wine brooklyn brewery fuller's porter stout

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two winter brews from each coast...

on January 07, 2012

ale anchor brewing beer beer/wine peak organic porter

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two American (Belgian) Ales from Smuttynose...

on December 27, 2011

ale beer beer/wine smuttynose

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Two different McDowell's No.1's "Luxury" and "Platinum"...

Continuing with the world's top three selling whisky brands... Today is day 2 and the brand is McDowell's No.1. Owned by United Spirits/Diageo McDowell's No.1 sold 25.5 million cases in 2016 securing the title of second best selling whisky in the world. * I do have two different botllings on my desk though... I will take a wild guess and assume that "Platinum" has a higher rank than "Luxury" in the line-up just because it comes in a glass bottle not in a plastic one like "Luxury". So let's start with "Luxury"... McDowell's No.1 Luxury (42.8%): Color: Yellow gold with again thin but slow moving legs. Nose: Sweet with touch of smoke... That's surprising, isn't it? But soon enough alcohol rises up in the glass and kinda kills all our hopes about the nose. Now the smoke is purely medicinal but in a good way: First aid closet, hydrogen peroxide and gauze pads. Palate: Industrial alcohol with hints of ins...

Wild Turkey 101 Rye...

Wild Turkey 101 Rye (50.5%): Another classic rye whiskey review to follow the late Rittenhouse BiB and Old Overholt BiB posts kinda entertaining the idea of trying to find our household choice of rye whiskey for our Manhattans... But before you start to read me blabbering about smells, tastes and whatnots you should visit my good friend The Whiskey Jug 's Wild Turkey article first and while you are at it bookmark that link.. It is the best resource about the distillery you can find anywhere online for my two cents. Remarkable work... The whisky is distilled from a mash bill of 52% rye, 36% corn and 12% malted barley and bottled at 101 proof. Color: Light amber, polished copper color with immediate but oily and thick legs. Nose: Whiskey soaked raisins, dark thick crust rye bread and light maple syrup. It has a dusty and chalky quality I like a lot... Toasted grains, pine resin and fresh tarragon. Palate: Mint. applejack and cinnamon. Slightly herbal with dill and ros...

Glen Moray Classic Cabernet Cask Finish...

Glen Moray Classic Cabernet Cask Finish (40.0%): Fourth whisky of Glen Moray week is another cask finish and this time a rather unusual one: It is finished in Cabernet Sauvignon red wine casks. There is no info from which wine country or region the casks are sourced from. Like the rest of the Classic series it doesn't carry an age statement and bottled at 40% abv. After liking the previous two cask finishes I tasted previously I have to admit I have high expectations from this one. Color: Light amber, polished copper color with thin but slow legs around the glass. Nose: Slightly sulphureous initially: Camembert cheese, boiled eggs and steamed milk. After allowing it air it gets considerably better... Apple strudel, peanut brittles and gas fire. Palate: Nice texture... It's silky and thick. Vanilla custard, Mexican flan and cinnamon. Yoghurt covered raisins, honey and peach juice. Grape molasses, preserved grape leaves and dry soot. Strawberry jam... Finish: Short to med...

tire-bouchon's top of 2021...

Here is the last post of the year but I have a short announcement first: It's been more than 12 years since I started this blog and as many long time followers would know it did go through quite a few different phases within all these years. But for a long time it was acting strictly as a brown spirits review site with tasting notes, scores, etc. but I think at this point we all can agree that no one would miss tire-bouchon if it changed its course to a different direction. Especially in an era where there are so many other tremendous sites (which I also follow religiously) posting reviews of all the new releases more regularly, more timely and to be honest in a more disciplined manner. I was thinking about this for some time and I decided to change this blog's course to back where it started... With the new year tire-bouchon will act more like a personal journal like it used to be rather than being another review site. We will cover almost everything we enjoy throughout the ...

tire-bouchon's top twenty albums of 2021...

Like we do every January we would like to start this year with our top 20 albums of last year again. Here is a list of albums inspired us the most, kept us going and gave us hope while we tried to finish a year like this without a major meltdown. Thanks to all the artists who wrote, recorded and performed... 1. We Are by Jon Batiste 2. Liberation Time by John McLaughlin 3. Carnage by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis 4. Heaven on the Faultline by Alex Bleeker 5. Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1 by Richard Ashcroft 6. Side-Eye NYC by Pat Metheny 7. The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers 8. Tone Poem by Charles Lloyd & the Marvels 9. Hope by Ceramic Dog 10. Variations on a Melancholy Theme by Brad Mehldau & Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 11. Fat Pop by Paul Weller 12. On DSCH by Igor Levit 13. The Ballad of Dood & Juanita by Sturgill Simpson 14. 12 Stradivari by Janine Jensen & Antonio Papp...

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