December 30, 2016

The Winter Classics variety pack includes Boston Lager, Winter Lager, Chocolate Bock, Old Fezziwig and new brews, Hopflake IPA and Ginger Beer. The Hopflake is a wheat beer with notes of sweet lemon and orange with a slightly bready character. The Ginger is light-bodied with hints of citrus and spice... Read More

    This seasonal release is a custom blend of Narragansett’s bittersweet milk stout with coffee extract from Autocrat Coffee, the key ingredient in Rhode Island’s official drink: coffee milk. The full-bodied brew has notes of roasted barley, chocolate malt and rich crystal malt. Suggested retail is $8.99 to $9.49... Read More

This brut Prosecco from Valdobbiadene has notes of yellow apples, pear, wisteria and wild flowers with a fine, rich flavor. Suggested retail is $25. AVAILABLE FROM Carolina Wine & Spirits

Made from biodynamic grapes, this Prosecco from Conegliano Valdobbiadene in Veneto is extra dry with flavors of peach, rose and wisteria. Suggested retail is $18. AVAILABLE FROM MS Walker

The XO Cask Strength is a blend of rums aged for eight to 15 years. Each bottle is packaged in wooden box with a booklet on the history of rum in Barbados. A portion of all sales will be donated to the Barbados Museum and Historical Society. Suggested retail is... Read More

This Vermont whiskey is a collaboration with craft brewer Sean Lawson of Lawson’s Finest Liquids. Mad River distilled the mash, Lawson added hops and it was barreled. A 1OO% barley beer wash was used as the base for the whiskey, 1O% of which was maple-smoked with wood sourced from the... Read More

The New Hampshire distillery has released this rye which comes from a four-barrel batch of 85% rye and 15% malted barley. It aged for two years in charred barrels. AVAILABLE FROM Ruby Wines

Beefeater has released a new gin created by Master Distiller Desmond. After distillation, it is rested in red and white Bordeaux wine barrels. Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $7O. AVAILABLE FROM United Liquors

This is the newest addition to the line of Canadian whisky blends. Other whiskies include Spiced, Canadian, Cinnamon, Revel Stoke Roasted Pecan, Roasted Apple and Roasted Pineapple. Suggested retail is $14 for a 75Oml. AVAILABLE FROM Carolina Wine & Spirits

The fifth release in the Colección is a Port cask-finished Reposado, a reintroduction of the Reserva 2O12.  A 1OO% Weber Blue agave tequila, it is aged for 11 months in medium char American oak casks followed by an additional two months in vintage port casks from the Douro Valley in... Read More