Brand News

The newest flavor in the brand’s portfolio is made with Smirnoff No.21 vodka and fruit juice from concentrate.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $14. AVAILABLE FROM United Liquors

This is a revival of the company’s pre-Prohibition 1OO% apple brandy at its post-Prohibition proof.  The packaging has a retro label evoking an earlier era and with the number 17 for the number of pounds of apples it takes to make a single bottle.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is... Read More

This liqueur is made with chocolate, caramel, pumpkin juice, cinnamon, clove, vanilla, chili, fresh cream and cocoa.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $29. AVAILABLE FROM United Liquors

The latest release in the experimental Blenders’ Batch series is a wine cask blend.  It is made up of some whiskies aged in wine cask and includes malt whiskies from the Highland and some from Speyside.  It also includes grain whiskies from Cameronbridge.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $3O.... Read More

  Egan’s has extended the line with Vintage Grain, Single Grain Irish Whiskey.  It is distilled from a single grain and aged for at least eight years in American bourbon barrels.  Bottled non-chilled filtered.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $45. AVAILABLE FROM Horizon Beverage Company

Sam Adams has collaborated with five separate craft brewers to create this limited release.  Those involved are part of the Sam Adams micro-lending and coaching program for craft brewers and small food and beverage business owners.  The Pack includes ThreeNinety Bock (Roc Brewing Co., Rochester, NY); Desert Kaleidoscope IPA (Bosque... Read More

For the latest release in the “Hi Neighbor Mash-Up” series, Narragansett Beer is partnering with Rhode Island’s Bancroft Tennis Company.  For generations, Bancroft produced state-of-the-art wooden racquets across the street from the new Narragansett Brewery at The Guild.  Brewed with Cascade hops for mild floral and citrus flavors, it’s then... Read More

There are two whiskies now available from the Virginia Distillery Company: a flagship Port Cask Finished Virginia-Highland Whisky and a Chardonnay Cask Finished Virginia-Highland Whisky.  The flagship is made from 1OO% malted barley.  Whisky from Scotland is married with whisky produced at the distillery in Central Virginia. The Chardonnay Cask... Read More

Destilería Serrallés in Puerto Rico has extended the line with its fifth flavored expression.  It was made from rums aged one to one-and-a-half years in American white oak barrels and infused with 1OO% natural pineapple juice.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml is $14. AVAILABLE FROM M.S.Walker

        The latest addition to the Jim Beam flavored portfolio blends Madagascar vanilla bean liqueur with Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey.  It has hints of oak and caramel bourbon notes with a sweet vanilla aroma.  Other flavors include Apple, Kentucky Fire, Honey and Red Stag by Jim Beam... Read More