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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

These are the two latest releases to join the Seagram’s flavored vodka portfolio.  Each is packaged in a commemorative box and the bottles are hand-numbered.  Suggested retail for a 75Oml of each is $11. AVAILABLE FROM Horizon Beverage Company

This red blend has aromas of cherry with earthy notes, sweet leather, and sandalwood.  Blackberry jam, fig, milk chocolate and graham cracker on the palate finishing with vanilla crème soda, plum, and candied tangerine peel.  Suggested retail is $13.99. AVAILABLE FROM Baystate Wine & Spirits

Made with 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Petit Verdot, 5% Petite Sirah and 4% Malbec, this wine has black fruit and spice aromas followed by notes of sweet licorice and juicy red fruit.  Eighteen month in French oak.  Suggested retail is $14.99. AVAILABLE FROM Baystate Wine & Spirits

There are three mezcals in the Bozal line: Tobasiche, Cuixe and Ensamble, all produced from local agave.  The Ensamble has slightly smoky yet herbaceous undertones amid citrus and floral notes.  The Cuixe has strong minerality and a dry smoky finish and the Tobasiche has quince and anise flavors with rich... Read More

There are three flavors in this new line of low-calorie hard seltzers: Orange Mango, Cranberry Lime and Watermelon.  Each slim can contains 9O calories.  Suggested retail is $8.99 per 6-pack of 12-ounce cans. AVAILABLE FROM Burke Distributing Colonial Wholesale Beverage Seaboard Products Company