tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67546544664478593352024-02-19T04:41:42.246-08:00Barstool PhilosophersThe ongoing quest for booze. I mean, BETTER booze.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-83152614926295936552013-08-15T20:26:00.000-07:002013-08-15T20:45:32.605-07:00We Want A Shrubbery!<br />
I'm a curious kind of guy. I've been told that I ask too many questions; just ask my fiancee. I just feel that there is a lot of information out there to be had. Why not try to grasp it? So, in my unquenchable thirst for knowledge, pun intended, I found shrubs. No. Not the shrubs that The Knights Who Say Ni want. These are shrubs that you can drink.<br />
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Otherwise known as "drinking vinegars", shrubs essentially come in two forms, alcoholic and non alcoholic. Alcoholic shrubs most likely originated from the medicinal cordials of the 1500's or thereabout. They were another vehicle to medicate one's ailments back in the day. The non-alcoholic shrubs would be more closely related to canning fruit and preserves. The basic ingredients of the shrubs I'm referring to in this post are vinegar, fruit, some sort of sweetener and/or spices. If made well, they have a great balance between sweet and sour. As with anything that I do, I like to find ways to simplify recipes for you lazy bastards out there. So, this is it:</div>
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16 oz Fresh Fruit (your choice) or frozen if you're REALLY lazy</div>
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2 cups White Refined Granulated Sugar (like <a href="http://www.dominosugar.com/sugar/granulated-sugar">Domino's</a>)</div>
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Apple Cider Vinegar Unfiltered and Unpasteurized (<a href="http://bragg.com/products/acv.html">Bragg's</a>)</div>
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Cut up your fruit into small cubes and add them to a bowl. If you are using small berries like blueberries, just press on them to get them to burst a bit. Pour the sugar on top and give it a good mixing until the sugar starts to coagulate and get stick with fruit just. Cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap and throw it in the fridge overnight. In the morning, give it a good stir again. You will <br />
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notice that the sugar is turning into a syrup with some residual sugar granules. This is good. Throw it in the fridge again. Stir it again later on that night. By the time you get to it the next day, most of the sugar should be dissolved. Filter out the fruit and pour the sugar syrup into a jar. Add an equal amount of vinegar to the syrup. Seal the jar & shake. If you wanted to add spices like cinnamon, clover, fresh elderflower, another fruit, this would be the time. A spice bag would be helpful. Let rest for another couple of days. Remove spice bag. If you still have some granulated sugar on the bottom, shake again until dissolved. Now you're ready to drink it! Shrubs should last several months. Due to the sugar and acid in the shrub, the flavors will get better as the weeks roll by. </div>
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You can try a sip straight up. It's pretty powerful and will induce a funny face with a involuntary shaking of the head. A fresh, delicious and fun way to enjoy your new shrub is to add it to club soda. </div>
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Fill a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_glass">Collins</a> glass with ice.</div>
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Add 3/4 oz of Shrub</div>
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Top off with 5-6 oz <a href="https://twitter.com/FeverTreeMixers">Fever Tree Soda Water</a> or Club soda</div>
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Gently stir.</div>
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In a cocktail developed by <a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolPhD">@BarstoolPhD</a>:</div>
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<b><u>Pyro In The Grove</u></b></div>
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1 1/4 oz <a href="https://twitter.com/BrokersGin">Broker's Gin</a></div>
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1 oz Homemade Orange Curacao (<a href="http://www.bols.com/us/products/liqueur">Bol's</a> or <a href="http://pierreferrandcuracao.com/en/">Ferrande</a> is fine)</div>
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1/2 oz Strawberry Shrub</div>
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1/2 oz Aalborg Akvavit </div>
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1/4 oz <a href="https://twitter.com/ardbeg_com">Ardbeg 10 year Islay Scotch</a> (or any well peated Scotch)</div>
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Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker.</div>
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Add ice and shake until your hand freezes.</div>
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Shake for a few more seconds.</div>
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Double Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.</div>
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Garnish with an orange peel with oils expressed over the cocktail. </div>
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Drop orange peel into cocktail</div>
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Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-21484514636573653142012-07-27T14:37:00.000-07:002012-07-27T14:37:02.725-07:00The Great Gin Twist AdventureI like cocktail parties. I like parties where we roast pigs. But, what I like the best is pig roast cocktail parties.<br />
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<a href="http://craftbutchery.com/">Saugatuck Craft Butchery</a> approached me a few days ago and asked if I wanted to supply the booze for their First Annual Pig on the Plaza event. It's a pig roast that originated as one of their butchery classes that turned into a bad ass event. Of course I would supply the booze! I don't want to talk about the beer or wine that we're serving. So, let's get right to the cocktail. The Gin Twist.<br />
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I've been thumbing through a cocktail book originally printed in 1902 by Farrow & Jackson called <a href="http://store.thebostonshaker.com/index.php?product=PUMP-CPAO&c=29">Recipes of American and Other Iced Drinks</a>. It was a marketing ploy by Farrow & Jackson, who manufactured tools and equipment for bars. <a href="http://store.thebostonshaker.com/index.php?product=PUMP-CPAO&c=29">Buy the book</a>. It's pretty cool. Charlie Paul was the man who provided most of the recipes in this little goodie. I'm only assuming that he came up with the Gin Twist recipe back in the day. But, I may be wrong. So, don't quote me on it. <br />
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As with a lot of the recipes found in these antique printings, it leaves a lot up to interpretation. The actual recipe goes as follows <as printed in the book>:<br />
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Gin Twist. S.D. (short drink)</div>
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Take a wine glass ; put in a small piece of ice, a</div>
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teaspoonful of strawberry syrup and half a tea-</div>
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spoonful of lemon juice ; fill up with Old Tom gin,</div>
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then pare half a lemon, twist, and drop in.</div>
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Awesome. So, when I say "interpretation" that means that when I made this recipe for the first time, I didn't have the exact ingredients on hand at that exact moment. So, I "interpret" the shit out of it. Really, what happened was, I didn't have Old Tom Gin and I just made lemonade with all of the lemons i had in house. Bare with me here. Old Tom gins stylistically are sweetened gins. So, what would happened if the sweetener was misplaced and put into the lemon juice? It's all sugar right? Who cares how it gets in there, just as long as it gets in there? Right? Right. Moving on. </div>
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The <a href="http://craftbutchery.com/classes-events/">Pig on the Plaza</a> event has grown to at least 150 people at this point. That's a lot of Gin Twisting. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWKHqSyCaI92soOLvqdJ0-6Io1XE2Y5RrnZo6jza1V75Nzv0LL8n671O3dMtlVmlEHKgC5l-JFS3edO-IoiY2SYIUpeYMaFN_7TCZUBi6KW3PzhfUaXsWLGhgI8lQFq2hBhGvhzvoZKc/s1600/IMG_0931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWKHqSyCaI92soOLvqdJ0-6Io1XE2Y5RrnZo6jza1V75Nzv0LL8n671O3dMtlVmlEHKgC5l-JFS3edO-IoiY2SYIUpeYMaFN_7TCZUBi6KW3PzhfUaXsWLGhgI8lQFq2hBhGvhzvoZKc/s200/IMG_0931.JPG" width="200" /></a>Fifty lemons, two bags of oleo saccharum and 14 cups of lemon juice, I'm ready to move on to the strawberry syrup. Now, I haven't had any
scholastic or culinary training and I haven't done any true research on
it. But, I'm pretty sure any kind of strawberry syrup contains a shit
load of strawberries and a whole bunch of sugar. Some might say there is
some water in there, too. There is water in strawberries, right? Good
enough.<br />
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I guess you're supposed to boil and simmer fruit and sugar to create syrups. Let's interpret "syrup" here, too. I'm lazy. <br />
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Throw them in a bag and add 2 cups of that lovely granulated sugar. <br />
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Smoosh them together a bit to jump start that sugar/fruit magic. <br />
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vacuum seal it, too. If you don't have a vacuum sealer like this one, I
would assume you can use a Ziploc bag and take as much air out as
possible.Just let it sit out on the counter at room temperature for a few hours or until it looks like a lot of the sugar is dissolving. <br />
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Okay. You're done for today. Let all of that hard work you just did sit overnight in the fridge. <br />
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I know we all have busy schedules nowadays. This will keep fresh in the fridge for a couple days.<br />
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have a blender or a food processor, right? Take it out of the cupboard and dust it off.
Strawberries+sugar+blender=strawberry syrup in my Gin Twisted head. Blend the strawberries until
they're smooth. Voila! You have strawberry "syrup". Now you can funnel this syrup into Ball canning jars, <a href="http://www.bottless.net/EZ_Cap_32oz_1Liter_Flint_Swing_Top_Bottle_p/ezcap32f.htm">swing-top bottles</a> or whatever resealable vessel you feel like. Personally, I think this tastes better than that nasty syrup crap from a can you get at diners. The sweetness here ends up being a bit brighter and you still have a little texture to it. And, guess what? No boiling,
simmering or reducing! Plus, it's works better in cocktails. <br />
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The next step was to make <a href="http://barstoolphilosophers.blogspot.com/2012/06/delicious-lemonade-for-your-summer.html">my famous and ridiculously delicious oleo saccharum lemonade</a> in large format. I won't bore you with the details. <br />
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2oz Plymouth Gin<br />
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Combine in a strainer. Add ice and shake.<br />
Strain over fresh ice in a Highball glass<br />
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</div>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-46934416898802773262012-07-06T08:31:00.000-07:002012-07-20T11:10:19.363-07:00Grapefruit Syrup - The Amazing WayDon't frickin' freak out. It's only grapefruit syrup. <br />
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I must confess that I have gone the majority of my life without even knowing what a Paloma was. But ever since having one at <a href="http://www.rosamexicano.com/">Rosa Mexicano</a> in New York City, I've been hooked. It was so simple. It was so delicious. It was so amazing. When I ordered it, they gave me a Collins glass filled with ice and garnished with a lime, a shot glass of Partida Silver Tequila and a bottle of Jarrito's Toronja grapefruit soda. Holy shit. It blew me away.<br />
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Like anything else that I love in the name of alcohol, I wanted to carry Jarrito's in my <a href="http://www.saugatuckgrainandgrape.com/">wine shop</a>. But, for some reason, I couldn't find the vender for Jarritos. So, in typical "me" fashion, I decided to give it a go myself. Of course, I geeked out. I needed to dissect the All Mighty Toronja.<br />
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Ingredients: carbonated water (water, carbon dioxide), natural sugar, citric acid,
natural flavor, sodium benzoate (preservative), yellow 5, yellow 6. <a href="http://www.mexgrocer.com/90478-21666.html">Look for yourself.</a><br />
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Gross.<br />
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Now, I don't know about you but I HATE yellow #5 and yellow #6. Actually, that statement isn't entirely true. I never understood the point of food coloring. Just kidding. I do understand why companies use it. It's another marketing ploy to make you believe something is more delicious than it actually is. It keeps the food coloring companies in business. I blame the Irish. After all, I am half Irish. What does that mean exactly? I don't know. It just makes me feel better when I blame the Irish. It's just like using food coloring.<br />
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Okay. Enough rambling and on to the recipe. <br />
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1 cup granulated sugar</div>
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1 cup water</div>
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2 cups fresh squeezed Grapefruit juice</div>
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Grapefruit oleo saccharum</div>
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Cold process the sugar and water until sugar is dissolved. You can find my <a href="http://barstoolphilosophers.blogspot.com/2012/07/gomme-syrup-easy-way.html">cold process method here</a>.
Add grapefruit and oleo saccharum and shake. Let it sit over night. It makes all the difference in the world. Remove grapefruit peels and press
out remaining juice of peels. Store in fridge up to one month. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Oleo saccharum of
grapefruit</u></b></div>
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Grapefruit rind of 3 grapefruits</div>
1/2 cup granulated sugar<br />
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Combine ingredients in a sous vide bag. Rub sugar and
grapefruit peel together to release oils from the rind. Vacuum seal and let sit
at room temperature for a few hours until the sugar and oil combine. You see what I mean when you do it. </div>
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Here's how to make the most amazing Paloma you'll ever have in your life. Seriously. <br />
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1 1/2 oz of your favorite blanco tequila (I use <a href="http://www.partidatequila.com/html/products/spirits_blanco.html">Partida</a>)<br />
1 1/2 oz Grapefruit syrup<br />
2 oz carbonated water (club soda)<br />
*2 drops <a href="http://bittermens.com/products/hopped-grapefruit-bitters/">Bittermens Hopped Grapefruit Bitters </a><br />
juice of 1 lime wedge (a 1/4 lime)<br />
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Combine ingredients in a Collins glass filled with ice. Give it a quick stir. Garnish with an orange peel. <br />
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*A note on the bitters: You can use any bitters you like. I've tried Fee Brothers Grapefruit and it ended up offering more floral notes on the nose and a sweeter taste profile. It didn't work as well with the syrup, in my opinion. You can also sub in <a href="http://store.thebostonshaker.com/index.php?product=CIAE-SPBI&c=66">Dr. Adam Elmegirab's Spanish Bitters</a> if you'd like. It works well and it adds a different dimension to the cocktail that is truly refreshing. If you use Adam's bitters, I'd bump it up to three drops. If I make two of these cocktails for myself on a hot day, I use Bittermens in one and Adam's in the other. I like the contrast. <br />
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If you're not a fan of tequila cocktails, you can sub in gin in this recipe.<br />
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Gins that work in this recipe:<br />
<a href="http://www.plymouthgin.com/original/">Plymouth</a> - Nice, well balanced. The grapefruit brings out more herbaceous notes in the gin<br />
<a href="http://www.dhkrahn.com/home.html">DH Krahn</a> - Sweet and citrusy. Very playful on the palate. I would garnish this with a lemon peel<br />
Beefeater Summer Edition - Floral and airy. The sugar in the syrup pull the botanicals together nicely<br />
<a href="http://www.no3gin.com/#zone-home">No. 3</a> - Citrusy and soft - The orange peel in the gin plays nice. Use Adam's spanish bitters<br />
<a href="http://www.distillery209.com/gin/">209 Gin</a> - Rich and complex. I tend to use Fee Brothers Grapefruit bitters in this one.<br />
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The only thing that I ask of you is, make sure there are no children around when you say "That's fucking delicious."Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-58012166657052142732012-07-01T10:20:00.001-07:002013-02-02T12:23:08.517-08:00Gomme Syrup - The Easy Way<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This isn't David Wondrich. This dude is a gum arabic producer in Niger.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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As tending bar is evolving into what borders the culinary arts, we are discovering cocktail recipes from the likes of Professor Jerry Thomas. Some of these antique recipes call for some off-the-beaten-path ingredients - recipes "lost" in the alcohol black hole known as Prohibition and American industrialization. David Wondrich, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Imbibe-Professor-Featuringthe-Selection-Contributed/dp/0399532870">Imbibe!</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Punch-Delights-Dangers-Flowing-Bowl/dp/0399536167/ref=pd_sim_b_5/189-7124171-3154764">Punch</a>, has done an enormous amount of research to revive these recipes. Without repeating what other people have said, I'd like to add a tip to one recipe in particular - gomme syrup.</div>
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So, as you may have found on other blogs like <a href="http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/category/gomme/">Cocktail Chronicles</a> that have done all the hard work and given you and I the recipe for gomme syrup, I'd like to make the process a little bit simpler for the masses. By the way, Cocktail Chronicles is a fantastic blog.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what gum arabic looks like...on a tree. </td></tr>
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I'm a firm believer in cold processing simple syrup. I've mentioned my method <a href="http://barstoolphilosophers.blogspot.com/2012/06/delicious-lemonade-for-your-summer.html">here</a>. To me, it makes all the difference in the world when it comes to the viscosity of the cocktail that you are using it in. Mixologists are using gomme syrup today to add not only flavor and sweetness to a cocktail, but a velvety viscosity as well. Let's make it simpler, shall we?<br />
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Cocktail Chronicles has this recipe split up into two parts; 2:1 simple syrup and arabic gum syrup.<br />
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<b>Arabic Gum Syrup</b><br />
Put the arabic powder and room temperature water in a bowl and whisk until combined. It took only a few minutes. <br />
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<b>Simple Syrup</b><br />
Add the sugar and room temperature water in a canning jar and shake the hell out of it until the sugar dissolves. There may still be minute sugar granules floating around. Don't worry. We'll take care of that in a second. <br />
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When you're tired of whisking and shaking that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ball-Canning-Regular-Mouth-Lid-Quart/dp/B008B171CU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1341161985&sr=8-5&keywords=ball+canning+jar">Ball Caning Jar</a>, combine these two syrups in a small sauce pan and put over <u><b>low heat</b></u><b> - </b><b>DO NOT BOIL</b>. Using a regular old kitchen metal spoon, stir the syrup until you can't feel any of the sugar granules on the bottom of the pot. This takes about <b>45</b> <b>seconds</b>. Remove from heat. Let cool at room temperature for a bit. You want to wait long enough for the white foam to form on top of the syrup.<br />
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When the foam forms on the top, scoop it off with a spoon. Then, use a <a href="http://store.thebostonshaker.com/index.php?product=CTRS-COST">conical cocktail strainer</a> and strain into a jar or capped bottle of your choice. I just use a Ball Jar. POW! It's ready to use.<br />
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<b><u>So, lets recap:</u></b><br />
Cold shake sugar and water<br />
cold whisk arabic gum and water<br />
combine both syrups in a sauce pan<br />
over low heat, stir until you can't feel the sugar granules<br />
let cool<br />
scoop off foam - This is just tiny bubbles. No need to get grossed out by it. <br />
Strain into a bottle<br />
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This whole recipe will take about a mere 10 minutes not including the cooling time. I don't know how long I let mine cool. I left it on the counter and then ran out to do an errand. You can do the same, that is, if you have errands to do. <br />
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<br />Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-27653362456712831542012-06-13T15:25:00.000-07:002013-04-06T10:36:05.200-07:00Delicious Lemonade for Your Summer Soiree<br />
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Simple Syrup (about 1 ½ cups) – recipe to follow</div>
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1 cup fresh squeezed lemons (about 6 lemons)</div>
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3 cups of water</div>
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Combine in a pitcher, refrigerate and <u>smile</u> now that
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made the most delicious fresh lemonade in the world. This recipe is designed to be poured over ice. If you wish to opt out of ice in your glass, just add one more cup of water to the pitcher. </div>
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1 cup White Granulated Sugar</div>
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1 cup water</div>
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1. Combine in a seal-able jar (i.e. Ball canning jar with a
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For those lazy types out there, this recipe only takes 7 minutes and 43 seconds from start to finish. Well, actually, I forgot to shut off the timer when I was done. So, it's probably more like 6 minutes and 43 seconds. Don't be lazy. Make yourself some delicious lemonade. </div>
Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-52498387625566368462012-05-05T08:46:00.000-07:002012-05-05T08:46:05.275-07:00The Most Bitchin' CocktailSometimes I dream about cocktails in my sleep. I have been known to wake up in the middle of the night with a recipe that I just dreamed about and write it down. Trying to convince myself that it's okay to head to the liquor cabinet at 3 o'clock in the morning usually ends up with me rolling over back into dreamland. That decision is probably due to reasoning of "How can anything in your dreams taste good in real life?"<br />
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I have been on a mission lately to create a new cocktail. Being tired of Bourbon, Scotch or Tequila based drinks, I wanted something that forced me out of my comfort zone. I didn't want any of those ingredients to even be considered. I opened my liquor cabinet and took out everything that wasn't whiskey, vodka, gin, Tequila or rum. I turned on the iPod, cranked up some Audioslave and went to "work". The ingredients in front of me gave me no inspiration. I got distracted a little bit until a song came on called "Revelations". The <a href="http://www.metrolyrics.com/revelations-lyrics-audioslave.html">lyrics</a> got me thinking. I wanted my new found beverage to be bitter. But, I also wanted to sweetness to it, a sexiness, if you will. To me, there isn't much else out there sexier than sweet vermouth in the alcohol world. With pleasant fruit tones, herbal notes and light residual sugar, it reminds me of vintage movies and sweethearts like Loretta Young and Ava Gardner.<br />
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After tasting different bitters, amaros and digestifs in the liquor industry Fall trade shows, I decided to give a couple of those flavors a shot (no pun intended). After a few blunders, flops and failures. I finally found some flavors that actually worked well together. <br />
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Keeping with my vintage movie starlets theme, I wanted to give my little cocktail a name. It had all the sexiness of these ladies. But, it had a slight bitterness that shined right through...kind of like Brigitte Bardot.<br />
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2 oz Dolin Sweet Vermouth<br />
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Combine the two ingredients in a shaker with ice. Stir until well chilled. Strain in a rocks glass over fresh ice. Enjoy. This cocktail just keeps on getting better and better as the ice melts.<br />
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<br /></div>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-7953639885061993462012-03-26T13:48:00.000-07:002012-03-26T13:48:58.899-07:00Barrel o' Cocktails - The Negroni<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Aging cocktails is not a new thing. It's been around for a long time, longer than I've been breathing the air on this planet, in fact. The oldest print ad I could find mentioning barrel-aged cocktails dates back to 1910. It was the <b>G. F. Heublein & Brother</b> line of Club Cocktails that brought the concept to mainstream. Though the <b>Club Cocktail</b> line seems to be fading off into the sunset, the craft of aging cocktails is experiencing a rebirth.<br />
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The process of curing the barrel is an easy one. Fill it up with hot water and let it sit for a few days until it stops leaking. Don't worry if it takes longer than three days. It's not a defective barrel. You can speed up the process by submerging the water filled barrel in your bathtub or deep-well sink over night. <i>Have patience</i>.<br />
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Now that you are ready to figure out which cocktail you'd like to age, you have to take a few things into consideration. The most important topics would be freshness and safety. You'll be aging the cocktail at room temperature. With that said, you wouldn't want to drink milk that has been left out of the fridge for six weeks, right? Good. Rule number 1 will be "<b>No Dairy Products</b>". Rule number two will be "<b>No Fruit Juice</b>". The same logic applies to fruit juice, too. The third rule of thumb is that you want to stay away from carbonated drinks. They will lose their carbonation and you'll end up with a funky mess. If you're hellbent on using soda, use a soda syrup. But, refer to rule #2 when choosing your syrup.<br />
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For our example, we will be making a Negroni in a five liter barrel. A Negroni cocktail has three components: equal parts <b>Gin</b>, <b>Campari</b> and <b>Sweet Vermouth</b>. For our five liter barrel, you can fit 2 750ml bottles of each component comfortably. You'll have to eyeball it if you want to fill it up to the tippity-top. Or, if you want to be anal retentive like myself, the exact amount you need would be 56.3 ounces of each ingredient. Each individual barrel will hold a slightly different amount. So, don't freak out if you're short or have some left over. Also, you'll need to hang on to the empty bottles. You will need them in later steps about six weeks from now. Wash them out, soak the labels off and set them aside. <br />
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When choosing your ingredients, keep in mind that the flavor will change after spending time in the belly of your new oak friend. In addition to <b>extracting tannins</b> from the wood and adding some <b>caramel and vanilla notes</b> to your cocktail, there are some other lovely little scientific events happening. There are reactions with the alcohol and congeners in the spirit through oxidation and extraction of chemicals from the oak. How they react depends on the size and age of the barrel, how many times it was used, percentage of alcohol in the cocktail, humidity, temperature and, most importantly, the time spent in your baby barrel. The only two factors that you really should care about here are the time spent in the barrel and the alcohol percentage of your drink. The higher the level of alcohol in the barrel, the more the spirits will interact with the chemical compounds of the wood. Thus resulting in more "flavor". The harshness of the spirits within will tend to mellow as well. <br />
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The age of the final product will be totally subjective to <b>your taste</b>. With the Negroni, <b>let it</b> <b>age at least four weeks</b> before you sample it for the first time. To be quite honest, you can do whatever the hell you want. It's <i>your</i> barrel. It's just in my experience that the flavors of your cocktail go through some funky phases that might give you second thoughts about continuing on this journey. Again, <b>have patience</b>.<br />
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The first time you use your barrel, you'll probably want to think about bottling your cocktail right around 6 weeks if you want to halt the aging process. You're going to need to use the original booze bottles for this step. To sanitize them, throw them in the dishwasher for a cycle. That should do the trick. When you pour the cocktail back into the bottles, you might want to <b>strain it through a couple layers of cheese cloth</b> just to make sure you catch some of those wood particles.<br />
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The final step is simple. The only tool you need is your phone. Call me up when you're ready to drink your delicious cocktail. I'll be over in 15 minutes.<br />
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The barrels and booze can be purchased at<a href="https://www.facebook.com/saugatuckgrainandgrape"> Saugatuck Grain & Grape</a> in Westport, CT. We have 1 liter, 2 liter, 5 liter and 10 liter barrels in stock.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-7140477224603151312012-03-03T16:41:00.000-08:002012-03-03T16:41:59.998-08:00The Importance of Ingredients<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYbqOh8Cp3vGKyrL80JwgKC1IUxjOvbIp_DCwpyBvpIzS6mqOSenv6Ov1MJNWiJ9YbpEbTqPjwTUL0HaBL2kbzlmNqnFyDln4G-IpjR_HXXYQSbtnk1SjP_qr7YNB4teIWtz5R3pL2a8/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYbqOh8Cp3vGKyrL80JwgKC1IUxjOvbIp_DCwpyBvpIzS6mqOSenv6Ov1MJNWiJ9YbpEbTqPjwTUL0HaBL2kbzlmNqnFyDln4G-IpjR_HXXYQSbtnk1SjP_qr7YNB4teIWtz5R3pL2a8/s200/images.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div>Nobody actually wants to drink a crappy cocktail. Nobody says "Let's head down to that bar that serves shitty cocktails because I'm tired of drinking things that taste good." Just like food, the ingredients and their flavor profiles are uber important in the recipe you are using. If you use lamb instead of beef in your burger patty, do you think it will taste different? Of course it does. But it's still red meat. If you use Bourbon in your Manhattan cocktail do you think it will taste different than Rye? Of course it will, even if they both are a whiskey. Scotch whisky tastes totally different than Bourbon whiskey. I know I spelled whisk(e)y differently. They do, too. Don't get me started.<br />
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My question is to everyone that posts recipes on the internet, "why be so broad in your ingredients list?" If you discovered the perfect combination of specific quantities of specific spirits for your cocktail and have decided to post it on the World Wide Intertubes, let everyone know what those ingredients actually are. Give me brand names. <br />
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At some point in time I bought a terrible cocktail book or maybe someone gave it to me. I don't remember. Flipping through the book, I realized that, although the stories were well written, the cocktail recipes seems to be have written by someone who doesn't drink alcohol. They flat-out suck. To quote the recipe: <br />
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The undisputed heavyweight champion of the world<br />
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3 ounces gin<br />
1/4 ounce dry white vermouth<br />
Lemon peel for garnish<br />
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Place the gin and vermouth in a shaker, along with plenty of cracked ice, and shake vigorously to combine. Strain into a well-chilled martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist, or olive if your guest prefers, and serve immediately. <br />
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Now, I can nit pick here. But that's not the purpose of this post. I am disappointed with the fact that they only listed "gin" and "vermouth". Out of all the spirits on a liquor store's shelves, one brand of gin couldn't be more different than the next brand. The same goes with vermouth. A lot of white vermouths are made with the grape varietals Clairette blanche, Piquepoul, Catarratto and Trebbiano. Without getting into a lot of technical detail, wine is made and then it is aged with herbs, roots and/or bark. It's kind of the same process as gin. There are so many different variables that can change the flavor profile from vermouth to vermouth and from gin to gin. So, it bothers me that an author of a cocktail book just writes "gin" and "vermouth" in a recipe without clarifying which brands they used. <br />
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Here's your homework. Try two different brands of premium gin, say Hendrick's versus Tanquerey 10 side by side neat. Don't do a shot of them. Just pour them in separate glasses and take a sip of both, one right after the other. Give enough time in between to actually taste the first gin. Pay attention to the herbal, floral and spice notes to the first one. Then do the same with the second. Wow! Totally different, right???? Would you agree that these two gins would make two different tasting martinis? The same goes with the vermouth. Did you notice in their recipe that they didn't list the olive, "if your guest prefers" in the ingredient list?<br />
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Was that a beef burger with Swiss cheese and a pickle or was it a lamb burger with smoked Gouda and Cole slaw? Eh, they're both burgers. Who gives a shit?<br />
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I hope you do.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-50910275440389606272012-01-26T12:51:00.000-08:002012-01-26T12:51:15.813-08:00Scotch Tasting @ SG&GI can't believe that we're at the end of January already. Actually, I can. I can see the date on my iMac just about every time I look at the Dock. The point is that time flies when you're crazy busy. And, that's exactly what I've been.<br />
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In the craziness that retailers like to call O.N.D. (October, November, December), I decided to set up two spirits tastings. The first one was a Bourbon tasting the week of Thanksgiving. Since that was a huge success, I wanted to set one up for Scotch the week of Christmas and Chanukah. Most of what I decided to put on the tasting list was Single Malt Scotch. I did have one blended Scotch, MacKinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt Scotch. This is a bottle of whisky that has a little bit of <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/culture-lifestyle/food-drink/110405/shackleton-whisky-arctic">history</a> behind it. <br />
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Prior to the doors opening on the night of the tasting, Lee Strader from Whyte & Mackay stopped by unannounced with a couple of gems to taste us on. He had some sample bottles of Dalmore 40 year old ($2800), Dalmore 1974 ($1170) and Dalmore 1981 ($999). These prices are estimated as we don't have any of these in stock at the moment. Those bottles were amazing! The 40 year old was probably the best Scotch I have ever tasted in my entire life. It was an unexpected treat right before our crazy tasting.<br />
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As with our Bourbon event, <a href="http://collyercatering.com/">Collyer Catering</a> provided the food to cleanse our guests' palates. Scotch smoked salmon crostini, shrimp with Scotch BBQ sauce, beef skewers with fig and whisky sauce, smokey (using an Islay Scotch) scallop spring rolls Laphroiag 10 year were on the menu for nibbles. <br />
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Our friend, Paul, at <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4171054">Paul Lin Media</a> made this little video for us:<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/34540663">Scotch Tasting video</a><br />
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Dalmore 12 yr<br />
Dalmore 15 yr<br />
Dalmore Cigar Malt<br />
Dalmore King Alexander III<br />
Balvenie Double wood<br />
Balvenie 17 yr Madeira Cask<br />
Balvenie Single Barrel<br />
Balvenie 21 yr Portwood<br />
Glenfiddich 15 yr<br />
Glenfiddich 18yr<br />
Deanston 12 yr<br />
Tobermory 10 yr<br />
Bruichladdich Rocks<br />
Bruichladdich Laddie Classic Edition_01<br />
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Bruichladdich The Organic<br />
Bruichladdich 10 yr Laddie 10<br />
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC7<br />
Bruichladdich 12 yr<br />
Ledaig 10 yr<br />
Bunnahabhain 12 yr<br />
BenRiach 15 yr Dark Rum Finish<br />
BenRiach 17 yr Pedro Ximinez Sherry Finish<br />
Glendronach 15 yr Oloroso Cask<br />
Glendronach 12 yr PX & Oloroso Cask<br />
Gordon & MacPhail Mortlach 15 yr<br />
Gordon & MacPhail Bladnoch 16 yr<br />
Gordon & MacPhail Glen Grant 21 yr<br />
Gordon & MacPhail Glenrothes 30 yr<br />
Benromach Traditional<br />
Benromach Peat Smoke<br />
Benromach 10 yr<br />
Ardbeg 10 yr<br />
MacKinlay's Rare Old Highland Malt (Shackleton's)<br />
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Homemade barrel-aged Rusty Nail (cocktail)<br />
Alvear 1927 Solera Pedro Ximinez Sherry<br />
Alvear Asuncion Oloroso Sherry<br />
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It was a fun tasting! Since December, I've been asked many times when the next tasting will be. As of right now, our next tasting will be in May for Cinco de Mayo. That's if I don't sneak in a Cordials-Liqueur-Aperitif-Vermouth tasting before then. We'll see. <br />
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Truth is, I've been working my ass off here at the shop. I've been searching high and low for new spirits to bring into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saugatuckgrainandgrape">SG&G</a> as well as setting up fun spirits tastings. The first of three tastings was Tuesday Nov 22nd. It was dubbed the Big Bad Bourbon Tasting. We featured 24 Bourbons and whiskeys, a homemade barrel aged Bourbon "Manhattan", an Imperial Stout from Laughing Dog Brewery that has been aged in Bourbon barrels, pretzels with a homemade Bourbon honey-maple dijon mustard and homemade Bourbon balls that were amazing! Our friends at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CollyerCatering">Collyer Catering</a> also brought some delicious rosemary flank steak skewers with spiked Bourbon reduction sauce and grilled shrimp with a Bourbon brown sugar sauce.<br />
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I didn't get a chance to take any pictures of the actual event. It was just way too busy. I think we all had a good time that night. I'm definitely looking forward to next year's Bourbon Tasting. In the meantime, keep your ears open for our Holiday Scotch tasting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. George Breaking & Entering Bourbon, Jim Beam Devil's Cut and Black</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-65861690796003202232011-09-13T11:37:00.000-07:002011-09-13T11:37:03.944-07:009/11 CT United Memorial RideLast Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of a shocking and unforgettable moment in all our lives. The events that transpired on September 11, 2001 shook the world. In the weeks leading up to this, the 10th anniversary, my fiance and I were glued to the television, sucked in to articles on the internet and trapped within the headlines on newspapers' front pages as if we knew nothing about 9/11/01. I think we were lost in a trance of memories of where we were, what we were doing and who we were thinking of after we heard the first plane had slammed into the World Trade Center North Tower.<br />
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Lost in news reporters' frantic scramble to get the scoop first, we were filled with rumors that the White House was attacked, we were being attacked on both coasts, Air Force One was shot down and many more that proved to be incorrect mere moments after they aired. It was a fearful day for those of us that weren't actually experiencing the horror first hand in lower Manhattan.<br />
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Of the nearly 3000 victims of the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001, Connecticut was home to 152 of those innocent people. To honor those that lost their lives that tragic day, my fiancee and I decided to hop on our Harley-Davidson and join the CT United Ride, Connecticut's largest 9/11 tribute motorcycle ride. We arrived that morning at 10AM to register and get placement in the parade. There were a few words spoken over the loud speaker by several different people, bag pipes played Amazing Grace, a broadway singer belted out the National Anthem and we all did our best to hold back the tears. The energy was so intense that morning, everybody just couldn't wait to get on their bikes and ride. The rumble of tailpipes of over 3000 motorcycles were so powerful that they shook your soul. It was intense.<br />
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As we rolled out onto the street, we were cheered on by spectators waving flags and making peace signs with two fingers. This went on the entire 60 miles of the parade. Each fire department that we passed in each town had made a gateway with their ladder trucks, that bridged a massive American flag. With sirens blaring, people cheering, motorcycles rumbling and horns honking you couldn't help the tears welling up in your eyes. This isn't "a good thing" considering we were (a) on motorcycles, (b) only feet away from other motorcycles and (c) only feet away from other riders that had tears in their eyes as well. Coulda been messy. The sense of unity, togetherness and patriotism was all very apparent as we passed families huddled together on the front lawns, some waving flags, some holding signs heralding "God Bless America." The sense of patriotism was palpable, evidenced by the thousands of people came out to watch us ride by. A few people even came up close to the side of the road to give "high-fives" to the motorcycle riders.<br />
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I could write a book on just the emotions that overwhelmed us all that day but I know you get it. So, I'll start to wrap this up.<br />
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I"ll end by saying that not only were the spectators amazed at what they were seeing, WE were amazed at what we were seeing. Every rider we talked to said that they'd never seen anything like it. If you do the math; say the average motorcycle length that attended was 7 feet long, if you lined them up tire to tire, the length of the motorcade would be roughly 4 miles long. We were told to try to keep 10 - 20 feet in between each bike. That would mean the parade could have possibly stretched to 15 miles in length. That's just crazy. It was a sight to see. If you missed it or if you would like to ride in it next year, check out the <a href="http://ctunitedride.com/">CT United Ride</a>. They also have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-CT-United-Ride/167435296508">Facebook</a> page.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">These are some of the pictures we took before and after the ride. The map of the route we took as well as the directions are at the end of this post.</div><br />
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<li>Motorcade from Norden Park to Rte 136</li>
<li>to Rte 33 through Westport</li>
<li>to Wilton Rte 7</li>
<li>to Rte 107 Georgetown</li>
<li>to Rte 58N Redding</li>
<li>to Rte 302 Bethel</li>
<li>to Newtown Rte 25 through Monroe</li>
<li>to Main Street Trumbull</li>
<li>to Old Town Rd</li>
<li>to Park Ave in Fairfield</li>
<li>continuing into Bridgeport and straight down to Seaside Park with Bpt's Fire Rescue 5 leading the Motorcade.</li>
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</div>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-5330497947948157162011-08-23T16:41:00.000-07:002011-08-23T16:50:54.493-07:00Earthquakes and Tequila<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ui0V7nYxA02BlnOFBwMXq_MdE4VwBfycZNkIeFB3ucbxsTYw_oiB2XSfN3DvFhrmqYKZn7HO2K01Ql-pWXPfuqNDI72P_x2QqR4GjPJzcytYNf6KheQ1rYstMSYnDLAu-W8QHwHwN-c/s1600/10339503-end-of-the-world.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ui0V7nYxA02BlnOFBwMXq_MdE4VwBfycZNkIeFB3ucbxsTYw_oiB2XSfN3DvFhrmqYKZn7HO2K01Ql-pWXPfuqNDI72P_x2QqR4GjPJzcytYNf6KheQ1rYstMSYnDLAu-W8QHwHwN-c/s320/10339503-end-of-the-world.jpg" width="320" /></a>Today, August 23, 2011, the East Coast experienced an earthquake that registered a 5.9 on the Richter scale. It was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the region. The record is a 5.9 earthquake in Virginia in 1875. Mother Nature loves to show off how powerful and scary she is. It's almost as scary as the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse, which is scheduled to begin later on this year. I don't know about you guys, but I've been working on my chainsaw and baseball bat swinging skills. I'm not EVEN going to get into the whole Rapture thing.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tcV3GtYw8u0H_DwqE0Q0ZvDI0RY7jdby-FCPqosYKpi63yvDC5QlF7Pc_4a1_Rk7Nauf9tui0sYslzf4UUAFg-5WaADihss-xP7_7Df4slR1ouwd-n2uAZyWKoYHDhIr6QXFB3cHHpE/s1600/Staueofliberty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tcV3GtYw8u0H_DwqE0Q0ZvDI0RY7jdby-FCPqosYKpi63yvDC5QlF7Pc_4a1_Rk7Nauf9tui0sYslzf4UUAFg-5WaADihss-xP7_7Df4slR1ouwd-n2uAZyWKoYHDhIr6QXFB3cHHpE/s1600/Staueofliberty.jpg" /></a>Naturally, since this is the end of the world, I decided I needed a drink. I had to ask the question. I said, "Self, what would you drink if it were the end of the world?" I answered, "Partida Elegante Tequila." Perfect! And at around $350 a bottle, why not?<br />
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It comes in this fancy, high falutin package. It's quite impressive with a leather strap wrapped around the neck, sporting a sterling silver Partida Spirit Bird, that can be worn as a necklace. The bottle itself comes with a glass stopper so you can reuse the bottle as a decanter (my fiancee will be thrilled!). The color is a tarnished copper reminiscent of a fine cognac, largely in part from aging in American oak for 36 months. It's impressive without even taking a sip.<br />
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After pouring it in my glass, I immediately get notes of caramel and madagascar vanilla bean. Then sugar and spice, dried peach mango and just a touch of cupcake. On the palate the first to hit you is the sweet roasted agave. Then black pepper, cinnamon, light oak and hints of vanilla shine through. The finish is long and fascinating to the olfactory, lots of black pepper and spice wrapped in sweetness. Just a touch of spicy burn on the mid palate that diminishes after about one minute. It creates a conundrum. You want to let the final flavors do a dance on your palate. But you want to take another sip because it's so damn good.<br />
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This is simply amazing tequila. I couldn't have found a better bottle to experience Armageddon unfolding right in front of my eyes. As the sun begins to set, I shall proclaim that this has been a fine day; now a mighty fine day in my opinion. Thank you Partida.<br />
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My fiancee and our friend, DJ, decided that we should try the exact same pizzas from both establishments at the same time. We chose one plain and one half meatball and half pepperoni and onions, 2 pies from each restaurant. First of all, driving from Stamford to Westport with those four pizzas in the car was treacherous. The temptation to just pull over and start stuffing my face was, what I imagine to be, equal to the chinese water torture. The bumper to bumper traffic didn't help either.<br />
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I called Colony at 1:44pm on Saturday. They took my order and told me it was going to be 25-30 minutes. It took three calls to Rico's to actually have someone pick up the phone at 1:48pm. The girl on the phone told me it was going to be a 35 minute wait. Colony's pies cost $22.85. Rico's pizzas were $21.27. Colony had about 15 people between the bar and the tables in both rooms. Rico's had one table of two elderly gentleman and three young kids running around that didn't seem to belong to anyone. Anyone that was in the restaurant, that is. Hey, I knew they weren't mine.<br />
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To make this easy Colony is in regular typeface and<b> Rico's is in bold. </b><br />
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The first one we tried was the <u>meatball</u> pizza.<br />
Colony's had their famous grease just oozing all over my fingers. It had a good covering of cheese but the meatballs were bland and unappealing. The crust was soggy and pretty thick.<br />
<b>Rico's was virtually paper towel free</b>. <b>The cheese was tasty and full of flavor. Their crust ended up being c</b><b>rispy and sweeter and didn't bend under the weight of the toppings, which is always a bonus. </b><br />
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Next up was <u>pepperoni with onions</u> pizza. <b></b><br />
Colony had some pepperoni slices spread out with long slices of onion swirled around on top. The amount of pepperoni was perfect for us. It was also a bit light on the sauce. The onions were perfectly sweet. So. Good.<br />
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Last we tasted the <u>plain</u> pizza.<br />
Colony's sauce was a dark color and it had a burnt taste to it. It tasted like it was sitting on the stove a few hours too long. The crust was bland and chewy underneath the greasy and salty cheese. This was pretty "not good", shall we say?<br />
<b>Rico's was fresh with just the right amount of sweet sauce below flavorful cheese. The crust was c</b><b>risp and fresh. This pie turned out to be more like a Colony pie than Colony's pie. Weird, huh?</b><br />
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All in all, we liked the pepperoni and onion from Colony but Rico's won the meatball and the plain pizza vote. I must also note that the pepperoni and onion pizza from Rico's was different than the first two times we tried it. This time it had too much pepperoni and just a sprinkle of diced onions. The served it the previous times just like a Colony pie. I don't understand the inconsistency. Maybe they hired someone new?<br />
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This battle, in my humble opinion, (that's IMHO for you interwebtube people) was won by Rico's two out of three. It didn't feel to us that Colony was on their game today. Maybe that's the problem? Is the quality at Colony slipping? Or is it simply that a new restaurant, using the same techniques, but newer equipment and seemingly fresher ingredients, is more appealing? Frankly, if we were to order different pies and do this again, the results might be different. It really is a close call and I believe there's room for both in the pizza world. After all, Pepe and Sally have managed to coexist quite nicely in New Haven without turning into the Hatfields and the McCoys. Let's hope Colony and Rico manage the same truce.<br />
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Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-74091467976804760872011-07-19T08:34:00.000-07:002011-07-19T08:34:30.384-07:00Yes. I drink beer, too.I'd like to clear the air. There must have been some confusion last week with one of my posts. Somehow a wine snuck into a post on this blog. Some of you were shocked. I know. I must apologize for the abrupt, shocking and scandalous news. It is true. I drink wine. I'm not ashamed to admit it.<br />
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Are you sitting down? Brace yourselves...<br />
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I drink beer, too. I know. It's crazy, huh? Totally.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdjsek1xSOSNoZU5uNoNJ-UqdFufrjiDE0opw8Ds1cHssyYn6F0njm6G0BxSpkjtLp5OBPDcKq-UbaEgSmIsVL9VoH3RZwa5leLlgS9RvMl99J0xan_u2J0GfZq-b7WHxzKvjZxXjY-o/s1600/IMG_2029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZdjsek1xSOSNoZU5uNoNJ-UqdFufrjiDE0opw8Ds1cHssyYn6F0njm6G0BxSpkjtLp5OBPDcKq-UbaEgSmIsVL9VoH3RZwa5leLlgS9RvMl99J0xan_u2J0GfZq-b7WHxzKvjZxXjY-o/s320/IMG_2029.JPG" width="320" /></a>Over the years I have been slowly creeping away from the world of malted barley and hops. I'm not quite sure what the reason is. Maybe it's the blurred lines of demarcation between styles. It could be the unspoken challenge to out-brew the other guy with alcohol content and/or IBUs. Or it might be the rise in craft brewers becoming available that has me overwhelmed to the point where I can't keep up with the times. It seems that every time I turn around there is a new craft beer that I just HAVE to have. Frankly, it's exhausting. This is why I'm enjoying my old favorites, the old standbys. My comfort beers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brooklyn Lager</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I was introduced to Brooklyn Lager in the early to mid 1990's when I started working in liquor stores. It quickly became one of my favorite beers after the first couple of sips. It's rich and malty with a great balance of floral hops. It makes for an amazing pairing with homemade/hand packed burgers. It's also rumored that I've been caught drinking this beer while grilling a spice rubbed New York Strip steak on my little 21" Weber grill in the back yard (that's four minutes each side and then let it sit for a few before slicing it into strips). The pairing is delectable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cisco Indie Pale Ale</td></tr>
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I have never had anything I didn't like that comes from Cisco Brewers on Nantucket. It seems like they have the right formula for everything they make. I must admit that it is hard to choose just one beer from Cisco for the sole purpose of this blog post. In any case, I chose their Indie Pale Ale. What I like about this beer is its citrusy hop flavors that balance out the malty fruit. Indie is a great beer to grab if you're having Mexican, spicy Indian or even some Cajun BBQ. The higher level of hops seem to cool the heat of spicy dishes for me. It's also a great thirst quencher on a hot summer day if you're on an island somewhere off the coast of Cape Cod, my home away from home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thomas Hooker Blonde Ale</td></tr>
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Since I seem to be "supporting the locals" this go around, I decided to stick with the theme and tell you about Thomas Hooker Brewing Company in Connecticut. It's located in Bloomfield, just outside of Hartford, if you were heading Northwest. Hooker makes some solid beer. They range from an Imperial Porter to their Old Marley Barlywine and then back to a Watermelon Ale that is just fantastic to beat the steamy summer heat. My favorite in the line up is the Blonde Ale. It's malty and creamy with just the right amount of hops to make it a crisp and clean brew.<br />
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Now that it's public that I drink wine <i><b>and</b></i> beer, you can be rest assured that I will still continue to tell you about amazing spirits. No worries. I think I'll just wait until the summer temperatures recede a little before I post another Scotch review. It's just too damn hot for that stuff. I'm done bellyaching now. You can return to your regularly scheduled program.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-44593441971435521252011-07-12T16:11:00.000-07:002011-07-12T16:11:12.351-07:00The Joys of Summer<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We bitch all Winter long about how cold it is. "It's the humidity that cuts right through you," we like to say as we slip on the ice. When we thaw out a bit, we wonder where Spring went because we jump from 30-40 degree days one week to 80 degree days the next. Today it's damn near 100 degrees, 115 degree heat index with horrendous humidity, that YOU have to cut through. Stepping out of the air conditioning into heat like today is somewhat comparable to flying down a Slip-n-Slide right into a brick wall. Ahhh, the joys of Summer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even to a diehard spirits guy, if the day is so hot that a cocktail won't cool me down, I reach for a Riesling.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Without getting into too many confusing details about German wine labeling, I like Rieslings with a little bit of residual sugar. In most cases the cheat sheet is right on the label. Kabinett, Spatlese and Auslese would probably be the most common classifications of varietal ripeness found on wine shops shelves that don't necessarily specialize in Germanic wines. Generally speaking, Kabinett would be the driest, next would be Spatlese leaving Auslese to be the "sweetest"of the bunch. Look at the alcohol content. If you find one that has Spatlese or Auslese on the label, you might just find my hands wrapped around it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few points why I love Riesling in the summer:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Ice Cold - There isn't anything else that compares to the pure refreshment. Just think of the kid in the picture above before he hits that brick wall. He looks likes he's beating the heat. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Lower Alcohol Content - Any alcohol on a hot day can make you feel hotter. With Riesling you can actually have a glass or two without feeling uncomfortable, that is, if you enjoy it responsibly. You... sitting there at your computer. You know who I'm talking about.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Sweet Joy - I love sweet drinks in extreme heat. The residual sugar keeps my mouth watering. So. Ridiculously. Delicious.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. On-The-Cheap - You can find some seriously good quality Rieslings for reasonable prices. A great range for some amazing wines is right around $15-$20.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"this guy"</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the end if you want my advice, the next time that you feel like "this guy", grab an ice cold bottle of German Riesling and join the club. Kick back, relax and get ready to chill out. Literally. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. I stole the slip-n-slide picture and the sweaty guy picture from the World Wide Intertubenetwebs if that wasn't already blatantly obvious. </span>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-1872465233493648452011-07-12T13:16:00.000-07:002011-07-14T08:39:52.848-07:00KAH - Fun With Tequila<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2fcTmZmAYvTgxfURjO5IpZA_Ux-6JHj6JpwCq-ErgcpfPL3psjZOBR53pxYoxRW877MmestYCCnMjIixQrXSKToHYUjjbXt08dZBYH2_zrlSIxT3NHgmhdKYXDZhF2l1YFi2Z_3Z5T8/s1600/IMG_1991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2fcTmZmAYvTgxfURjO5IpZA_Ux-6JHj6JpwCq-ErgcpfPL3psjZOBR53pxYoxRW877MmestYCCnMjIixQrXSKToHYUjjbXt08dZBYH2_zrlSIxT3NHgmhdKYXDZhF2l1YFi2Z_3Z5T8/s320/IMG_1991.JPG" width="320" /></a>Fancy bottles are fun. We like to look at them. We like to hold them. We like to remark about them. It is rare, though, that we like to drink what's inside of them. It's usually a low grade spirit or cheaply made wine that's disguised in some nifty little packaging designed by some marketing "guru". In any case, I bought into one brand blindly. KAH tequila just looked "too cool" to pass up.<br />
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The Blanco comes in the white skull. Reposado is painted yellow and their Anejo is an eery black skull. A good rule of thumb is that if you want to test the waters of a brand of tequila, try the blanco first. If the blanco is good, there is a good chance that the rest of the line is pretty tasty as well. Now, don't get me wrong. There ARE some exceptions to this rule. There are also a lot of things that a distiller can do to screw up what would be a perfectly acceptable tequila.<br />
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I'd like to make a side note before I begin. It's a cool bottle. But, it is damn near impossible not to spill this tequila all over your friggin' table. So, grab some paper towels and get ready.<br />
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</tbody></table>The Blanco is quite aromatic offering notes of sweet agave engulfed by grassy tones and hints of herbs. It's also viscous on the palate. I am underwhelmed with the initial lack of flavors on the front palate. Then it all creeps up on me in the middle. I get citrus, grass and alcohol. The finish leaves just a reflection of grass and herbs and a dusting of alcohol. To be honest, I thought this was better the first time that I tried it. If I remember correctly, it had more rich agave sweetness and it was more well balanced on the palate. Maybe I was thinking of a different tequila.<br />
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Okay. On to the Reposado. Yellow Skull = coolness. You have to admit that the yellow skull with the angry devil-demon-dragon thinger on its forehead it pretty serious. It's taunting you to indulge in its devilish libations within. So, as you irrigate your soul with this mighty Reposado, I must warn of it's alcohol content. The Reposado weighs in at a hefty 110 proof. There. I warned you.<br />
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If you can get passed the overwhelming aroma of alcohol, you might be able to find some spicy, herbal and floral notes hanging around and some vanilla over there in the corner. The palate seems to prove just as alcoholic as the nose. Once you get over that initial bite, honeysuckle, cinnamon and vanilla run over your tongue. The finish eases up a bit and exits with faint hints of citrus flavors.<br />
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I'm the kind of guy who doesn't need a crutch when drinking tequila. But, I bow down to this one. I doubt I'll be drinking this neat in the future. I'll be adding a few drops of water at the very least and possibly using this for a <a href="http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink7393.html">Cadillac Margarita</a>. I'll let you know how that goes.<br />
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</tbody></table>The black skull contains the Anejo. This is my favorite of the three levels. It's a welcome change to the heat of the Reposado. The Anejo is bottled at an easy to handle 80 proof. On the nose you can get more sweet agave, rich caramel, with notes of vanilla oak. The first sip reveals gentle oak and coffee followed by roasted agave with a lacing of sweet chocolate. The finish isn't incredibly long. It does tend to linger, though. <br />
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This line of tequila is definitely fun. If you are a bottle collector, you might want to pick up a bottle or two of these hand painted skulls. You could play pranks on your family and friends. May I suggest leaving one of them in your spouse's sock drawer? How about "forgetting" about the one you left in the spice cabinet to ward off the evil spice-eating-monster-troll-things? A friend of mine actually suggested mounting one on the hood of his truck for a hood ornament. There are a lot of fun things you can do with KAH Tequila. Be original and drink responsibly.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-20205728130264341162011-05-02T16:11:00.000-07:002011-05-02T16:11:10.133-07:00Beer, Booze & BBQ in Brooklyn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXeZ8fNiiB0yRzEm1gqqeGsqxMs0eH1d1OiNRCqTSJ58LJeRAKw4iqO3S7lxLCIUUKXRbRnBeSNPNC1EpdVhl55D4r1gI6Ee0BIccKwtrAS5F_58v3iY03q99ufLsKU-OBrPu2FB4D84/s1600/IMG_1569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXeZ8fNiiB0yRzEm1gqqeGsqxMs0eH1d1OiNRCqTSJ58LJeRAKw4iqO3S7lxLCIUUKXRbRnBeSNPNC1EpdVhl55D4r1gI6Ee0BIccKwtrAS5F_58v3iY03q99ufLsKU-OBrPu2FB4D84/s320/IMG_1569.JPG" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My fiancee, our friend Liz and I decided to take a little trip down to Brooklyn for a little R&R on Sunday. Our goal was to hit up Spuyten Duyvil and Fette Sau on Metropolitan Ave in Williamsburg. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We walked down the alley to wait in what seemed to be a short line. There were only about 25 people in front of us. I was so hungry for BBQ that it seemed like there were 125 people in front of us. We did have ample time to gaze at the chalkboard menus hanging on the walls. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once we decided that we were pretty much going to have one of everything on the menu, I headed over to the bar for refreshments. Are you surprised? My choice of beverage? Makers Mark 46. Shocked, right?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a good day. The weather was beautiful and the drinks were tasty. The company was fun and the conversation was intriguing. We had a blast and we have already made tentative plans to go back soon. </span>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-80263110687837602512011-04-22T08:19:00.000-07:002011-04-22T09:11:04.704-07:00Casa Dragones Joven<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read a lot about the wine and liquor industry. I love trying to figure out what the new trend or the new hot product will be. A lot of the information I get is from having a solid relationship with brewers, winemakers, distillers, importers and distributors that sell to me at our store. I also read a lot online and talk to other bloggers via Twitter. Twitter can be very informative as well as entertaining if you know who to follow and who not to follow. The people I follow, and who follow me, keep me current. There is a wealth of knowledge out there and I love being tapped into it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you know by now, I love tequila. If I thought it were socially acceptable, I'd replace the milk in my Cheerios with a nice spicy Reposado aged in bourbon barrels. I think the spice and complexity of the tequila would pair well with the sweet nuttiness of the whole grain oats. Maybe I'm just weird, or maybe I just enjoy pairing food with wine, beer and liquor. After all, it has been my job for the last 18 years. When it comes to pairing, there really is no right or wrong answer if you ask me. Everybody has different tastes. Some people like tequila. Some people don't.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After about two months, my search for Casa Dragones finally ended. One of my suppliers had apparently brought it into Connecticut. They called us up and asked if they could come to our shop and give us a little sample while they pitched it to us. Of course I said it was okay to come and give us a sample. I was elated.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They poured it into a tequila tasting glass that resembles a champagne flute. As I swirled it in my glass to release its aroma, I noticed the legs and lacing on the side of the glass. This is usually a good indication that this is (A) quality stuff and (B) will have quite a long finish. On the nose, I got a hint of lime citrus followed by that sweet smell of pure agave. My first sip revealed mellow vanilla bean and agave. If anyone ever wanted to know what agave tastes like, this is it. I got just a touch of cinnamon spice in there as well. Casa Dragones Joven is simply delicious. I was curious to see how long this finish would last. By my watch it was nearly 15 minutes. That's pretty damn amazing if you ask me. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since it's the only quality Joven on the market I know about, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Joven is literally translated as meaning "young". The Joven tequila you usually find is of lesser quality and is blended with neutral cane spirits and has added caramel color as well. Here is the exception. Casa Dragones Joven is classified this way simply because they blend a platinum tequila with a 5 year old Anejo. There are no cane spirits added nor any coloring. This is pure unadulterated happiness in a bottle. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right around the holidays I brought in a couple moonshine whiskeys just for kicks. I figured somebody would buy them as a novelty gift for their favorite whiskey enthusiast. They were relatively inexpensive so they could be sold as a supplemental gift. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To my surprise, the customers that bought those moonshines came back and bought more for themselves. This piqued my interest. I'd only ever done a shot of moonshine in my younger days as punishment in a drinking game! Was I missing out? Was the bad memory I had of it just that, a bad memory during a period where I didn't care for whiskey? Let's open a bottle and find out. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would be lying if I said I wasn't a fan of Tuthilltowns' whiskeys. They make a Baby Bourbon that I wish I could drink every day. Limited availability and $47 for a 375ml make it an impossibility. Anyway, let's talk about their Hudson New York Corn Whiskey (HCW). It's the base of the Hudson Baby Bourbon and it's pretty damn mellow. On the nose I get buttered popcorn with hints of minerality and cornmeal. I could just smell this for hours. I don't get any of the alcohol burning my nose that I do with other spirits. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first sip reminds me of last summer, roasting corn on the cob, still in the husk, right on the grill. I get a little bit of mealy cornbread flavors and light sugar. This is interesting. I like it, though. It's something different and definitely an education in a glass. While sipping this I can surely imagine how the oak barrels make this into the Baby Bourbon. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bet this is going to be amazing in a cocktail.</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/9PZjyCQHPog?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During my research to find a cocktail to make with the HCW, I found one of their videos. Actually, I found all of them and you need to watch them, too. The video clip for the HCW seemed to have the perfect recipe for a White Manhattan. The Manhattan cocktail you usually hear of contains barrel-aged rye whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters. A White Manhattan cocktail is typically white whiskey, Benedictine, blanc vermouth (not dry vermouth) and a few dashes of orange bitters. Tuthilltown suggests a recipe that's a little different than a regular White Manhattan. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 part Lillet Blanc (a French aperitif wine) </span></li>
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</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They decided to leave out the Benedictine. I'm also using Blood Orange Bitters anyway. It's never exactly perfect in our house. We're only human, right? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With only ever having a faint memory of having a White Manhattan, I don't remember the flavors of the drink. So, this is "new" to me. The nose is predominantly of the HCW with the sweetness and slight herbal notes of the Lillet. It's pretty neat, no pun intended. I like the flavor on the palate. The Lillet adds fruit and balance to the whiskey while the bitters add a touch of acidic tang. This cocktail is light and fun. I would be hard-pressed to say that this would be my new favorite. It's not. What it is for me would be a side step. Maybe a time warp vacation back to Prohibition where speakeasies and white whiskeys were where it was at. What's the secret password? It's "Pour.Taste.Drink."</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's all fun and games until someone breaks out the Rye</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">About 15 years ago I was introduced to vermouth as a cocktail, not just a mixer. There were a few high end vermouths that I would sip on a regular basis. At that time it was only dry vermouth that I was interested in. I never put much thought into trying sweet vermouth. Actually, I never understood what sweet vermouth "really" added to a cocktail.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last night my world opened up. Earlier on in the week a customer of mine asked me to special order Carpano sweet vermouth. He also insisted that I get a bottle for myself to try. Twist my arm.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As soon as I brought the glass up to my nose, I was greeted with sweet herbal notes with hints of clove, cinnamon, and black cherries. On the palate it showed some licorice, mint, orange rind, nutmeg and dried herbs. It was a flavor assault on the front of the palate and then subsided fairly quickly to a finish that left me thinking about what other herbs and spices I might get with the next sip. It was awesome. Then I decided to drop a couple of ice cubes in the glass and swirl it around a bit. I went at it again. Wow. The ice opened up all of the fruit, softened the herbal qualities and mellowed the spices. This time the finish was long, sweet and elegant. This was amazing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Manhattan Rye proved to be a bit too herbaceous, earthy or gritty/grainy with the vermouth. The Double Rye seemed to be more of a contrast in flavors with the vermouth. I think it created a much better balance between the delicate flavors of the vermouth and the robust flavors of the Double Rye. </span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later on in the evening, I had dinner with my fiancee and some friends at our local favorite farm-to-fork restaurant, leFarm. I brought the bottle of vermouth there, too. The other couple that we met there just happened to bring a bottle of Whistle Pig Canadian Rye by pure coincidence. Or was it? Hmmm... Makes ya think. Anyway, Whistle Pig + Carpano = better. This time, I tried something different. I poured two parts vermouth to one part WP neat. Yup. That was perfect. leFarm was perfect, too.</span></div>Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-70658589412203452212011-02-15T07:29:00.000-08:002011-02-15T07:29:54.726-08:00Decisions, DecisionsI have to admit; I believe I'm sinking into a "Cocktail Crisis". When I would get home from work, I used to crave a glass of wine. I was always the wine guy in the liquor stores where I worked. You could probably find me at a craft beer bar sipping on a pint of some obscure belgian beer on a rare occasion, but I was a wine drinker for the most part. Right now, however, I'm a little lost. <br />
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I have been drinking a lot of tequila, scotch and bourbon lately. They were always an option throughout my career. I just never paid that much attention to them. Being in the industry our distributors would flood us with knowledge and information on the products that we sold. I took that knowledge and imparted it to my customers so just being in the store would give me enough to pitch a product. Now that I own my own store with my beautiful fiancee, I have no choice but to put that knowledge into practice. Since my fiancee doesn't drink hard alcohol I've taken it upon myself to jump in head first to "specialize" in the booze.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dark Rum & Pedro Ximinez </td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scotch for me was always a beverage that my father drank. Blended scotch was what was always on hand. I never really "enjoyed" any of the brands that he had. What he had was what I knew and that was that. Those flavor profiles were what I what I had to work with until recently. Now I think I am looking for something new, something different and interesting. I want something that is going to knock my socks off. When it comes down to it, I might be bored. That's why I decided to bring home bottle of of BenRiach scotch.<br />
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The bottle I decided crack open was the 15 year Dark Rum Wood Finish. I was always curious about this bottle every time I came to work. It would always call to me. I just resisted the purple label. It never struck me as a serious scotch. With that said, the price tag alone would make me sad if the bottle wasn't up to par. <br />
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I drink my scotch neat. For the noobs out there, that means scotch + glass = neat. There are no ice cubes, no water, no mixers, no crutches. I feel that if the bottle is less than cask strength, they have already added the water. That's enough for me. I want to taste this the way the distiller wanted me to taste it.<br />
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I poured it in my glass and I immediately got hit with an amazing aroma of lemon peel with hints of spice, vanilla and orange. On the palate it's soft oak and gentle fruit laced with spicy rum and floral notes. In this particular scotch, the rum flavors really seem to balance everything else out. It's got a pretty long finish with the sweetness of the rum hanging in there all the way through. Don't get me wrong, this isn't rum. It's scotch with hints of dark rum.<br />
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This bottle for me really bridges the gap between rum and scotch. I'm glad that I finally broke down and brought this baby home. It was delicious. It really hit the spot and opened my eyes to a new genre of scotch. I brought home a bottle of the 15 year Pedro Ximinez Sherry Wood Finish as well. I can assure you that I will write about that bottle as well.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-71406325437138318422011-02-01T09:42:00.000-08:002011-02-01T09:42:20.919-08:00Your New Favorite CocktailI always like hanging out in New York City. My fiancee's daughter lives in the East Village. So, we get to go down and visit quite often. It's only about an hour's train ride to Grand Central anyway. Last weekend we took our only day off, Sunday, to go down and blow off some steam. We planned the whole day out. But it was all about the dinner at ABC Kitchen that we had our eye on.<br />
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It was a lazy day for us with no specific times for our plans that we needed to adhere to. That's my kind of day. We sauntered into the City early afternoon. We shopped a little until we got that call from our bellies that we were hungry. We headed over to ABC kitchen only to find out that we had an hour to kill until their dinner menu was available. We decided to go on a search for margaritas. Right around the corner is Rosa Mexicano. I had never been to Rosa's. But apparently it's been there forever and is pretty well known. I noticed that they had a decent tequila list. This fact alone made me very happy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">La Paloma with Corazon Reposado</td></tr>
</tbody></table>First thing's first. I ordered a delicious margarita. Mimi wanted to have a beer and a shot of tequila. She didn't want to have the whole shot for herself. So, she asked me to share it with her. We decided on the Don Julio 1942 in a snifter for the shot. As always, the 1942 was amazing. If I could drink that every day I would. It's just that good. While we were sitting there, I was perusing the drinks menu. I happened upon a drink that they called La Paloma. It consisted of tequila and grapefruit soda. Simple right? When I was finished with my margarita, I ordered one out of pure curiosity. The only grapefruit soda that I knew of was Fresca. I like an ice cold Fresca every once in a blue moon. The bartender asked which tequila I preferred. I went with the Corazon Reposado. About a minute later the bartender brings out a shot of tequila, a highball glass full of ice and a Jaritto's Toronja. Hmmm, I haven't had Jarrito's Toronja before. I think the Jarrito's Mandarina is fantastic. Anyway, I asked the bartender why he didn't just mix the drink for me. He claimed that people like to go easy on the tequila. Ha! Not me. I threw the whole shot in the glass and then topped it off with the grapefruit soda.<br />
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</tbody></table>This cocktail was heaven. It was complex with layers of sweetness encased by soft acidity. It was struggling to be tropical only to to be restrained with hints of vanilla bean and caramel. I just found my new drink of the summer. I used to drink gin and tonics on those hot summer nights. I made a vow to myself that those days are long gone. It's all about La Paloma now. It was so good that I was trying to figure out a way to send Mimi and her daughter to eat at Jean-Georges Vongerichten's restaurant and leave me here to throw back a few more of these delicious creations of holy goodness. I knew that wasn't going to happen. I'm only kidding, anyway.<br />
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Since that day, I haven't been able to find the Jarritto's locally. I have tried every other grapefruit soda I could find: Goya, Fresca and GUS grapefruit soda. The GUS came the closest to the same flavor. It's just not the same, though. I want to carry Jarrito's in my store. I've been on the hunt for the distributor. Hopefully one of my liquor suppliers will carry it.<br />
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I plan to package this together in the summer to sell in our store. I herein deem this summer to be La Paloma Summer! <br />
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Really, if you haven't tried one, you need to stop, drop and roll. Go out to your local tequila bar/Mexican restaurant and order this delicious beverage.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-12676259390609985502011-01-16T20:04:00.000-08:002011-01-17T15:08:49.000-08:00ColoradoIn 1995 I moved to Boulder, Colorado. It was an amazing chapter in my life. During a point of massive turmoil in my life, I found serenity. It must've been the fresh mountain air. <br />
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I moved out there on the premise that I would stay with a very good friend of mine from my high school days, Andrea, and her boyfriend, Rob. The day that I got there, I visited Rob at his workplace, Jiffy Lube on 30th street. It just so happened that they were hiring. To make a long story short, I was hired on the spot. Amongst the shenanigans, debauchery, hilarity and drunken stupors, I was starting to see why we all were there. I'd befriended a group of guys and gals that were trying to escape something in their past and somehow we all ended up at Jiffy Lube. <br />
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After a few months, Andrea and Rob and I went separate ways. Rob was fired from Jiffy Lube. My parents finalized their divorce. My apartment was broken in to. My parked car was severely damaged in a hit and run. At a gig up in Ft. Collins, my guitar was knocked over and broken. My kitten, Beuford, ripped through my window screen and ran away. Two of my closest friends, Zena and Peter, lived hours away. I was alone and it was rough. Yet, whenever I look back on my time in Colorado, I say it was the best time of my life. <br />
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I learned so much about myself as well as others around me. I like to call it a social awakening. I fell in love with the mountains. I was fascinated about the weather patterns in Boulder. I was amazed that it could snow 16 inches over night and the next day would 65 degrees and sunny. I was delighted to find out that Spring and Fall mimicked New England. Though I didn't have that much contact with my family, I had a family of friends of my own. <br />
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Eventually, I had to move home. I had to leave my Hell Hole that I called my own Private Heaven. I was sad. I promised myself that someday I would return. I would be ready to soak it all in again. <br />
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With that dream still in the forefront of my mind, I still call Boulder my "home". Now that I own a wine shop with my fiancee, I'm selling some products made in my "home state," Colorado. From the first sip I'm transported back to Boulder, and all those memories come flooding back. I can smell the mountain air and hear my friend's laughter and I may even be able to smell some axle grease. The whiskey I found today is just one example of what keeps my dream alive.<br />
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</tbody></table>Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey is delicious. It's bottled at 94 proof. If you add a cube of ice, it drinks like an 80 proof. I found it at a little shop down in NYC called Bottle Rocket. The salesman was a little iffy describing the whiskey. So I decided to try it. I'm weird like that. I couldn't wait to get home to try it. Thank God that it came with a galvanized steel shot glass on the top of the bottle. I chose to crack the bottle on the train ride back to Westport. It's rich, complex, edgy and robust. If your looking for that sour mash sweetness, you've come to the wrong place. Colorado Whisky is a hell of a lot different than any domestic whiskey I've ever had. I dig it. This, in my opinion, would be the ultimate ingredient for a Manhattan. <br />
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I highly doubt that at this point in time that this is avavliable in Connecticut. So, just like High West Whiskey in Utah, I will try my best to bring this beautiful spirit to our little Connecticut community. <br />
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Just like anything else that I write about, if you'd like to sample this beauty, just let me know the next time you are in the store. I might just have some left in my secret stash in the back room.Jeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-87136609619987981302011-01-15T12:30:00.000-08:002011-01-17T15:07:14.877-08:00In with the old - Out with the newI like old beer. I know that's a weird statement. It's true, though. I'm not talking about Bud, Coors or Corona here. I'm talking about real beer. The stuff YOU should be drinking as well. Not too long ago I had a customer come in and ask me to special order some beer for him. He asked for Rogue Brutal Bitter. It's a fantastic beer. We talked a little while about how we both love it and that we haven't seen it around in a long while. The next day, I ordered it from my supplier and it came in later on in the week. That's when I discovered why the customer and I haven't seen it in a long time. They changed the name of the beer! Rogue Brutal Bitter was now called Rogue Brutal IPA.<br />
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I'm always skeptical about label changes and/or product name changes. I was curious about the brew and wanted to open one to see if it was the same thing. I decided to wait until the customer popped in to taste it with him. About a week later, he came in and I gave him the news. I suggested we try it together to see if it is, in fact, the same beer. It wasn't. It wasn't even close to the Brutal Bitter we both knew and loved. It was hoppy and bold. It was a great beer, though. The Brutal Bitter that we talked of was soft and mellow with delicious malty overtones. Sorry Rogue. It's not the same beer. I contacted Rogue to find out about our old favorite. They insisted that it was the same exact recipe as it was back in the day.<br />
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After doing a little bit of research, I came to find out that it was in fact the same beer. The Brutal Bitter that we were drinking was old product in Connecticut. I guess the distributor did such a crappy job of selling the Bitter that it just sat in the warehouse to get a little "cellar time."<br />
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I believe that most people would balk at the idea of drinking old beer. In actuality, a lot of the beer you see in specialty shops can be aged. In fact, there are many beers on the market that are vintage dated. The flavors in a cellared beer mellow out with age. We're not talking about aging a beer for 30 years like a fine wine. It's just a year or two that can make a good beer better. Obviously, you don't want to cellar any beer that has an expiration date. One thing to help you decide, among many, to cellar a beer, would be the alcohol percentage. If it's around 8% abv and higher, you might be able to age it.<br />
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Every beer is different in the cellar. What would help you in the long run is to buy several bottles of the beer that you are going to cellar. Open one and make your age assessment and write down tasting notes. Then in a year, pop another bottle and compare note. If you start to get off flavors, it's time to drink 'em up. <br />
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I could probably write a novel on cellaring beer. Who would want to read that? It's boring. To sum up this post, old craft beer isn't necessarily bad craft beer. Drink what you want. Drink what you like. After all, you do have a mind of your own, don't ya?<br />
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Cheers!<br />
H DePJeff Marronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17399634647308426660noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754654466447859335.post-81184111309673811032011-01-15T09:05:00.000-08:002011-01-17T12:33:36.762-08:00To Mary or to Maria?<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't quite agree with just having brunch on Sundays. It should be mandatory every day of the week. Maybe we can bypass Mondays. I'll allow that one day off from brunch.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ah! You're back! How was it? Delicious? Everything that you have ever hoped for in life? I thought so. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tequila adds a totally different dimension to the Bloody Mary. It adds more midrange flavors to your palate. It balances out the horseradish/pepper/tabasco spice. Tequila seems to act a bit like salt in a Bloody Maria. It enhances all the right flavors and puts a stranglehold on some of the more robust spicy flavors. In basic terms, it balances the whole damn thing out. I love it. I have found that the best tequila to use in you Bloody Maria would have to be a more full bodied and flavorful tequila. I typically use a reposado. Silvers end up tasting a bit like vodka in the Maria and you'll just be wasting money if you use an anejo. I like to use Corazon Reposado or Chinaco Reposado. If I'm on a budget, I'll use Don Abraham Reposado. Don Abraham is one of the cheapest 100% blue agave tequilas on the market worth drinking. There are some cheaper tequilas out there. Thing is, I wouldn't even wash my feet with most of them.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, next time you go out to brunch, I want you to just say "No" to that nasty cheap vodka bite in a Bloody Mary. I want you to remember what you learned here today and go for that delicious Bloody Maria. It will change your life.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On a side note, your server probably won't know what a Bloody Maria is. So, just ask them to give you a Bloody Mary with tequila instead of vodka. They'll look at you weird and maybe even cock an eyebrow. Don't mind them. They just haven't had the chance to read this blog yet.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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