During a recent streaming session Andrew discovered that one of the people in chat was also a big fan of gin.
While the gin and tonic is a classic and delicious cocktail year round, it is especially refreshing as the weather begins to get warmer. We are big fans of gin and always on the lookout for new ones to try. We do have our favorites and one of them is Hendrick’s. It has a delicious…
Since we are big fans of gin, we are always excited when we find something new to try. Recently, we reached out to the person who had previously given us two vodkas from Humboldt Distillery to thank her and to let us know if we could be of any help to her in the future.…
We have been fortunate in our 11-plus years at About Beverages to have met more great people than we can count. So many of you have shared parts of your life and passion for beverages with us that we are humbled as we contemplate this concept. It is an ongoing endeavor that we continue to…
Anyone who has spent even a short period of time hanging out with us knows that we are huge fans of gin. We have featured it since the very beginning when we were audio only and we continue to appreciate it to this day. It is so versatile, in both ingredient possibilities and cocktail options,…
Believe it or not, it is an honest, and yet amazingly tasty coincidence that the brewery who is home to this years About Beverages pumpkin beer podcast winner will be featured on our very next podcast. There is a bit of a twist, however, as we will not be tasting a beer from Ballast Point…
Gin. One of the most underused and undervalued spirits in our humble option. If our website, podcast and videos do nothing else than further people’s knowledge and appreciation of the “other” clear spirit, then our work will not have been in vain. We further that cause at the tasting table with a…
To be honest, the first thing that comes to our minds when we think of a distilled spirit from Scotland would be Scotch. It certainly seems like the most logical option, but we have come to discover that’s not the only thing we should think of. At the tasting table today we have…
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It is hard to believe that the year 2013 has almost come to a close. Before the year takes its final bow with the completion of the holiday season, we thought it would be nice to take a moment and look back upon all that has…
What better way to continue our travels through this holiday season then with a pair of gins. Today at the tasting table we have Fifty Pounds London Dry Gin and The Botanist. The name Fifty Pounds is derived from the Gin Act of 1736 in which King George the II imposed a levy…
