Give It A Shot – Empathy Wines 2018 California White Blend

Last week we began our journey to a better understanding of Empathy. Empathy Wines, that is. Empathy Wines is a company started by Gary Vaynerchuk in 2019. Even though he sold the company to Constellation Brands a year later, he remained with the company as a consultant. They partner with several wineries to make their…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 29, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Empathy Wines 2018 Rosé

The New Oxford American Dictionary defines the word empathy as “the ability to imagine and understand the thoughts, perspective, and emotions of another person.” Depending on what dictionary you use, you will find slight variations of this interpretation, but they essentially say the same thing. This concept has never been more important than it is…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 22, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Blackened Whiskey Batch 112 Cask Strength

We are always excited when the world of beverages and the world of music come together to create a unique libation. About two years ago, we featured the Blackened Whiskey, Batch 88 on a podcast. Blackened is a collaborative whiskey made by the band Metallica and, at that time Master Distiller Dave Pickrell. There are…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 15, 20211Comment

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Give It A Shot – All Out Stout Non-Alcoholic Beer from Athletic Brewing

Recently we were made aware of a new alcoholic beverage category, Active Lifestyle. This consists of such things as hard seltzer’s, and low or no-alcohol beers, as well as a few others to be sure. Somewhat unintentionally we began dabbling in this arena a couple of months ago and now we can’t seem to stop.…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 8, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Mars Shinshu Distillery Iwai Tradition Japanese Whisky

A few months back we featured a Japanese whiskey from Trader Joe’s, the Meikakuna, on one of our podcasts. It has been viewed over 1600 times on our YouTube channel with mostly positive reviews. It was the second Japanese whiskey we had tried and the second one that we really liked, so of course we…

ByAboutBeveragesApril 1, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Trader Joe’s Oxte The Silence Red Blend

We had so much fun last week trying one of the wines listed in an article as a Trader Joe’s value for under $10, for this week’s show we have decided to try another one. The wine we will be trying on this episode is the Oxte The Silence red blend. This red blend comes…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 25, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Trader Joe’s Gambler’s Flash Red Table Wine

A month or so ago, Andrew came across an article that listed some of Trader Joe’s top wine values for under $10 and his curiosity was piqued. As those of you who are regular followers of our podcasts know, Keith has worked for Trader Joe’s for over 16 years. While he has tried many of…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 18, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – W L Weller Special Reserve Bourbon

For several years we have been big fans of bourbon with our devotion growing stronger with each delicious sip. It comes as no surprise to us that we are not alone. Bourbons such as Pappy Van Winkle have developed almost mythical reputations and have become harder and harder to find. The bottles that are available…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 11, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition

Over the years one of our ongoing goals has been to plan farther in advance to have podcasts that tie in to holidays or certain times of the year. Often by the time we begin planning it is too late to purchase the item or items we need, record and edit the podcast and have…

ByAboutBeveragesMarch 4, 20210Comments

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Give It A Shot – Willett Family Estate 4 Year Straight Rye Whiskey

A few weeks back during one of our live streams we did something for the first time at About Beverages; one of us opened a birthday present! Andrew’s birthday is at the end of January and since Keith had not yet given him his gift, we thought it might be fun to open it on…

ByAboutBeveragesFebruary 25, 20210Comments

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