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Gin Tasting Notes: Newport Craft Gin

Newport Craft is local, and I've enjoyed the rest of their lineup, so it was time to give their gin its due. I poured a tester before reading the label, couldn't figure it out what I was tasting, and...

Gin Tasting Notes: Empress Gin

Gin Tasting Note: I've seen lots of indigo gins, and Empress Gin is one of the cooler ones. The gorgeous indigo color is from butterfly pea flowers, the trick of indigo gins and cocktails. Very soft a...

So Much Lemon Balm

Apparently I'm the last to find out that lemon balm (and the whole mint family) is an aggressive grower that shouldn't be planted with other things. So in addition to replanting it, I have the opportu...

Hendricks Tea Service: Delightfully Extra

Small joys: I ordered the Hendricks Gin teacup martini glasses and they're adorable, ridiculous, and actually clever: the porcelain keeps your martini cold longer, and the handle gives you somewhere t...

Gin Tasting Notes: Magellan Gin

The requisite amount of time was spent suspiciously eyeing this gin on the shelf and examining its contents under strong lights to determine that indeed, this gin is blue. Fear not, this isn’t merely...

Gin Tasting Notes: Gordon's London Dry Gin

Today I sampled Gordon’s, one of the original grandfathers of London dry gin (since the late 1700s) and the dry martini, so much so that it featured prominently in many vintage martini ads (I’ve added...

Gin Tasting Notes: Broker's London Dry Gin

We’re long overdue for a Gin Tasting Note, Vacation Week Edition, which allowed me to languidly stroll the city’s new liquor megastore & line up the latest contestants. Today we have Broker’s London D...