Category Archives:REVIEWS
Boulevard Smokestack Dark Truth Stout
Boulevard Smokestack Dark Truth Stout
Boulevard Smokestack Series Dark Truth Stout
12oz bottle
This is a traditional English stout on steroids! Belgian yeast strains bring a fruity kick that really plays off the chocolate malt. Tight, bitter hops provide an excellently dry finish that goes on for days. This is the perfect stout to battle Minnesota’s March blizzards!
It’s bottle conditioned, so throw one of these in your cellar and let the Belgian yeast do the funky things it does so well!
Boulevard Smokestack SeeYouLater Doppelbock
Boulevard Smokestack SeeYouLater Doppelbock
Boulevard Smokestack Series Seeyoulater Doppelbock
750ml wirecorked bottle
The latest entry from Boulevard Brewing Company’s Smokestack series, Seeyoulater is a full bodied re imagining of a doppelbock aged on cedar. Amber in color with a estery banana nose, malty body, and a spicy finish (by benefit of the cedar aging). On the shelves now, stop in and see for yourself!
Bulleit Small Batch Rye
Bulleit Small Batch “95” Rye whiskey
750ml bottle
Bulleit expands on their popular Kentucky straight bourbon with this rye based whiskey. Using a 95% rye mash bill, this small batch whiskey weighs in at 45% ABV. The nose is all sour and spicy grain. The mouthfeel is angular malt and a warming sweetness, finishing in a light, crisp spiciness that rides slowly off the palate. This is the perfect ingredient for your classic rye cocktails, such as the Manhattan.
NutLiquor peanut butter flavored vodka
Nut Liquor Peanut Butter Flavored Vodka
750ml bottle
Ok, you’re going to have to trust us on this one. I thought this was going to be gag-inducing, but tasting is believing. Nut Liquor from Pandora Spirits brings a flavor more akin to fresh roasted peanuts than jiff and white bread. Mild nutty aroma leads to a smooth, if a bit creamy mouth-feel followed by a nuanced finish exploding with peanut power! Now who wants a salt-rimmed nutty martini!
Domaine Chene Macon-Villages
Domaine Chene Macon-Villages
Domaine Chene Macon-Villages
Burgundy, France
100% Chardonnay from the famed Burgundy region of France. After three hours of pre-maceration and skin-contact, the grapes are quickly pressed in a state of the art bladder press, in order to extract all the fruit and aromas while avoiding any bitterness. Two-thirds of the juice ferments in temperature controlled, stainless steel cuves, the balance in oak casks. The wine is bottled after the malolactic fermentation finishes in the late spring. It is released for sale after four months of bottle age.
The Domaine de Chene Colombe Macon Villages is a text book example: a lively bouquet of green apples and flowers (acacia is notable) and good, crisp persistent Chardonnay fruit that sends a wake up call to the senses. It is the perfect all-purpose white wine, served chilled but not ice-cold. This Chardonnay goes particularly well with lighter fish and fowl dishes, shrimp and crab, cold meats, and is also a perfect aperitif.
~ VOS Selections, Inc.
Three Vineyards Old Vine Cuvee
Three Vineyards Old Vine Cuvee
Three Vineyards Old Vine Cuvee
California
Man this is good! It’s an old-school field blend with the refinement of today. Complex and delicious with dark fruit, rich earth, pepper and sweet spice flavors on a lush, silky smooth palate.
Sustainable.