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Review: Van Der Haute Eggnog Wine Based

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 13:50:37 +0000

Van Der Haute Eggnog Wine Based is the companion to the spirit based Van Der Haute Eggnog, our top rated adult eggnog. While it’s a little past the peak of Eggnog Season, Mid-January is a great time to pick up a bottle of eggnog at a reduced price. I picked up this bottle at a […]

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Review: Black Irish Salted Caramel Irish Cream

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 01:37:59 +0000

Black Irish Salted Caramel Irish Cream is one of three premium Irish Cream liqueurs in Mariah Careys new spirit line. Two years in the making Mariah Carey was involved from product development, to the package design that includes three butterfly images. A not so subtle nod to her Butterfly album. The other flavors include Black […]

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Review: Lockwood Distilling Bourbon Cream Liqueur

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 22:19:14 +0000

Lockwood Distilling Bourbon Cream Liqueur is one of nine spirits currently crafted at Lockwood Distilling Company in Richardson Texas. The other spirits include Lockwood Straight Bourbon, Straight Rye, Texas Style Gin, Vodka, Hibiscus Vodka, Silver Rum, Pineapple Rum, and Vanilla Rum. The distillery and the adjoining restaurant opened October 2019 by co-owners Evan and Sally […]

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Review: Licor 43 Horchata

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 18 May 2021 00:27:50 +0000

Licor 43 Horchata is one of two products made from a Licor 43 base. The other is Licor 43 Baristo which blends Licor 43 with Arabica coffee from the Canary Islands. Licor 43 is named for the 43 natural ingredients used in crafting it. Licor 43 was inspired by an ancient recipe dating back to […]

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Review: Snowball Coconut Cream Liqueur

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 22:29:17 +0000

Snowball Coconut Cream Liqueur is one of three Snowball brand cream liqueurs recently released. The other two flavors are Peach and Mango. The inspiration for Snowball Cream Liqueur dates back to 1923 in a small town in Northern Europe where a family started a small ice cream shop following their grandmothers homemade recipes. This family […]

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Review: Declans Irish Cream Wine Cocktail

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:05:03 +0000

Declans Irish Cream Wine Cocktail is made with grape wine, cream, natural flavors, and caramel color. It is bottled by Brookstone Distilling Company in Lewiston Maine. To use the Irish Cream name the cream must come from Ireland. True Irish Cream is also made with Irish Whiskey. In Ireland, Irish Country Cream is the designation […]

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Review: Disaronno Velvet Cream Liqueur

Jeff Ellingson — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 00:10:28 +0000

Disaronna Velvet Cream Liqueur was just released. This is the second line extension for Disaronno. The first, Disaronno Riserva was launched in 2015. It was a blend of scotch sourced from the Highland and Speyside Region and Disaronno. After blending together it was aged in Marsala wine barrels. Disaronno was first commercially bottled in 1900 […]

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Review: Quinns Irish Cream

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 20:11:50 +0000

Quinns Irish Cream was recently released. It appears to be Target’s new house brand. Also new to their shelves are several other Target only spirits including a vodka. No product information is available on the bottles label or the Target website. The fact that they have labeled this an Irish Cream Liqueur tells me this […]

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Review: JF Haden’s Mango Liqueur

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:10:10 +0000

JF Haden’s Mango Liqueur was recently released. It is produced in 3000 bottle batches in Jacksonville Florida. I was lucky enough to receive bottle number 2117 of their first batch. The inspiration for JF Haden’s Mango Liqueur is the Haden Mango, with a history dating back to 1902 when the Haden family brought back four dozen […]

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Review: Café Granita Cold Brew Coffee & Cream

Jeff Ellingson — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:24:14 +0000

Café Granita Cold Brew Coffee & Cream is a blend of coffee, and cream liqueur. It is produced in Princeton Minnesota and sold at Total Wine and More stores throughout the US. They also produce Café Granita, a straight coffee liqueur produced in Mexico with lightly roasted coffee beans fermented with sugar. It is currently available in a […]

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