Review: Grand Brulot
Grand Brulot is a VSOP Cognac blended with French Brandy and Ecuadorian coffee beans. It is handcrafted by the Tardy family on their estate in the Cognac region of France. Christoph Tardy, a fifth generation cognac producer starts with the finest eaux de vie, made with a blend of Ugni Blanc and Colombard grapes from their single estate. The Tardy family has been handcrafting grape spirits since 1880. The spirit is aged for 4-5 years in French oak barrels. 100% Robusta Ecuadorian coffee bean essence is extracted and blended with brandy to meld for a couple of months before it is blended with the VSOP cognac. The blend is comprised of 51% VSOP Cognac, and 49% liqueur de cafe. In the 18th century the French introduced the concept of spiking their coffee with brandy to create a digestif. Grand Brulot was created to bring that tradition back. Read more 
Review: Two Brothers Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur
Two Brothers Cold Brew Coffee Liqueur is made from Two Brothers Coffee Roasters Cold Brew of Central and South American coffees, and Two Brothers Artisan Vodka. Two Brothers roasts their coffee beans in a 77 pound eco-friendly roaster in Warrenville Illinois at Two Brothers Brewing Company. The signature cold brew is brewed separately for 24 hours before blending with their vodka. Extensive experimentation went into crafting a cold brew that would compliment their spirits. They created a dozen cold brews before selecting this one. Read more
Review: Adelaides Caramel Mocha Mojo Liqueur
Adelaides Caramel Mocha Liqueur is one of three liqueurs recently released by Carr Spirits. A fourth, a Dragonfruit Cream liqueur is hinted at on their website. With 30 years of Senior Management experience with companies including The E&J Gallo Winery, The Paddington Corporation, IDV/Diageo, Luxco, Margaritaville, and Sazerac, Tom Carr is the CEO behind this brand. The entire Adelaides line is made with genuine ingredients with no artificial flavors added. Adelaides Caramel Mocha Mojo was crafted in Tom Carr’s family kitchen by blending different flavors provided by Friesland Campina Creamy Creations in Holland. Their Caramel Mocha Mojo is made with neutral grain spirits, real dairy cream and it is bottled by St. Petersburg Distillery. Read more
Review: Marble Moonlight Expresso
Marble Moonlight Expresso is crafted at the Marble Distillery in Carbondale Colorado. Did I mention this is also home to The Distillery Inn? The Distillery Inn is the worlds only inn housed within a working distillery. Opened in 2015 the distillery is the result of three couples shared interest of craft distilling, and sustainable business. This is the first distillery in the US to recycle 100% of process water, and capture and reuse the energy from the distilling process. Moonlight Expresso is made from a 60% ABV corn based distillate and is re-distilled in Hazel, their 250 gallon Vendome copper pot still. Vapor is transferred through a botanical basket filled with whole coffee beans and Ugandan vanilla beans. This results in a 82 ABV coffee infused vodka. Locally roasted coffee is cold brewed in a mash tun for a minimum of 18 hours, heated and mixed with pure cane sugar to create a coffee based simple syrup which is then combined with the coffee/vanilla infused vodka. The Marble Distillery works with Bonfire Coffee Company located just down the road from the distillery. They have a roasting division and roast the Guatemalan beans used to craft Marble Moonlight Expresso. Read more
Review: Avion Espresso
Avion Espresso is made in Mexico with Avion Silver tequila and real Italian espresso. It is packaged in a brown glass version of their traditional easy grip bottle at 35% alcohol. Launched in March of 2013 it joins their full line of tequila. Avion Tequila was introduced in July 2010 and they received a million dollars of free publicity as it was featured on the hit show Entourage. Cool show = Cool product. Today Avion tequila finds itself next to Patron on the top shelf in all the right places. With Avion Espresso they hope for the same fate. Read more
Review: Cabo Wabo Diablo
Cabo Wabo Diablo was introduced in September 2013 in select markets. It is made is Mexico at 35% alcohol with the highest quality Arabica beans and Cabo Wabo Blanco tequila. Cabo Wabo tequila was born in 1996 as Sammy Hagar was searching for a tequila exceptional enough to serve inside his cantina in Cabo San Lucas. Instead he decided to create his own. Cabo Wabo Diablo is bottled in the same trademark bottle as their tequila and features a color changing label with a devilish surprise appearing only when the bottle is chilled. Read more